Golf Course Reviews
Golf Course Reviews: California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, Florida, Hawaii!Still CPO for another week+. With things becoming much more crowded, I can already see the POP changing. Still got around in 3H, 45M on Veterans Day as a 2some.
Two things about a course coming out of overseeding that was closed several weeks for maintenance. 1-Fairways still cut higher than normal, which cuts down about 20-30 yards on many drives and makes the course play long. 2-Recently added sand to the traps has not had time to settle yet. And it is almost too fluffy/deep in many spots.
Those are really nit picking and about the worst things I could say about the current status of the course conditions. Lush throughout. Greens smooth, firm and quick. Highly recommended.
Two things about a course coming out of overseeding that was closed several weeks for maintenance. 1-Fairways still cut higher than normal, which cuts down about 20-30 yards on many drives and makes the course play long. 2-Recently added sand to the traps has not had time to settle yet. And it is almost too fluffy/deep in many spots.
Those are really nit picking and about the worst things I could say about the current status of the course conditions. Lush throughout. Greens smooth, firm and quick. Highly recommended.
First time out on Mountain since before over seeding. Still CPO for another week+. Mountain course very lush after over seeding which looks to have taken extremely well this season. Very busy with many snow birds arriving for the high season. 4.5H POP. Right now, before there is alot of play and carts are let loose on the fairways? Every area of the course is in the 9+/10 range. Almost unbelievable how far a ball will creep... and creep on very fast greens. And these greens are currently about as fast and smooth as I have ever played anywhere coming out of being closed for several weeks. Highly recommended.
First time out on Canyon in months. Back 9 was closed during the summer for sprinkler renovation and the entire 18 just reopened from over seeding. Still CPO for another week+. Mountain 18 will be closed for another 2 weeks for over seeding, then CPO until probably Thanksgiving.
Canyon course very lush after over seeding which looks to have taken extremely well this season. With an unusually long hot period still present, POP was not an issue. Never was within a hole of another golfer playing super twilight.
Wish I could still fly the ball the same distance at sea level when it is 70 degrees that it will fly @ 2200' elevation with temps around 100. Yesterday was over a club difference in calm conditions. Several times I just had to shake my head as a 9I flew over the green. Wow, so that was what a well struck 9I of mine used to look like 15-20 years ago...lol.
Right now, before there is alot of play and carts are let loose on the fairways? Every area of the course is in the 9/10 range. Highly recommended, especially with fees still firmly in the shoulder season range until 11/1, when they will crank them up into high season range.
Canyon course very lush after over seeding which looks to have taken extremely well this season. With an unusually long hot period still present, POP was not an issue. Never was within a hole of another golfer playing super twilight.
Wish I could still fly the ball the same distance at sea level when it is 70 degrees that it will fly @ 2200' elevation with temps around 100. Yesterday was over a club difference in calm conditions. Several times I just had to shake my head as a 9I flew over the green. Wow, so that was what a well struck 9I of mine used to look like 15-20 years ago...lol.
Right now, before there is alot of play and carts are let loose on the fairways? Every area of the course is in the 9/10 range. Highly recommended, especially with fees still firmly in the shoulder season range until 11/1, when they will crank them up into high season range.
Rode the Blues (6601/73.3/140) with Ron, Mark and John. Very fun and relaxed group to play with! Weather was nice, calm, clear and warm.
Traditional, old school William F. Bell layout. Interesting holes with variety that feature lots of elevation changes. Enough tightness and hazards to constantly keep you on your toes w/o being overly penal. Plenty of well positioned bunkers and tree lined fairways with excellent greens.
Tees were lush and well maintained.
Bermuda fairways were lush and nice to play from.
Rough was often thick and penal.
Sand traps were excellent. Thick good quality sand and immaculately maintained.
Smooth, quick large greens that rolled really well. False fronts could be treacherous on numerous holes.
Excellent customer service from everyone encountered. Nice range and excellent short game practice area. Nice GPS on carts. No drink cart but adequate water stations on the course. Highly recommended if you have the opportunity to play.
Traditional, old school William F. Bell layout. Interesting holes with variety that feature lots of elevation changes. Enough tightness and hazards to constantly keep you on your toes w/o being overly penal. Plenty of well positioned bunkers and tree lined fairways with excellent greens.
Tees were lush and well maintained.
Bermuda fairways were lush and nice to play from.
Rough was often thick and penal.
Sand traps were excellent. Thick good quality sand and immaculately maintained.
Smooth, quick large greens that rolled really well. False fronts could be treacherous on numerous holes.
Excellent customer service from everyone encountered. Nice range and excellent short game practice area. Nice GPS on carts. No drink cart but adequate water stations on the course. Highly recommended if you have the opportunity to play.
