Played the General at 10am for the first time for 4.5 hour POP, with uncle Jimmy and cousin Yipp...to this day, Yipp is still afraid of the dark. Nice weather and nice staff. Never saw the cart girl, ... Continue »

Played the General at 10am for the first time for 4.5 hour POP, with uncle Jimmy and cousin Yipp...to this day, Yipp is still afraid of the dark. Nice weather and nice staff. Never saw the cart girl, but the watering hole here between nueve and diez, is well staffed and stocked, getting you on your way quickly.

Tees, we were playing the whites from a new lateral, and there wasn't much 'trauma' to this placement. 3 out of 5. All decent shape, very few tee corpses and divots needing fills, were filled. Kudos to all the members of the two small separate events that had come before us.

Fairways, summer is over, and I don't expect those conditions now, but they were decent for this time of year. You could find some areas on most holes, where you would get winter relief. Otherwise, they would give, but more on the firm side, so I chose to sweep the ball more. 3 out of 5.

Rough, hmmm, the rough here isnt very generous for errant shots. It was shorter/dryer than expected, and it transitions quickly between the fairways and the 'Perris chapparal'. The OB stakes are way outside of that, so I found myself having to attempt some recovery shots from this 'Perris concrete'. ;-) 1.5 out of 5.

Traps, give about 3/4 of an inch, some more, some less. These are mostly dirt than sand, so avoid them, or bring your junk SW and go for it. They were trim and visually scatched after watering. Glad there isn't that many on this course. 1.5 out of 5.

AARG(Areas ARound Greens), within 20 yards around greens, I was pleased that these were green, cut and soft enough to allow my short game to thrive. 3 out of 5.

Greens, these were on the firmer side. Not only can you feel the firmness under your feet, the ball marks showed it, fixing the marks told you so, and putting was on the faster side too. 2 out of 5.

We paid $39 to ride, adjusted our game to the conditions, had nice weather, an were treated well by nice staff. We will come back in the spring and summer to see how different the course will be.
Cheers,