Nothing worse than a confidence round at a place like Alondra that fails to actually end up building any confidence, but wet, muddy and thin conditions on Sunday did not help out in the least. Played ... Continue »

Nothing worse than a confidence round at a place like Alondra that fails to actually end up building any confidence, but wet, muddy and thin conditions on Sunday did not help out in the least. Played the blue tees walking with three friends and a 10:40am tee time. Course was fairly empty and it was more or less smooth sailing and we even let a twosome play through at the 8th hole.

Again, rather poor conditions overall at Alondra, but the greens were actually in pretty good shape. A few had some signs of damage but they rolled pretty nicely and at medium-fast speed, and held shots well even after the moisture had worn off by early afternoon.

Rest of the conditions were not quite as solid. Thin fairways rule the day here but you'll occasionally find a nice patch of grass. More often than not though you'll need to be picking the ball clean. Not really fair to assess the bunkers with all the standing water in them from the rain, but the dried out ones were no great shakes. Tee boxes very poor and need lots of re-seeding or something. Rough was not penal and often a relief from the thin in the fairways.

POP was around five hours but that was because we were playing for a bet and all putts counted, so completely our fault. Weather held up nicely luckily as well. No cart service all day but not something one usually expects at Alondra anyway. Flat course, some long holes to challenge, but mostly straight up and down with few exceptions. I've seen Alondra better. But I've also seen it worse.