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Out today, 3/19, as a threesome teeing off round 1:40 and playing the whites. Course was in all around good shape. Teeing grounds had no issues, the fairways are tight but fine for play unless you are a heavy divot striker. With very tight chipping from the fairway, I opted for putter as often as possible. Rollout is commensurate with the fairway firmness. By contrast the rough is grown in to a good, playable length — occasionally a bit deeper and thicker. It's not one of those paces with minimal difference between fairway and rough. I missed the bunkers but they seemed clean and my partners had mixed results. The greens were clean, a nice quick pace, and the surrounding areas a good length for short game.

Nice day on the warmish side, the pace was slow and we got around in just about five hours even. That was probably the only conspicuous negative and otherwise we all enjoyed the course and the round. No cart service but good options at the turn and a nicer than usual clubhouse bar. Recommended.
7 Likes.
Got out Thursday 2/29 as single joining another single. Not too much to elaborate on. The course is in overall very clean condition — clean, green and mown with not a bare or brown spot in sight. Bunkers were a little firm but good — raked with no footprints. Rough was consistent and generally playable. The greens were very good and firm, barely giving up any pitch marks and running true at a quick but not touchy speed.

It was coincidence that I was up from Altadena and my playing partner was up from Pasadena. He was good company and our games were similarly frustrating. We got around in something like 4:15 with no pressure. Whenever I review the course I mention it is not my favorite in its generally very straightforward layout, but the conditions and general views of the area give it a bump and it fit my itinerary. I enjoyed it. Hanging out afterwards on their patio and drinking a beer while the late afternoon sun warmed up the mountain views made for a nice finish to the day. One could do a lot worse.
13 Likes.
Out Friday 2/16 with a buddy, joined by a twosome for a 1:40 start. Two weeks since the previous report and conditions can change, so my report will be a little different than that one, but not questioning his subjective observations. Playing the whites, I found the teeing grounds here very good. They are consistently broad, level and green with not overly abused coverage — functionally, pretty much all I could ask for. Fairways here are "Woodley" good. There are occasional patches approaching hardpan with 50/50 light grass and cracked earth visible in between, and more rarely there are actual hardpan spots. But the great majority is good coverage, although my definition of lush is a little more literal and you don't get rollout like this (good) on a truly lush fairway. Knowing how baked out it can get here, it's pretty good. The rough is pretty consistently covered, playable and mostly not punitive. I was in one bunker. The pattern of goose tracks aside didn't impact anything and it was OK — on the firm side with a looser top layer. The surrounds were pretty clean for short game while the greens themselves were in very good shape. They ran a quick medium and were firm and clean. They were resistant to giving up much in pitch marks so not a lot to repair.

We never caught the group ahead and for most to the round they had at least a hole on us. The group behind was mostly in contact but our pace was good at right around 4:10. We managed to get 18 in with enough light as the group behind was the last to do it. Paid about $15 senior rate to walk a flat course and I thought it was a great deal. My buddy paid $27 with a cart and that's less than most places without one. They revamped the bar/dining area and patio a while back and it's a good place to hang out after the round and get a bite and beverage. A broad and forgiving course, we really enjoyed it for what it is.
6 Likes.
Played here Tuesday, 2/13 as twosome joined by a single. It was the first time in a very long time and only my second outing here. I had little memory of the first visit. I'm going to lift directly from the previous review by otonitoni because it nails it for me:

"Skylinks is uniquely different than other Long Beach courses. A true links style course with low rough and many undulations. The lies are tight which means lots of roll but also tricky for short chips."

Very tight lies and as much roll as I've seen almost anywhere. If you can hit anything like a boring shot you might easily get 25% or more on the roll. It's kind of fun if you keep it straight, and most of the fairways are on the generous side. Ditto on the chipping comment, although when there is no obstruction or odd patch in front of you, you could be putting from the fairway 40 feet off the green as the percentage shot.

