Played last Sunday, getting out as a single in mid-morning, walking from the blues with a fun riding threesome. The course was hosting the City Championship finals earlier in the morning so the pace of play was not great, around 4:45. The blue tees were generally on the monuments making the course play longer than usual. They had championship markers set up farther back for the more adventurous.

Twenty years ago, when I played this course several times a month, it irritated me that American Golf would get the course in primo shape for the Long Beach Golf Festival but the conditions would be inconsistent the rest of the year. This round, the course was in very nice shape although I have seen it better. The greens were exceptional, running fast and true. The rough was mainly cut down to manageable levels and fairways were good although the heat has obviously affected them. The only off notes were the slanted tee on #9 (tucked on the left side of the box) and the lack of sand in the sand trap on the right of #1 green. Otherwise, no complaints from a very enjoyable round.