Walked the Blues on dew sweeper patrol with 2 other singles in 3.5H. $26 to walk early. Challenging course to walk, constantly up/down hills.
With more rainfall and being able to concentrate their H2O on 9 holes instead of 18, course much greener and more uniform in coverage than it was a few years ago. Fun layout with three par 3/4/5's that you play twice for 18 holes.
Greens nice, rolled well and would hold irons at medium fast speeds. Sand traps well maintained with good quality sand. Fairways, rough and tees all very playable with good coverage. Just not as good as the greens and sand traps.
Customer service limited but very friendly. Restaurant currently under renovation. They have a "Top Golf like" driving range with rooms set up with couches, multiple screens and simulators. Also available is what used to be the front 9 here that they rent out for $15 as practice on the course holes run by Cal Poly-SLO.
Easy access off Hwy 1, worth a play if in the SLO area.
With more rainfall and being able to concentrate their H2O on 9 holes instead of 18, course much greener and more uniform in coverage than it was a few years ago. Fun layout with three par 3/4/5's that you play twice for 18 holes.
Greens nice, rolled well and would hold irons at medium fast speeds. Sand traps well maintained with good quality sand. Fairways, rough and tees all very playable with good coverage. Just not as good as the greens and sand traps.
Customer service limited but very friendly. Restaurant currently under renovation. They have a "Top Golf like" driving range with rooms set up with couches, multiple screens and simulators. Also available is what used to be the front 9 here that they rent out for $15 as practice on the course holes run by Cal Poly-SLO.
Easy access off Hwy 1, worth a play if in the SLO area.
Walked Sunday afternoon with Josh. $47 mid day. 4.5H leisurely POP where we had acceptably minimal waiting most holes behind a 4some in carts.
Rcquinn's recent review spot on. Kikuyu from Tee to fringe in good condition with few bare areas anywhere. Rough mowed down almost everywhere, not penal.
Greens were smooth, receptive, few ball marks and rolled very nicely. Managed to find one of the few sand traps on the course and the sand was thick, fluffy and well maintained.
Staff quick, friendly and efficient. Busy restaurant onsite. Highly recommended.
Rcquinn's recent review spot on. Kikuyu from Tee to fringe in good condition with few bare areas anywhere. Rough mowed down almost everywhere, not penal.
Greens were smooth, receptive, few ball marks and rolled very nicely. Managed to find one of the few sand traps on the course and the sand was thick, fluffy and well maintained.
Staff quick, friendly and efficient. Busy restaurant onsite. Highly recommended.
Back 9 closed for sprinkler renovation. Should reopen in September. Front 9 in summer season condition. Currently the rotation varies with one of the Mountain 9's completing your 18.
Greens nice but slower than usual. Sand traps well maintained with nice quality sand. Tees, fairways and rough all okay, very playable. But all have some weak spots.
Driving range very nice. Customer service usually top notch here but scaled back for the summer with few players out playing daily.
Worth a play with lower fees knowing that half the course is closed and that conditions are 7.5/10 instead of the 9/10 like they would be in prime season.
Greens nice but slower than usual. Sand traps well maintained with nice quality sand. Tees, fairways and rough all okay, very playable. But all have some weak spots.
Driving range very nice. Customer service usually top notch here but scaled back for the summer with few players out playing daily.
Worth a play with lower fees knowing that half the course is closed and that conditions are 7.5/10 instead of the 9/10 like they would be in prime season.
Conditions are now definitely middle of the summer shape. What was a 9/10 across the board 2 months ago in shoulder season are more in the 7-8/10 range now.
Greens nice and smooth but slower than normal. Sand traps well maintained with good quality sand. Everything else is very playable but a good notch down from prime season conditions here.
Services scaled back based on limited demand. Instead of roughly a dozen people manning the carts/starters/Marshal's/Driving range, it's more like 4 bouncing around trying to cover everything.
POP not an issue, few out playing with temps in the 105-108 range. Still worth a play with quick POP and much lower rates. Water every few holes makes a quick 18 doable even with the temps.
Greens nice and smooth but slower than normal. Sand traps well maintained with good quality sand. Everything else is very playable but a good notch down from prime season conditions here.
Services scaled back based on limited demand. Instead of roughly a dozen people manning the carts/starters/Marshal's/Driving range, it's more like 4 bouncing around trying to cover everything.
POP not an issue, few out playing with temps in the 105-108 range. Still worth a play with quick POP and much lower rates. Water every few holes makes a quick 18 doable even with the temps.
Played several times this week. Greens improving every day. almost back to normal and rolling smoothly again after spring maintenance. With the temps north of 105 a few days, speed still a tad slower than usual. Barely any remnants of the top dressing still present.
