I played Eagle Crest once, about 12 years ago. I remembered very little of it other than it was enjoyable. I was aware of it having gone very far downhill in the years since, so when I heard that it was taken over by JC golf and was to be renovated and renamed, I was excited. With so many courses having closed in recent years, it’s great to think of a course actually being brought back to life.
The new Dos Osos had its soft opening yesterday, with their grand opening coming soon. As of now, the course is a work in progress, with maintenance still going on throughout. Having heard tales and seen videos of how bad the course had gotten, I was very impressed with how the course was today. The staff is all very friendly and there was a definite buzz of excitement in the air.
The trees and vegetation have all been neatly trimmed, the cart paths and tunnels are all clean. One of the water features has been completely rebuilt and the water is clear. I hope the others will be cleaned up as well.
The majority of the fairways are in good shape. The grass is still thickening up and there are some spots with new sod yet to fill in. There were a few tee boxes on the back nine that were pretty messy but I really didn’t care, figuring they would be taken care of soon. The others were level with good coverage. I was extremely impressed with the bunkers which all had new, clean, soft, good quality sand. It was a pleasure as I was in about five of them!
The rough varied in length and thickness around the course. There were some areas of extremely long grass in which balls could easily get lost.
The greens were the most obvious part of the course being worked on. They all were in various states of punch/sand and a few patchwork areas of new sod. They rolled as slow as molasses but again, today it didn’t matter. I knew going in that as long as I managed my expectations, I would enjoy the day which I thoroughly did. POP was a bit over 4 hrs. The beverage cart came by three times.
For now, there is no driving range as they are putting the money into the course. It will eventually reopen.
I am really looking forward to playing here again in a couple of months.
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