Stopped in on a warm 84 Wednesday afternoon headed towards Solvang. Course is playing the front nine only and ran 70 including cart and full grass range. Nice sand trap, chipping area and large practice green. Everyone very friendly with easy check-in and warm up prior to my 2:18 start. Having never played here before just played straight up with the course looking a bit narrow... » More

Stopped in on a warm 84 Wednesday afternoon headed towards Solvang. Course is playing the front nine only and ran 70 including cart and full grass range. Nice sand trap, chipping area and large practice green. Everyone very friendly with easy check-in and warm up prior to my 2:18 start. Having never played here before just played straight up with the course looking a bit narrow on some holes found there was plenty of room with clear views to next shots ahead. Used range finder and gps watch to avoid obstacles and traps. Water in play a couple of holes but full course gave ample time to plan each shot. Large fast greens with varied undulations and subtle breaks make reading putts carefully imperative. The course conditions were very good lush fairways and rough one extra club to compensate distance. Not in any traps but sand looked ample in those I passed closely though I had practiced for them. There were a few views of flowing Santa Inez River and Lake Cachuma was brim full. Entire area green and wildflowers blooming. Cart path passed by several areas full of poison oak to discourage venturesome wandering for lost balls! Very much enjoyed the course and would love to see the back nine regenerated. Recommended if anywhere nearby
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Played 3-26-26 early morning walking as a single in about 2 1/2 hours, with the course pretty much to myself except for a few maintenance workers. Overall course is in good condition right now. Good coverage on tee boxes with level stance. Fairways mostly green and semi-lush with nice lies and decent roll out. Rough playing about 2 inches and lush. Bunkers had nice white sand a... » More

Played 3-26-26 early morning walking as a single in about 2 1/2 hours, with the course pretty much to myself except for a few maintenance workers. Overall course is in good condition right now. Good coverage on tee boxes with level stance. Fairways mostly green and semi-lush with nice lies and decent roll out. Rough playing about 2 inches and lush. Bunkers had nice white sand and were well groomed. Greens were in really good shape, rolling smooth at medium pace and playing semi-soft. Highly recommend.
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Played 3/28/26 1:30 POP 4 +. A very busy Sat. Waited on many shots but overall not too bad. Course was in over all good to great shape. They punched the greens a couple weeks prior. Most had remnant signs of the punching and coupled with the Poana grass, they were on the bumpy side. They were extremely soft. It was actually difficult to not have the ball stop quickly, even on c... » More

Played 3/28/26 1:30 POP 4 +. A very busy Sat. Waited on many shots but overall not too bad. Course was in over all good to great shape. They punched the greens a couple weeks prior. Most had remnant signs of the punching and coupled with the Poana grass, they were on the bumpy side. They were extremely soft. It was actually difficult to not have the ball stop quickly, even on chips & pitches. Very fun to see your shots spin back. I had one shot plug in the green. They were running on the slow side. They should be completely healed in another week or so. I noticed a couple of small dead spots near the fringes on a couple of greens, but most had great full coverage. Fairways have grown in well and were lush & green (Not Paint). Ball sat nice with decent roll out. Tees & traps were the typical trouble spot. Many tee placements had no flat spots to hit from on this day and traps were mostly firm. Greens will improve quickly. Still my favorite twilight course in SD. Although I have heard that they have done away with twilight rates, which really sucks if true. They continue to clear and clean many of the overgrown areas and the course is looking fantastic and continues to improve. New carts with interactive GPS. A definite recommend.
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Course is in excellent condition for late March. consistent temps above 90 have the Bermuda in full control and the winter overseed dying out in mmnay areas. Firm and fast is the new normal. Tees and Fairways lush and very well maintained. rough is patchy hit and miss, mixture of many grasses. This is the time of year they lower it, which does not keep offline shots on the cour... » More

Course is in excellent condition for late March. consistent temps above 90 have the Bermuda in full control and the winter overseed dying out in mmnay areas. Firm and fast is the new normal. Tees and Fairways lush and very well maintained. rough is patchy hit and miss, mixture of many grasses. This is the time of year they lower it, which does not keep offline shots on the course but it is easier to play out of if the ball actually stops in it. Sand traps well maintained. Greens are firm and you have to play for roll out. This time of year, you better know which holes not to miss above the hole. Otherwise, the front fringe or back in the fairway will be your next shots location after your putt whizzes by the hole downhill with no stopping in sight. Excellent carts/GPS, fine customer service.
On a personal note, started playing in the men's club events and they do not play any tees past Gold. Half the Gold tees are 1 tee box in front of where I have always played. You would not think 1 tee box on 9 holes makes a huge difference? It does, both on the sight lines and the amount of trouble it either takes out of play... or brings into play...lol. Still learning what clubs to hit from those tees. Bottom line is that my declining game was ready for a 300 yard decrease in overall course length. #5 in particular the difference is huge... instead of a 180 yard carry over water to a diagional fairway, I can bump an iron down the fairway with no water to carry and be closer to the green than I could ever achieve from the Green tees.
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Course in very nice Spring condition. Temps above 90 have dried the course out. Playing firm and fast. Tees and Fairways very well maintained, lush with few unfixed divots. Few brown spots here and there beginning to show. Traps always well maintained here. Greens are firm and medium fast with few ball marks. You have to play for roll out on these greens. This is about the time... » More

Course in very nice Spring condition. Temps above 90 have dried the course out. Playing firm and fast. Tees and Fairways very well maintained, lush with few unfixed divots. Few brown spots here and there beginning to show. Traps always well maintained here. Greens are firm and medium fast with few ball marks. You have to play for roll out on these greens. This is about the time of year the greens speed up because of the firmness. And as has happened in previous golf seasons, lag putts I think are good leave 4-6' coming back. Practice facitilies excellent. 2 putting greens, 2 practice chippings greens with sand traps. Only complain would be that often the range is set us to limit shots based on maximum distance, which may prohibit Drivers for some players. Decent restaurant for a golf course. Customer service in the Pro shop and with the outside staff has been excellent this golf season. Layout is very spread out, so you rarely see a walker. Nice carts with very good GPS. Highly recommended.
Began playing the Gold tees because of men's club events. #4 the difference is huge... instead of a short, uphill par 4 that I was having more and more difficulity just reaching the fairway with anything less than a 90% drive... it added another driveable par 4 to the mix of holes moving me up 75 yards and taking most of the forced carry over trees out of play.
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