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Played Rio Hondo on Wednesday, 11/30 for the first time in a few years. PoP was 4:10 with a starting tee time of 8:12.
Overall the conditions are not up to Rio Hondo standards. Seemed like everything was in winter conditions.
Tees: Pretty chewed up and firm.
Fairways: Very this and firm to hard. Hitting the ball first was a must as a slightly fat shot would bounce the club into the ball. There are many GUR in the fairways with only a painted circle around the area, no ropes, and you can tell that carts drive across these areas. So I don't think these areas will ever heal.
Rough: thin and patchy.
Bunkers: The only highlight on the course. Bunkers are filled with nice sand and most have been raked nicely. And each trap and plenty of rakes, which is very nice to not have to hunt for one.
Greens: Damage on every green. Some are worse than others, so it's a mixed bag. The greens were running medium fast. The 18th green is in the best shape with very little damage.
Overall I will wait to play Rio Hondo again till spring or early summer.
9 Likes.
Played on Monday the 31st with fellow GK'r SR129. It was a fantastic day for golf. The course had just came out of maintenance and had reopened on the Friday before and the course was is great shape. We had a PoP of 4:15 and the new carts are very comfortable with a nice GPS. Staff was great as usual. Only hole 6 was cart path only which was a nice surprise coming out of overseeding.

Tees: Very nice shape, but I do wish they would do something with the #17 box in the 3rd location as it's like trying to get the tee into concrete.
Fairways: The new grass is awesome, but there were a few that were a little long, but they were out mowing so on Tuesday they were probably perfect. Golfers: Please fill your divots. Too many unfilled for being open just a few days.
Rough: Nasty long and thick. takes a little more time finding your ball. Hint: Don't hit it there.
Bunkers: Wasn't in any, but they looked fluffy with nice white sand. They really pop off the emerald green grass.
Greens: Not up to the Goose usual standards. They were dry and haven't come out of being punched. Was a little surprising. Even though they didn't look great, putts rolled nicely with no noticible bouncing. The speed was med fast and held shots nicely.

Im a huge fan of the Goose and think it's one of the best courses around.
11 Likes.
Played on Wednesday, June 29th with Steve (sr129) on a beautiful morning. Teed off at 6:40 and POP was 3:30. The course has work being done in many areas, but does not effect play that much. The collars around the 17th green are GUR as they have been re-sod. 12 of the holes have been punched with small holes and does not effect putts at all. I wish I could blame them for my poor putting, but thats not the case. The 11th green has a large repaired area that does not effect putting to much and it coming along very well. The few fairways are showing a few signs of the heat recently, but they are still great. They were watering in many areas trying to keep the course in top shape. Was not in any sand so I can't comment on those. I am used to playing Goose in immaculate shape and playing it in only great shape was just a little odd. I can't wait to go back
10 Likes.
Played AH on Friday, May 6th. I hadn't played here for about 15 years. I had a really good time, but the cost could keep me from booking as there are cheaper places to play. Their rates fluctuate depending on demand. I booked 7 days out and got a decent rate and a few days later it was about $10 higher for the same tee time.

The course was in very nice shape and it exceeded my expectations.
Tees - A few could use a leveling, but it nice shape.
Fairways - In really good shape and never a bad lie.
Rough - Thick. Sometimes you needed to be over top of your ball before you could see it.
Bunkers - Playing in the morning made the bunkers a little moist from the dew and nighttime watering, but very playable.
Greens - Very good shape, but other players ball marks needed to be fixed often.

I was surprised how short the course is, but it plays so much longer as some tee shots play uphill. Some of the downhill tee shots are very fun. I know I will be back sooner than later, as I had just a fun experience. Oh Hole 12 sucks! Maybe because I missed a 2.5 footer for par.
12 Likes.
Played Monday (4/25) morning with Steve (sr 129) and what a great day it was. The course is in fantastic shape from tee to green.

