Dad Miller
Played Dad Miller Monday 07/23/2018 on a deal from Underpar – Two golfers, cart, and small bucket of range balls for $79.95 8am tee time. (Free replay if we wanted it)
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Dad Miller
Played Dad Miller Monday 07/23/2018 on a deal from Underpar – Two golfers, cart, and small bucket of range balls for $79.95 8am tee time. (Free replay if we wanted it)
Facility is very nice clean restrooms, well stocked pro shop with very friendly and efficient staff, and a small restaurant. (we didn’t partake, but can get a draft beer for a buck with your starter receipt). We checked in at 7am, picked up our cart and range ball certificates.
The driving range is across the street adjacent to the 11th tee box. Driving range is in good condition, hitting off of mats with a good number of targets to aim at. Our only problem was with my playing partners certificate. The ball machine would not accept the #4. We split my bucket and warmed up. The chipping and pitching area located by the driving range well the putting green is located near the club house. My only complaint is with the chipping area as the simulated green is not mown like the greens meaning you don’t get representative rollout during practice. The practice putting greens are perfect.
The carts are nice, and feature GPS. The GPS is unique in that it controls the cart. We turned incorrectly up a sidewalk and the GPS put the cart in .5 mph limp mode and posted a warning. Crossing fairway past the green (there was not cart waring sign) from a shot to the opposite fairway, the cart actually stopped until we backed up and then changed course.
Rest areas. The course has well placed bathrooms however they are protected by keypad locks. We happen to be playing with a marshal on his day off, and he had the code, but that could have been a problem otherwise. You would think during playing hours they would be unlocked. The GPS accuracy was excellent. The only drinking water on the course were water fountains located near the restrooms. We did not see a hospitality cart during the round, however a marshal with a large jug of ice water made several stops to offer us cold water during the round on a day when the afternoon temperature reached over 95 degrees.
Tee boxes were mostly level with a couple of exceptions, with good footing and lush coverage. We played form the blues giving the course a distance of 5,892 yards.
Fairways were mostly lush and green with a few lush brown spots. Truly bare spots were rare. There were numerous wet, soppy and even muddy areas along the sides of the fairways. There was a significant amount of maintenance being done to the course, mowing, watering, etc. The water only affected me twice and I took relief. The primary defense of this course are trees and dog legs. The course plays longer than the stated length would imply. The moister of the fairways, and irrigation of the greens meant there was little rollout from tee shots.

Rough for the most part it was dry, however this among the hardest rough I have played in Southern California. Between 3” and 4” deep, it is sticky, holding onto the ball. Very penal, prevalent, with few thin areas.

Greens were near perfect except for the occasional unrepaired divot mark. Fast putting surface combined with slope and tilt and you have an exciting match.

Bunkers. I wasn’t in a bunker, the deep rough was bad enough, I am glad I missed testing the bunkers. They looked well filled with quality sand.

For me $40 is a higher than average green fee. Dad Miller was worth cost. Great playing conditions, a challenging course that has the lore of having served as Tigers home course well in High School, who’s TGR center is next door too.
Dad Miller was voted Course of the Year by the golf course association. Well done.