Played in group 1B of Monday’s Vivid Golf X GK outing at Dove Canyon, Johnny’s 100th event since starting to run these in 2021! Congratulations Johnny!

As usual, the event was run beautifully and a lot of fun. Dove Canyon is handling the summer heat well, but precautions are being taken. Namely, the greens are slower than typical to avoid burnout. They ran mostly smooth with medium to medium-slow speed. For how much water is being put on them, they surprisingly weren’t super soft. I’d say medium firmness/acceptance on approach shots. Fairways had good coverage with a few GUR areas. Rough was a little more penal with some thin areas here and there but nothing too deep. Blue tee boxes were mostly great, although I felt one or two sloped slightly toward the front of the box. I was in a lot of bunkers and they were all very nice.

The real revelation during this round was the Paloma Dog at Jack’s Den. Johnny had tried this a couple events ago and raved about it, and now I see why. If a bacon-wrapped hot dog and cheesy, gooey quesadilla had a baby, this is it. Wow, one of the best things I’ve ever eaten at a golf course!

Had a great time with sparky14, Johnny, and Bryan. Definitely recommended anytime you can access this course. Oh yeah, pace of play was amazing for these events… we finished in less than 4:20 from the time we teed off!

Played here last Friday 8/14. Simply put, the course is in terrible condition.

Tee boxes mostly dirt and not level.

Most fairways had lots of dirt. I can't say just bare spots, more like some weeds mixed with dirt.

Rough just an extension of the dirt and weed fairways, mixed with chopped up tree limbs ect.

Greens were medium-slow and playable compared to the rest of the course. They did have minefield divot marks on the front of all of them.

Collar areas like the fairways, dirt and weeds.

Bunkers would be good except they looked like they had footprints ect from days ago. 1 large bunker complex had no rakes!

The carts are basic, no GPS. Beverage cart a bright spot, came around a couple times.

POP was slow. 2 different 4somes had 2 guys sharing 1 bag of clubs. Kemper Sports that manages the place (same group that takes care of Olivas & Buenaventura) sent out a rating email after. I really ripped them (truth.) They responded with weak excuses like "all 20 sets of rental clubs were rented out" explaining why 2 dudes were holding things up by sharing a bag. They also said they will be re-sodding some of the fairways near the end of the month. I'm sure they get away with this because it's a tourist destination and our only other choice was Aviara at $400+.
Bottom line is they are charging over a $100, NOT including cart for the worst conditioned course ever and that's over 40 years of playing.
Needless to say, AVOID.

Played August 16 (Sunday)! 5:30 round! Typical Sunday stroll at the golf course! For the most part, the fairway was lush, with some fungal issues. Seems many courses are coming down with some form of fungal infection on the fairways. One could easily avoid the bad grass. Greens were slow, but what should I expect??? It's summertime!!!

Still one of the hidden gems in Chino Hills. Tough course! Hilly greens! Narrow fairways! What more can I say? If you get the invite to play on Friday, free Happy Hour!!!!!!!!!!

Played 8/17/2026
Customer service top notch, range facility is excellent, good practice areas; bunker, chipping, putting zones.
Tee grounds in great condition, summer brown settling in places on tee box. Fairways are cut summer short, tight so leave those 12-14 degree bounce wedges in your bag for fairway shots under 90 yards. Roll out for Tee-driver shots are good, as mentioned summer fast conditions. Bunkers reworked and in much better shape, although sand is inconsistent from one greenside bunker to the next. Which has always been a major challenge at this course, bunker sand consistency.

NOW THE BAD:
Greens are still not favorable. Playing partners in group rated the greens here 7/10, compared to a year ago. This is after an 8-week shutdown trying to redo the green putting surfaces. Now 32 days after the mid-July reopener, the greens are still in recovery mode. Many machine tracks still visible on the green surfaces. Several greens had square or rectangular patchwork of turf applied. We took relief on the greens from these patches. Line-gap separation between normal green surface and turf patches would cause the putted ball to roll WAY offline of the target line to cup/hole.

Was warned by starter; "greens need 2 more weeks". Same thing we were told the past 2x we played here in the last 3 weeks. But we keep going as we live adjacent to Arrowood GC. But honestly, the greens at Oceanside Muni, 2 miles away, are superior for roll, consistency and conditions than the greens here currently.

NOW THE REALLY BAD; Green fees are still $120 round on weekends, $100 during week. For the green conditions, poor value for your money. However, course staff are working very hard to ensure you have a good round. Beverage cart stopped by twice on each 9 holes, even though we ordered nothing from the cart. Golf riding carts are clean and in good shape. Food service, quality is a plus, although a bit $$, but what isn't expensive these days for food anywhere.

Had the pleasure of playing Dove Canyon as part of the Golf Moose Event. The facility was very accomodating and the staff were all pleasant and helpful. The range would be my only gripe, the area you hit off of is a giant mat but its extremely thin. Course was in pretty good shape considering the heat, there were some brown areas and a few holes were cart path only, but overall it was really nice. The tee boxes were all in pretty good shape, a few of them were a little more beat up but not horrible; fairways were like hitting off carpet and the greens were pretty close to the practice green. You cannot go too far left or right on this course or you will be punished. Greens werent super quick, but had some tiers. Sand was nice and fluffy, no rocks in the bunkers i visited. Pace of play for our group was about 4 hours and 15 minutes. Definitely worth playing if you get the chance.

