Lets start with the good. The course is very lush. Fairways and rough are nice. The greens and tee boxes are decent. Now the bad. The bunkers...what a farce. They are hard with rocks and high lips. They should either put sand in them, redo them or, get rid of many of them. The course is too hard for the average player. The elimination of many of these eyesores would help speed up play which leads into another bad, slow play. I played on a weekday and the round took 5 hours and 15 minutes!!! The people who run this place close one course Monday through Thursday. Big mistake! The 18 that is open becomes way too crowded contributing to such slow play. There is no way I will ever make this drive again to play at a snails pace waiting on every tee box and fairway.

I played here today on an Under Par deal. The course was rough. The greens where slow but rolled good. Many tee boxes reminded me of Victoria's fairways. I know I know, things will get much better as the air temperature cools and maintenance is completed. I loved the layout. The ninth was fun to play. Your tee shot is to an island fairway. You must be in the second half of the island. If not, you are playing over water to the green for a much tougher second shot. The holes bordering the property require good ball striking off the tee. The inner holes are more forgiving off the tee. This course is a classic worth your time even in less than ideal conditions.

Should I? or nah..too expensive? Well, I splurged. $241 including cart and decent rental clubs. I enjoyed the course. Great layout. The higher you go the more the gorgeous ocean comes into view. From tees to greens everything was nice. I wouldn't say perfect but nice. The greens were true but hard to read the grain. I had a few putts that broke very hard at the hole baffling me greatly. Maybe it was the super moon in the sky pulling on the earth with slightly greater strength? The rental clubs were Callaway Mavericks. I over clubbed several times with those irons. There is that moon again.....They even had stiff shafts for a left-hander. The question is ...Is it worth it? No, not for me, but no regrets. I now have played on Maui. The Big Island is left. Mahalo

I used an Under Par deal yesterday for this course and played 36 holes. I suggest you do the same. Does Golf Moose have a deal here? I think this course has better conditions than Goose Creek and that is saying a lot. The greens are perfect. They have more bent grass to them than bermuda compared to the other courses in the Coachella Valley. On holes 10, 11, and 12 you get away from the houses and play 3 wonderful holes in the hillside. I am glad I didn't play the blacks for my second round due to the wind really picking up in the afternoon. On 10 hit it straight. On 11 you only need 200-230 yards on tee shot and then about 190-220 for the downhill approach. On 12 well let me just say club selection club selection club selection....tough the first time you play this very downhill par 3. Hole 18 is a monster par 4 when the wind picks up. Make this course a priority for a summer deal, you won't be disappointed!!

I played in a Scga event here the other day. Wow what a secluded, gem of a golf course in Oceanside. If you have a chance to play here do it. You will not be disappointed. The surroundings are quiet except for the sound of nature. The layout is fantastic. Many approaches are uphill even if it doesn't look very uphill. The wind can swirl in this area making club selection and shot execution a challenge. They have one hole that can play as both a par 3 or par 4. Hit'em straight!!

The last time I was here was about 30 years ago. The course is now 18 holes. The old Valley 9 has been converted into a frisbee course. The back 9 or old Mountain 9 was my first time playing it. Wow what a great layout. The views of the snow packed mountains were stunning. The greens were a bit slow but were in perfect shape. I wouldn't play here for at least a week, however. There is long grass everywhere. In many areas you have to step on it or inadvertently kick your ball to find it. I hit a tree 30 yards ahead of me trying to punch out only to lose it somewhere in a clump of thick grass. Right now is not fun. The grass in all areas needs serious mowing. We are expecting more rain which may further delay this needed maintenance.

I have been playing this month in rain and wind and soggy conditions at Chester. Even though during these times a golf ball will not roll very far, I consider Jan. 2023 to be a time where a premium is placed on accuracy off the tee. Chester is no different. With little leeway for maintenance crews to mow the grass before the next rain, the rough is very penalizing. It is easy to lose your ball taking lost ball 2 stroke penalties if you spray it too much. Chester boasts very small greens. I hit 7 greens the other day but I felt I hit the ball fairly well. Don't let the par 70, 6200 yard course fool you. This course is sneaky tough. I will play here a lot this year. 1. It is close 2. Its not diabolically crowded like Los Verdes. 3. It is in better shape than Alondra and most certainly Victoria, or "Victimoria" of methane gas. 4. You need imagination and touch around these tiny greens.