It was busy on the day but we moved along with no delay, getting around in something like four hours. We rode but it is perfect for walking with mounding but no real hills. A lot of activity around the clubhouse and range, it seems to do a lot of business. It's a little out of the way for me, but with the incentive to meet up with the old friend I was playing with, I look forward to doing it again.
8 Likes.
Out on Friday 2/9 as a two-some joining another one. I like this course but haven't made to out here for about two years, this time meeting s buddy from Beaumont. The conditions overall were not flawless but pretty solid overall. Teeing grounds were mainly green, cut and level. Fairways had some occasional rough spots but they were mostly marked as GUR. Mostly it was good Winter lies and positive rollout. Rough varied but was mostly green, not too tough, occasionally thinner or bare. I was in one bunker and managed my escape. Not fluffy but not hard or unkempt. The greens ran at a good medium quick speed and were pretty clean but had some subtle and tricky nuances that weren't obvious, including the telltale volcano slope around some holes of a that was hard to see until the peeled off in the last foot.

There are some quirky holes like the 9th and 11th, but mostly I like the course, its contoured nature and the views on certain hole are pretty nice, especially with the snowcapped mountains. The small driving range has grass but was limited to the synthetic strip along the back edge o the day. It was busy day and sluggish pace, so we got through 15 before quitting for lack of daylight. We did stop at the par-3 18 where I pulled out the glow balls to play it in the gloom. There are some pretty nice courses like the Goose and Oak Quarry in the general area and this is not them, but it's still interesting, fun, in reasonably good shape and a bit less expensive. It was beautiful day to be out even without finishing. Recommended.
10 Likes.
Out 1/30 at 2:20 as a single after avoiding the place for about five months. I would easily upgrade it from dog track to cow pasture. There can still be small dirt areas found on some fairways and the bumpy nature of them will exist regardless of coverage, but there is now a decent layer of coverage on most of the surface that has been the result of time and rain. Playing from the blues, teeing grounds were OK. The rough can exaggerate the lumpy quality found in areas of the fairway, varies in coverage, and can include gopher holes, but I shouldn't be there in the first place. Bunkers were firm with a gravely quality to the sand and at least one I saw had some grass spots springing up within it. I wasn't in any but it would have been a crap shoot. The greens were pretty decent at a medium speed and reasonably clean and true. There is a roped-off thirty yard stretch in front of the 9th tee box that seems to be an attempt to green up a typically hardpan stretch.

The shaggy aspects of the course aside, I actually like the layout here with its altitude change and views. It's also a good workout for 9 holes when you have finished from top to bottom and back. I got out ahead of a few groups and had no one in front of me, so I got around efficiently. There is no way to recommend the conditions as more than practice-worthy or going out of your way to come here. But being local, I will come back at some point because with reasonable expectations, I can get on and still enjoy myself for what it is, which is better than it was. I enjoyed it, but I'm easy.

As a side note on service, when I arrived, the starter's computer was stalling so he told me to go ahead and pay when I finished. I know it worked for subsequent players, but when I went in after my round, it started stalling again so he just shook my hand and waived me out with a free round. Appreciate that.
9 Likes.
A little late and lazy, I'm pointing at 24hourgolf's 1/14 review as a start and adding a little, based on my 12:00 round of Friday, 1/26. In addition to his observations, the overall quality of the lies both on the tees and in the fairways stood out to me as nicer than I've seen in a while. There are exceptions, like the lead up to the green on the par-5 6th is always sketchy but, overall very nice. The exception to otherwise nice teeing grounds was the whites on the par-3 13th, which was basically a sidehill lie. We teed up out to the box on a flat section.

I booked as a single and was paired with a trio of attorneys who were good company as a group. It was also a rare day in that we never had anyone in front of us. Not particularly quick as a group, the group behind was even slower so we were never pressed and usually had empty space behind us too — although heaven help the backlog behind them. A shorter course, I usually play the blues, but given the threesome was playing white, I went along with it and enjoyed the slight difference as a change of pace. Nice conditions and always friendly service. Recommended.
7 Likes.
Played Friday, 1/12 as a twosome paired up with another pair. Tee off was about 20 minutes late due to earlier frost delay. Playing from the whites, teeing grounds were mostly serviceable but sometimes a bit worse for wear. Fairways were pretty tight overall. There were spots where the lie had exposed dirt, but in the main it was more of a tight, hitting mat consistency rather than grass in the usual sense. All that said it was mostly playable, but the word lush only applied to spots in the rough. Rough was good, mostly playable with some slightly thicker patches. Bunkers were mostly OK as to sand consistency, a bit on the firmer side and occasionally needing some raking. Areas around the greens were good for short game, While not quite as quick as the practice green, the greens themselves were on the quick side and reasonably clean. A good challenge and fun to putt.