Played 8/15/26 1 pm $109 w/ balls POP 4:20. Have not played here for many years. Course was in overall very good to great condition. Fairways had great coverage of green grass. An occasional browned out area mixed around, but mostly in very good shape. Greens were in very good shape. Too many balls marks left un repaired. They were very receptive and were running at a medium/slow pace with a decent roll. Noticed a few wobbles when the ball slowed down, sometimes seemingly breaking in the opposite direction. Rough was not overly tall, but that Kikoi can be really difficult. Saw the cart girl twice. Small driving range off of mats. Large putting green next to first tee. Was a little busy, mostly from a large tournament in front of us, but we were playing our 3 team/4 man scramble, so we were playing pretty fast. Nice mix of hole designs. Recommend if in the area.

I guess early dementia has set in? Disregard the Rancho Del Sol as I know I live in Fairfield at Rancho Solano. Man.

Anyways played twilight last evening on a beautiful evening up here for $35 w cart and could have walked (probably would have got lost) for $22.

Course in great shape at the moment as the weather has been great lately.

Tee boxes fine.

Fairways wide good roll and lies all round.

Traps could have used some raking but it was late and I guess to be expected in rough shape.

Greens are large but in nice speedy shape. Finally understand the elevations and undulations of many of them the more I play. Helps to eliminate 3 putts when knowing where to land to avoid them.

Great service as always from the shop.

Its a great public course that gets a lot of play but the keep it great shape.

Love living 1 mile from the clubhouse especially this time of the year.

It has been awhile since our last visit and frankly my recollections of the difficulty of the course might be a bit off now that we are more familiar with the course.

Last time, it was called 'mission impossible' due to the difficulty of the terrain and greens.
This time, we actually enjoyed the course and had a couple good scores.

Bag drop was closeby and we just carried our bags in. They had mats for driving range with Callaway practice balls. Also had some limited flight range balls for long hitters.
Starter and staff were professional and helpful. Locker rooms clean and stocked.

Practice greens were nice and rolled true to stimp of 11.
It was a warm day so we opted to ride. Carts have plush seats with gps and distances to pins on them.

Course was pretty busy. Started on time and finished in 4 hours.

Greens rolled nicely and I can see how difficult the greens can be depending on pin placements. Certain spot with big gradients will be impossible to putt to. Glad the super placed the pins in friendly spots.

Fairways have good coverage. Rough was not too penalizing.
Drinking water was provided and carts have bottled water.

Overall, a fun day and worth the trip.
Thank you and see you next time.

I noticed that Upland Hills has not been reviewed for awhile, so here is the latest.
Played at 12:30 on Sunday afternoon. I live in Upland, but I haven't played here in a year because the price has been a bit ridiculous on the weekends. The fact that the price was less when I booked the tee time should've been a red flag, but I took the bait.

I'm not sure why this course has gone downhill, but I was really disappointed. First of all, the staff was friendly and we did start on time which was the best part of the day. As for the course, I knew we were in for a "rough" round after my first shot. I was just off the fairway and was lucky to find my ball in the 10 inches of uncut mess. All the mowers here must be broken down, because every hole was the same. The fairways were like light rough and the rough was a jungle. Some places over a foot deep. We lost at least 5 balls not more than 5 feet off the fairways. There is no excuse for this at all. Most all the bunkers were in horrible shape with very little sand an hard as nails. There were a few that were not that bad as well. The tee boxes were ok but not great either. The greens were the best part of the course, but were not cut and were very slow. I've been playing faster greens lately, and it was really tough to get the ball to the hole.

All in all, the POP was good even with everyone complaining about losing balls in the jungle. If you found the fairway, it was much more fun. I won't be back here until the super in charge of the course starts doing a better job. If you decide to play here before that, don't use your premium golf balls unless you can stripe it down the narrow fairways.

Well, that's my review of Upland Hills. I paid $55 and it wasn't worth $30 right now IMO.
I get that it's been hot and you don't want the course to die, but not cutting regularly causes more scalping of the grass and actually does more harm than good.

Haven't played in 45 days. Nine holes early Saturday round $19 to walk 1:25 pop.
Review mostly to up the ratings. In great summer conditions. Grass growing n areas usually only seen in the soggy rain seasons. Meaning better use of water resources. Better placement of tee markers for level spot with turf helps too. It's all about the greens here. Rolling smooth and not quite as tight with summer heat.
Got the honor of raising the flag. Days are getting shorter. Good to be back in NorCal

Played Sunday 8/16. Course is in overall great shape. Greens were smooth , fairways were mostly good. A couple on the back nine had sections with rake marks from maintenance. Sand traps were nice. Tee boxes a little beat up. Service is always good. Always enjoy coming here.