Pro shop & starter customer service a bit lacking, but the course was in decent shape. Got out 30 min late with a 7:45 tee time. POP a bit over 4 hrs. Ranger came around 4-5 times with water & cups. T... Continue »

Pro shop & starter customer service a bit lacking, but the course was in decent shape. Got out 30 min late with a 7:45 tee time. POP a bit over 4 hrs. Ranger came around 4-5 times with water & cups. The course...dormant fairways with lots of roll that still yielded decent lies. Some bare spots, but playable. Most tee boxes were chewed up, BUT they were rebuilding many of the boxes and they should be in good shape shortly. Traps were poor, lots of rocks & not much sand. The greens were far and above the best part of the course. They were rolling fast and fairly smooth. Not a bad deal with a Sunday $25 walking rate.

I hate the fact I seem to be the only one posting ratings and reviews for this course. I know it's nothing special, but good deals can be had and I have been playing this course since I picked up stic... Continue »

I hate the fact I seem to be the only one posting ratings and reviews for this course. I know it's nothing special, but good deals can be had and I have been playing this course since I picked up sticks more than 30 years ago. Played here again with Tony and George from Meetup.com; Tony had a discounted online tee time and we took advantage of some cheap golf ($21 to ride). The starter at the first tee hawked us $5 flags to show support for Breast Cancer Awareness; we bought two and set them at the end of the row of pink flags lining the cart path. All/most of the pins had names of survivors on them, so I guess it's a good thing to show support, right? Slow foursome ahead of us made for a 4+ hour round. All the blue tees were set as far back as possible, sometimes leaving an uneven stance at the back of the tee box. Lots of divots on many of the tees (there are 11 par three holes). Fairways and rough were decent, but the greens were bumpy and medium slow; still showing signs of recent aerification. The bunkers had crappy sand: brown, dusty, and crusty (except for the trap in front of 11 green which was extremely wet, hard packed, and had a small puddle in it, including goose crap and goose footprints. My bad for finding three bunkers today. I enjoyed the company and it was a great day to golf.

Played again recently on a Saturday afternoon with Tony and Chuck, fellow GKers. After 3:00 p.m. it is $14.50 with a cart, $9.50 walking. So price point was spot on. Expect a little crowd at this hour... Continue »

Played again recently on a Saturday afternoon with Tony and Chuck, fellow GKers. After 3:00 p.m. it is $14.50 with a cart, $9.50 walking. So price point was spot on. Expect a little crowd at this hour; maybe even try to be first out at this rate because it does start off slow for the first three holes. Today, the greens were a little on the slow side, bumpy, and grainy. I repaired many ball marks on most greens. Sand in the few bunkers that I found was really crusty, brown, and dusty. Tees were okay, except for a lot of divots on the par threes, of which there are 11 as this is an executive size course. All in all, it was fine for the price we paid and the three of us had a decent time with a couple of guys they placed with us. POP as a fivesome, me walking, about 3:15.

Conditions have improved since I last posted about this executive size (par 60) course run by American Golf. Had a 3:13 tee time with a couple of fellow GKers. We got out at 3:30 behind several slow g... Continue »

Conditions have improved since I last posted about this executive size (par 60) course run by American Golf. Had a 3:13 tee time with a couple of fellow GKers. We got out at 3:30 behind several slow groups, which is normal for this course. POP was around 4:15. Greens were much improved, medium fast to fast, and soft. There were many unrepaired ball marks, but I guess the group, or groups, in front of us were not fixers. You could tell by the tee shirts. I thought the course was requiring collared shirts as of a few years ago. Oh, well, whatever. I don't care. The fairways and rough were very good; nicely cut with good lies most everywhere. Some areas of the fairways had several unfilled divots; however, there are only 7 fairways, the rest are par 3's. The tees were a little beat up and many of them were under repair, with the three markers placed right next to each other. The tees on the really short par 3's (5, 12, and 13) were particularly bad for unfilled divots. Overall, it was a great use of $20 on a Friday afternoon; good times with Chuck and Tony.

