First time playing the destroyer--Out in the land of " sngernz" yesterday 5/7/2018 as a part of the Kiwanis scramble tournament. Well run tournament with a shotgun start at 1pm. Nice box lunch and din... Continue »

First time playing the destroyer--Out in the land of " sngernz" yesterday 5/7/2018 as a part of the Kiwanis scramble tournament. Well run tournament with a shotgun start at 1pm. Nice box lunch and dinner. Pretty nice facilities with a well stocked pro-shop, driving range and 2 separate putting greens. Joined by my brother-in law, Andrew and Brandon--great fun group to play with. Weather was high 60's with a 1 club breeze for most of the day.

First impressions with the conditioning of the course and layout were pretty good.

Layout wise there are some outstanding doglegs that have character where you need to work the driver both ways. Some of the holes reminded me of a longer version of Elkins Ranch in Fillmore where a shot in the center of the fairway might need to draw or fade a good 20-30 yds from the tee. Fun layout with number 17 I believe being a longer challenging par 3 and a couple other fun long par 5's that played into the wind. There is a channel that runs along some holes that is not in play but separates the course from hole to hole. Enough bunkers, water and some OB and red stake areas to catch an offline shot. I thought it was a really fun course to play. A 2 hr drive in rush hour but if timed right from my area I would recommend it.

The Kikuyu fairways were nice and green and I thought pretty lush. Very few problem areas. I thought mostly great coverage--ball sitting up in fairways--rated 7.5/10 maybe even an 8.

The rough was cut down just low enough for play-ability but still was a challenge. Most of the rough was in good shape. There were some areas around some of the trees that were wet and damp with some mud but not to bad. Overall rough rating 7/10.

The poa greens looked great to the eye and held like darts with high irons. Very soft and spongy. Putting wise they were a bit bumpy but not to bad. Most ballmarks were fixed--I fixed an extra 2-3 per hole. Rating the greens a 6.5/10.

The tees were very lush, great coverage, some were un-level but you could always find a nice level spot to tee from. Rating 7/10.

Was not in any sand bunkers the entire day. They looked to be raked and in decent firm shape.

I was not expecting much but I was pleasantly surprised condition and layout wise. Fun semi-challenging track. Recommended by this golfer.