The course was busy and the pace slow but steady at around 4.75 hours. Didn't think we would run out of light with the original start time, but between the delay and pace, finished the 18th mostly in the dark. I was packing glow balls that we pulled out after finding our final tee shots to finish the hole. The course has a nice clubhouse with a private club feel, generally good service and nice driving range. It had been a while since I've played here, including some past GK Cup matches, and when it is in shape, I think it serves well for that. But it is flat and, as my partner commented, there is a bit of sameness to the holes that makes it a little unremarkable and perhaps not worth the effort when conditions are so-so. I did enjoy it, and if someone invited me to play there, I would, even under the less-than-optimal conditions. But as far as my own preferences, there are currently a lot of other course that would rate ahead of it in terms of playing interest and conditions. Recommended but only conditionally.
8 Likes.
Super quick: Played Friday 12/8 as a single joining a threesome, teeing off around 12:00. Course is in overall good condition and recommended. Occasional discernible areas symptomatic of Winter where the grass is a bit thinner and exposing earth, but limited and not pervasive. Mostly perfectly good lies. Greens ran medium which seemed a little sluggish because the practice greens were faster. Played the blues and they were generally set deep in the box. Beautiful day and about a 4.5 hr pace. Good times.
9 Likes.
A quick summary: I got out as single joining another single at 12 noon on Friday 12/1. Weather -wise it was about as perfect for a round as can be expected — sunny, cool but not brisk until late in the round, and barely any wind all day. This is a shorter course with a flat front one and a rolling back nine. They pay attention to the conditions here and they are consistently good all around with few lapses. This applied on the day and the greens were about as good as they get here. They were clean, reasonable quick and accepted shots and divots. Otherwise, fairway lies were good, rough was mostly green and playable, chipping conditions were good. I missed all the bunkers so no feedback there. Recommended for a relaxed round.
8 Likes.
Attended the Goose Creek outing with a buddy who had never seen the course. Seeing the weather reports all week and not knowing what to expect, it turned out to be about as perfect a day one could expect — cloudless, still at the start, light breeze in the middle, still towards the end. The course paired up well with the weather. Tee boxes all clean and level. The fairways were all green, trim, and consistent as to offering a clean lie. Rough was pretty consistent as to cut quality with the first cut playable but a bit of a factor. Where a second cut came it to play, both finding and advancing the ball got tougher. I'm not good out of the sand and so not exactly a bunker aficionado, but these were beautiful — nice, white, slightly course sand that wasn't overly heavy, nor was it too fluffy. Not saying I played well out of the them, but I could get used to them. Where mown to fairway length the green surrounds could be tight for chipping while otherwise it was consistent and presented opportunities. The greens were nice — quick enough but not twitchy and receptive to incoming shots, leaving a pronounced divot. I found a few to fix as I went but the greens were in very nice shape overall. I noticed one green on which there was still the ghost of aeration but don't think it affected anything.

The practice facilities here are very nice and make for a good warm up. Organization of the day was smooth and the starter gave a full rundown before each group teed off. The shadows of the late afternoon sun enhanced the vistas as the day approached sunset and the final event group finished behind us just in time. The post-round gathering and raffle was pleasant and efficient. Goose Creek deserves recognition for maintaining a quality product and Johnny deserves kudos for another enjoyable GK event.
8 Likes.
Got out with my buddy on Friday 10/6 at 12:50 joined by a pleasant couple, and we played the white tees. The previous two reports in the course review thread for MM were written by me and are long. If you want more of an overview, refer back to them, this one will be short because the conditions have been consistantly good and nothing has changed. Tees are green and mostly level enough with a couple of exceptions that might require a little hunting for the right spot. Fairways are nice and the course is green overall. Rough was mostly reasonable and consistent to play from and there are some wilder areas that come into the mix when getting too far astray — balls can be lost and were. Bunkers were good with only the occasional footprint. I'd say the greens were closer to medium while they have been a touch quicker previously, but they are in good shape as are the immediate surrounds.

Nice front desk service, the service cart was in play and the vibe seems generally friendly. Throw in some amazing views and what's not to like? Recommended.
9 Likes.
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