Played Soboba Country Club on 6/4 at 8:30am. When we arrived, the staff greeted us warmly. The guy who was working the register asked if we'd been told about the playing conditions when we made the reservation. After I told him that I had not been notified, he apologized and let us know that the rough was in really bad shape and was extremely bare, but that the greens, tee boxes, and fairways were in excellent condition. He again apologized and offered us $15 off our green fees. I am really glad that we ended up playing. The greens, fairways, and tee boxes were in immaculate shape. I haven't played there since they redid the course a few years ago. They didn't really change the design of the course, but they lengthened it and moved the tee boxes to trickier positions, and added a bunch of bunkers. They also changed the routing of the course. It was a real treat!

Played this morning at 7am. Course in very good condition, with the exception of the first few fairways. Hole #1, #3 and #5 had some bare areas in the fairway. There were some areas in these fairways that were nice, but my ball didn't find those nice areas. Hole #7 is a par 3 and plays 300 yards from the tips.....AWESOME. I hit it 20 yards from the green, chipped up and made par, yippee!

The greens were firm and fast this morning; they were great. The tee boxes at this course and at the Ike are on some holes somewhat unlevel, but they were in pretty good condition.

I love how at this course you have to maneuver your ball off the tee. The greens are really undulating too. This course is definitely in better shape than its rating suggests.

Played this morning at 7:45. There were quite a few groups at the course when we got there, but the groups were spaced out nicely so we really didn't see anyone. $32 green fee special, so you can't really beat that :-)

The course was dried out in some areas and overwatered in others. The greens were firm and pretty fast, but the ball mark damage was atrocious! People REALLY need to fix their ball marks. The fairways were firm on some holes and that led to lots of roll, and other holes were waterlogged and there was no roll. The tee boxes were pretty close to perfect. I really like the layout of this course. Some holes play longer than the yardage, while other holes play shorter. Nice course. I'll be back.

Played this morning at 7:45. We had a tee time at 8:18, but they let us out early. The course was empty, but they tried putting a single with us.....what's up with that?! Fortunately, the single was a cool guy and said he didn't want to barge in, so we let him play through :-)

Course was in very good shape. For as hot as it's been the last week, the course was quite lush. Though there were some areas that were overwatered, the greens were pretty smooth (though a bit slow) and ran true. The only exception was #7, which had a ton of ball marks. The tee boxes were in great shape (we played from the golds), as were the fairways. A couple of the fairways were a bit dried out, but that's to be expected this time of year. Overall, the fairways were really nice. I was only in one bunker, but there wasn't really any sand in it. One of my playing partner's was in a couple of bunkers, and he found the same thing.

This course is a great layout, and it a lot of fun to play.

played 8/21 at 7am. The course was in very good shape. The tee boxes and fairways were in excellent condition. The greens were firm and fairly fast, but there were a lot of burned looking areas of the greens. Although the greens were brown and bumpy looking, they rolled surprisingly well.

We went as a twosome and finished in less than 4 hours. There was a reverse shotgun, but we never saw them

Played Nov. 12th and was first off. There was no one there except my group and three other groups between 6:30 and 10am....amazing. The greens were perfect, absolutely perfect! They ran really fast, firm and smooth. The fairways were in really nice shape. The only minor problem was that they had the back tees closed due to their preparations for the stage 2 PGA tour Q school. I understand closing the par 3 tees because of divots, but not closing ALL of the tee boxes. Those of us who can play from those tees will not be taking divots on par 4s and 5s. The course plays a lot easier when it's 500 yards shorter. I played a few holes from the tips anyway, in protest (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, but that's it).

I really like this course and look forward to playing it in the future (from the tips).

played this morning at 6:40 as a threesome. We showed up early and a twosome was supposed to go out before us, and we were going to go after them. A single showed up and, the starter, instead of putting him with the twosome in front of us, put him with us making our group a foursome. This makes NO sense, especially since there were many twosomes and threesomes behind us. Why make us a foursome when we are only going to slow up the groups behind us? Why not make the group in front of us a threesome? The answer is because the starter was friends with the group in front of us and asked them if they wanted to play alone. Of course they said yes. Why don't WE get the same courtesy. As it turns out, the single we got stuck with was a really nice guy and a decent player, who played at a good pace.

The course was WAY too wet. One of my partners, as an assistant greenskeeper at a prestigious private course, was shocked at how over-watered the greens were. He said they were really unhealthy. On the first few holes, our footprints on the greens looked to be an inch deep (I only weight 180 lbs.) Everything was over-watered according to my greenskeeper friend. From my perspective, it was definitely worth the money and the course played a lot more friendly as we were able to hold more greens as a result of the moisture on the greens. I hit a 5 iron approach into 17 (we played from the tips) and the ball plugged on the green. The ball didn't move from it's original ballmark. I've never done that with a long iron to an uphill green. WAY TOO WET GUYS!

