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Played yesterday. 1st time. Wasn't expecting it to be as challenging as it was, but as a first timer, it kept me on my toes. Pace of play was 5+ hours. They let 5-somes out too. Overall, course was in excellent shape. Fairways lush, greens smooth and medium fast, rough not murderous and water wet. Each hole offers a unique challenge. Trees, sand, water -- all placed at the should I or shouldn't I range. Sand in bunkers was healthy and medium. Course knowledge is essential (hit water on a hole that's impossible to see water from the fairway). Greens are multi tiered and almost always elevated. Careful club selection is essential, as is staying below the hole when putting. Course was wet from previous night's rain, but I can imagine the greens get verrrry fast in the summer time. Excellent round, with no distractions from the air-strip next door.
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OK -- so my group and I played here yesterday morning. The course is extremely tight. You must hit the ball straight and keep it in play to score. The fairways were not so tight you couldn't land the ball, but excessive fades and slices are severely punished. Tee boxes were uneven and made finding a flat area difficult. Greens were maintained very nicely and rolled true. The good: the customer service and marshall and pro shop folk were great. They were very helpful and recorded our group and had us on the tee on time. The pace of play for us was outstanding. Outside of one hole, we never waited for anyone to hit. Round finished in just under 5 hours on Sunday morning. The course offered unique and interesting challenges for shot making and scoring. As long as one stays dry and close to the fairway, there is ample scoring available. The grounds of the course -- the actual course, is quite beautiful. Undulations and hills, natural woods and environmental areas -- all made for a lovely afternoon. The course looks more challenging than it is. Play safe and all will be well. Greens were outstanding and challenging. Length was medium-long, but never took a 3-wood out of the bag.

The bad: the course is built on the side of a community in La Habra. It gives the impression that after the homes were finished, someone said -- "Hey, I bet if we packed these holes in here we could make a golf course." It's very tight and very narrow and on many holes, the view is overlooking the road overlooking a Ralph's. The course is also built on the side of a hill that's made out of clay!

All too often in the middle of the fairway, a perfectly placed tee shot was sitting on hardpan that was on top of sandy clay. You MUST be careful NOT to take a divot on the majority of holes on this course or it feels like one is hitting out of sand. THIS was our major disappointment. As lovely as the folks down there treated us, and as beautiful and challenging as the course presented itself to be -- whoever thought they could build a nice track on clay and sand got it wrong. This should be a great course. But as it stands -- the playing conditions are average to poor. Why design a great course on crappy land -- hmmm. Even one of the grounds keepers told us the ground was so sh$t ty they had to soak the course to keep it playable, making many shots wet AND sandy. I was disappointed because this course should have been better. Won't be back for the $70 we payed for the weekend. At $40 -- maybe. Final rating 2 1/2 stars.
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