I played here once this week and once last week. I love this layout. It is an old school and mature track requiring thoughtful strategy on every hole. The fairways are dormant but still provide good lies. The rough is well....nearly perfect. It is green and lush as what a private course should provide. The greens roll very true and fast. Putts in the direction of Ontario are fast even if it appears uphill. Putts towards the mountains do not roll out as much.
The first hole is a very risky but rewarding 265 yard par 4. Miss the green long or right on your tee shot or second shot and you are in a world of hurt. Miss short and you are in water. Laying up with a 5 iron or hybrid is best. You will have 40 to 70 yards to the large green.
The only negative I would say is the putting green is tiny and the driving range is irons only. If given the opportunity to play here by all means do it. It is a 6500 yard blast of fun.

What ever you do make the trip to Spokane and play this gem of a public, inexpensive golf course......As I got out of my ride from the hotel and saw what I saw from the nice clubhouse, I was in awe. The view looking down both the first and tenth tees with tall trees lining the fairways, and a view of Spokane made me realize I made the right choice to play here and not the much more expensive course 38 miles away in Coeur d'Alene. Simply WOW!
Despite massive trees lining every hole the course is not too tough, and not long from tee to green. But that is where any notion of "easy" ends. The greens could be toughest greens I have ever putted on. So tough that the 3 regulars whom I played with said that they have buddies who refuse to play here due to the tough tough greens. On the 17th hole, a short tight dog leg left par 4, I hit a perfect drive with only a pitch to the green. The pin was located on a plateau in the back of the green. What I thought was a great pitch came up a hair short and then proceeded to roll back down to the very front of the green. Thankfully, I made a great two putt for par. Courses on sides of mountains almost always have tough greens. This course is exhibit A of this. Truth is, I was so mesmerized by this gorgeous layout, I did not care about the 4 three putts I had.
I would love to travel here and play this course with my own clubs. Ooops I forgot about the conditions.....The conditions where fantastic!! Play here in the summer or early fall. During the rest of the year with the shorter days and almost daily frost delays, the window of opportunity to play shrinks dramatically. This course has got my vote as a slice of heaven...

The Links at Summerly should be more aptly named, "The Stinks at Bummerly." What a disaster. The only course in So. Cal with worse fairways is Victoria. You had to find grass to put your ball on in the fairway almost all the time. There are large swaths of bare ground on every hole. The greens have been invaded by what appears to be a cross between 'Ku Ku You' and Bermuda. Every time the ball rolled through these patches it would slow down and be knocked off line. The bunkers have merged into the adjacent desert areas of hard ground. Soo sad to see this great layout turn into another Victoria. Make sure you have taken care of number two's if you play here. The restrooms on the course were locked!!! Shameful!! I would not be surprised if this course closes soon. I will end all this negativity on a positive note. The tee boxes where in perfect condition. Go figure........

Years ago this was a rather bland course. Today it is a challenging layout with penalizing bunkers everywhere. What makes matters more difficult is the lack of sand in these bunkers. Imagine trying to hit out of bunker with a high lip with very little sand under your ball. A ball in a bunker on this course is a 1/2 a stroke to one stroke penalty every time. If you play here, really avoid the bunkers as best you can. Yes, the tour pros are better than me 100 fold....but at least they play out of perfectly textured bunkers...and now for the rest...The tee boxes are an absolute joke. Uneven and just awful. The worst I have seen in a long time. The ladies and black tee golfers are lucky. The tee boxes there seemed to be in much better shape than the "Badlands" of the white and blue tees. The fairways are the highlight of Skylinks. They are firm but at least the lies are decent. The greens are slower than you think. They are riddled with ball marks. My repair tool got a work out yesterday. They have added OB stakes between holes 14 and 15. Skylinks is probably one of the most overpriced venues in So Cal. if you are not a resident of Long Beach. If Victoria was a golf course people would flock to it away from here. In sum, a fun, strategic course spoiled a bit by not enough love from a maintenance standpoint.

Sorry I forgot to review this course from 3 weeks ago. I will be brief. The greens 3 weeks ago were a disaster. Very very bumpy from sand and aerification. The rest of the course is fantastic. Classic layout with very large and mature trees waiting to swallow your golf ball or at times give you a nice kick back into the fairway or away from trouble. I would call the course before you buy an Under Par deal to see how the greens are. Of course, they may soften any negativity for the lure of wanting your business. I could be wrong......