Played 4/5/26 @ 130pm and it was great! I have never seen this place in such good shape! It is the greenest it's ever been, some rough edges but overall this place is well worth the hour and 15 minutes to play. Tee boxes lush and they seem to have removed some of the mats and the concrete tee boxes they used before. Good coverage on all the fairways except for the left side of hole 2 close to the green where the mowers seem to congregate. Wasn't in any sand traps but they looked ok. Greens were not holding shots but they putted nicely. They are punching the greens next week on 4/13 if you can get out there before then.

First time out to this spectacular golf resort. 7:40 tee time, paired up with a great family of three. This place is totally worth all of 204$ fee. The tee boxes are in great shape, the fairways were some of the best I have ever played, and the rough was cut perfectly. The greens had a lot of old holes in the same area, and that is about the only knock I can say about Desert Willow. I could not believe how many people where here on a Monday in early April, this place was slammed. Everyone was great, and the service you get is incredible. Great range, putting and chipping green, We never waited, and the crew was on a lot of the holes watering, mowing, and fixing things. Put this on the bucket list.

Played yesterday at twilight starting at 4 PM and finished in 3.5 H. Totally quite on Easter Sunday with no one on the course.

Spectacular views on this course of the Suisun Valley and Napa hills when playing at twilight.

Course is in great condition at this time. The maintenance crew here does a fabulous job.

Pristine perfect tee boxes on all 18 holes.

Fairways are lush and firm and the roll out on all holes and especially downhill is just tremendous. And the lies are all great as well. Slowly finding the sweet spots in the fairways to even add further distance.

Rough is penalizing as rough should be. You can find the ball most of the time but unless you are really strong advancing it will be minimal.

Traps are big and full of playable sand. No issues. Very well maintained.

Greens as said before are HUGE. But after playing numerous times I am finding there are areas on the greens that if you can hit them will funnel the ball to the hole regardless of where the pins are. But miss those areas and you will be left with some unbelievable LONG putts. Sad to say 3 putts are alive and well on these greens.

Terrific customer service in the shop and restaurant. And happy hour is 7 days a week from 4 to 7 and the prices are terrific. Pints are 5$ pitcher is 12$ and the shrimp tacos are 9$ and delicious. I am going to have to start walking my rounds in the future.

Needless to say 24hrgolf is loving living in Rancho Solano and being 1 mile from the course. Only thing better would be if they allowed private carts.

If you are traveling from S CA to N CA using I 80 and want to play some golf I highly recommend you put this course on you list of plays.

Hope all GK members enjoy Masters week.

Walked the Oranges today 4/6/26 joined by a nice twosome under 75 degree weather with no wind. Very enjoyable round today even though POP was 5 hrs. Lots of golfers here today on spring break.

Wow have the rains this past winter made this place lush city. Not sure I have ever seen the course this phenomenal.

Fairways lush, thick and padded perfect carpet lies. 10/10

Rough very lush, sticky and a club grabber. Very healthy shape. 9/10

Was in one bunker right on 3 greenside in perfect shape. 9/10

Tees super lush, all level and in great shape with just minor divot damage on the par 3s. Rated 8.5/10

Greens were punched just over a month ago and are very healthy and rolling medium speed. I'm used to them a tad faster here. They are do for a cut and roll. With the upcoming ojai summer heat they might leave them a tad longer. Rolling still very true. Rated 8/10.

Just love the layout here. Conditions are top notch.

Kinda don't even want to write reviews here anymore as the word is out this place is the best bang for your buck in the surrounding areas. Go play.

Played Indian Wells Players course today and the first since they did the major remodel and moving holes 17 and 18 to the north side of the wash that runs between the property. They replaced most of the greens, bunkers, altered hole number 9 and a host of other things to make the course more playable or as they (city of IW) more walkable. The statement seems laughable because it’s a resort course and who is going to pay 250+ to walk the course. It is narrow in some holes and wider at others but make no mistake walking although good for one’s health probably not advisable here. Oh did I mention that all the greens are rock hard? If you watched the LPGA at Shadow Creek this weekend you’ll understand what I mean. I play there with friends from my tennis club who are residents and pay 50.00 any day of the week from November through May, then 35 for the summer. Guests and Indian Wells Tennis members pay 80-110 Rack rate is anywhere from 225-275. The course opened in November but it is still a little rough around the edges so if you were planning on playing there I would stick to the Celebrity for now until the Players course matures a little more.

