Played this AM. Last few rounds here have been very windy. Getting a great downwind game but not so good into it. Wind speed 18 with gusts to 23.

I am finding out that the main reason locals avoid the course is because of the windy conditions due to the location of the course. Me I am checking conditions better before I make future reservations.

Lucky we got... » More

Played this AM. Last few rounds here have been very windy. Getting a great downwind game but not so good into it. Wind speed 18 with gusts to 23.

I am finding out that the main reason locals avoid the course is because of the windy conditions due to the location of the course. Me I am checking conditions better before I make future reservations.

Lucky we got out early. When we made the turn we found the area around the clubhouse packed and staged for a tournament. We were not even notified of this happening when we checked in. I guess they assumed we and others would finish before this started. Wrong.

When we were teeing off on 18 the carts for a shotgun start started coming down from the clubhouse. Lets just say we let the guy in the clubhouse know how we felt.

Tee boxes all clean and playable.

Fairways had good coverage on most holes with decent lies but the only rollout was on downwind holes.

Rough was playable.

Traps had been all cleaned so we had decent sand to play out of all round.

Greens had been mowed and chipped/putted at good speeds. But hitting them in the wind was a challenge as well as putting into and with the wind. And many of the greens are elevated from the fairway so trying to factor in wind direction and speed was not fun.

Had a great $6.50 breakfast including coffee after the round so that helped the days frustrations somewhat.
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Early morning round in 4.5 hours on the Oaks/Creek nines. Staff has always been great and friendly. The practice facilities weren't busy at all on the warm morning. It appears Thursday mornings are when the ladies club plays. The carts remain top notch with everything you need. The tee boxes were good with exception of the beat up par three boxes on the Creek nine. The ro... » More

Early morning round in 4.5 hours on the Oaks/Creek nines. Staff has always been great and friendly. The practice facilities weren't busy at all on the warm morning. It appears Thursday mornings are when the ladies club plays. The carts remain top notch with everything you need. The tee boxes were good with exception of the beat up par three boxes on the Creek nine. The rough has been cut down shorter and the heat has dried it up some but you can find your ball in it fairly easily now. Hitting from the rough can be easy or difficult depending on the thickness from hole to hole. All of the fairways have real nice coverage with approach sections on the longer holes being full of divots in need of repair and sand. The carts have sand bottles but many golfers don't know how to use them evidently. The traps all have plenty of good to great sand and were all raked nicely. The greens were quite a bit slower than usual with the extra water they were receiving on this hot day. They were holding shots and had very few ball marks which was nice to see. With the slower greens came less break than was usual for a round here. The rates are acceptable for what you'll find in the local valley.
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Played Crandon GC yesterday after my bike ride. Apparently playing at 11:30 AM in the middle of the summer is the way to go because I flew around the course in 3 hrs only having to go through two groups. In fact if it hadn’t been for raccoon who hijacked my cart (see picture when it’s up), I would have finished in sub 3 hours. Course remains in decent condition all around. ... » More

Played Crandon GC yesterday after my bike ride. Apparently playing at 11:30 AM in the middle of the summer is the way to go because I flew around the course in 3 hrs only having to go through two groups. In fact if it hadn’t been for raccoon who hijacked my cart (see picture when it’s up), I would have finished in sub 3 hours. Course remains in decent condition all around. About the same as my last review. A couple of the greens had some serious brown spots throughout but other than that not bad. Greens are slow here. they roll true, just at a slow pace. Fairways had pretty good coverage throughout. Not the Spyglass Hill perfect 10 but a good solid 7 rating. I was in a lot of greenside bunkers and all had good amount of sand. Again, not the perfect white fluffy deep sand, but enough to be predictable.

With numerous water hazards and a couple glimpses of the Miami skyline, this has become my “go to” course outside of the private ones I get to play.
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Had not played Marshall Canyon in over 20 years and boy what a walk down memory lane. Course was well conditioned and staff was friendly for a city course. My greatest memory was the slope and severity of the greens and they did not disappoint. Despite the short yardage the greens protect the course. Some defy logic as slopes and the nearby mountains often cancel each other out... » More

Had not played Marshall Canyon in over 20 years and boy what a walk down memory lane. Course was well conditioned and staff was friendly for a city course. My greatest memory was the slope and severity of the greens and they did not disappoint. Despite the short yardage the greens protect the course. Some defy logic as slopes and the nearby mountains often cancel each other out. An added treat was the large gallery of deer that were spectators for the day. As someone who’s played the Pebble Beach courses and Bandon Dunes, we saw more deer here than both those combined. This course earns the title of hidden gem. I can’t wait to play it again.
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Played this AM on a very cool foggy morning. Felt like fall instead of middle of Aug.

Course was very wet from tee to green and everywhere in between.

Tee boxes were not in the best shape today and were good last week?

Fairways wet soggy very little roll and OK lies and some had just been cut and clippings lying all over. Not ideal.

Traps were al... » More

Played this AM on a very cool foggy morning. Felt like fall instead of middle of Aug.

Course was very wet from tee to green and everywhere in between.

Tee boxes were not in the best shape today and were good last week?

Fairways wet soggy very little roll and OK lies and some had just been cut and clippings lying all over. Not ideal.

Traps were all bad. Damp crusty and hard packed. Some appeared unplayable.

Rough was high and wet and easy to loose a ball.

Greens were soft and left divots from balls landing and they putted slow all round.

No idea what happened from last week to this but it did not give any of us a good impression.

But they only charged us $34 w cart so at least that was a postive.

Great customer service in the shop.
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