Had the chance to play the Champions course with a group from another forum. We teed off on 4/7/13 at 8 am. The course was in immaculate shape for a Canadian PGA event that day. The course was VERY ch... Continue »

Had the chance to play the Champions course with a group from another forum. We teed off on 4/7/13 at 8 am. The course was in immaculate shape for a Canadian PGA event that day. The course was VERY challenging, but again in beautiful shape. I would HIGHLY recommend this course, especially if you can play it in cool weather on a discount. Not sure how much fun Beaumont will be in July or August....My one and only complaint would be that when we made the turn, no one was manning the snack shop, so I was unable to get a bit before heading to the tenth....Not sure if this is a regular problem or not (HOPEFULLY not).

Tee Time- 12:45pm Saturday 4/6
Green Fee- $54, amazing rate
Tees- Tips.... all 7300
Weather- Slightly breezy, mid 70s, sunny
Pros- This course has come a long way in the last 1.5 years since Mo... Continue »

Tee Time- 12:45pm Saturday 4/6
Green Fee- $54, amazing rate
Tees- Tips.... all 7300
Weather- Slightly breezy, mid 70s, sunny
Pros- This course has come a long way in the last 1.5 years since Morongo bought it. The Canadian PGA is q schooling here 4/7-4/12 and I can tell you this course was playing tough. Rough was long, fairways tight. They used to have no sand in the bunkers and now there is a ton of fluffy sand in all the bunkers. Course was lush and was basically perfect tee to green. Greens rolled somewhere around 10.
Cons- So we teed off at 12:45 and played the first 6 holes in 2 hours. Gulp. We were in a 4 group back up on #5. The q school guys were everywhere practicing, cutting into play on holes... Just a mess. So the marshall, much to his credit, switched us over to the Legends on 6 and the pace of play was drastically better. Still slow, but the con turned into a positive for the service aspect of the course.
Overall- Challenging... moved into my top 5 courses and I will come back as often as possible.

Played here 3/10 had a 10:20 tee time and got out about 15 minutes late. This was the first day of daylight savings and they booked tee times starting at 6 when the sun didn't come up until 7 and they... Continue »

Played here 3/10 had a 10:20 tee time and got out about 15 minutes late. This was the first day of daylight savings and they booked tee times starting at 6 when the sun didn't come up until 7 and they had a 40 minute frost delay. This made for very slow round close to 5 hours.
Overall the course was in very good condition. Tee boxes good,fairways good and the rough not too long but dense and tough to hit out of. Bunkers had ample soft sand in most.
The greens were smooth and running medium quick. Very few ball marks.
This was my first time on this course and having played the Legends a couple of times before I have to say I prefer the Legands over Champions. Just a personal preference.

On Wednesday Mar 13, two of us teed off at 1115 for 4 hours of tasking golf on an enjoyable, challenging layout.
Lush throughout with well used fairways displaying plenty of filled/unfilled divots. B... Continue »

On Wednesday Mar 13, two of us teed off at 1115 for 4 hours of tasking golf on an enjoyable, challenging layout.
Lush throughout with well used fairways displaying plenty of filled/unfilled divots. Bunker sand green side was very nice; fairway sand has lots of rocks.
Nicely manicured around the soft, holding greens. Ample poa annua blooming in blotches all over the course, and particularly the greens. It will die off when the heat hits, but made the greens bumpy and slow. Rough around an inch, but also clumpy with the poa.
Nice staff, good prac-fac, lots of drinks cart passes and a deal, made the drive worth it. Better than Fair; just into Good.
The GK aeration dates are confirmed for both courses.

Morongo Golf Club Tukwet Canyon Review
Beaumont California Golf Course Reviews

Played the champion's on Thursday 2/28, got the itch to play a course I have not played before, after reading("Where to play-Inland Empire?", GK forum 2/13). Sbogey, my GK cup opponent, recommended th... Continue »

Played the champion's on Thursday 2/28, got the itch to play a course I have not played before, after reading("Where to play-Inland Empire?", GK forum 2/13). Sbogey, my GK cup opponent, recommended this course for Thursday, Morongo customer appreciation day. So I try to round up a group.

Me- To: Fader(78 YO) "Wan'a play Champions today?"
him, "No"
"It's $25, how can you pass that up?"
"I'm not going to drive 50 miles to play a course, in wind, that I don't like."
"Accuweather say's 7-12 MPH, let's go!"
"No, but I'll play San Dimas."
"Again!!?, Noooo."

Everybody else is busy and I force the wifey to go with me.
Front desk is friendly and offer's up a couple of free buckets of balls.
Range was nice, even had a few patches of grass to hit off of as opposed to some other ranges that typpically are all chewed up and lumpy.
Practice putting was a decent indication of what was to come, unfortunately.
T's, fairways, and rough were all in good condition.
Accuweather lied to me again, about the wind. I would say sustained 12-18MPH.
Green's were tough as nails here, many were multiteared, false front's, sides, and undulating, very challenging. Now I suck at desert putting and this was my first time here and difficult to read, but the greens sucked condition wise. Razor cut?(thin lines, about inch and half long, cut in the greens, for aeration?) prefered over punched, but still has to effect the putts a little. No? But that was not the big problem, uneven growth was. Dormant grass begining to grow faster than the winter grass? Don't know what exactly this is, but definately effected putts or I just suck. However, I think most players would be disappointed with the greens right now.
Bunkers were playing difficult, almost impossible to play out of. About 6 inches of fresh soft recently added sand. I didn't get in the traps until the back and thought the pair of young guns blew out of the sand, until I got in them and discovered a fried egg at best with a small birm of sand behind the ball, about 10 feet from a 8ft tall wall! impossible! for me at least. A pro would probably be happy just to get out! Another greenside trap was much easier, still deep sand, but about 2ft wall and a descent lie.
Round was about 5 hours on a very busy course, and despite my gripes here the layout was great, I want to beat it, and well worth the green fee.

