Walked the Blues (6443/71.3/128) mid day in 4H, 45M with Mnielson, Doris and Adam. SLO GC event, sunny and breezy in the mid 60's. $49 to walk. Tees had okay coverage but far too many unfixed divots.... Continue »

Walked the Blues (6443/71.3/128) mid day in 4H, 45M with Mnielson, Doris and Adam. SLO GC event, sunny and breezy in the mid 60's. $49 to walk. Tees had okay coverage but far too many unfixed divots. Fairways winter thin with probably the most divots of any fairways I have played on in a long time. Mowed low with lots of undulation and roll. Rough also winter thin mowed down in the 1.5 to 2.5" range, Very inconsistent, but usually not penal to play out of, you could almost always see 3/4+ of the ball. Rough farther from the fairway is native, probable lost ball. Sand decent to play from, more fine dirt than sand. Large greens were firm and putted medium fast. I like the greens here, the ball rolled very well. No on course services with COVID. Customer service was good from all encountered. Busy driving range and they have a putting and chipping practice area. Carts are basic, no GPS. Nice layout, fun course to play in decent condition. Difficult enough w/o beating you up. Recommended.

Played this past weekend and had a blast! Before I go into my review, they have flipped the 9s since the last tiMe I have played and also have different ownership and prices(lower). We got off right a... Continue »

Played this past weekend and had a blast! Before I go into my review, they have flipped the 9s since the last tiMe I have played and also have different ownership and prices(lower). We got off right at our 8:03 tee time and had groups in front of us but didn’t have to wait on them much. So POP was a good pace.

This course is a Peter Jacobson design, but since they have changed ownership, you can tell the differences a bit if you have played prior to the change. The course was much more expensive compared to now which is about 79 on weekends. But we had gotten there and the range was still being picked by hand on some of the slips on the range, so getting used to the green speed and chipping was all the warmup we got.

Greens out here are in GREAT shape! Greens were very fast! Most greens on the front are fairly flat but on the back, there is much more slope and especially on greens perched up against the hillsides. They look one way but coming off the hillside the opposite. So getting some good reads is key out here to putt well.

Fairways were in great shape and this is the first course during Covid Times, that actually had sand available in the carts. Even with the morning dew, you could get some roll out on drives.

Tee boxes is where this course is lacking and not just on Par 3s, which on some were very mangled and chewed up and had small patches of grass. But there were a few Par 4/5s that had lil flowers on the tee boxes and even between the markers. But they were flat and true.

Couple holes on the newly back 9 are a bit gimmicky, 16 and 17 are two that stick out in my mind. Fun holes none the less but just an interesting finishing 2/3 holes . The short par 5 is a good finishing hole.

It’s a course I’d love to play more and more and would be in my rotation if I lived closer.

Rode the Blues (6443/71.3/128) mid day in 4H, 15M with Mneilson and Sal. Sunny, fairly calm in the mid 60's. COVID-19: 1 rider to a cart. Doodles in the bottom of the cups. No on course services. ... Continue »

Rode the Blues (6443/71.3/128) mid day in 4H, 15M with Mneilson and Sal. Sunny, fairly calm in the mid 60's. COVID-19: 1 rider to a cart. Doodles in the bottom of the cups. No on course services. Tees were the weak link. Okay coverage but far too many unfixed divots. Fairways have lots of undulation. Usually good to play from with occasional brown patches. Rough close to the fairways was mowed down and maintained in the 2-3" range. Usually good to play out of. Rough farther from the fairways was 1-2' tall straw like that was a probable lost ball. Sand was okay to play from. More fine dirt than sand. Large greens were firm and medium speed. They looked quicker than they were. I like the greens here, the ball rolled very well. Customer service was good from all encountered. Busy driving range and they have a putting and chipping practice area. Carts are basic, no GPS. Nice layout, fun course to play in good condition. Recommended.

Walked the Blues (6443/71.3/128) early morning in 4H, 15M on their $44 Sr. rate. Paired with Greg, we played in sunny, breezy conditions in the mid 60's. COVID-19: 1 rider to a cart. Doodles in the ... Continue »

Walked the Blues (6443/71.3/128) early morning in 4H, 15M on their $44 Sr. rate. Paired with Greg, we played in sunny, breezy conditions in the mid 60's. COVID-19: 1 rider to a cart. Doodles in the bottom of the cups. No on course services. Tee times on line or on the phone. Peter Jacobson design with lots of elevation changes, rolling hills, tight, tree lined fairways and large, sometimes severe greens. Mostly poa annua grass throughout the course. Tees had good coverage and were good to play from. Rough close to the fairways was mowed down and nicely maintained, usually good to play from. Rough farther from the fairways was 1-2' tall, forget it, lost ball. Fairways have lots of undulation and were good to play from with a nice cushion. Sand was decently maintained. More fine dirt than sand, but okay to play from. Large greens were firm and quick, especially downhill. I like the greens here, the ball rolled very well. Customer service was good from all encountered. Busy driving range and they have a putting and chipping practice area. Carts are basic, no GPS. Nice layout, fun course to play in very good condition. Recommended.

My wife and I played in a SLO County Tournament. It was a team game, best net on 1, two best nets on 2, three on three, then go back to 1 best net on 4. Doris, with her 34 handicap, carried all of us.... Continue »

My wife and I played in a SLO County Tournament. It was a team game, best net on 1, two best nets on 2, three on three, then go back to 1 best net on 4. Doris, with her 34 handicap, carried all of us. Course was in good condition despite being newly purchased earlier this week. They had all new people working there, and several workmen around maintaining the course. Hopefully the rates won't increase. It is one of the best courses on the Central Coast and an OK value, $50.00 including cart and range balls for our tournaments. I was in just one bunker, and the sand was quite deep. But the ball came out as expected.

