Played this AM. The fairways were damp so lies were good (not on all fairways) so little to no roll out.

Tee boxes were all playable and traps have new sand (not all yet) and they are very playable. But I would be remiss not mentioning no one rakes, nor cares or does not know how to rake a bunker. After all these years of playing the only think I can come up with is that players today are just lazy.

Greens are getting better and firming up and getting faster. I was told that they are going to remove the bent grass greens that have been there since the 80's and seed them with poa annua but no time schedule was given.

I would not say the course is in as good as shape at present as I have seen it over the years. So I certainly hope we will see improvement over the coming months.

As always excellent customer service from every employee who I came in contact with.

Restaurant still open only W through Sun.

Was able to get a great deal for Thanksgiving. Love playing at this great course. $109 for HI golf. Located right in Kihei and a great way to start the day. Drank my coffee, watched the sunrise and teed off. Course is in great shape. Perfect way to start a Thanksgiving day. Yes there are the big name courses here but why spend the money when all you want is a good round of golf on a good course. I only hope I have many more years to come here and play. I hope all of you GK members had a great Thanksgiving like I did.

Played today. Course was a little drier than I expected. Unfortunately we are having rain again. Tee boxes were playable. The new sand in the bunkers withstood the rain well. But players are not raking them sad to say. Fairways damp of course and mud on balls expected so not very good lies. But I was impressed with the greens. Even with the rain they still had some firmness which they did not have last week. But they still putted slow. The usual great service in the shop. And restaurant was open serving good food and great prices.

Played today before the rains come.

Course is really not shaping up very quickly. In fact they were laying sand in the fairways today which seemed odd given the rain that is expected? And fairways looked punched and that seems strange as they just did them last month.

Pehaps the soil here is not that good and it needs a lot more TLC before we see improved conditions?

So with poor fairways we still have less than improved greens. They are not mowing them close and thus you get slowww greens all 18. And this was a course that always had good firm fast greens in the past.

Tee boxes were all playable.

They have not finished re sanding all the bunkers but the ones they have done are very nice and very playable in comparison to the old ones.

Still good customer service but better course conditions would be even better.

Hopefully my trip to CO Thanksgiving week will allow me some golf on some better courses.

Played today and after 1 week very little improvement is apparent in course conditions.

Fairways are not mowed and very wet conditions on many of them prevail. They are not even drying out in many areas. The middle of # 18 is a muddy mess.

Nice new sand in almost all the traps now. Very playable. But no one still rakes the traps. Unbelievable.

Greens need mowing and rolling. They are the slowest I have ever seen them.

Tee boxes are also in need of mowing and at least you can get a tee in the ground.

For a course that is under the control of Troon I really don't understand why conditions are so lacking in improvement after all the aertion they did last month.

Pace of play is pathetic unless you are one of the first 3 to 4 groups out in the AM.

From last week to this week not a lot of changes in the course.

Greens have dried out but still seem soft and very slow at present.

Tee boxes IMO did not come out of aeration very well. And they are all very wet. So from one source I heard that they are watering the place too much?

Fairways need cutting badly but they also are very wet and provide no roll and not very good lies.

But the new white sand in the bunkers (and they are not done with all of them) is fantastic. 110% improvement over the way they were before.

Always great customer service from Madison and Christian in the shop. And Rich who runs the cart portion of the course is just terrific.

Hopefully sunny weather, warm days will allow the maintenance crew to get a handle on things and bring the course around to better playing conditions.

Played this AM. All tee boxes now open. Greens healed. Nice white sand in front 9 bunkers. Still some back 9 holes not done yet. Other than damp fairways that need mowing the place looks good. Excellent customer service from Mateo and Christian in the shop. With some mowing and dry temps course should dry out and firm up over the coming weeks.

With the greens done and traps done but tee boxes not open yet at Alhambra came here yesterday for 9 holes. Cost was $32 to walk.

