Played here today with a 1:10 TeeOff.com “Deal” time purchased just a couple hours earlier. I was checking the app a few times an hour to see if any new offerings popped up, and when this one did, I j... Continue »

Played here today with a 1:10 TeeOff.com “Deal” time purchased just a couple hours earlier. I was checking the app a few times an hour to see if any new offerings popped up, and when this one did, I jumped on it. (It must’ve been a cancellation because the starter’s printouts showed a foursome in that 1:10 slot.) Got a great deal plus 15% off promo code to pay around $28. Sounded like another player was arguing with the starter a bit about whether or not he and his buddy would have to ride together. Apparently if you book as a single, they’ll give you a single-rider cart. If you book as a twosome, you have to share with who you booked with. At any rate, I got my own cart and luckily the starter sent me and another guy off as a twosome around 20 minutes early when the group that was supposed to be teeing off was nowhere to be found. Front nine POP was awful, with four groups stacked up on the par-3 4th tee, and multiple groups waiting on several other holes. When the backups continued on the back nine, it seemed highly unlikely we would finish, but eventually the group in front of us left after 17 and me and my playing partner decided to give it a go. Luckily we both hit good shots all the way, and were able to find them and finish just as it was pretty much too dark to possibly play anymore. Total POP just under 5 hours. Seems like the course could’ve managed this better, because when we were on the 12th tee, there was no one at all playing the adjacent 14th hole. Someone should’ve told that group to speed up.

Conditions are mediocre, but playable. Greens are in decent condition. Seemed a little bumpy, far too many unfixed ball marks, medium speed and more firm than soft. The weird part is they look great, by far the most visually attractive part of the course right now. Another oddity: At least two greens had piles of sand on them in spots that looked like bare spots from afar. Not sure what that was about. Probably 6/10 overall. Fairways are a mix of thin dormant bermuda and bare spots of hardpan dirt. Very tight lies and very little to slow balls down when they get near the edges/ESA. Where it exists, rough was pretty good. Some lush rye and some dormant bermuda. I wasn’t in any bunkers but my playing partner was, and said it had very little sand in it. Blue tee boxes were fair.

Every time I play here I ask myself why I don’t play here more often. It’s a really good layout and pretty fun right now with the extremely firm and fast conditions. (My playing partner hit a great drive that went almost 400 yards on the par-5 12th.) You really have to think about what the ball is going to do after it hits the ground, which can get in your head and also adds an element of extra fun. Recommended at “deal” prices, but not sure I’d be happy paying more considering current conditions and pace of play.