I played here yesterday with the guru outing organized by Johnny. Big thanks for the great opportunity to play this wonderful course. Also, it has bee... » More

I played here yesterday with the guru outing organized by Johnny. Big thanks for the great opportunity to play this wonderful course. Also, it has been a while since I have been to any GK outing so I was happy to see everyone who was there.

As far as course conditions, it was almost immaculate. At least where it is mowed and maintained. There were areas that no golfer should visit. Some of the rough will just eat your ball and if you are lucky enough to find it, good luck hitting it!

Tees (I played the combo white/blue) were nice and level. I never had a bad stance.

Fairways were great. Lots of room if you could hit a halfway straight shot. I could not most of the time, but when I finally did find a fairway it was great to hit from. Great roll out on drives and soft enough to take a pro-sized divot. Since it was cart path only, I got in the habit of bringing several clubs and the sand bottle out with me.

Rough was intense. First cut was fine. Ball sits up. No problem. Get outside that and it's anything can happen time. I was surprised I was able to find my ball when I did find the rough because most of the time it was just a guess as to where it ended up.

Sand was great in the bunkers that I found. Absolutely fun to hit from with a consistency that gave me confidence to hit a good shot.

Greens were amazing. Fast, fast, and fast! I like fast; however, if you are above the hole and are putting towards the ocean, look out! You could baby a putt and still run it 10' past. Uphill putts were just as challenging. So many three putts. I had a four putt on one hole from only a few feet away. As fast as the greens were, if you could hit a decent approach you will find them very receptive and holding. You have to execute, though. These greens take no prisoners!

All in all it was a great day playing hooky from work and given the chance I would love to play here again! Thanks again, Johnny and The Saticoy Club!
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Walked this afternoon here for $32. Pace of play was great; teed off at 12:40 with a riding twosome and we finished at about 4:00. Nice conditions ove... » More

Walked this afternoon here for $32. Pace of play was great; teed off at 12:40 with a riding twosome and we finished at about 4:00. Nice conditions overall with lots of turf and very few areas that were thin or dirt.

Greens: Some were showing signs of a previous aeration and had some discern-able slight bumpiness. This affected uphill putts with any break a lot, as balls would just make 90 degree turns if they were not hit firm. They were somewhat soft and held most any shot. There were very few ball marks to fix. Many of the lips around the cups were soft and not crisp, if that makes any sense.

Fairways and rough: Lots of good grass coverage. It definitely seemed well watered throughout the course. There were a couple of leaky sprinklers and those areas were very wet.

Tees: Some tees (we played the blues) were a little uneven. I recollect hole 16 was bad, 13 had a lot of sand all over the tee as well as being uneven. There were others. I believe the tees were recently aerated. It's grown in but several times I had to make some effort to find a firm spot for my tee.

Sand: It looked nice and mostly were groomed. I hit from the bunker right side of Hole 10 and it was perfect sand.

Nice weather, good pace of play, and good company. For $32 walking, I will come back.
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I got out here on Veterans Day holiday for an annual scramble event. Not much to add to Noel's review. Great, warm weather without any wind. The cool ... » More

I got out here on Veterans Day holiday for an annual scramble event. Not much to add to Noel's review. Great, warm weather without any wind. The cool morning quickly gave way to very warm and sunny conditions.

The greens were a little inconsistent. Overall, nice, but at times were slightly bumpy. It was definitely hard to read. Our scramble foursome hit four putts from the same place and got different breaks on many greens. Weird, right? They were medium fast and held shots well. They looked great and most putted well, so I guess it's just a matter of a couple more mowing days and all will be normalized.

Fairways and rough had great coverage of turf. Not too deep in the rough, but several fairways were roped off and seemed kind of shaggy. Like they were purposely letting the grass grow in and thicken up. Some areas of divots here and there, but the carts had good bottles of sand/seed/mulch mix.

The bunkers were really nice! Great white sand, all raked nicely. I wanted to hit from them, but it was a scramble and we were not that bad!

The cart girl was nice; she came around a couple of times and had free beer! LOL!

I will be back as I have a GroupGolfer voucher to use up here.
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I played here yesterday; paid $50 to ride. We had an 8:03 tee time, but got out early around 7:35. I purchased a breakfast burrito at the snack bar; i... » More

I played here yesterday; paid $50 to ride. We had an 8:03 tee time, but got out early around 7:35. I purchased a breakfast burrito at the snack bar; it was decent. Good pace of play and the course was in overall nice condition.

Good turf in the fairways and around the greens. Some areas were a little wet in the morning, but the they were watering the back nine as we pulled into the parking lot. Tees were good; they were level and had lots of good turf to hit from. Probably could have used some mowing, though. Bunkers had good sand; I was in the green-side bunker on hole 7 and there was ample, white sand. The greens were in decent shape. Somewhat soft and rolling medium fast and speeding up as the morning progressed. There was some discernable bumpiness on a couple of greens early on, but not terrible. I would say they all rolled true and were consistent.

Pace of play was about 4 hours. The group in front of us seemed to tire out on the back nine and fell off the pace by one hole as we approached Hole 15. At least we were almost done by then.

The course has been good to me in many ways and I will continue to come back here.
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I played here last Friday, October 4, teeing off at 7:36 a.m. with my brother. We got around the course in about 4.5 hours. The twosome we got paired ... » More

I played here last Friday, October 4, teeing off at 7:36 a.m. with my brother. We got around the course in about 4.5 hours. The twosome we got paired with were somewhat slow, but we managed our differences and I settled down to a relatively calm pace. The groups in front of us never got more than one hole ahead; the group behind stayed back to not push us. Cool.

Good overall course conditions. Tees (we played the white tees) were level and had good grass to hit from. Fairways and rough were nice with lots of decent grass coverage. Bunkers had decent sand and looked well maintained. The greens were as nice as I have ever seen them. Green speed was medium fast all morning, with a nice break towards the center of town.

The weather was cool and damp in the early morning, but gave way to nice and warm later. We paid $50 each on a third party website (Teeoff.com). Their computers were not working when we arrived, so check in was problematic. Their manager came out and said just go out and check in with them at the turn. Nice! It did not work out at the turn, so we came back when we finished to pay up. By then, their computers were working.

I have always liked this course and I hope to find more time to come back and play it some more.
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