Course is in very nice shape presently. No tee box issues, traps playable and clean, greens in really good playable condition. Very little if any rough to play out of. Fairways all good.

POP was a little slow for the 9 holes but I walked so it was tolerable.

Customer service was excellent.

Great bar and food area with plenty of seating and large TVs to relax in.

IMO it fits the bill for a good 9 hole course. Par 35. 3200 from Black 3100 Blue and 2900 from W

With Alhambra torn up through Oct I decided to play here this morning. I did 18 holes walking in 3 H.

The course is in terrific shape. Every tee box is level and clean. Fairways (though damp) had great lies and good roll out.

Very little if any rough to deal with outside the fairways and around the greens.

Traps had adequate sand and the one I was in played just fine.

They punched a few weeks ago and you would not know that unless you asked. The greens were just excellent for chipping, putting, holding shots but a tad slow with the dampness in the AM. I am sure they are much faster later in the day given the great condition they are in.

They have lowered their rates since they opened and charged me $32 to walk. Which I felt was very fair given the conditions I was met with. They are also running specials on the website if you are interested.

The now have a beautiful outdoor area with 2 huge TV screens along with many tables to sit at. A brand new bar area serving food and cocktails. And firepits/chair as well. Very well done IMO.

No driving range but they do have a large putting green.

The only complaint I would have is that there are no porta toilets on the course and the only bathrooms are at the clubhouse. I can already see that as a problem (LOL).

Was just informed more aeration on Oct 22 and course will be closed.

Played this morning. Course is in good shape. Greens to be aerated on Oct 20. But right now they are in very nice shape.

Pro shop informed me that all lawsuits are now in the past and the course will remain open for the foreseeable future.

They have new pricing M-Th which includes $49 for Seniors. Check with the pro shop on the pricing for F-Sun.

While it was a little damp early AM the course played just fine. Tee boxes were all playable. Fairways had good coverage and provided good lies on all holes. Not as much roll out due to dampness but it was cloudy and raining some this AM.

Rough was penal outside of the fairways but not on all holes. But again it was wet so that made it play more difficult.

Traps all had good sand in them.

As mentioned the greens putted and chipped just fine and were all in good shape. Again slow due to dampness but after a few holes you had the idea to hit them a little firmer.

Great customer service from pro shop, thank you Caleb and from the starter Mathew.

And the snack bar next to the starters position was open and serving food, coffee and drinks. Nice to see that as it seems many of these places at some courses are not open for we early bird golfers.

POP was 3.5 H as we got out at dawn and they even had a marshal on the course.

No problem recommending Westridge at presnt and I will be going back ASAP.

Went to play today. Lasted 3 holes. I knew the greens had been aerated but I was not expecting what else I found.

1. Fairways have not been mowed and look and play awful. And there was no mowing being done today.

2. Sand traps are being worked and they have numerous temporary greens and no information on how long this will last. And its not minor work but a total overhaul of each trap.

3. On Oct 6 ALL tee boxes will be aerated and tees moved up 30 to 40 yards. And they are stating that the tees will not open for one month.

4. They are charging normal green fees during all this work as well. No discounts.

Combine bad fairways, trap overhaul, sanded greens, and closing of tees for 1 month for aeration. That in my mind does not make for an enjoyable round of golf.

Personally I don't think its worth the $$ to play here for the present.

Played here yesterday. Course is a Pete Dye design and one of his early ones. Done in 1984. So it can claim being a former TPC stadium layout. It is a wonderful course to play. It is in Castle Rock so easy trip from Denver. Great rates, layout and staff. Found all the course to be in great shape. I love the Par 3 12th with (they say) 10K railroad ties. And the 17th is a Par 3 island hole made famous by Dye at many of his TPC designs. I really recommend this course if you are in the area.

Starting Monday I will be making a NE golf tour playing Awarri Dunes, Wildhorse, two days at Dismal River in the Sand Dunes of NE and finishing up with Scottsbluff CC. As NE is not in the GK lineup John will post my pics along with my posts in the Members Forums.