Date: 5/4/2019

POP: 3:30 (1:45 front 9, 1:45 back 9)
Weather: 85-95°F
Time: 7am

Service and Amenities:
The staff was very friendly and welcoming. Service at Rams Hill was on par with other ... Continue »

Date: 5/4/2019

POP: 3:30 (1:45 front 9, 1:45 back 9)
Weather: 85-95°F
Time: 7am

Service and Amenities:
The staff was very friendly and welcoming. Service at Rams Hill was on par with other resort style courses such as Pelican Hill. They are very attentive and remember you by name once you introduce yourself (We played here the following day as well and the pro-shop guys greeted us by name as we walked in). Locker rooms inside the clubhouse provided showers and towels to clean up after the round. On course there are tons of water/ice stations (definitely needed in this heat). We did not see a cart person until hole 15 but they provided complimentary bottled water and frozen grapes which was excellent. After the round you get cookies when dropping off the cart -- DELICIOUS!

Greens:
The greens were impeccable and probably some of the best I have ever played. They definitely rolled true and fast. Posted green-speed for the day was 11.1 which they definitely were rolling at by the time we reached the back 9.

Fairways:
The fairways were so lush and in perfect condition. There were no bare spots and no dry patches. They were soft on iron strikes but firm enough to get roll-out on tee shots. The contrast of the deep green fairways against the harsh desert landscape was amazing as well.

Bunkers:
Bunkers were well maintained and had excellent sand. They were uniform all throughout the course and that includes the practice facilities. The sand here is the white beach style stand which you can plug in. The course is littered with bunkers that sometimes have steep lips so you can get in a lot of trouble from misplaced tee/approach shots.

Tee Boxes:
Flat and lush. There was absolutely nothing wrong with them, but if I had to nitpick something it would be that you had to poke around to get longer tees into the ground since there was rock/hard dirt an inch below the tee box but what do you expect when playing a golf course in a rocky desert.

Rough:
About 1.5-2" long and thick. It wasn't horribly punishing but it was definitely enough to make you think twice about what shot you were going to hit. Depending on how it was sitting, the rough was deep/thick enough to produce crazy fliers or dead shots.

Overall:
Amazing course, fun layout and challenging. Easily the best maintained course I have ever played. Ever hole felt different each of the 3 times we played it. If you do end up making the trek out here, try to get a morning tee time as the wind in the afternoons can be brutal. It was fun to see headcovers flying down the cart path and having to hit a 180yard 9i followed by a 110y 9i on the next hole due to wind direction.