Teed off early this morning at a little after 6. There was another group in front of us and as we were on the tee a 2some pulled up behind us so we let them go ahead. Pace was awesome. As we were on the 18th tee box the group behind us was on the 15th tee box.

Fairways are pretty dormant so there was a lot of roll if you found them. In fact I nearly drove the 1st... » More

Teed off early this morning at a little after 6. There was another group in front of us and as we were on the tee a 2some pulled up behind us so we let them go ahead. Pace was awesome. As we were on the 18th tee box the group behind us was on the 15th tee box.

Fairways are pretty dormant so there was a lot of roll if you found them. In fact I nearly drove the 1st green. They were firm but not so firm that your club would bounce on them. You could still take divots. On a side note the up hill par 5 13th hole no the back no longer has that waste area. I'm not sure that was anyone's previous review.

Greens were posted at 10.5 which I have no idea what that means but they seemed pretty slow for my liking. Quite a bit a slope but with the speed I don't think there were any bad places to miss.

We played the black tees and I thought they were all moved up quite a bit. There was a Future Champions tourney that started as we made the turn and as we finished the range and putting green was packed with kids. It's been a while since I've seen that many people together.

Bunkers were ok. Some needed to be raked and some were raked so it was a crap shoot. Pretty good sand to get out of too.

Price might be a little above my liking but it's a good change of pace course and certainly a good test of golf.
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Played Mt. Woodson for the first time Tuesday the 2nd. 1:20 pm tee time. Pop 4 hours. We were a twosome in between two foursomes. There is no gps and some blind tee shots as the group behind us hit up on us a few times mostly towards the finishing holes. The course shuts down next week for maintenance. Poa greens they rolled nice. Fairway was dormant and tee boxes were a mix... » More

Played Mt. Woodson for the first time Tuesday the 2nd. 1:20 pm tee time. Pop 4 hours. We were a twosome in between two foursomes. There is no gps and some blind tee shots as the group behind us hit up on us a few times mostly towards the finishing holes. The course shuts down next week for maintenance. Poa greens they rolled nice. Fairway was dormant and tee boxes were a mixture of grasses, dirt, but they were level. Rough was decent. I enjoyed the scenery, the forced carries. Water is in play in a few holes. I bet a lot of balls are lost in the canyons. Driving range is a batting cage. Overall this course is great . The scenery really makes up for the conditions and I cant wait to get back after maintenance is done.
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Walked the Blues (6083/69.6/116) in 4H, 15M early morning. Played with Pete, Tom and Christian, very relaxed group to play with. Overcast, breezy and around 60. $34 to walk with the SLO Co. card is a good deal on the weekend IMO.

Morro Bay looks alot more like a mountain course than a beach course. Hilly, tree lined with no water less than a mile from the ocean. The tre... » More

Walked the Blues (6083/69.6/116) in 4H, 15M early morning. Played with Pete, Tom and Christian, very relaxed group to play with. Overcast, breezy and around 60. $34 to walk with the SLO Co. card is a good deal on the weekend IMO.

Morro Bay looks alot more like a mountain course than a beach course. Hilly, tree lined with no water 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. 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. The par 71 layout featuring three par 5's and four par 3's is fun to play. Most par 3's play downhill and most 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. Many hard pan areas farther off the fairways. Beside and behind the greens the rough is lusher/taller.

Few sand traps were decently maintained with few foot prints.

Mostly smallish poa greens were firm, medium fast and relatively smooth. They held approach shots well. The more I play here, the more I appreciate the difficulty of these greens. There are at least 10 greens here that if you are above the hole you are in trouble on many pin locations. Balls barely missing holes with little pace can easily have 8-15' coming back. No large tiers or mounds, but there are few straight putts and putts/chips can have a great deal of break.

Customer service was excellent, friendly Marshall and Starter. Never any on course services here. Fun course, Recommended.
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