Tees, boxes, fairways, rough and sand in outstanding shoulder season condition.
Excellent, fun, challenging layout. Really good practice area,
Nice restaurant onsite, excellent customer service. Even saw a drink cart out making the rounds today, rare here. Recommended.
Tees, boxes, fairways, rough and sand in outstanding shoulder season condition.
Excellent, fun, challenging layout. Really good practice area,
Nice restaurant onsite, excellent customer service. Even saw a drink cart out making the rounds today, rare here. Recommended.
9 holes scheduled to be closed most of the summer for sprinkler renovation. Open 9 just reopened after spring greens maintenance.
Fun, challenging layout with many fun holes. From tee to green, excellent shoulder season condition. Greens still show the effects of punching/sanding. You fly an iron onto a green and you see sand fly up and the ball will not hold well. Probably at least 10 days out until the greens are fully healed.
Excellent customer service, nice practice facility. Good restaurant onsite. would wait until mid June when the greens will be putting smooth again.
Fun, challenging layout with many fun holes. From tee to green, excellent shoulder season condition. Greens still show the effects of punching/sanding. You fly an iron onto a green and you see sand fly up and the ball will not hold well. Probably at least 10 days out until the greens are fully healed.
Excellent customer service, nice practice facility. Good restaurant onsite. would wait until mid June when the greens will be putting smooth again.
Facility currently down to 18 holes for maintenance. IMO, they opened up the Mountain front too early after spring punching. These greens are bumpy and it will probably be at least another week before they are good again. No 2' putt is a gimmee on these things, you could bounce offline and miss the hole from a few ft. away on a relatively good putt.
Layout plays very different this time of year where they have all the rough remotely close to the greens mostly shaved down. Opens up putter or low bump/run as an option from well off many greens. Flipside is that when your ball rolls over a green, there is nothing to stop it from rolling well down until you hope it finally finds some taller grass or a low spot. Because if it does not, cactus and desertscape awaits.
Course from tee to the fringes is in excellent shoulder season shape. Had an out of state guest play with me last weekend and they charged him $63. I had 2 thoughts... First, was pleasantly surprised the guest rates were that low on Memorial Day weekend. But second, $63 is probably too much based on the current condition of these greens. Great layout, beautiful course. But really firm, sanded, fast greens that are bumpy is not my idea of a good time.
But POP is excellent. Basically whatever I choose this time of year with temps around 100 twilight when I usually play.
Layout plays very different this time of year where they have all the rough remotely close to the greens mostly shaved down. Opens up putter or low bump/run as an option from well off many greens. Flipside is that when your ball rolls over a green, there is nothing to stop it from rolling well down until you hope it finally finds some taller grass or a low spot. Because if it does not, cactus and desertscape awaits.
Course from tee to the fringes is in excellent shoulder season shape. Had an out of state guest play with me last weekend and they charged him $63. I had 2 thoughts... First, was pleasantly surprised the guest rates were that low on Memorial Day weekend. But second, $63 is probably too much based on the current condition of these greens. Great layout, beautiful course. But really firm, sanded, fast greens that are bumpy is not my idea of a good time.
But POP is excellent. Basically whatever I choose this time of year with temps around 100 twilight when I usually play.
First time out after being away for a couple of weeks. Knew I was not going to get all 18 in, so decided to change things up and play tees that were unrated. I normally play the Green tees, which is 1/2 Black and 1/2 Gold. So half the black/gold tees I never have played. So played Gold on my normal Black tee holes and Black on my normal Gold tee holes. Would have to play that version a few times, but on first impression... Some of the Blacks I normally do not play, glad I don't, because there are some LONG holes from there...lol.
Beginning to get in "summer shape" although still clearly "shoulder season" condition. Firming up and drying out as the temps rise.
Tees and Fairways still very lush and well maintained. Sand almost always immaculate. Rough plays better than it looks when the Bermuda is still not completely out of dormancy everywhere. Mowed low but still will grab your club.
Greens very good, but not what they were a few weeks ago. Firm and smooth. But easier to putt once you get the speed down because they are not nearly as quick as they were in prime season.
Customer service excellent. Recommended.
Beginning to get in "summer shape" although still clearly "shoulder season" condition. Firming up and drying out as the temps rise.
Tees and Fairways still very lush and well maintained. Sand almost always immaculate. Rough plays better than it looks when the Bermuda is still not completely out of dormancy everywhere. Mowed low but still will grab your club.
Greens very good, but not what they were a few weeks ago. Firm and smooth. But easier to putt once you get the speed down because they are not nearly as quick as they were in prime season.
Customer service excellent. Recommended.
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