PLayed yesterday, Friday, 5/8 with 1:15 teetime. Just me and my brother went out as a twosome. Played Stonehouse/Oaks. Course is darn good shape all around. Nothing outstanding, but everything a ... Continue »

PLayed yesterday, Friday, 5/8 with 1:15 teetime. Just me and my brother went out as a twosome. Played Stonehouse/Oaks. Course is darn good shape all around. Nothing outstanding, but everything a solid 7/10. Check in was easy, paid the 20$ cart fee when we arrived. Starter got us out a little early. They had 15mins spacing, so POP was great, 1.5hrs on Stonehouse and then 2hrs on Oaks as we encountered a slow twosome, so we played the par 3s twice.

Teeboxes were nice and level, not much divot damage at all.

Fairways had great coverage. never a bad lie all day.

Greens were good, held shots well. but they were a little bumpy. perfect speed, not too fast and not too slow.

Rough was pretty brutal. Thick and lush. tough to advance the ball properly. Rip a 5-7 iron and hope for the best.

We played the bunkers as GUR, I was in two and my lies were impossible without being raked.

Customer service was good. Saw beverage girl twice. We were asked to put our mask back on by the road crossing, but otherwise they didn't hassle us. Impossible playing with a mask on when it's 90degrees heat.

All and all a great day. $35 green fee online plus $20 for the cart is an excellent deal for this course. I really like the Stonehouse/Oaks combo. Great layout. Stoked we can play again.

Posted: 4-27-2020
By: Jstar

Played TCI Sunday afternoon of reopening for my first time out since the shutdown and it was GREAT to BE BACK. A lil Strange to see a physical divider in clubhouse at c... Continue »

Posted: 4-27-2020
By: Jstar

Played TCI Sunday afternoon of reopening for my first time out since the shutdown and it was GREAT to BE BACK. A lil Strange to see a physical divider in clubhouse at checkin and to sign waiver to play golf but thus is life right now. Masks worn everywhere around clubhouse and people spaced themselves adequately on and around putting green. Course was understandably busy and our tee time was delayed by 30minutes. Once out Pace on the Stonehouse 9 was probably 2:45 but only 2:00 on the Oaks 9 late afternoon. Carts were available but walking was highly recommended and a majority of golfers we saw did. Weather was warm to start but the breeze kept it pleasant. Back 9 golden hour(s) were heavenly. Such a peaceful serene course. Thoroughly enjoyed each 9 for different reasons. Stonehouse is definitely the most impressive and difficult with significant elevation changes on a majority of holes. The yardages to the landing areas can also take the driver out of longer hitters hands so it can definitely be a frustrating challenge to some. Oaks 9 had some really interesting holes and conditions seemed slightly better even than on Stonehouse 9, although I had few complaints there either. Greens rolled excellent and true and Tee boxes were some of the best I’ve seen in a while. I’d say 80% of the fairways were like a fine carpet. Rough was thick in some places but very playable throughout. I didn’t hit out of a bunker but several playing partners did and the sand was white and plush. I noticed one bunker with some water erosion but overall I’d say above average for the IE. Cost here is also slightly above average for the area but I’d say the conditions and pastoral scenery make it well worth it. Highly recommended. (Didn’t play the 3rd 9 Creek)

Played Oaks/Creek this past Sunday in a mid morning four hour round. That is great for this course on a weekend with the usual guests which were mostly absent. The starter let us know the rain had m... Continue »

Played Oaks/Creek this past Sunday in a mid morning four hour round. That is great for this course on a weekend with the usual guests which were mostly absent. The starter let us know the rain had made the course a level below the standard (definitely way below). The staff is always great and professional. The tee boxes were a little thin and a couple you needed a hammer to get your tee in the ground. The fairways were mostly very, very sad. The usual green fluff was replaced by thin, dry green painted turf. There were several holes where the rough was the place to play from. Most approach shots were played from dry (dead) grass with hard muddy turf underneath. The traps were all in great shape with plenty of high quality sand. Its would be great if those golfers who were in those traps would use the rakes provided and RAKE them! The greens were in fantastic condition and extremely quick. The greens have subtle breaks that are difficult to read. I would give it at least a few weeks before this place shows improvement. Definitely not worth the rates being charged under the present condition.

