I saw the warning of maintenance but booked it anyway due to the difficulty of getting a decent tee time. That said, I can't remember seeing as much sand as I did on #6. I may as well have been in Dubai. Overall Rancho will always be a class of the field type muni but this place needs to heal for about 2-3 weeks before I'd consider playing it again. Pace of play was good at 4:15 with an 8:00 tee time. Maybe it was guys like us just taking auto 2 putts due to the conditions.

Our experience today at Lakewood 3/18 was about as expected for a course that was doing a major punch and sanding of the greens. Communication was great. We were aware last week when we booked so we took it in stride. We received a small bucket and a free beverage as compensation for dealing with the maintenance. That said, there were large punch holes and they were heavily sanded. Was it awesome? No. Was it communicated? Yes. Will it make the course much more enjoyable for the summer? Heck yeah. Can't wait to come back once the greens have healed.