I feel like the gripe reviewer here on GK as I keep rating courses with barren fairways in deep dormancy. Well, I finally feel vindicated after a quick round at MPCC. Credit where credit is due, the c... Continue »

I feel like the gripe reviewer here on GK as I keep rating courses with barren fairways in deep dormancy. Well, I finally feel vindicated after a quick round at MPCC. Credit where credit is due, the course is simply excellent from tee to green (yes there are some issues - read on). Shorter review: It's green throughout! (for instance, #1 Creekside is as pretty a golf hole as you will see while standing on the tee). And, they've stripe-mown the rough so it's visually appealing in the way it frames the lighter colored fairways. It's novel to finally play off green turf these days, but it's amazing how much it does for the quality of the strike you get on the ball when you hit it off a serious pad of grass.

Played Ridge/Creek and there are noticeable differences between each. Ridge greens have been verticut recently and lightly to moderately sanded. That said, the greens were still pretty quick and tracking well! The fairways as mentioned are green and on the fuller side, but there were some areas of turf repair on #2 and GURs here and there on 3 & 5. Tees great except on the par 3's which were a bit crowned.

Over on Creek, no sanding/verticut on their greens. However, pins were placed a couple of paces from the edge implying they were readying the surface for some maintenance? Hard to judge the speed after the sandy greens on Ridge - these were sllllick!
Again, green fairways beautifully framed by stripy rough, but 7, 8 & 9 were still coming out of dormancy and thus thinner, harder and greyer than the others.

Also, tees were great here too, except on 3-pars which were crowned; and the sand on each course - while full - had some crusted areas from recent rains and also lots of small pebbles in them.

Got out for 45 super twilight and finished with time to spare in 2.45. These conditions at this price are a steal. Do it and treat yourself to preferential lies for once.