Played 7/16 with abbacat for $18 using an underpar deal with replay. We got out early around 6:15 and the first round temps were not bad, a bit humid, tolerable especially with the sun hidden by clou... Continue »

Played 7/16 with abbacat for $18 using an underpar deal with replay. We got out early around 6:15 and the first round temps were not bad, a bit humid, tolerable especially with the sun hidden by clouds and a light breeze. They close at 2pm, start picking up flags at 1:30 and cart in at 2pm. Not many people venturing out on the course on this day.

Course conditions were down right terrible. I've played here 3 prior times and this was the worst it's been. Not muni meets dirt parking lot love child, but, pretty poor. When the best part of the course is the putting green, you're in for it!

Tee boxes were not good. Uneven lies and little coverage. Some areas were nothing but dirt with the lone tall weed attempting the bald comb over look. Some had weeds everywhere except for the teeing area marked for the day/week/month. Very few of the tee boxes I played had grass coverage from marker to marker, even 2 clubs back.

Fairways, not good either. Spotty coverage, browned out and bare dirt. Almost requiring a rock-club bad. The course name matched the fairways, Desert, yep, dunes, absolutely. I got to the point of playing any bare areas as GUR and trying to find a decent tuft or grass coverage which was sometimes as far as 10 yards away. The dirt mounds in the fairways were interesting. Didn't cause any issues for us, but, I could see them being a nuisance if you nailed one.

Greens were OK. A little bumpy and slow. Closely mowed areas near the green where pretty decent. The rough around many of the greens was really long, lush and penal on some holes, as though they were watered from some mysterious spring. So bad that I lost a ball on the 11th hole that we couldn't find after a long session of searching.

Bunkers, absolute garbage. Some hard packed/concrete, others wet and packed or just a lake! :) Never thought I'd see standing water in so many bunkers, just a mess. It should have been, ball in bunker, pick it up, rake the bunker where your ball was and replace so you could have a decent play. I play pretty well out of bunkers, not these junkers. Horrific!

As abbacat mentioned, the lake water was clear and nice. Fishing might have been a better activity for the day.

I like course when in better condition even though there are holes that eat my lunch every time. #3 and #7 can just be nuked out of existence if I had my way. :) I'd had enough of the conditions after 18 holes, decided to go another 18 because we could. After the stealing of my lunch money at #3, AGAIN, I was done. Played through #9 and wanted to GTFO of there.