Played this afternoon, showed up early to warm up on one of the best maintained ranges in southern california and huge putting green. Guy in the pro shop was nice and paired me up with a twosome. The ... Continue »

Played this afternoon, showed up early to warm up on one of the best maintained ranges in southern california and huge putting green. Guy in the pro shop was nice and paired me up with a twosome. The course is in amazing shape, every tee box is level, fairways are like carpet and you won't see any bare spots in the rough even between holes. Rough was cut at about 3 inches, sand was soft and plentiful even in fairway bunkers which there are many of. Greens were punched 2 or 3 weeks ago and are almost fully healed but are very playable and receptive, should be perfect in another week or 2. This course isn't very difficult but afternoon wind definitely makes it harder. I've also noticed you can kind of see the progression of difficulty as you play through the course. As each hole goes by bunkers start to get bigger and and more well placed, greens get a little more difficult, then a couple trees in the middle of the fairways and the longest holes on the course play into the wind. Then comes the 18th hole. It is as difficult as it is intimidating, dogleg right with water all the way up the right side so even if you have a great drive and hit fairway you still have to face water on your second shot. The only plus to hitting your approach shot is the wind is coming back at you and slightly west to east so you get a little help keeping your ball away from the water and a little visual plus on your approach shot look towards the club house and Goose Creek is trimmed out of some bushes. After the round cart attendants cleaned our clubs and asked about the round. Goose Creek is always a great experience and I hope to play here more often. If you haven't been there do what you can to get out there. You will not be disappointed.

Goose Creek Golf Club Review
Riverside County California Golf Course Reviews