Golf Course Reviews
Golf Course Reviews: California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, Florida, Hawaii!Played 3/15/25 2pm $65 twilight POP 4:30 Course is still in winter condition. Fairways have good coverage. Mostly thin dormant grass. Many signs of the grass starting to resprout. Another month and they should be mostly green. Greens were in very good shape. Receptive, but a little bouncy and ran on the slow side. The rain has cause a few issues around, but not much. Mostly in the bunkers that were wet firm sand. Overall in decent shape and should be improving.
Played 1/25/25 8:30 am $165. Course was in over all fantastic shape. Emerald green fairways against the dormant tan rough. Fairways green with full overseeded coverage. Cut a little tight and not overly full, but played great. Ball sat well with good roll out. Greens were in fantastic shape. Well struck shots would sit. They ran true at a medium quick pace. Down hillers could easily get away from you. They were a treat to play on. Was not in any traps, but they looked to be in good shape. Most Tees were in good shape. Some had enough divot damage to make you look for a spot. Saw the cart girl twice. There was about a 30 min. frost delay, but they caught back up quicky and our tee time was only about 10 min. late. The more I play this course the more I enjoy the layout. I wouldn't call it a resort course because it is fairly narrow, but there is not a lot of trouble unless you are severely errant. I find it to be a very FUN course to play. I would not call it "Lush" but in fantastic shape and a treat to play.
Played 1/18/25 10:30 POP 4:45. Course was in overall decent shape. Fairways had mostly full coverage with an occasional bare spot mixed around. They were a mixture of dormant grass & green grass. A little more dormant then green and both cut very tight. They played fine with good roll out. Good ball striking very important. Greens were in good shape. A little bumpy and on the slow side. Mostly receptive. A few had repaired areas. Traps in good shape. They have added free track man to each station on the driving range which is kind of cool. But with the reduced flight golf balls, not 100% accurate, but still fun. Golf carts very nice with Active GPS. Saw the cart girl twice.
Rate a little on the steep side for the current conditions, but still a recommend.
Rate a little on the steep side for the current conditions, but still a recommend.
Played 12/14/24 Winter has arrived as far as the course conditions. Fairways & rough vary dormant. The have dyed the fairways to give them a green appearance, but are very tight. Good ball striking mandatory! They have good coverage and played fine, just very tight. Very good roll out. Greens had firmed up a little from last time, but still receptive. Many foot prints left behind. They rolled at a medium quick pace with a decent roll. These greens are the real deal when it comes to staying below the hole and YOU WILL pay for short siding yourself. A couple of the par 3 greens had a lot of semi healing divot marks. Good POP at just a little over 4 hrs. Price a little steep for the current winter conditions, but still a recommend.
Played 12/1/24 1:30 pm $30 for 9 holes with cart.
Course is in slightly rough shape. Fairways dormant and thin with many bare areas mixed in. Greens were in pretty good shape. Receptive, a little bumpy mostly from foot prints and ran at a medium pace.
Tees were thin with many bare areas. Traps have not been cleaned or maintained and are basically waste areas full of weeds. A good course to bring beginners or to just get out of the house.
Course is in slightly rough shape. Fairways dormant and thin with many bare areas mixed in. Greens were in pretty good shape. Receptive, a little bumpy mostly from foot prints and ran at a medium pace.
Tees were thin with many bare areas. Traps have not been cleaned or maintained and are basically waste areas full of weeds. A good course to bring beginners or to just get out of the house.
Played 11/27/24 9:40 POP 4:45. Foggy and cold start. When we arrived around 8:30. we were not sure if we could even play, but the fog burned off and turned into a pretty nice day. The course is in good shape over all. Winter conditions, Fairways thin and moist. Decent coverage, but mostly on the thin side. A mixture of lies, with mostly good. Greens were very good. receptive and fairly quick. It took a few hours for the heavy dew to dry so the first 6-7 hole were pretty wet. After that they were very good. Many unrepaired pitch marks. Traps are a course sand and looked firm, but played consistently well. A fun layout and mix of hole designs with many semi driveable 4s. This seems to add to the slow play because of people waiting for greens to clear. A fairly short course with numerous hazards that make it semi target golf. Driving range with mats and a large putting/Chipping green off by its self. A fun course in decent to good shape.
Played 11/23/24 11 am POP 4:05 Course is in overall decent to good shape. Fairways are cut tight and mostly dormant, but have very good coverage. They have painted them green. They play fine with very good roll out, but have mostly tight lies. Greens were in mostly great shape. Receptive and ran well at a medium pace. Noticed many bumps and wobbles, but they putted well. They have done repair work on many of the greens with replacement sod patches. Mostly on the fringes. Seldom caused any issues. Traps firm, tees a little above average for typical Mt. Woodson shape. Always enjoy playing this course with the views, and fun layout and they continue to improve the conditions. I wouldn't call it "Lush", but it is playing fine and it is a easy recommend.