I played here yesterday with 31 others. We have been returning to TCI every December for the past 10 years. With the recent rains this is the worst i have experienced the conditions. Here is a break d... Continue »

I played here yesterday with 31 others. We have been returning to TCI every December for the past 10 years. With the recent rains this is the worst i have experienced the conditions. Here is a break down of what it is like right now.
greens-excellent rolling fast a smooth 9/10
tees-wet, long, chewed up but level 6/10
Sand- was overall pretty good but a little wet right now. 8/10
fairways-On Stonehouse and Oaks you could find a dry place to hit from. They should get better if the rains subside and the mowers can get out.
The Creek Course is a mess right now. Since it is much flatter than the other two nines the water does not drain well. I went into the pro shop on and told them i thought they should close the Creek nine as i thought it was nearly unplayable. We did end up having to play it in the mud but when we finished i overheard them saying the Creek Course is closed now. We would have much preferred playing the Oaks course but enjoyed our time and will be returning next December if the new owner(Pechanga Resort) will have us.

Played Oaks to Creek today. Unexpected 18 @ TCI today. My bro invited me to a tournament at legends golf club. Yes I’ll play! The person sending out the emails says it’s at legends golf club. We are a... Continue »

Played Oaks to Creek today. Unexpected 18 @ TCI today. My bro invited me to a tournament at legends golf club. Yes I’ll play! The person sending out the emails says it’s at legends golf club. We are at legends @ 10 am, no one around, no tourney here. Come to find out it’s at Bear Creek. AAAAAAHHHHH. SO we say F it. Let’s play TCI.
Oaks is completely healed from over seeding.
Lush flat tee boxes very few divots(less than 5) on any tee box. Very green lush wide open fairways! The greens are rolling true. Very few divots. (I always fix what ever I see). The greens are rolling at 12 I would guess. Shots held well, as long as they had spin.
Creek is still healing.
A couple of the tee boxes that are in the shade most of the day, still have thin teeing ground. The fairways are very nice. You can still run into some very damp areas. But all the ground under repair is marked. The greens on the creek side are still punched and a little sandy. They are healing nicely and should be more puttable by this weekend.
All of the bunkers have new sand. It needs to rain, so the sand can become more compact. Everything that lands in a bunker is gonna be a fried egg. Once the sand settles they will be awesome!
I did find out not all of the carts have GPS. But if you request it, they will find one for you.

Have fun and play more golf!

Rode the Whites on the Oaks/Stonehouse combo (6304/70.2/127) using Forelinx in slightly over 4H. Paired with Chris/Sue, nice couple and 140ver. Thanks for coming up Mike! The weather was around 80, cl... Continue »

Rode the Whites on the Oaks/Stonehouse combo (6304/70.2/127) using Forelinx in slightly over 4H. Paired with Chris/Sue, nice couple and 140ver. Thanks for coming up Mike! The weather was around 80, clear and calm. Fun course, the Oaks 9 is more wide open and less picturesque than the Stonehouse 9. The layout is constantly up/down rolling hills with fairly large, thick trees lining every fairway. Even though it is not far from major streets and the freeway, most holes feel secluded with no homes around and native areas ringing most of the course. Would be a challenging course to walk with the rolling hills. The tees were good. Fairly level, adequate coverage with most divots properly maintained. The fairways were fairly lush and nice to play off of. The rough was decent with good coverage. A few areas were deep and lost ball rough, but most areas were not overly penal. The sand was excellent. Nicely maintained with an adequate amount of good quality sand. The greens were medium fast, firm but held approach shots well. However, chips would release and that needed to be accounted for. After playing on some of the slowest greens I have ever played on Friday, these seems like Augusta. Three putted 4 of the first 5 greens before I got the speed down and ended up with one of my worst ever putting days, but the greens were not the challenge, it was me! Quick efficient check in. Good GPS on carts. Cart gal out and around numerous times. Good snack shop and busy restaurant onsite. Nice course in good condition, definitely recommended.

Ran through stone house then oaks today. Teed off @ 1050. Saw the women’s group, they are good so no waiting on them. We had a wedding party of 16 guys in front of us. They kept on pace nicely (picked... Continue »

Ran through stone house then oaks today. Teed off @ 1050. Saw the women’s group, they are good so no waiting on them. We had a wedding party of 16 guys in front of us. They kept on pace nicely (picked up when they were behind). Only found out it was a wedding party in front of us because at the turn. We called in our sandwiches from hole 9. When we got there one of the guys wife’s was in the snack shack and informed us her hubby took our sandwiches. No worries the girls are quick with the samiches and had a nice conversation too. The wedding party is in from I think Wisconsin. So informed them to hit up the winery’s. Now the course. Stone house was beautiful! Greens are lightning fast. But we like fast greens(we are used to journey greens). Everything was green and lush from tee box to the greens. Oaks was a little different. (They over seeded stone house first. Then oaks. They are overseeding creek now) green are still repairing so they were a little slower. Tees are also repairing, they were all level just a little thin. Fairways were nice and repaired well. Over all great day at golf. Got 1 bird! Had fun! TCI now has GPS!!! TCI now has GPS!!!

