Played December 23rd with a 0926 tee time. POP just under 4 hours!! and we had to wait on the last 4 holes. The course is in the best shape I have seen it in a long time, although I haven't played s... Continue »

Played December 23rd with a 0926 tee time. POP just under 4 hours!! and we had to wait on the last 4 holes. The course is in the best shape I have seen it in a long time, although I haven't played since pre pandemic due to travel restrictions. Course was sold to new owners who took over November 7th, and will be a Troon managed facility effective January 1st. Troon is excellent management company so I would expect a couple of improvements, but also certainly expect the prices to increase as well. We paid the rack rate of $79 (plus tx) so will likely go up to close to $100 after Jan. 1 The greens were fully grown in, and played fairly fast, no "pock" marks -looks like most folks repaired ball marks!! There are still some bare spots on some greens but not many, and tend to be on the fringes of the greens. Fairways were mostly good and lush, however there are still some areas that have historically been "bare" - #17 for example. Rough was dormant grass but was full, with a few bare spots. Desert does come into play on most holes, although for the most part the fairways are wide enough. Tee boxes were good. UPDATE; we played again on Dec. 25 from different tee boxes. These ones were not level, plenty of divots, and really bare where the blocks were!! We decided we would find grass in level areas and play from there....too bad. I have always liked the layout of Foothills but they have always had issues with water. Hopefully now that has been resolved. Be interesting to see how it goes with Troon. Merry Christmas to all fellow GK'ers.