Tees - great coverage and mostly level. A few are difficult to get a tee into, but that is no biggie.
Fairways - perfect. Firm with great coverage. The collars around the greens were very tight and using a putter instead of chipping with a wedge was a good choice.
Rough - Only about a half inch long, not very penal. Very good coverage.
Bunkers - Was in one of each (fairway, greenside) and both and very good sand and well kept. They also have a good amount of rakes around each bunker. Example: the large greenside bunker on 17 had 4 rakes around it. Very nice touch.
Greens - A little bumpy in the early morning, but once it started warming up they became perfect. Medium fast and firm. Not many unrepaired marks on them at all. I didn't hit many in regulation so I can't comment on if they held or not.
PoP - 4 hours.
Customer Service - Everybody I came in contact with was pleaseant.
My review is just the standard of Goose Creek, making this one of my favorite courses to play.
11 Likes.
Played on Tuesday Nov. 16 with fellow GK'r sr129. We tee'd off right on time and had a great 4:10 pace, just waiting on a few shots. The course has come out of being closed for a month great. Goose is always a pleasure to play and the senior rate makes it even that much better.

Tees - great shape, the grass might have been a touch long, but mowers were out so they are probably even better now.
Fairways - very nice. never a bad lie all day with very little divot damage.
Rough - great shape and still very playable.
Greens - Other than a little damage on hole 11 they were great to putt on. Didn't break as much as they looked which caused our group to burn the edges all day long.
Bunkers - Have brand new white sand in them and is one of the first things you notice when you first see the course. The sand is very fluffy, but many foot prints from people not raking them. d%mn it people pick up a rake and use it. Lets keep this course up and in great shape for everybody.

Overall I had a blast out there and will be back very soon.
14 Likes.
Played in the GK event on June 6th. This was my 2nd time O.L. and both times have been GK events. Olivas is just about the golf as they operate out of a trailer, there is no clubhouse. Other than not really having a snack bar or restuarant on site, but that is fine with me. PoP was right at 5 hours, but it was a Sunday afternoon on a well conditioned, fun course.
Conditions were great.
Tees - In good condition, but a few felt a little shaggy towards the end of the round.
Fairways - great. Ball sat up nicely and GUR was marked nicely on a few holes.
Rough - nice condition and made you really think about club selection hitting out of it.
Greens - great to putt on these medium fast greens. since I have not played here that often reading them was a little difficult and some of the flags were located in some tough spots.
Bunkers - nice sand, but lots of foot prints as not many golfers raking them. I was raking my tracks and many others when in them.
I wish this course was not such a long drive for me as I would play here a lot more often.
8 Likes.
Played on Monday, May 3rd with the gurus. Thanks to Johnny for setting this up and thanks to Johnny, Steve and Ron for making it such a great day. You guys are awesome.

This was only my 2nd time playing this course and I enjoyed even more than my first time playing it.

As the previous 2 reviews by Steve and Nick were right on with their insights to the conditions. I really don't have much more to add. Bunkers not that great, fairways were awesome and rough was thick and penal. The greens ran very nice and down hill putts could get away from you.

I really like how they are using the old 17 and 18 as holes 1-2, Makes they layout way better, ending with a nice par 5 and not the shorter old hole 18. Just a way better finishing hole and the new hole 1 is just a better starting hole. Most likely you GPS will be screwy because most companies have not updated their software to reflect the new routing.

I found that everybody that I came in contact with that works at OQ to be very friendly and that just adds to the enjoyment of this course.

