Played an early round here today while staying in Modesto. I saw that they had tee times as early as 6:07 available on their website, but they were for twosomes or more. As a single, I figured I'd arr... Continue »

Played an early round here today while staying in Modesto. I saw that they had tee times as early as 6:07 available on their website, but they were for twosomes or more. As a single, I figured I'd arrive pre-dawn to make sure to get out ahead of the crowd. There was no "crowd" and the pro shop wasn't open yet, but another dew-sweeper arrived and teed it up. The maintenance guy came by and let me know it was no problem to go out and then check in at the turn, so I teed off a little after 6:00 and was done in about 2.5 hours (walking front nine and riding on the back). After some of the previous reviews, I wasn't sure what to expect here in terms of conditions. I was very pleasantly surprised as everything was pretty lush and green throughout the course. This is definitely a good time of year for this course. The tee boxes were generally nice. A few could use some leveling out, but no big issues. The fairways were quite good throughout the course. Some weak spots here and there, but I almost always had ideal lies. The rough had pretty good coverage (mostly good grass and some clover patches mixed in) and was pretty difficult in spots. It didn't seem super deep, but the ball would really settle in and recoveries were often tough. Sand traps were very good. The greens are about 90% recovered from the recent aeration. Soft and rolling pretty well at medium speeds. The course is a pretty traditional and mostly basic layout. Tree-lined fairways run back and forth, and most holes are flat and pretty wide open from tee to green. It's nothing too exciting or difficult, but solid enough for a relaxed round of golf.