Played 10-24-19 with Alex first out joining another twosome and finishing in about 3 1/2 hours. Tee boxes were mostly in good shape, semi-lush and mostly level with a little divot damage on a couple o... Continue »

Played 10-24-19 with Alex first out joining another twosome and finishing in about 3 1/2 hours. Tee boxes were mostly in good shape, semi-lush and mostly level with a little divot damage on a couple of the par threes. Fairways were very nice, lush with great lies but a little on the soft side so not much roll out. Rough overall was in good condition with some spots a little thicker than others but mostly a couple inches longer than the fairways. Was not in any bunkers but they looked to be well groomed. Greens were in great shape, semi-soft and rolling very smooth at medium/fast pace. Fun challenging course with nice elevation changes and a couple lakes that can come into play. As Alex said great Golf Moose deal and well worth playing with the nice conditions.

I got the invite to join fellow GK’er RGM2525 at Cypress Ridge and couldn’t pass up the opportunity since I’ve only played this course one other time. We teed off at around 7:20 AM as the first gro... Continue »

I got the invite to join fellow GK’er RGM2525 at Cypress Ridge and couldn’t pass up the opportunity since I’ve only played this course one other time. We teed off at around 7:20 AM as the first group out. Overall the course conditions are very nice right now. I’ll start in the middle as the fairways were awesome. Very lush and green throughout and never presenting a bad lie. Tee boxes weren’t bad. I remember one par 3 being particularly chewed up and one of the par 4 boxes being unlevel. Other than that all was good on the Tee. I never hit a single bunker, fairway or greenside so I can’t say what the traps were like.

The Greens…. Odd and tricky; but smooth and fast (some of the time). I fully admit that I struggled all day on the greens. Mainly with the speed and then with my lines as I started focusing on the speed and less on the direction. But that was on me. The greens rolled smooth. No issues there whatsoever. They didn’t seem to hold approach or pitch shots very well. Yet, they were soft enough to leave pitch marks. Again, odd and tricky.

The layout is fun with some slight elevation changes on a number of the holes. A couple of the holes even have a (very slight) peek at ocean off in the distance. Being the first ones off in the morning we set the pace with our foursome. There was a mini-tournament behind us and they were easily 2 holes behind so we didn’t have any pressure.

There’s a Golf Moose deal right now that makes it well worth playing given the all around nice conditions of the course.

Rode the Blues (6443/71.3/128) early morning with Mike, playing on a GM 2 person deal. The POP was slightly over 3.5H, playing in sunny, calm conditions in the low 60's. My first time here. Reminded... Continue »

Rode the Blues (6443/71.3/128) early morning with Mike, playing on a GM 2 person deal. The POP was slightly over 3.5H, playing in sunny, calm conditions in the low 60's. My first time here. Reminded me of several courses I played outside Portland, which considering Peter Jacobson was the designer is not a surprise. Lots of elevation changes, rolling hills, tight, tree lined fairways and large, sometimes severe greens. Mostly poa annua grass throughout the course. The tees had good coverage and were good to play from. The rough close to the fairways was not too tall but was thick/penal. Rough farther from the fairways was 1-2' tall, forget it, lost ball. The fairways were good to play from. Lots of undulation on the fairways here. The sand was nicely maintained. More fine dirt than sand, but I found it to be good to play from. The large greens were firm and quick, especially downhill. I had trouble with these greens, both in reading them and with the speed. Extremely poor putting day but still came away feeling like the greens rolled very well. The customer service was good from all encountered. Busy driving range and they have a putting and chipping practice area. Carts are basic, no GPS. Very nice layout, fun course in very good condition. Recommended.

This round was played on Saturday June 2nd. Tee time was for 7:30. Landed up playing by myself, despite them trying to pair me with another single, but they never showed up.
First tee, the starter l... Continue »

This round was played on Saturday June 2nd. Tee time was for 7:30. Landed up playing by myself, despite them trying to pair me with another single, but they never showed up.
First tee, the starter literally was not feeling his job. Cranky old man. Next thing, check the yardages before you play. Especially on this course, with a TON of elevation changes the white tees are fairly short. Under 6,000 yards. There is a "combo" tee with whites and blues, but never saw them while playing the Blues.

This course was in GREAT shape. I had a local email me some help to play each hole which helped quite a bit throughout the day. One difficulty about this course was hitting on severe downslopes and upslopes. The greens were moving quite fast, which made for a good day on the greens!

The course is quite broken up, there is a few times, that if you aren't looking for signage, you might land up in the wrong spot. The front nine crosses itself, and the back 9 starts with 9-13 together, and then 14-18 on the other side and around the clubhouse.

Most of all the holes are right in front of you, and you can see where you want to hit your shot, there are a few holes, where you need to hit around or over trees, hole 14 is take it around the eucalyptus, but you need to make sure you don't hit it left and into the houses, which have nets around them(many holes) or you can attempt to hit it over, which I did with a Hybrid. Hole 15 is a short Par 4 which requires a straight shot through the trees to a protected green with a pond right and a bunker left.

On the front 9, the 8th hole was probably the toughest hole on the entire course. You are hitting up to a fairway that has a ton of elevation, OB left, and OB and trees right. But if you cut the right corner you will either be in two fairway bunkers or in between, which I was. But you still wont have a few of the green because it still rises up to a well protected green.

All in all this was one of my favorite courses I have ever played. The course from 1-18, was in front of you, but kept you on your toes with so much elevation changes +/-. Know that the greens are fast, and you will have some awkward lies throughout the round. But if you want to play a course through the hills of Arroyo Grande, this is your course!