Played this AM prior to aeration. Course has dried very well since all the rain. Unfortunately more is on the way. Tee boxes fine. Fairways a little firmer and decent roll out. Greens were playing much faster today. With the sun out one can really appreciate the setting of this course in and around the hills of Fairfield. Restaurant serves some great food at really reasonable ... » More

Played this AM prior to aeration. Course has dried very well since all the rain. Unfortunately more is on the way. Tee boxes fine. Fairways a little firmer and decent roll out. Greens were playing much faster today. With the sun out one can really appreciate the setting of this course in and around the hills of Fairfield. Restaurant serves some great food at really reasonable prices. Truly a great place to play golf.
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Another great greens keeper event today! Lucky to get added late…

First time playing here, and all I knew going in was it is a pure golf club. No extra country club amenities. That should have been my warning sign it was going to be a fun but challenging course. Every tee shot comes with risk and reward, and unfortunately for me not having any local knowledge meant eve... » More

Another great greens keeper event today! Lucky to get added late…

First time playing here, and all I knew going in was it is a pure golf club. No extra country club amenities. That should have been my warning sign it was going to be a fun but challenging course. Every tee shot comes with risk and reward, and unfortunately for me not having any local knowledge meant even good drives usually meant tough approaches. Not a lot of flat lies to be found. Greens all fast and pure minus the 8th, which it looked like they were having challenges with (patcy). Greens also all protected by bunkers with a lot of them having big lips and steep slopes. Fairways all green, with either the grass growing in for the season or another issue having each fairway full of random spots of thicker grass (impacted a few of my lies, but nothing major). Bunker sand harder on fairway bunkers but nice and soft around the greens. Tee boxes were nearly perfect—level and fully grasses minus the divots from today. Also nice they kept the snack bar open for us a little longer to be able to restock and get some food when passing by clubhouse on our shotgun start.

Got there early to make sure I could get a bay on the range with no rush—-nice range with mats and a grass area in front to tee up drives without worrying about the person next to you. Two putting greens made sure there was never any crowding to warm up putting.
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Rode the blues this morning in group 1b with buddies Ron, John and Mark under perfect weather conditions 75 degrees and hardly any wind. 127 player Golfmoose/Vivid event had POP at 5 hours 20 minutes but it didn't seem to bad.

Greens were terrific pure glass, quick maybe a 12 on the stimp. Firm on approaches but still receptive. Giving the greens a 10/10 rating.
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Rode the blues this morning in group 1b with buddies Ron, John and Mark under perfect weather conditions 75 degrees and hardly any wind. 127 player Golfmoose/Vivid event had POP at 5 hours 20 minutes but it didn't seem to bad.

Greens were terrific pure glass, quick maybe a 12 on the stimp. Firm on approaches but still receptive. Giving the greens a 10/10 rating.

Fairways nicely padded with tighter lies and very green. Lots of rain last couple weeks and staff do a great job. Rated 8/10

I thought the rough was in very good shape. Long, lush and thick. Beautiful greenside rough in the 9/10 range.

Tees were level and in good shape. Rated 8/10

Was in 4 greenside bunkers that varied from thinner sand on the front that was adequate and beautiful thicker sand on the back. Rated 7/10

This is the best back nine in Ventura County. Terrific golf course that is both fun and very challenging at the same time. Highly recommended!
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A quick review of El Dorado a few days after taking on a couple inches of rain and the results are in: no good! It was cart path only but didn't matter to me since I walk, but I would wager the people in the carts got more steps in than I did. CPO was brutal on POP; teed off at 12:30 and finished right around 5:40 with a sliver of light still. Lots of waiting on tee boxes and w... » More

A quick review of El Dorado a few days after taking on a couple inches of rain and the results are in: no good! It was cart path only but didn't matter to me since I walk, but I would wager the people in the carts got more steps in than I did. CPO was brutal on POP; teed off at 12:30 and finished right around 5:40 with a sliver of light still. Lots of waiting on tee boxes and watching people park and walk 100 yards from path to their shot and then walk back to their cart. It was a beautiful day at least.

As for course conditions: woof. Almost every fairway had numerous small ponds, and if there wasn't standing water the turf was extremely soggy. Feels like it's gonna take some time for things to dry out. But even looking past that, there were still lots of areas in fairways that look like they need to work on. I will say the greens and tee boxes were in pretty good shape. Was in one trap and it had good sand. Rough was pretty short and playable.

Don't get to play this one very often so I was disappointed in the conditions but hopefully I get a chance to play once conditions improve
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First out on another cold morning. Still cart path only, which was a bit surprising, but better to err on the side of caution. The course is in really nice shape right now, and since they have brought the green speeds down a touch, much more manageable. For a while it was borderline unfair at times, if you were above the cup or short sided yourself. With the rains, not a lot of... » More

First out on another cold morning. Still cart path only, which was a bit surprising, but better to err on the side of caution. The course is in really nice shape right now, and since they have brought the green speeds down a touch, much more manageable. For a while it was borderline unfair at times, if you were above the cup or short sided yourself. With the rains, not a lot of roll out in the fairways, which I rely on. Better weather expected, so I'm confident things will change.
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