Played Tukwet-Champions on Saturday 2/2. Tee time of 9:22, on time maybe even a couple minutes early. Course is in the best condition of any course we've played this winter. Green and lush everywhere ... Continue »

Played Tukwet-Champions on Saturday 2/2. Tee time of 9:22, on time maybe even a couple minutes early. Course is in the best condition of any course we've played this winter. Green and lush everywhere and nary a brown spot other than the native areas. Customer Service/Facilities- Check in went smooth and gentleman behind the counter was friendly as was the very gregarious and helpful starter. Beautiful all grass range and ample short game areas. Pro shop, restaurant, bar, and snack are all very nice and well stocked. Tees- Flat, level, and lush. No complaints whatsoever Fairways- Green, lush, and provided excellent lies all day with the exception of portions of #18 but that was due to coot damage (hate those things!) Rough- I have a love/hate relationship with the rough at both Tukwet courses. I love how thick and penal it is as it should be everywhere. Consistent 3-4" throughout and no bare spots. But I hate how thick and brutal it is lol. I don't what kind of grass they have here but man that stuff is sticky and will eat your club if you're not spot on. Well defined between fairways and rough. Bunkers- White fluffy sand throughout and plenty of it. Greens- Firm but held well struck shots. Medium pace and lots of undulations. Be sure to be on the correct level or else pay the price. Misc- POP was the only complaint today. The Legends course was closed due to a large tourney so everyone else was funneled onto the Champions course today. 5.5 hours was painful and especially when one group was 3 holes behind. To their credit the marshalls tried their best to speed up play but alas sometimes you have the group that are all 40 plus handicaps or worse and what are you gonna do? Still beats work right? Design of the course is excellent. No 2 holes are alike and I believe only a couple holes run next to each other. Very windy today. Constant 20-25mph out the east so holes 1-5 played downwind. 6-13 were brutal today. Into the wind and most approaches are to elevated greens adding to the challenge. 14-18 turn back around and were downwind today. Overall a great golf facility and will back again. Get out there and play now! Last thing, we used the Underpar voucher which is the best deal that I've seen in a long time. $89 for 2 players, sleeve of Pro V1's for each, $10 food credit per person, and free replay (unfortunately we didn't take advantage of that).

Played the Champions course on 12/18. Course is in great shape. Played the Legends course a year ago, I like this layout a little more. Fairways were great, lush. Rough was good also very lush. Greens... Continue »

Played the Champions course on 12/18. Course is in great shape. Played the Legends course a year ago, I like this layout a little more. Fairways were great, lush. Rough was good also very lush. Greens were in good shape, rolling smooth and fast. Definitely recommend playing the courses right now, they're in great shape.

2nd round of 2 on 11/10. This place has a great replay rate of $25, and you can play the course you haven't played yet. Teed off at 10:30am and got matched up with 2 older gentlemen who wanted to pl... Continue »

2nd round of 2 on 11/10. This place has a great replay rate of $25, and you can play the course you haven't played yet. Teed off at 10:30am and got matched up with 2 older gentlemen who wanted to play from the Whites, no problem for us even though we usually do Blues. We got stuck behind this slow group and the round ended up taking over 5 hours. The most annoying part was that these guys were playing from the Blacks and could barely get off the tee. On 1 part 3, everyone in their group lost balls on the tee shot and 1 guy lost 4 balls and finally shanked the fifth into play, 70yds from the green. They also refused to let us through with at least 2 empty holes in front of them.

The fairways were mostly lush, but for some reason had a good amount of bald/damaged areas. I was lucky enough to not get into any. The fairway rough ares weren't well kept at all. The best part of the course were the greens. They were in great shape, smooth, and rolled true. I loved them.

Morongo Golf Club Tukwet Canyon Review
Beaumont California Golf Course Reviews

Little weekend getaway to Morongo and played Champions course with the wife on Sunday (11/11) . Never played here before, but we pre-booked on GolfNow and got a great deal.

Tee'd off at 11:15am and... Continue »

Little weekend getaway to Morongo and played Champions course with the wife on Sunday (11/11) . Never played here before, but we pre-booked on GolfNow and got a great deal.

Tee'd off at 11:15am and the sun was out, but it was very cold and windy. Temperature was in the high 50's. The course wasn't crowded at all, most people probably were wiser to stay home.

The tee boxes were in good shape, only one hole I found some difficulty finding level ground. The fairways were in good shape, however there were definitely some fairways with work going on. The rough was lush, and thick...no picnic getting out of if your ball is buried in it. For some reason I found a lot of sand traps today and they were hit and miss. Some very nice sand, some absolute mud. The greens were in great shape, and extreme fast with some nasty undulations.

Champions is a nice track, challenging enough for us, but not overwhelming. There are a lot of forced carries over barrancas and its easy to go OB on mi sh$t s. My only complaint was since there was no GPS it was difficult to know distance. They didn't have pole markers, and the plaque markers they had were hard to find, and they had few other indicators. The scorecard had yardage on it, but you would've needed a magnifying glass to read it. Since we never played here before, we couldn't get a true feel of how far out we truly were, especially with the wind being as nasty as it was.

All in all, definitely worth what we paid. Nice clubhouse, good grub, and not too far from Ventura County.

Morongo Golf Club Tukwet Canyon Review
Beaumont California Golf Course Reviews