Played Tuesday April 24th at 742. Check in very fast and friendly as usual. We got off 5 minutes late, 3 of us walking a... » More

Played Tuesday April 24th at 742. Check in very fast and friendly as usual. We got off 5 minutes late, 3 of us walking and following an older 3 some, POP was still good at 4:00 The course is in very good shape, tee boxes fairways, and greens great. was in 2 bunkers and eh so so as usual, they get winds here every day in the afternoon so I think they wet down the bunkers in the morning to stop the sand from blowing out. I happen to like dry sand and struggle with wet sand. just me. The greens really rolled nice. Great course to walk, and only 3 miles from my house. LOL
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Played here yesterday in a SCGA outing teeing off at 10am. I played here years ago but did not remember much about it. O... » More

Played here yesterday in a SCGA outing teeing off at 10am. I played here years ago but did not remember much about it. One thing for sure though, i had no idea there was that much water on this course which was a pleasant surprise. The course from the tips is one tough customer which is why we chose to play the gold tees. The weather was perfect so conditions were made for scoring. The lay out is super fun and there were many risk reward holes which i love. Cost was reasonable at $75pp and i would definitely play here again. The conditions were very good for the most part however the greens were to slow(8.5 on the meter). They rolled true and smooth but many putts came up short. Everything else on the course was well above average and the service was excellent. definitely recommended....
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Played here for the first time on Sunday 4/22/18 at 7:00 for $149 which i thought was a little too high since most cours... » More

Played here for the first time on Sunday 4/22/18 at 7:00 for $149 which i thought was a little too high since most courses are offering deals about this time. Decided to play since i have heard nice things about the course and since the winds were not blowing it was time. I was not disappointed at all in the course and when i found out that our rate included a $15 voucher for food or drink i felt much better. This is a very nice designed course and the conditions were all better than 7 out of 10. I could not find one thing about this golf outing that i disliked. Service-great, food-great, golf-great, weather-great, and i look forward to playing here again.
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Played Simi Hills on Monday, 4/23. Teed off at 7:45am and finished our round in 3hrs. 30 minutes in perfect weather. Ove... » More

Played Simi Hills on Monday, 4/23. Teed off at 7:45am and finished our round in 3hrs. 30 minutes in perfect weather. Overall, the course is in very good shape. Tee boxes are fine. The fairways are mostly green and lush. Every shot from the fairway had a nice cushion beneath your ball. The 3 greenside bunkers I found all had very nice firmly packed sand. The rough is a bit spotty. Some areas have 1 to 2 inches of lush grass. Others are spotty with some bare areas. Some areas on a few holes have 18 inch high grass for those tee shots that were very errant. The greens were excellent - medium/fast speed and very smooth. There were a number of areas that were being manually watered in the fairways. But they didn't pose much of an issue. We played the blue tees and found that about half of them, mostly on the back 9, were grouped with the black tees. Very fun course in very good condition. I highly recommend it.
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The wife and I played here on Sunday around mid-day and it was a nice enjoyable round. Pace was 4 1/4 hours for us and w... » More

The wife and I played here on Sunday around mid-day and it was a nice enjoyable round. Pace was 4 1/4 hours for us and we were following a foursome in front who moved along pretty good. We only waited on the three final holes and didn't have a back-up behind us even though we were being followed by a two bag and there was a two bag behind them. The course was in really good shape from the tee to the greens which is about what I expected. Some of the views and layout of the course are really special. At $80 for full price it is steep for the area but for the conditions, pace and overall enjoyment of your round I would say it's close to worth it.
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Played the Wilson course Saturday 4-21-18. Its a crying shame what has happened to this course. Such a great layout bu... » More

Played the Wilson course Saturday 4-21-18. Its a crying shame what has happened to this course. Such a great layout but in just TERRIBLE condition. Apparently they had a gopher village attack at the course two summers ago but what is taking so long to recover? Whoever is taking care of the course is doing a terrible job. Too bad, was always a treat to play the Wilson and Harding courses...
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This was my late afternoon stop today. Showed up a little after 4:00 and was teeing off by myself a few minutes later. $... » More

This was my late afternoon stop today. Showed up a little after 4:00 and was teeing off by myself a few minutes later. $20 for 9* holes with a cart. The course was actually pretty busy, so I just relaxed and enjoyed a 2-hour round. My cart died on the 7th hole, but the guy came out pretty quickly and brought me a fresh one. It actually worked out well because he said I could keep playing if I wanted, and it allowed me to go back and play the two *alternate back nine holes.

It's kind of interesting here as the 7th and 16th holes split off in different directions from the same basic teeing area. The 7th is a par-5 and the 16th is a par-4. They go around a hilltop with split tees for the 8th and 17th holes playing way downhill to the same green. The 8th is a long par-3 (260 with a massive drop-off tee to green) and then the 17th is a dogleg right par-4 coming around from the other side of the hill. Otherwise, the rest of the holes just have slightly different teeing areas for front and back nine play. Kind of a neat quirk of this old muni course.

The course was in decent condition. Tee boxes a bit shaggy, but okay enough with the ball teed up. Fairways pretty solid. Rough somewhat hit or miss, getting worse the further you stray from any of the fairway cuts. The greens were great and maybe the best I've encountered on this trip so far. One hole (the 4th) had a big damaged spot on the green that they are had marked off as GUR, but otherwise the greens were excellent, receptive and rolling well at medium-quick speeds.