Played 11/9/24 10:20 POP 4:20 Course is in good to very good shape. Fairways have dried out a little. Possibly from the recent Santa Ana winds. They still played well. Tannish green in color with very good to great coverage. Mostly very tight with good roll out. Good ball striking was required. With the dormant Bermuda cut tight it could cause issues if even a tad fat. Rough caused no issues.
Greens were the best I have seen them play. Since the redesign the greens have always played fast & firm. Today they were fast and receptive. It as always been difficult to stop shots, but today it was like throwing darts and the balls would even back up. The only issue with this was it has caused a lot of divot damage from people not repairing or incorrectly repairing their divots. The scars didn't seem to cause any issues other then visual. And I noticed many foot prints, which I have never seen here. The amazing part was how fast they were and how well they rolled. Even before when firm and fast, they weren't this fast. Down hill putts were extremely tricky on these undulating greens. I loved them.
Most traps were in very good to great shape. Was in three and two had perfect sand and one had very wet sand which made it very hard to get out of. Tees were fine with a couple placed in un even locations. No cart service on this day and it was very busy on the course. Waited on about a third of the holes with #10 stacked two deep. But, pace was back to normal after about 4 holes. The course looks on the dry side visually, but is still playing good with some fantastic greens at this time. Very easy recommend!
Greens were the best I have seen them play. Since the redesign the greens have always played fast & firm. Today they were fast and receptive. It as always been difficult to stop shots, but today it was like throwing darts and the balls would even back up. The only issue with this was it has caused a lot of divot damage from people not repairing or incorrectly repairing their divots. The scars didn't seem to cause any issues other then visual. And I noticed many foot prints, which I have never seen here. The amazing part was how fast they were and how well they rolled. Even before when firm and fast, they weren't this fast. Down hill putts were extremely tricky on these undulating greens. I loved them.
Most traps were in very good to great shape. Was in three and two had perfect sand and one had very wet sand which made it very hard to get out of. Tees were fine with a couple placed in un even locations. No cart service on this day and it was very busy on the course. Waited on about a third of the holes with #10 stacked two deep. But, pace was back to normal after about 4 holes. The course looks on the dry side visually, but is still playing good with some fantastic greens at this time. Very easy recommend!
Played 11/3/24 10:10 POP 4.5 hrs Course is in very good to great shape. Fairways have very good coverage and mostly green. They are cut pretty tight and required good ball stricking. Very good roll out and they played well. Greens were in mostly great shape. Receptive and rolled at a medium pace. Noticed a few balls take noticeable bumps and hops. Rough was a mix of clumpy grass. From thin and clumpy to thick and clumpy. You can have a good lie or a shity lie. Traps in fair shape. They all have the same course sand/ DG mix in them, so at least they are consistent. Most on the firm side. Driving range small and a little on the ragged side. It had been a while since playing here, and it did not disappoint. A fun and challenging course with a great mix of hole designs and in good to great shape.
Played 10/20/24 12:30 POP 4:30 Was in the area on business and had never played here. Course was a mix of conditions. Some fairways and or sections of fairways were in great shape. While others were not. All had mostly good coverage. Some thin with a mix of clumpy grass and other parts perfect. Greens were the same. Some great, some not so much. All were very slow and bumpy from past aeration remnants. Greens have some pretty big contours in them. These greens would be very tough if ever in firm & fast conditions. Everything still very playable, just inconsistent and a mix of playing conditions. Was in a couple of traps and they were in good shape. Many tees are uneven with small teeing areas. A fun & interesting layout with elevated tee box's or steep up hill holes. Driving rang small with those weird small range balls. Very small chipping/ putting green that was in not so good shape. In playable condition and worth a look if in the area.
Played 10/13/24 7:30. First time playing with new Fairways and greens. Leisurely pace of just under 4 hrs with no one behind and one group ahead Everything is firm. Fairways have great coverage. Very good roll out and played fantastic. There are some very small and minor spots with thin coverage where grass hasn't filled completely filled in. Greens were very firm. They rolled smooth and true at medium fast pace. Very fast down grain and down hill. Traps and tees in great shape. New carts with GPS. Even a over head view of the greens with color coded topo showing slopes. Great warm up areas with Titleist balls and range finders at each station. Over all the course was back how it originally played. Even with a hot deal it's still very pricey but in fantastic shape. Was told by fellow player that for the rest of this month it is free replay, but did not confirm.
Played 10/4/24 11:40 $99. Pop 4:40. Course is in over all very good to great condition. Much greener than I expected. Fairways are full and I will say lush, but on the dry side. Ball sits really nicely and are great to hit off. Rough and little thick, but mostly under the ball. Made it a little difficult to compress the ball. Which really comes into play on the greens. They are in great shape. On the firm side so only well struck shots had any stopping power. It doesn't appear they had been aerated as noted above. I don't know if they had a FU tournament before us or if the pin setter was just mean, because the pins were in really difficult spots right above and on break over. These greens are the real thing and are difficult all by them selves. Course was busy on this hot Oct. day in the low 100's. Looking forward to some cooler autumn days because the course is playing very well. Easy recommend.
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