El Prado, Butterfield Stage 6-16-26 is playing probably the best all around conditions you will ever find here in my opinion. Fairways 5 star across all 18, soft fluffy lies when you pull-up and you know your gonna stripe it! Greens are small on the "Butter" a bit quick but to be fair not overly punishing on the slope. Bunkers.....suck. either way to wet or hardpan w/a sprinkle... » More

El Prado, Butterfield Stage 6-16-26 is playing probably the best all around conditions you will ever find here in my opinion. Fairways 5 star across all 18, soft fluffy lies when you pull-up and you know your gonna stripe it! Greens are small on the "Butter" a bit quick but to be fair not overly punishing on the slope. Bunkers.....suck. either way to wet or hardpan w/a sprinkle of coarse sand on top. Always busy here and really wish they would station a starter near the tees. Some how a single got between our 4 and a group ahead and totally messed the pace all day! we kindly asked him 3 times to groupup or skip thru to join others way ahead,WTF? On rass driving range is always prefered, good beverage service can be found, and the 19thhole is a welcome sight to wind down. I recommend a El Prado test now before the real heat sets in. Fore!
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Played a 12:30pm start time on a Saturday with a brisk breeze. I haven't played Admiral Baker since 2014, and it was good to be back out there. The course was generally in good shape. Fairways and rough were good, with greenside bunkers having plenty of sand but fairway bunkers being more hard pan. Greens were rolling at a medium/fast speed, but seemed to be pretty hard. I... » More

Played a 12:30pm start time on a Saturday with a brisk breeze. I haven't played Admiral Baker since 2014, and it was good to be back out there. The course was generally in good shape. Fairways and rough were good, with greenside bunkers having plenty of sand but fairway bunkers being more hard pan. Greens were rolling at a medium/fast speed, but seemed to be pretty hard. Iron shots that normally stop or spin back for me where hopping forward into the back fringe.

It was a fairly warm day, so the breeze was welcome. There were two separate beverage carts running, plus the snack shop was open, so there was plenty of opportunities to hydrate. I believe I paid $76 with cart, non-military, which is a great rate these days for weekend play. I was playing with a couple of beginners, so we we ended up about a hole behind, but we still got around in 4hr 40min.
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Play on 6/17/2026. Alondra is a good value the course is no means by no means pristine but very playable for what you're paying. Fairways are decent, typical muni. Around the greens were slightly more lush. Good greens i think, fairly smooth and on the fast side. Bunkers were filled woth sand. Tee boxes are ok kinda like the fairways. I would definitely come back for price vs c... » More

Play on 6/17/2026. Alondra is a good value the course is no means by no means pristine but very playable for what you're paying. Fairways are decent, typical muni. Around the greens were slightly more lush. Good greens i think, fairly smooth and on the fast side. Bunkers were filled woth sand. Tee boxes are ok kinda like the fairways. I would definitely come back for price vs conditions. I think it was $41 to walk weekday and $18 for the cart.
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In town for a few days and took a break from the bike and hot weather to join DeepSea14 and Bob for a round of golf. With the only tee time at Spyglass being 6:15AM we opted for the ever popular Poppy Hills. This course seems to remain consistent with its conditions. Not over the top perfect but pretty close. Greens rolled smooth all day long. They did seem to go from ... » More

In town for a few days and took a break from the bike and hot weather to join DeepSea14 and Bob for a round of golf. With the only tee time at Spyglass being 6:15AM we opted for the ever popular Poppy Hills. This course seems to remain consistent with its conditions. Not over the top perfect but pretty close. Greens rolled smooth all day long. They did seem to go from very fast to medium by the end of the day.

Fairways are excellent. Just short of that perfect 10. Fairways offer generous rollout (for most people) yet still present a nice hitting surface. First cut rough isn’t too penal and after that you’re in wild country. Tee boxes were level and lush. Greenside bunkers had ample sand as always. Some of the wasteland bunkers could use some attention but that was just due to us being there towards the end of the day so there had been a lot of foot traffic.

Pace of play wasn’t too bad. We waited on almost every shot yet we finished in under 4.5 hours. Usually Peter brings the perfect sunny weather with him but this time we had a high overcast day. Which after a couple of hot days in the sun on the bike, I was happy to have it a bit cooler. Still, we were in shorts and shorts sleeve shirts all day so it wasn’t too bad.

With Spanish Bay closed for another 6 months or so, I’m sure I’ll get out here to Poppy more often. And that’s a good thing!
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Played 6-13-26 early morning as usual, walking in under three hours on an overcast morning that started to clear just as I was finishing. Tee boxes , level with good coverage and cut tight. Fairways were very lush and green with great lies and minimal roll out. Rough playing 1-2 inches longer than fairways and thick. Bunkers had a good layer of heavy sand and in great condition... » More

Played 6-13-26 early morning as usual, walking in under three hours on an overcast morning that started to clear just as I was finishing. Tee boxes , level with good coverage and cut tight. Fairways were very lush and green with great lies and minimal roll out. Rough playing 1-2 inches longer than fairways and thick. Bunkers had a good layer of heavy sand and in great condition. Greens were in really good shape rolling medium/fast and true and playing semi-soft. Overall great conditions right now. Highly recommended.
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