Played today (holiday rates) with fellow GKer, tonybarrett. The course is beat up from tee to green. Most tee boxes are not level and it appears the markers have not been moved for at least a couple o... Continue »

Played today (holiday rates) with fellow GKer, tonybarrett. The course is beat up from tee to green. Most tee boxes are not level and it appears the markers have not been moved for at least a couple of days. The fairways and rough are dormant, brown, and tight. Sand was dull brown, dusty, and thin. The greens were semi-firm, medium fast, and mostly smooth despite the numerous ball marks. Hole 17, the island green, was in terrible shape with a lot of unrepaired ball marks and a large area through the middle of the green that was damaged, possibly from fungus. There was a light top dressing of sand there. It still rolled okay, though. Pace of play was almost unbearable most of the day, with the round taking about 4.5 hours. Really, I only come here when there is a discount. Today was $21 to ride.

Played today with tonybarrett and another guy from Meetup.com, Norman, in wintry conditions. It was drizzly rain to start, temps hovering below 50 degrees. The recent weather has left this course wet ... Continue »

Played today with tonybarrett and another guy from Meetup.com, Norman, in wintry conditions. It was drizzly rain to start, temps hovering below 50 degrees. The recent weather has left this course wet and, in some spots, saturated. The tees were mostly beat down; unlevel, with divots like they haven't moved the tees in a while. All the fairways were dormant bermuda with some green grasses growing in spots. Lots of divots in the fairways as well. Greens were just okay, rolling medium speed and just a little bumpy in some places. Nice thing about the weather is it kept most people off the course; however we still got behind several slow groups after eight holes, finishing this executive course in 3:45 hrs. Not terrible for $29 walking, though. I wouldn't drive too far for this course. Conditions have never been great here, and it was not any different today. Maybe when the weather warms up it will get better.

Conditions are much like my last review. Greens are probably the best part of the course, but even those leave something to be desired. The course has allowed some infiltration of bermuda and kikuyu g... Continue »

Conditions are much like my last review. Greens are probably the best part of the course, but even those leave something to be desired. The course has allowed some infiltration of bermuda and kikuyu grasses into some of the greens. Sand in the bunkers is not the best, and many times not raked (more of a testament as to the type of golfer who plays here). The fairways were nice. In past years, I have found the fairways were filled with leaves, making it hard to find your ball. Not this time; the fairways were lush, level, and free of debris. For a discount rate, this is a nice place to tune your game. I just would not go out of my way to play here, as this is just a little more than a par three course.

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Conditions are stable here. Greens are soft and slow. Lots of infiltration from bermuda grass and kikuyu grass on what would otherwise be fine bent grass greens. Lush conditions in the fairways and ro... Continue »

Conditions are stable here. Greens are soft and slow. Lots of infiltration from bermuda grass and kikuyu grass on what would otherwise be fine bent grass greens. Lush conditions in the fairways and rough, with a few not so good areas. Some tee boxes were not level; at least not where the markers were placed today. Sand was not too good overall. The bunkers at five green were nice with light colored soft sand. Every where else was heavy, hard packed, thin, dark colored sand. Slow four-hour round on a Friday afternoon. I can't complain; it was $10 to walk.

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Played on Friday, August 17, at around 3:20 p.m. High temps and several groups in front of us made for a four hour round with just a little waiting between some shots. The greens were slow overall, so... Continue »

Played on Friday, August 17, at around 3:20 p.m. High temps and several groups in front of us made for a four hour round with just a little waiting between some shots. The greens were slow overall, soft, bumpy at times, and many unrepaired and ill-repaired ball marks. Mostly, I fixed an average of four per hole. The greens were so soft it was real easy to make repairs. There is a lot of bermuda grass infiltration on many of the bent grass greens. That certainly adds to the bumpiness, but overall if you did not hit firm putts they would go off line. Fairways and rough were decent. Sand was nice, soft, and plentiful. The greens here are large and it is hard to go wrong if your iron game is working. I just wish conditions were a little better. I had been thinking of joining the men's club here, but I don't know about a course that lets its greens get like this.

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