Date played: Saturday, Oct. 19th
Tee time: 8:46 am
My handicap: 17.6
Green fee: $108
Pace of play: 4 hours 25 minutes
# of players in group: 4
Tee box: Gold (typical blue on most courses)

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Date played: Saturday, Oct. 19th
Tee time: 8:46 am
My handicap: 17.6
Green fee: $108
Pace of play: 4 hours 25 minutes
# of players in group: 4
Tee box: Gold (typical blue on most courses)

We were paired up with two regulars at the course. They play there about once a week so we got lucky when we needed local course knowledge.

Course conditions:
A little dried out in the fairways and the greens were playing fast. Even though the course looked a little dry, I did not feel like I was hitting my irons off a mat. Rough was not thick and you were not severely punished for offline shots. Sand in the bunkers were somewhat of a disappointment, it seemed as if the course had thrown fluffy sand on top of a layer that was rather compacted. This actually worked in my favor a few times; I had a drive that was a low bullet and it went into a fairway bunker but rolled right out. I also played a couple of greenside bunkers like I would with a short sided bump and run (off my back foot). Tee boxes were level and were in good condition.

Course layout:
Forgiving and lots of fun. The course isn't completely flat, but the lies were not too severe for the most part. It's not quite a target golf type of course where you are laying up on par 5's with an iron off the tee. I pretty much hit driver on every par 4 and 5. I had a great time on this course and shot my best front 9 score ever (40) and finished with a 85. The course seemed open and even when I did get in trouble I was able to recover without too much of a penalty. On one hole I had driven my ball next to a tree with a low hanging branch, approximately 160 to the center of the green; I had no shot but a low punch but because the fairways were somewhat dried out the ball rolled up on the green. The two guys that I was playing with advised me to play half the break on the greens. Because off all the mountains surrounding us I thought that the greens would break much more severely than they did. I was able to opt to putt when I was off the green more often than usual because there wasn't much deviation in the length of the grass around the green compared to the surface of the green.

The clubhouse was nothing special but the pro shop employees, starter and GM were all extremely professional and polite. The driving range is fairly large and when we were there all grass hitting area with free range balls. The one thing I did not see was a dedicated chipping area, although I could have easily missed it. A 12 pack of coors light cost $50 which is a little more expensive than most courses that I play.

I would not hesitate to go back and play this course, especially after the overseeding process is completed at the end of next month. We opted for the $50 replay fee and played the Pete Dye course which had just opened up from overseeding. I will have a review of that course up at a later time.

A fun course that is good for a majority of golfers. Is it worth $108, I have a hard time justifying paying that kind of money for any course but I was on vacation and considering that I pay $58 + $7 for a bucket at my "home course" (Meadowlark) then yes it was easily worth the extra $43.