Wife and I always play Native Oaks when we get away to Valley Center. Course in good shape and is just a fun place to play, back nine is as fun as you could ask for, like playing in the middle of a forest. Only bad part was the long par 5 9th had a lot of water damage between 150 and 75 yards into the green. Also the 10Th, a great hole has terrible water damage and has been ... » More

Wife and I always play Native Oaks when we get away to Valley Center. Course in good shape and is just a fun place to play, back nine is as fun as you could ask for, like playing in the middle of a forest. Only bad part was the long par 5 9th had a lot of water damage between 150 and 75 yards into the green. Also the 10Th, a great hole has terrible water damage and has been shortened from being one of the best holes on the course to a mess for now.
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Early Friday morning round in under four hours on an always improving course. Staff is very friendly and professional in person and on the phone. The carts still have not been upgraded yet though. I'm always tempted to grab a cart from the member's side (much nicer units) and actually did a couple years back, only to be scolded and educated that I had placed my clubs on the ... » More

Early Friday morning round in under four hours on an always improving course. Staff is very friendly and professional in person and on the phone. The carts still have not been upgraded yet though. I'm always tempted to grab a cart from the member's side (much nicer units) and actually did a couple years back, only to be scolded and educated that I had placed my clubs on the wrong cart. The tee boxes all have very nice coverage but a few placements were not on level ground. The rough (where it exists) is just a few inches long and will keep your ball in play. Most of the area alongside the fairways does not have any rough but is red staked at least. Losing a ball into those sections becomes frustrating at times though. The fairways are in excellent condition with great lies on the abundant green bermuda from start to finish. The fairways turf is just long enough with the fluff to set your ball up for good strikes. The traps in the fairways are compact redish dirt/sand and not difficult to hit from. Most of the green side bunkers have excellent white sand with a few being a little damp but not bad. The greens are also in very good condition with slightly slower speeds on the front nine compared to the back nine. The greens were holding shots well and putting lines good with a great sound when the ball drops. The group(s) in front of us this morning did NOT know how to fix their ball marks at ALL. Every hole we arrived at had fresh marks that were NOT repaired. Other than that the greens had very few ball marks. The overall conditions are better every time we play here and should continue through the summer hopefully.
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6/1 712 using teeoff dealtime $41 with a 330 POP with consistent waiting on the 3some ahead and being closely followed by a 3some. !st time playing the new revised layout which now starts on the otherside of the tunnel on what was recently #9 and previously #10. Staring this route will make sense when the club house is open as the practice areas and staging will be adjacent. ... » More

6/1 712 using teeoff dealtime $41 with a 330 POP with consistent waiting on the 3some ahead and being closely followed by a 3some. !st time playing the new revised layout which now starts on the otherside of the tunnel on what was recently #9 and previously #10. Staring this route will make sense when the club house is open as the practice areas and staging will be adjacent.
#! has a new er tee box open less than a year since it opened and if the markers are near the back adds about 10 yds in length. #2 is now back its oriuginal par 5 design at 523 yds and narrow with ob left and penalty area rt for the entire length of the hole. #3-9 remain as they have been tho 7 (old 16) has suffered from the left hillside collapsing so about 1/2 the fairwqy is gur.
#10 par 3 has a new tee box and now plays at 200 from the blues. 11 has a new tee box adding about 30nyds as does 12 adding about 20. 13 and 14 are basically unchanged. 15 is a new hole layed out in the canyon withb 4 sets of tees playing about 300 nfrom the tips. 16 and 17 are unchanged. 18 is now a par 4 similar in design to the original 39 but about 50 yds shorter. Now is set as a par 70 69.0/125.
Fairways have some areas that are in excellent condition with some patches that are still in recovery mode. 80 % really good lies and the rest from marginal to 1 or 2 sketchy. Rough 1-2 inches but very thick what lands there stayes there and could present a challenge to advance.
Bunkers looked ok as I only observed them in passing today. Tees mostly ok with the newest being really nice.
Greens had evidence of recent verticut and surprisingly showed the pattern from past plugging but were mostly smooth but early on were slower than expected.
Staff very friendly and helpful. Overall the majority of the work on the course is complete with the exception of some irrigation lines and some draiage projects still work in progress.
Not the country club/troon experience but a good test of your game with overall improvement in conditions.
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