Played TR on Monday 12/29/20 with a 11:30 tee time. Pace of play was 4:40. We were able to finish with plenty of light. Tierra Rejada is in good shape. When you first drive in to the course parking ar... Continue »

Played TR on Monday 12/29/20 with a 11:30 tee time. Pace of play was 4:40. We were able to finish with plenty of light. Tierra Rejada is in good shape. When you first drive in to the course parking area you notice that the fairways are pretty green. They were VERY playable with good lies all around. Just some minimal areas that were thin or bare. I never had a bad lie in the fairways. Tee boxes were a problem. Many of them were beat up and a few were quite long and uncut. We played the maroon tees (equivalent to the white tees) and on numerous holes they were grouped together with the tees in front of them. So some holes played shorter than normal. They replaced all of the sand in the fairway and greenside bunkers earlier in the year. So they were in good shape, with plenty of soft sand. Although they had a lot of rain the day before, the greens were actually fairly fast, especially downhill. They rolled nicely. You could see some tiny holes on many of the greens, but this did not affect the roll at all. The soft greens held shots nicely. On the very short par 3 seventeenth hole there were many unhealed ball marks which could be a problem if they were in your putting line. These greens can be difficult to read if you simply look at the slope of the greens themselves. The most important consideration is what is the slope of the mountain or hill that is influencing a particular green. Many times a downhill put (the green is sloping down) putted like an uphill putt due to the surrounding mountain slope, and vice versa on uphill putts. Until I became aware of this, I sent several "uphill" putts well past the pin. TR is a challenging course. I always enjoy playing here. I do recommend it.