4/4/26

7:00AM Tee off, hit the first shot 8 minutes early. Almost no one was there. We never waited and finished just under 4hrs. A stunning day, warm and windy, as clear as I can ever remember. Very surprised by how plush this place has become. Is it what it was before the storm? Not yet, however only holes 2 and 8 have new locations of greens, they call them temporary but it does not appear that there is much work being done on where the old greens where for those holes were located. Warning the GPS systems have not been updated quite yet and that did cause one distance mistake on my part. The greens were in very good shape for being punched a few weeks ago, the sand was awesome today. Tee boxes in great shape, fairways overall were good, maybe a couple patches getting some work done.

I could not believe how wide open this course was for a Saturday morning. I will be back, and you should too.

Played today for $34. Great course and great layout.

Tee boxes terrific. Fairways mucho rollout and great lies.

Traps suberb. Rough a SOB.

Many OB areas.

Trememdouse par 3's. Nothing like it in S CA that come to mind.

Greens were fast and furious all round.

The courses in N CA are far superior than 80% of the S CA courses. I can back that up after playing in S CA for 24 years.

I am looking forward to playing Yocha Dehe soon.

JUST A QUICK UPDATE: After course closure for what seems like a couple years, it now has NEW OWNERS that have been working on it. Rumors are of a soft opening sometime in April. Fingers crossed...

We had a great event at Calabasas Country Club who treated us to beautifully maintained challenging golf course and excellent service.

I know some of our players were not happy about being restricted to cart path only but when a private club superintendent makes that decision, they have their reasons, and our group respected it. Calabasas CC knew it was an inconvenience and surprised us with some extra fun/goodies as such upon arrival. All our players received a complementary Calabasas CC golf towel and Calabasas CC ran a fun golf simulator closest to the pin contest for a free foursome. They didn’t have to do that. I thought that was really solid.

Calabasas CC in the 20+ years I’ve played it, was in the best condition I’ve experienced. One of biggest problems Calabasas CC had in the past was fairways turf. That issue is visibly gone now, and I suspect by the end of year, so will the cart path only restrictions. Members of the club are allowed to drive carts in the fairways, but not on all the holes.

I’ve very excited about booking future events at Calabasas CC. I highly recommend other golf organizers to do so as well. Thank you everyone that comes out to play in our Vivid Golf/Golf Moose/Greenskeeper.org Monday events :)

Take a look at the photos I just posted.

Played today on a beautiful golf morning. Course is exceptionally maintained for a public course. Better than some private courses IMO.

Fast easy check in and found the playing conditions top notch.

Nice clean mowed tee boxes that you could even practice putting on at every hole.

Fairways are lush with great lies and roll and are wide enough unless you get really wild.

Rough is kept 1/2 in thick and you can find your ball but you will need a really good shot to overcome playing from there.

Traps are all nicely maintained with just the right amount of sand to produce good results.

Greens are HUGE. Still getting used to them and finding the right landing spots depending upon where the flags are placed. Easy to 3 putt with greens like this but also makes one a better putter the longer you play them.

Excellent customer service from all staff encountered.

Still the best 9 holes for 18 bucks in the IE. A couple bucks cheaper if you're a city resident.

Very lush fairways right now after the rains, but expect some bumpy or unlevel teeboxes. #6 was closed due to a big fairway flood. An enjoyable walk anytime I'm near downtown Riverside, most of the greens are tiny and flat but don't leave it above the hole on #2 or #9.

Played yesterday, March 31. 3:10 teetime. $44 twilight rate walking. POP was great, just over 4hrs, we finished 18 in pretty much total darkness. Hit it and pray. Miracle that all four of us made it on that final hole without losing our ball.

Conditions overall are acceptable, but definitely wouldn't pay huge rack rate to play here. $44 is well within reason.

Green teeboxes were moved up for the most part. They were doing quite a bit of work on the back tee boxes. They were fairly level and had decent coverage. A few of them were beat up, but no huge complaints overall.

Fairways were pretty good. Nice coverage all over with good cushion. Lots of sand filled divots. I did find a small unfilled divot on hole 7, but that landing area is loaded with divots as it's a very popular spot to be in. It was an impossible lie in a super small deep divot that caused me a double bogey as I dumped into the hazard area to the right of the cart path and almost broke my back, lol.

Rough was minor. Not very long and easy to play from. No worries there.

Sand traps had good fluffly brown sand, but lots of crab grass around the edges. They don't look that great, but played fine.

Greens were a mixed bag. Tons of ball marks that were mostly fixed, but just not fixed well enough. They were fairly smooth and very quick downhill/sidehill. Got bumpy and slower as the day progressed picking up the evening moisture and had some misty air.

Customer service was just fine. Starter is always nice here and saw the beverage cart twice.

Overall, not a huge fan of the course. Holes 4,5 and 7 are just awful which just leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Friendly tip, if you're walking, make sure you get a restroom code from the starter!!!