Played Strawberry on 1/17/25. Love the layout, staff is nice, but man the grass to dollar ratio is way off here.

Tee boxes are the worst offe... » More

Played Strawberry on 1/17/25. Love the layout, staff is nice, but man the grass to dollar ratio is way off here.

Tee boxes are the worst offenders. On most tee boxes you won't get grass under your feet and the ball at the same time. Mostly, it is just sand coverage. Fairways are a little better, but there are still large areas of many fairways that are just sand.

Greens are pretty good, couple of rough spots here or there, but nothing really troublesome. Sand traps were real nice.

Course was busy, and pace was 4:45. Started out quick through 8, then slowed for the back 9.

Can't recommend Strawberry at the price they are asking. Hopefully this is just a winter condition, and the grass will fill in for spring. I think the fairways will be good, but those tee boxes have a long way to go.
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Played SC Muni on 1/8. Standard Muni conditions - greens and fairways excellent. Rough and tees good with the usual trouble spots.

Of note, v... » More

Played SC Muni on 1/8. Standard Muni conditions - greens and fairways excellent. Rough and tees good with the usual trouble spots.

Of note, vandals partied on #3 green the night before, so #3 has a temp green while repairs are made. My guess (based on nothing - just a guess) is they will have the green back in play in a few days, but it will be a while until it fully recovers.
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Played MSQ on 12/12/14. Fairways / Rough / Traps all in very good shape for a muni. Greens were quite good, smooth and quick, but not too quick. Surpr... » More

Played MSQ on 12/12/14. Fairways / Rough / Traps all in very good shape for a muni. Greens were quite good, smooth and quick, but not too quick. Surprisingly, not an ocean of ball marks on greens. Need to add this one back onto my bargain rotation, it was a fun day.

Highly recommended.

Still sad to see the Players course remnants out there, with nobody at all using the new park facilities.
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Played Muni on 11/15/24. Sorry for not posting more Muni reviews as I do usually play here every other week, but there is rarely any changes for a rea... » More

Played Muni on 11/15/24. Sorry for not posting more Muni reviews as I do usually play here every other week, but there is rarely any changes for a really solid Muni course.

Greens are at full nasty. Down grain to the ocean, the putt always rolls much more than you'd expect. Chipping is a nightmare here with the Kikuyu. I'm not sure if they aerated as I haven't been here in a month, but I guess not because the greens are great right now. Not as firm as recent years, so they do accept iron shots better than they have in recent summers.

Fairways and rough are amazing for a bargain public course.

Only negative is that the tees have been recently verticut. Still very playable, just not visually appealing.

As always, highest recommendation.
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Played Coyote Hills on 11/5. Fun layout and good customer service. First time getting to use the all-in Senior deal which is nice.

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Played Coyote Hills on 11/5. Fun layout and good customer service. First time getting to use the all-in Senior deal which is nice.

Conditions leave me shaking my head though. Greens are pretty good, a little shaggy but still roll pretty well. But with the shaggy, footprints are a problem.

I hate the fairways. Yes, it has grass on it, but they are hard as rocks. It is like hitting off the worst possible range mats. And I still hit 16 GIRs, but maybe only because I practice on awful range mats a lot.

Tee boxes are pretty bad. Just not enough grass at all. Looks like they have done some recent maintenance, so maybe it will improve.

Sand traps look very nice, but I was in 2, and both times there was about 1/2" of nice sand and then it bottomed out

I'll give it a slight recommendation. Fun course to play, but enough issues to make me hesitate.
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