Get out and play "The Rock" you will be glad you did.
12 Likes.
The Desert course was our 2nd 18 of the day as it was the free round as part of the Golf Moose deal. We would have had to wait until 3:00 to get on the lakes again. Friday and Saturdays are busy times at Primm. This was my first time experiencing the Desrt course. This is a tight course with many many bunkers throughout. There is mounding on the sides of the fairways to help keep the ball in play.
I hate to give bad reveiws of courses, but the neglect this course is receiving needs to be discussed.
The best way to describe this course is that is is the ugly step-sibling of the Lakes course. We were told to go out anytime as it was wide open and for good reason.
Tees - chewed up and many sanded and the sand just looked like they are trying to do a somewhat job of quick fixing, nothing wlse done to make them better.
Fairways - Mix of dormant and green grass. More like a brown fairway with green polka dots. Odd lies every where.
Rough - just longer verion of the fairway. Ball usually sitting between clumps of green quarter sized grass. Not good
Bunkers - No rakes or maintenance filled with course desert sand.
Greens - worse than the lakes course. Many large areas of diseased areas. Chipping onto ar putting across was an adventure. Many of the diseased areas looked like mold. Wasn't sure if that was mold or something they have put down to bring them back.
The one thing that got me was the amount of Burro dung on the course. Almost every hole had five or six piles of it on the fairways, rough and near the greens. When I asked about it, they said that the burros got through the fence and now have taken over and they are not allowed to move them because they are protected. But there was no piles on the lakes course which I found intersting as they must clean it up. Did not see any burros on the course.
After the round I asked why this course was in such bad shape, I was told that they are focusing their efforts on the Lakes course since its the most popular. They did not overseed the course this year and this if why the fairways are as bad as they are. Was also told the course would probably be in good shape until sometime next year.
All this made me disappointed since the layout is very fun. Seems like the need to adopt the saying "build it and they will come".
Definietly not worth the $95 rack rate. But was ok as a free round.
9 Likes.
Played on Friday, March 26 using the Golf Moose deal for $129 for two with a free same day replay. And with the $25 gift certificate I picked up at a GK event made the deal deal even more sweeter.
Check in was smooth and easy and we teed off as a twosome right on time with a pace of 3.5 hours.
Course is in ok of shape and is coming out of winter conditions.
Tees - In good shape, the par 3 tees could use some work.
Fairways are good, but have a few thin spots. Good lies most of the round.
Rough - not very penalizing and is coming out of dormancy.
Bunkers - in good shape with rakes and very well maintained.
Greens - were more of a brownish/green. Rolled medium fast with a few bumps here and there. There are spots of diseased areas along the fringes and looks like they are trying to get them fixed. The greens aren't healing very fast as you can see multiple old hole locations on every green. Uphill putts are very slow and downhill was lightening.
This course is one of two on the property and gets the most play, but they put a lot of effort into this course to keep it somewhat nice.
7 Likes.
Was out with the Gurus today for an absolutely great day golf. Thanks to Perry, Gary and Steve for making it so fun. Staff at Desert Willow are fantastic and seem to go out of their way to make golfing at Desert Willow a great experience. Normal COVID precautions are in place, but they do have you share carts but there is a divider between the passenger and rider. Carts have a very nice GPS and have very comfy seats. Now onto to conditions: ( you may notice a pattern here)

Tee Boxes - Played the Lavender tees and they were in perfect shape.
Fairways - Immaculate and a beautiful emerald green.
Rough - Immaculate and about 1-2 inches of perfect green grass.
Bunkers - Great sand and they do have rakes so it did feel a little odd raking a bunker again.
Greens - Immaculate with very very few unrepaired ball marks. Rolled true and were a blast to putt on, and tricky After our round a Desert Willow employee was out to greet us and ask what we thought about the course. He said the greens were a Rye/Poa Aunna mix. He also told us how they make sure the greens are kept firm enough to resist some ball marks by measuring the amount of water they put on them. He said they have a person go around and check each green in multiple places. The tool they use has bluetooth and sends information back to an app that shows them the places on the green that have too much water and the areas that are underwatered, even though us normal golfers could never tell by looking at them or putting on them. Was very interesting seeing the app.

As you can tell I loved the course, staff and the friends I golfed with today. I can't imagine how I would have felt about the day if I had even golfed halfway decent.

Thanks to Johnny putting this together, and thanks to Desert Willow for hosting us today.
10 Likes.
Played on Thursday the 10th with the "gurus" and had a blast. Thanks Johnny, Mike and Steve for a great day. Not much to add that hasn't already been said. The bunkers may have been in the worst shape that I have seen here, but this is out of the norm for Goose Creek. I'm sure that the Goose won't let that be like that for long.
I have played here many times and my expectations are always met. You know that conditions are going to be great and the pace of play will be good. The par 3's here are fun and challenging and #16 is just a beast. You never feel like you are playing the same hole twice as every hole has a personality of it's own.
Customer service was great and everybody was very pleasant.
Can't wait until the next time I play here. This course is one of my favorites.
8 Likes.
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