Nothing too exciting here and the 7/16/8/17 hole arrangement is by far the most interesting part of the course layout (these 4 are easily the best holes). Solid 9(11)-hole muni track with some local history and a very friendly vibe.
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Had the rare and wonderful opportunity to play The Preserve Golf Club this morning. Something magical happened and the N... » More

Had the rare and wonderful opportunity to play The Preserve Golf Club this morning. Something magical happened and the NCGA was able to arrange a member outing. $395 was a steep price, but you pay what you have to in order to get onto a super-exclusive course like this. It was regular group tee times starting at 8:00 and we were in the first group out. This is a course you don't mind taking your time to play, plus there was a lot of ball searching in the native rough areas. Overall, we took about 4:20 to finish.

I'll get to the conditions in a bit, but everything about this place is cool. First, you find the entry gate on a small road just behind Quail Lodge. Then, you drive about 20 minutes up a winding two-lane road to get to the actual course/clubhouse. Big, beautiful clubhouse with excellent facilities. We each had our own guest lockers and pretty much full access to the clubhouse amenities.

The course is nestled in the Santa Lucia Preserve in the Carmel Valley and the course was designed by Tom Fazio and others with a lot of environmental restrictions. So it really is integrated with the beautiful natural setting. The course is fun and quite challenging, especially on and around the greens. Just gorgeous, scenic, peaceful, etc. etc. etc. Probably goes into my personal Top 10 immediately, but time will tell after I am able to digest further.

The conditions were nice as expected. I wouldn't say "immaculate" but at a high level you would expect from this kind of club. Tee boxes were fairly recently aerated, but level and never had a problem finding a good spot to tee it up. Fairways firm, tight and fast. Primary rough thick and lush with just enough depth to make you work. Outer edges went from ankle deep to knee deep and it was 50/50 if you'd find your ball. Bunkers with pure, soft white sand and perfectly manicured. The greens were firm, yet receptive because they had been aerated on April 3. Still dotted and a little bumpy, but they rolled them as tight as they could. They ran at fairly quick speeds and you didn't want to be above the hole or near any of the steep false fronts. I can only imagine how fast they normally are and probably will be again in another couple weeks. I could still only rate the greens a 6 based on today while rest of the elements were all 8s, 9s and Q 10s. Admittedly, I was a little bummed that they had aerated so recently and we were not informed ahead of time. It wouldn't have prevented me from playing this once-in-a-lifetime course, but I would have came in with properly tempered expectations. In the end, this was only a small blemish on an otherwise amazing experience.
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Rode the Blues this afternoon 4/23/2018 with my buddy Mack, Brian and Ricki. Paid $20.49 on a teeoff 10% off deal time. ... » More

Rode the Blues this afternoon 4/23/2018 with my buddy Mack, Brian and Ricki. Paid $20.49 on a teeoff 10% off deal time. Let out a little early around 1:45pm. POP was 3 hrs 30 minutes not really waiting on any shots and not really being pushed by anyone. Weather was nice scoring weather--hardly any wind, very overcast(Scotland style) with temps in the high 50's-low 60's. Very nice staff at check-in, great practice facilities.

Course was in better shape than the last time I played here. The fairways are growing in nicely--would not call them super lush yet like they are in the summer here but there are more lush lies than thin lies. Rated 7/10.

The greens have healed almost completely from their punching they did here last month. Would maybe give them another week to completely heal and be rolled. They held irons like darts and would describe them as very soft. Some minimal bounce on putts but not to bad. Rating 7/10.

The tees were mostly all level and lush and in good shape. Rating 7.5/10.

Was in greenside bunker on #6 that had perfectly raked thicker beach sand that was easy to hit out of. Rating 8/10.

The rough lining the fairways is in good shape and fairly lush in most spots. Rating 7.5/10

Some of the large apron and fringe areas around the greens contained some mud and semi-wet spots in the low lying areas which make putter the play.

Overall course is gearing up and looking good for its peak summer conditions.

Recommended.
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Gk Cup match vs Andrew with GKers Matt and Tim coming out to keep things civil. The course was in very playable shape, b... » More

Gk Cup match vs Andrew with GKers Matt and Tim coming out to keep things civil. The course was in very playable shape, but nothing was outstanding. 3 weeks after maintenance and the place is recovering well with the greens a bit slow and bumpy still. Everything else seemed fine and just needs some water . . . run out on these fairways is not always a good thing!
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Wish I could be more positive but the fact of the matter this is a goat pasture. Lots of potentail and management indic... » More

Wish I could be more positive but the fact of the matter this is a goat pasture. Lots of potentail and management indicated they were putting money into the course.The staff was great, new golf carts with GPS. The greens were rock hard but puttable its links golf. My compalint your in the middle of the faireay and looked like a dirt road. Undertstand links is firm and dry but this is plain dirt. Hopefully they can save this tract and bring it back to what it was. For the price pretty hard to beat was $20 for twobacksides they were sanding the greens. Just come with an open mind or you will be really dissapointed.
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Played Oceanside Sunday morning after not being let on base to play marine memorial due to a new policy as of April. 42 ... » More

Played Oceanside Sunday morning after not being let on base to play marine memorial due to a new policy as of April. 42 bucks with cart got us right out as walk on at 8am. Greens were bumpy still from punching, some were a lot closer to being good than others but overall not bad. The green with the worst aeration holes is actually he first hole so we were happy it improved from there. I like how they took out a lot of rough here and make it a drought resistant area around the edges, adds some character. Fairways were pretty solid. Rough was patchy. Bunker sand was great. Would definitely come back again, not a bad course, need a little bit of course knowledge off the tee though. Greens should be good in May.
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