Nice day at Arroyo Trabuco. Started out very slow and by the fourth hole the Marshals were out in force and took care of the matter. At the sixth hole a few Marshals stopped by and apologized for the inconvenience and gave our foursome each a sleeve of Arroyo Trabuco logo golf balls ---- Avery nice gesture and most importantly, of course, they took care of the problem. Since they have GPS on the carts you’re being tracked, and if you start running a little slow they know who it is, which is a great tool for the Marshals. The course is in good shape and the greens are running about 11. The staff was very nice and helpful. Arroyo Trabuco has the feel of a country club but at affordable rates. For seniors (60 +) $45.00 with a cart and GPS. As a side note, your first beer at the 19th costs you what your score was. If you shoot an 82 it costs you .82 cents ---- What a deal --- Try their Trabuco Pale Ale --- Very smoooooth.

San Clemente has recovered well after the rains. Fairways were in good shape and the greens were running true. Sand traps were not in good shape and needed sand and smoothening. The weather was great and the staff were pleasant. Nice venue.

Another beautiful day in San Clemente. The greens are in great shape and they have completely replaced about half the tee boxes. Their Pro-Shop prices on clubs, shoes, and clothes are hard to beat. Nice people. $25.00 senior rate and half cart is $12.00.

Update – Rancho San Joaquin will be aerating the fairways on July 19th through the 23rd

Great day at Rancho --- The greens were in great shape and running about 10. There were some bare spots on the fairways but basically in good shape. Sand was fluffy. Played in four hours and the staff was very nice. $39.00 senior rate with a cart was well worth it. They will be aerating the fairways in the next few days.

Played this course for the first time today. Course is in great shape and challenging from tee to green. Since the areas off the fairways are environmental areas, they’re considered lateral, so bring some extra balls. There is only one out of bounds on the course. They did not have ball washers at all the tees ---- A wet towel should be considered. They also need some buckets with brushes and water at the driving range as there is no place to clean the mud and grass off your clubs. The staff was pleasant and very helpful. The July 1 issue of the Orange County Register had a very helpful critique on how to play each hole and it can be downloaded from their web site. The senior rate with cart is $45.00 and worth it. I get to play there tomorrow and looking forward to it. Great course!!!

Played Creek/Valley on 7-1. Course is in great shape from Tee to Green. The sand traps still need more sand as we found small chunks of dirt on the greens. They have an abundance of “Player Assistants” (Marshalls) that keep things moving along quite well. When you finish, however, the bag boys remove your clubs to another cart that holds 5 golfers and drive you to the parking lot about 500 yards away. When you arrive at the parking lot to start your game, they put your clubs on a cart and you drive that 500 yards up to the club house!!! Go figure!!!

Course is in great shape and the weather was very nice --- partly overcast and cool ocean breezes. The greens were a little slow and need to be mowed. They had been sanded and some were faster than others. The staff was very nice. Senior rate was $25.00 with half cart at $12.00.

Great weather and course in great shape. Several new traps since I last played. Difficult to read the greens. They were posted as running 9 on the stimp meter and a lot of holes had breaks within six to eight inches of the hole. Fairways were in good shape and the rough was about one to two inches. Staff was very nice and we finished 18 holes in just four hours. $55.00 senior rate

Fairways were immaculate, greens were running about 11 and true, and the staff, including the marshals, were very nice. The ruff was U.S. Open and the sand was good. The course is in great shape and for the $60.00 senior rate with a cart, it was well worth it. They also have one of the best practice facilities in Orange County. A real treat today. We'll be playing next Tuesday.

This course is eye candy. Had a tee time of 0840 and teed off at 0825 as a twosome. The greens were a little slow at about 9.5 with a few bare spots, but all in all, the course is in good shape. A few of the bunkers were being redone but the rest were good. Cart path only on about half of the par fours and fives. A lot of workers out today pruning and doing general cleanup. Staff was very friendly. At the senior rate of $68.00 with cart, I’ll be back.

First three tees were aerated and we played in front of the forward tees --- not happy about that, however, the rest of the tee boxes were just fine. The greens were perfect and running about 11. Some thin patches on the fairways but the rough and sand were good. $42.00 senior rate was well worth it.