Got out with a buddy who found out about the opportunity to play as a non-member. A showcase day or something. Bring a donated toy and the greens fee was $40. Pretty good price to play an actual count... Continue »

Got out with a buddy who found out about the opportunity to play as a non-member. A showcase day or something. Bring a donated toy and the greens fee was $40. Pretty good price to play an actual country club and it included a box lunch and some cookies. I had played the course once before and remembered very little of it. I did remember it was punishing with a lot of altitude changes. As far as conditions, wintery, but pretty good. Tees boxes were thin and frequently more sandy than grassy, but level and not a problem. Fairways were seasonally tight and multicolored, but a minimum of actual bare spots — really pretty decent for this time of year and with the expected rollout. The rough can be anything from wild grasses to even and playable. it's a hilly area so consistency is not expected. Greenside areas were a little mixed, from tight to more forgiving chipping lies, to lumpy. Some wet, muddy ground around the 8th green, but that was atypical. Bunkers were pretty good. Some were a bit heavier with moisture but most were not and they were groomed. The greens were fast, firm and clean, barely giving up pitch marks. I really had no complaints about conditions. The course itself is its own worst enemy. For those of you familiar with DeBell, it is almost the same yardage and a very similar, demanding experience as by product of being shoehorned into a hillside. Given the opportunity, I might come by here once a year or so to take up the challenge. But I couldn't imagine wanting to play it regularly, much less as a member. I do have to mention that it was a classic, clear SoCal winter day and the views from most points on the course were amazing and it is worth playing there at least once just for that.