Just played Stonehouse to Oaks starting at 4pm on a Friday. Hardly anyone on course. .. $28 super twilight.
Course in great shape.
Stonehouse course is challenging..but despite the previous poster... Continue »

Just played Stonehouse to Oaks starting at 4pm on a Friday. Hardly anyone on course. .. $28 super twilight.
Course in great shape.
Stonehouse course is challenging..but despite the previous posters complaints. ...if you just drive up a bit, you can see the routing easily. Bad bounces? That's golf...if you can't hit it straight....yeah...you'll have some of those. Stonehouse 9 is one of the most unique and scenic courses for 100s of miles.
Green's in great shape, although a touch slower than I prefer.

Oaks 9.....one of my favorite courses anywhere. So scenic, so serene. 200+ yr. old Oak trees, cool afternoon breeezes....
Not much better you'll find in SoCal.

Get out there. ....I'd agree with previous poster on just this.....skip the creek....a bit on the boring side.

Word on the street is that the Pechanga bought TemCreek and will.bulldoze the Oaks.....I'm hoping that I heard wrong and the plan is to bulldoze Creek....but I'm doubting that given the topography of the course and the access to the land on the Oaks side. That would truly be a disaster for Temecula and IE golf as it truly is a very special place. I wouldn't be surprised though given what we have seen on golf these past years.

First time Creek/Stonehouse combo on Friday 4/19/19 @ 10:30 with a single mid-handicap and a twosome of high handicaps. Very steady stream of threesomes and foursomes all morning, but pace was good d... Continue »

First time Creek/Stonehouse combo on Friday 4/19/19 @ 10:30 with a single mid-handicap and a twosome of high handicaps. Very steady stream of threesomes and foursomes all morning, but pace was good despite some slow play by some in our group, especially on StoneHouse (more below); nobody pushing behind us until the last several holes. Creek made me wanna take off my shoes and play barefoot with a walking bag of a few clubs like when I was a kid—it’s picture should be in the encyclopedia under “resort course” in its worst connotation. Possibly the most boring course I ever have played that wasn’t a 9-hole muni. Great for a practice 9 holes to work on one thing or another, great for kids and beginners, and in fine shape, but flat and utterly devoid of character. If it went back to nature, the golf course indicators would disappear in a month. But then on to Stonehouse, which is basically an extremely hilly miniature golf course without the clown’s mouth. Almost every tee shot is blind, and some second shots as well, even on one or three par 4’s. Fortunately the other single knew his way around, else we would have been all over the place with even decent shots impossible to find. The contrast with Creek could not be more drastic. In slightly worse shape than Creek, but probably because even the grounds crew get lost out there. I found this almost not fun at all, if any golf can ever be not some level of fun. I like getting to know a course’s quirks, but one shouldn’t have to consult a map every time just to get direction. Even good shots well-aimed often are not rewarded, not due to bad bounces so much as just general topography that makes almost everything run way off one way or the other. It is sort of like Ojai Valley Inn on LSD, beyond quirky and just weird. What is worse is that the club actually lets beginners and kids who can enjoy Creek also play Stonehouse, which is borderline cruel to them and to more skilled golfers who might find something to like in getting to know Stonehouse—that is golf course operational and game-growth malpractice. Oaks 9 was closed for renovation, but from what I could see it was a lot more like Creek than Stonehouse, and I am told trees often obstruct the lines of play. It looks pretty flat. I have zero interest in finding out if it is a good 9. The range is mats and very ordinary. The starter was uninformative about either course, and lost track of a family threesome with a young child when they stopped for a full lunch after 9 and then just wandered out to Stonehouse to insert themselves into the existing lineup, causing an awkward delay that they, not the starter, remedied by being aware and nice about letting us go ahead. Overall conditions were good, greens quite good except even more than usual unfixed ball marks, always annoying but sadly endemic. Bunkers are soft dirt on top, hard clay underneath—no real
sand. I am happy to have tried the place out, I love the area and Old Town Temecula is a blast, and Greenskeeper reviews here gave me reasonable caution ahead of time, but there are way better offerings in this area and except for kids and beginners and a 9-hole tuneup for one’s approach shots or the like, for which Creek is perfect, there is scant reason to return and the other 9 holes could not possibly be good enough to make me give Stonehouse another look. The only good news is that I now know not to play here again.