Walked the Blues (6083/69.6/116) mid morning in 4H, 50M. Played with Doug and Joe, both good sticks as the last group in the weekly Morro Bay GC game. The guys directly in front of us were woefully sl... Continue »

Walked the Blues (6083/69.6/116) mid morning in 4H, 50M. Played with Doug and Joe, both good sticks as the last group in the weekly Morro Bay GC game. The guys directly in front of us were woefully slow, well behind the 4some in front of them and they were only a 3some? Clear, breezy and around 70. $27 to walk mid morning with the SLO Co. card is a good deal IMO. Being at sea level coupled with the lack of roll from the kikuyu make this course play hundreds of yards longer than you would presume based on the scorecard yardages. Like the par 71 layout featuring three par 5's and four par 3's. The par 3's play downhill and the par 5's play uphill, so the scorecard yardages are very deceptive. Tough walking course with all the hills. Kikuyu tees were winter thin, mowed down and well maintained. Kikuyu fairways were winter thin, mowed down low and decent to play from. Mostly Kikuyu rough was maintained low with mostly good coverage. They had recently vericutt the Kikuyu in the rough, and even though low, you were probably drawing a poor to bad lie. Many hard pan areas farther off the fairways. The few sand traps were decenly maintained with few foot prints. Mostly smallish poa greens were firm and downright quick today. Quickest they have been here in awhile. Medium fast overall and relatively smooth, they held approach shots well. However, if you were downhill AND downwind, better make it. Balls barely missing holes with little pace could have 8-15' on the next putt. No large tiers or mounds, but there are few straight putts and putts above the hole could be quick. Beside and behind the greens the rough is taller. Customer service was excellent, friendly Marshall and Starter. Never any on course services here. This course would remind you much more of a mountain course than a beach course. You do not expect a hilly, tree lined course less than a mile from the ocean. The tree lined fairways are constantly up down hills, some severely up/down. Not a tight layout and it offers some tremendous views of Morro Bay and Morro Rock on a clear day. Fun course, Recommended.