I have not been able to get out much lately to play but I got some time today so I looked to see what courses were pretty wide open so I could get some practice in. I saw Hidden Valley had a bunch of... Continue »

I have not been able to get out much lately to play but I got some time today so I looked to see what courses were pretty wide open so I could get some practice in. I saw Hidden Valley had a bunch of tee times and I had not played here in a while so I thought it would be fun.

I was really disappointed with the course today. This place has been booked solid for the past few months so I had pretty high expectations based on the amount of play this place was getting. I was pretty disappointed once I got out on the course.

First off, GolfNow did not mention anywhere that the course was cart path only. Anyone that has every played this course could agree with me that this course is not one you really want to play on cart path only conditions. It was really odd that the course was cart path only with the conditions I saw. The course was actually really dry and I even saw holes that had sprinklers on. Really weird situation if you ask me.

The fairways and rough were in decent shape. There were a ton of divots but I expected that with the amount of play they have been getting. They can't really help that to be honest.

The tee boxes were absolutely horrible. I have never in my life seen tee boxes like these. Most had literally zero grass on them - especially on the par 3's. I found myself trying to find an area that just had some grass to hit off of - whether is was between the tee markers or not. If you played the entire 18 between the markers, you would have been hitting off actual dirt on at least 9 of the 18 holes. Probably the worst tee boxes I have ever played and I have played some crappy courses!

The pace of play was absolutely horrible. I understand that I was a single but the groups in front of me were absolutely brutal. It would have been a 6 hour round if I would have stayed behind them. I ended up going back to the first tee after #9 and was able to fly though my "back 9". I don't think I would have finished 14 holes before dark if I would have gone to the back. Brutal pace of play but understandable with cart path only conditions on this course.

I guess I had too high of expectations today. I have not been on Greenskeeper in a while since I have not been playing much so I did not see the previous reviews about the course. If I had seen those, I probably would have picked something else today. Unfortunately, I would not recommend this course right now. Slow play and poor course conditions did not add up to a very fun day.