Played Spyglass Hill on Tuesday afternoon on an overcast but warmish day. Being local and knowing the head pro has its benefits. There had been a shotgun tournament earlier in the day and Patrick ... Continue »

Played Spyglass Hill on Tuesday afternoon on an overcast but warmish day. Being local and knowing the head pro has its benefits. There had been a shotgun tournament earlier in the day and Patrick gave us the option of going off the back nine which was wide up. My buddy and I were joined by a single and the three of us had the entire course to ourselves. By the time we came around the front nine it was cleared out and we finished in about 3 hours. Course is in excellent shape as you would expect. Fairways, tee boxes and sand traps are as close to perfect 10’s as you can get. Rough was thick and penal. I don’t know what it is about the rough at Spyglass but it’s like swinging through Velcro!

Greens were a little on the slow side. My guess is they slowed them down for the earlier outing. My buddy is a caddie at PB/Spy and he said the greens were rolling very fast a few days earlier. The slower (normal speed) greens helped tame the greens.

They are still doing work on the 15th green (short par 3) so that hole is closed. They have now moved the tee boxes Waaay back on 14 and made a temp green just in front of the pond. Then they added a tee box off to the right for a short (120 yard) Par 3 over the pond to the original 14th green which is now the 15th green during the maintenance. They have add some golf carts for walkers to take from the 14/15th green to the 16th tee as it’s now a bit of a hike. You then leave the golf cart off to the side halfway down the 16th fairway so the next group can use them. It’s a nice touch of customer service.

Spyglass is a tough track which is always a pleasure to play.