Rode the Blacks (73.0-130-6818) as a single this afternoon 8/28/2017 in very breezy (2 club wind) beautiful weather in the low 70's. POP was 3 hrs 10 minutes playing through a group on #10 tee and the... Continue »

Rode the Blacks (73.0-130-6818) as a single this afternoon 8/28/2017 in very breezy (2 club wind) beautiful weather in the low 70's. POP was 3 hrs 10 minutes playing through a group on #10 tee and then waiting for 3 straight 2somes on the last 3 holes-(what the hey). The 2some in front of me that I caught on 16 almost took 55 minutes to play the last 3 holes--it was painful to watch them. I paid $16.49 on a teeoff promo special.

Olivas's fairways, rough, tees and sand continue to shine. The greens were a little better today than they were the last time I played here.

Fairways were green, lush and you had some nice lies out there. Some spots browning out but for the most part would say still 90% lush green grass. Always a pleasure to hit from these fairways--I feel so bad when I take a divot from these fairways. Rated 8/10.

I was not in any bunkers today but paid close attention to them. It looks like the run off drain problems they might have had a week ago have been fixed. None of the bunkers looked firm or wet. Most were all raked with a couple of footprints present. I had to wait on the last several holes so I threw about 8 balls in number 16 and 17 bunkers to test them out so I could rate them. Rating them a 8/10.

Tees were lush, striped and level. They are very soft so I would advise a longer or stronger tee if you play here. Rated 8.5/10.

The rough is very thick and lush lining most fairways. You get on the other side of the cart path here and you are almost certainly lost or if you get lucky you are power swinging to get in back in play. Rated 7.5/10.

At this time the greens are still not close to where the other parts of the course are rated. They are very soft and ballmarks just impale with higher trajectory irons. They are semi-bumpy but today rolled better than my last visit. Rating them a 6.5 today. They need a good rolling and haircut.

The staff here is very friendly, awesome layout and if you play here in the afternoon and the wind is up #1, #2, #6, #8, #12, #13 and #14 are all straight into the teeth of the wind.

Highly recommended for fairway, rough, tee and bunker conditions if you can deal with semi bumpy so-so greens at present time.