Mid morning 4.5 hour round walking the Oaks/Creek combo nines. The staff is always great and busy doing their job. The driving range and practice green can get busy at times. The tee boxes were in good shape with the exception of the par three holes on the Creek nine. Those tees were thin and beat to death. The rough is at a nice length right now where you can find a ball ... » More

Mid morning 4.5 hour round walking the Oaks/Creek combo nines. The staff is always great and busy doing their job. The driving range and practice green can get busy at times. The tee boxes were in good shape with the exception of the par three holes on the Creek nine. Those tees were thin and beat to death. The rough is at a nice length right now where you can find a ball in it and hit a decent shot. One thing you will find in the rough here are many gopher holes. The fairways are in really nice shape with total fluffy green grass from side to side. Great lies and a fair amount of roll on lower trajectory drives. The traps are in great shape also with plenty of sand that was actually raked today. The greens were a little slower than usual with the cool damp morning start. Good shots checked well with very little roll. There were actually a few carts today that were able to drive on those holes that are cart path only? The walking rates are reasonable but the cart price can be a bit much. Always recommended
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Played 4.5 hour mid morning Friday round on a busy course. The staff is very efficient and helpful. The practice greens are great and there is a good sized driving range. The carts here are always the worst part of the round. They lack windshields and drive like an old truck with no power steering. The tee boxes were all level and in good condition with ample coverage. Th... » More

Played 4.5 hour mid morning Friday round on a busy course. The staff is very efficient and helpful. The practice greens are great and there is a good sized driving range. The carts here are always the worst part of the round. They lack windshields and drive like an old truck with no power steering. The tee boxes were all level and in good condition with ample coverage. The rough is not very penal where it exists with mostly ob along the sides of the fairways. The fairways were in decent condition with spots of bare dirt throughout the course from start to finish. The bare sections were generally small and not too much of a problem. The fairways traps were mostly a hard pan of dirt/sand mix. You could hit a shot from them easily enough. Greenside bunkers were in better shape with a fair amount of decent sand. The greens were all a little shaggy and bumpy. The speed was much slower than we were used to and was a problem for most. The greens held good shots with little roll. The course has a few water features and is very flat on the front with small elevation changes on the back. The course is set quite a ways from the neighboring homes and located a few minutes off the freeway. The rates are reasonable and the course in usually in decent condition.
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Played Arroyo Trabuco on 5/13. They had a US Open qualifier on 5/12, so we were warned about2 the greens - but I didn't find the greens to be at all brutal. They were quick, but not so quick as to be penal.

The course is in really nice condition all around. Firm fairways, wide, not much rough and it is pretty much fairways or gorse. I suggest staying out of the gorse. ... » More

Played Arroyo Trabuco on 5/13. They had a US Open qualifier on 5/12, so we were warned about2 the greens - but I didn't find the greens to be at all brutal. They were quick, but not so quick as to be penal.

The course is in really nice condition all around. Firm fairways, wide, not much rough and it is pretty much fairways or gorse. I suggest staying out of the gorse. Greens in very good shape with not many ball marks. Fairways in very good shape, although still a little tighter and firmer than I like. Bunkers in good shape.

Staff was great.

Usually I come out from the >$100 courses thinking "how can they charge that much for this?". Not the case for Arroyo, this course is just really impressive.
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Played 18 today and could not have been more pleased with the course conditions, layout and staff. Pace of play was right on 4 hours and could have been 30-45 mins late but there was a slow foursome slowing things down a bit. Nonetheless a must play if you are looking for a fair, challenging test on a course with impeccable conditions. And did I mention the $60 green fee is ... » More

Played 18 today and could not have been more pleased with the course conditions, layout and staff. Pace of play was right on 4 hours and could have been 30-45 mins late but there was a slow foursome slowing things down a bit. Nonetheless a must play if you are looking for a fair, challenging test on a course with impeccable conditions. And did I mention the $60 green fee is a real bargain for a Troon course!
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Played 5-9-26. They had a shotgun start on the back at 8 o'clock and let me go out around 7:30 as a single. Didn't see anybody on the course until I got to the ninth hole where I could see players on the first hole which parallels the ninth. Nobody on the back nine either, finishing in about2 2 hours and 45 minutes with the course pretty much all to myself. Tee boxes were in de... » More

Played 5-9-26. They had a shotgun start on the back at 8 o'clock and let me go out around 7:30 as a single. Didn't see anybody on the course until I got to the ninth hole where I could see players on the first hole which parallels the ninth. Nobody on the back nine either, finishing in about2 2 hours and 45 minutes with the course pretty much all to myself. Tee boxes were in decent shape, mostly level and cut tight with some divot damage on par threes. Fairways were in good condition, mostly lush with good roll out and nice lies. Rough was maybe and inch longer than fairways at the most. It was in good shape and not much of an issue to hit from. Was in two greenside bunkers that were well groomed with a good layer of brown sand. Greens were rolling at a medium/fast pace and playing soft. Unfortunately recent players are not fixing there pitch marks. I fixed at least 15-20 unrepaired marks on almost ever hole. If you had a putt with no marks on your line they rolled pretty smooth, otherwise you were most likely to have a bumpy putt. I just wish other people who play would have a little consideration for the condition of the course and just fix the damage that they cause. Will still be back to play because this is such a fun course to play.
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