Played today, 7/3 and was the third group off. The course was very green and lush.....a little too lush. The fairways, though they had no puddles, were VERY wet. There was absolutely no roll out there, yet the greens were extremely firm. The grass on the tee boxes, fairways and rough was thick and good length. The grass on the greens were sparse and they were firm, but the ball rolled true and fast. The bunkers that everyone complains about seem to have been addressed, at least the ones that I hit into. Maybe the bunkers on the Champions have not shown improvement, but the few that I came into contact with on the Legends were excellent. I love this course!!

It's been a while since I've played here. A friend and I went out early and played by ourselves. Usually this course is PACKED!! Today, however, there were very few people and it was an enjoyable round. We finished in under 4 hours and the greens were in really good shape. The fairways and bunkers were very wet and oversaturated due to the torrential downpour from the last couple of weeks. It actually made the course more challenging since there were more water hazards than usual :-)

If you want a quick round of golf, this usually isn't the place to play unless you get lucky. Even though it's a muni, the course layout is very challenging. The last poster who said it isn't a course for serious golfers clearly is not aware that there are a few prestigious state tournaments that are played at El Dorado each year. Now, granted, they play from a different set of tees (on some holes, they are wwaaaaayyyy back), and the course is usually in far better shape during the tournament, but with that being said, it is clear that playing it in ANY condition, that there is a great course underneath. The course requires accuracy off the tee and it also demands the ability to work the ball both ways off the tee. Sharp doglegs, and lots of trees. Though not long, it is a good test. I don't want to "let the hackers have it" as the previous poster said. Plenty of top local/state golfers play here and I resent the notion that it's not a serious golfer's course. I've played with plenty of single digit players that had a hard time breaking 80 from the Long Beach Open tee boxes.

Me and my pals played yesterday at 9:30. We brought online coupons only to find out that they were no longer accepted. Before I had a chance to protest, the proshop guy said that he felt bad for us driving all that way to pay full price when we didn't think we were going to. He gave us the senior rate for our trouble, which was actually a better discount than the coupon. When I brought that to his attention, he said "don't worry about it". Talk about great customer service! Another great experience happened about a half-hour later. When we hit range balls and were ready to tee off, we got to #1 and we showed the starter our recipt. He said "I've only got one question". I thought, uh oh, he wants to ask us what tees we were planning to play from (I hate being told what tees I can or can't use). But to my surprise, he wanted to know how three guys who didn't look over 30 got the senior discount. That's what I'm talking about folks. It's all about customer service. Nobody wants to deal with starters/marshalls that have the gate-keeper mentality who have power trips. This was a wonderful experience.

As for the course, since they had Tour School Qualifiying here 3 weeks ago, the course was immaculate. The greens were the best I've seen them, and I've seen these greens in great shape before. They were fast, true, and firm. The rest of the course was also in great shape. Better get here while it lasts.

This is a great layout. Too bad the course was so beat up. The greens, which were just punched a few weeks ago, actually putted pretty nice. The rest of the grass on the course, especially around the greens, was uneven, dried out, and just flat out terrible. Many of the tee boxes didn't even have grass. It was just dirt (some cases mud). I can't believe they would let a course be in this bad of shape. I am from the Long Beach area, and our local courses are in way better shape throughout the year. Lakewood Country Club is super busy (like Diamond Bar), but it is never this bad.

Oh, and did I forget to mention....our tee time was 2:28. We didn't tee off 'til after 3pm. When we got there at 2, there were 6 groups of fivesomes waiting to tee off. There was a marshal there, but he wasn't doing anything. Instead of spacing people out properly, groups were stacking up like crazy. Ridiculous.

Me and a buddy played last friday. We had a tee time at 9:20, but we got there 45 minutes early. The starter was a little paranoid and asked us to check-in immediately. We told him we wanted to relax and just hit some putts. He told us that if we didn't check-in, there would be no guarantee that they'd be able to hold our tee time. I thought that was rediculous for many reason (which I will not elucidate here), on top of the fact that there were less than 20 cars in the parking lot. We acquiesced, and we got paired with two other guys. I thought this was kind of silly since there was hardly anyone out there. I really don't understand why golf courses insist on putting people together when it isn't crowded. Adding insult to injury, they stuck a twosome behind us. These people are retarded.

Anyway, the course was a little burned out, but that is to be expected since they were planning to overseed and aerate a week later. But compared to many courses in the Palm Springs area, this course was in very good shape. I played PGA West a month ago, and Escena was in a little better shape, and was 1/3rd the price. It was REALLY windy, say, 30 to 40 mph pretty much all day. There are a few more holes into the wind than downwind, and a few crosswind holes. In windy conditions, this course is as tough as you'll find. The first hole was 611 yards, into the wind. Needless to say, it was playing tougher than it would normally. If the wind isn't a factor, I'd say this course is of medium to medium-high difficulty. But with the windy conditions, the way the course is designed makes it really challenging. Fun course. Next time I'm in the area, I'll play it again, especially for $25!!