Played in group 1A of the Golf Moose / Vivid Golf / GK event here on Monday with mpisarski, stickboy, and John. Great to catch up with stickboy and fun times all around! Pace was typical for these events at about 5:00. Gorgeous day with only a slight wind.

Conditions are quite good. Greens were smooth, medium speed, and medium firmness. Full shots seemed to take a boun... » More

Played in group 1A of the Golf Moose / Vivid Golf / GK event here on Monday with mpisarski, stickboy, and John. Great to catch up with stickboy and fun times all around! Pace was typical for these events at about 5:00. Gorgeous day with only a slight wind.

Conditions are quite good. Greens were smooth, medium speed, and medium firmness. Full shots seemed to take a bounce before stopping, and you had to really get some good spin on shorter shots to get them to check quickly. Blue tee boxes were all nice; no issues. The fairways were really good – great coverage and just the right amount of cushion under the ball. Rough was mostly light, two-inch-deep bermuda but could get penal when the ball sank down in it. The two bunkers I was in were solid with plentiful sand.

I’ve lived within a couple miles of this course for the last 17 years but hadn’t played it since before the private club was established in 2008. Much of the back nine is routed across the hillsides, providing great views of Saddleback Mountain and the entire Saddleback Valley. The greens have some good contours and could get really challenging with faster speeds. Great day all around!
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Played Sunday, March 1st, 8am teetime, but the starter got us out about 20mins early which was awesome. POP no problem, a smooth 4hrs. We had three of us walking and one riding.

Conditions sure are a mixed bag. Teeboxes were acceptable. Level, no problem, but a little shaggy with plenty of divot damage. Just take an extra few seconds to find a good spot to tee it ... » More

Played Sunday, March 1st, 8am teetime, but the starter got us out about 20mins early which was awesome. POP no problem, a smooth 4hrs. We had three of us walking and one riding.

Conditions sure are a mixed bag. Teeboxes were acceptable. Level, no problem, but a little shaggy with plenty of divot damage. Just take an extra few seconds to find a good spot to tee it up.

Fairways were borderline, very shaggy, hadn't been mown for days. Quite a few unfilled divots and lots of bare areas, too. We played the ball down, but I sure wouldn't argue if you played some winter rules right now, they are in pretty poor shape in about 50% of the fairway area.

Greens were acceptable. No huge complaints. They were a little slow on the front nine but quickened up after the dew dried. Plus it seemed the entire back nine was in a little better condition than the front. They held shots very well, but had a few bumps to throw your ball off line every once in a while.

Found one greenside bunker and it was great. Nice fluffy, well maintained sand. No problem whatsoever.

Rough was thick and filled with clover. Avoid it at all cost, if possible. Very difficult to even find your ball in that clover as the ball tends to sit underneath the big clover leaves.

Service was great except the guy in the proshop was quite the dud. I mentioned that Sea n Air was $53 to walk and Miramar was $55 to walk making a joke and he didn't want any part of that conversation. It was a joke, sir, lighten up. Starter was awesome!! and the beverage cart was great!!! Very friendly bev cart and saw her twice.

Super flat course, easy walk. There are some great holes out there, though. Nice dog legs and tree lined for the most part which was visually appealing on many holes. I would definitely recommend.
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Played today. Course is lush and drying out after lots of rain. They had all the fairways mowed and lies and rollout were very good. Tee boxes good. Rough is half inch and not very playable. Traps playable. The greens here all elevated and that makes every hole very challenging. Nothing like S CA were its flat. + many are guarded by traps or water. And they are not flat but lo... » More

Played today. Course is lush and drying out after lots of rain. They had all the fairways mowed and lies and rollout were very good. Tee boxes good. Rough is half inch and not very playable. Traps playable. The greens here all elevated and that makes every hole very challenging. Nothing like S CA were its flat. + many are guarded by traps or water. And they are not flat but lots of undullations making putting challenging. Open to the public so if you are in the area try it out
Super maintenance by the staff. Food is great and so inexpensive
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Walked the blues this morning 3/2/26 under perfect scoring conditions with hardly any wind and temps around 71 degrees. Played with 3 nice singles and even though pop was just under 5 hours didn't seem to bad.

Had not played here in about 14 months and really miss this course. It's in fabulous shape and I can understand why tee times are hard to come by especially for ... » More

Walked the blues this morning 3/2/26 under perfect scoring conditions with hardly any wind and temps around 71 degrees. Played with 3 nice singles and even though pop was just under 5 hours didn't seem to bad.

Had not played here in about 14 months and really miss this course. It's in fabulous shape and I can understand why tee times are hard to come by especially for a twosome through foursome.

The greens were in fabulous shape running medium to quick speeds probably a 10.5 on the stimp, Holding shots nicely. Just a joy to putt on. Very undulating greens here. Good Lag putting is a must. Rated 9/10

These fairways are thick and lush with not lots of runout. Terrific lies to compress irons on. Rated 8.5/10

Tees very lush and mostly level. Rated 8.5/10

Rough lining the greens in pga tour shape 10/10. Fairway rough much improved since I have been out here in the 8/10 range.

Was only in one bunker all day that had damper sand from sprinkler/water run off.

One of the best courses in socal, mentioned in all the golf magazines. If u get a weather day like today it's even more magical.

Recommended.
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Played Wednesday noon low 80s mild breeze. Tee boxes were all good as were most greens with a couple having sparse spots. Half the fairways have short green grass with others drying or dried out some yellow or painted green a few dirt areas. Playable and not too hard on wrists did have a couple poor fairway wood contacts. Little rough most fairways run out into thin dry grass, ... » More

Played Wednesday noon low 80s mild breeze. Tee boxes were all good as were most greens with a couple having sparse spots. Half the fairways have short green grass with others drying or dried out some yellow or painted green a few dirt areas. Playable and not too hard on wrists did have a couple poor fairway wood contacts. Little rough most fairways run out into thin dry grass, dirt or desert. Ran through a trap didn’t look like much sand as well as a couple others. Normally a fast round this day had a quick front nine then backside building into excruciating long afternoon of waiting. Nobody following went back twice replaying previous hole returning to wait again. Most likely will try next visit and one of the others nearby. The Avi Mojave course looked very nice but had tournaments both days I visited.
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