This was the last course on my golf trip and I played here on 09/22/13 from the Gold tees at 6882/73.1/132. The course was the best maintained course of the seven that I played on the trip. The tees w... Continue »

This was the last course on my golf trip and I played here on 09/22/13 from the Gold tees at 6882/73.1/132. The course was the best maintained course of the seven that I played on the trip. The tees were cut down, the fairways gave a perfect lie, and the greens were smooth and quick. I had a couple downhill putts from 15 or 20 feet where I was just trying to two putt because of the speed of the greens. It is one of those courses where not a blade of grass seemed out of place. Besides some of the quirky holes the challenges came from the rough and the firm greens. The rough was not thick but it grabbed the club a couple times and slowed it down. I would say any course in this kind of shape is worth a play once and no one should be upset playing here knowing it is in perfect shape. That is where my compliments end as the course is a mess off the tee with seemingly no thought given for an amateur to play here. I see this as a controversial course and definitely something to talk about.

For example: The 5th is a 424 yard par 4 that was miserable to play. The hole is a dogleg right but requires a layup to avoid running through the fairway and it has a water hazard that starts about 200 yards from the tee. This forces someone to play left leaving a longer distance into an already long hole. The 10th is a 610 yard par 5 with trouble everywhere. I’d like a few more cracks at this hole to see if I could figure it out. After my first go, it ranks up there with one of the worst par 5's that I recall playing (like Diablo Grande Ranch #12). There is a split fairway with only the bigger hitters being able to get to the right fairway from the tee. A normal distance tee shot down the left side ends up being blocked out by a tree in the center of the hole if trying to get to the right side to lay it up. If playing down the left side any layup with more than 150 yards in (even from the fairway) is blocked out. The 11th is a short par 4 with the left side of the fairway blocked out by a tree in front of the tee and then there is a tree in the greenside bunker. After the 11th there are some holes that I liked more.