Rode the blacks today 7/27/26 under hot conditions around 90 degrees with maybe a 5mph wind joined by buddies John, Matt and Matt. Pop was just a tick under 5 hours with about 90-100 players for the Golfmoose event. Staff treated us well. Bar open, cartgirl making her rounds. Only drawback to their practice area is short irons only. Otherwise beautiful 2 putting greens.
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Rode the blacks today 7/27/26 under hot conditions around 90 degrees with maybe a 5mph wind joined by buddies John, Matt and Matt. Pop was just a tick under 5 hours with about 90-100 players for the Golfmoose event. Staff treated us well. Bar open, cartgirl making her rounds. Only drawback to their practice area is short irons only. Otherwise beautiful 2 putting greens.

Conditions were very lush out there today!

Kikuya lush Fairways that were thick and if u come in too steep on these beauties it could be chunk city. Many fairways here are narrow. Rating these beauties a 8.5/10

Rough was lush Kikuya and even though I had a great chipping day the rough greenside is super lush, nasty. Rated 8.5/10

Tees were mostly level and were lush and nicely padded. 8/10

Was only in one bunker greenside #4 that looked wet and packed on the top surface but had plenty of sand underneath. Rated 7.5/10

The greens were very pure and seemed to look fast to the naked eye but were actually very soft and maybe rolling a 10 on the stimp. They are doing a great job watering them with this heat. Rated 8/10.

Sunset Hills presents small to midsized fairways off the tee with approach shots into smaller greens. Accuracy and ball positioning in the fairway is better than bombing it up greenside on some of the shorter par 4s

Our group thought the conditions were great. Thx Johnny, Golfmoose and Sunset Hills for a great day.
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Played an early 6:20am Sunday tee time, in a surprise light rain that was a nice change from the recent heat and humidity. Our twosome was paired with a very pleasant single that was visiting from Denver.

It was my first time playing The Vineyard in about 20 years, so I was surprised that it looks like they flipped the nines. Not sure if I liked that decision, becaus... » More

Played an early 6:20am Sunday tee time, in a surprise light rain that was a nice change from the recent heat and humidity. Our twosome was paired with a very pleasant single that was visiting from Denver.

It was my first time playing The Vineyard in about 20 years, so I was surprised that it looks like they flipped the nines. Not sure if I liked that decision, because I really like the stretch of holes that are now 6 thru 9, but I got to admit that 18 is probably a more dramatic finish. Course was in generally good shape, with decent tee boxes and medium-fast receptive greens. The fairway is cut pretty tight and a little bare in some spots. The worst part of the course was the bunkers. The light rain on the first few holes really gave the bunkers a packed mud consistency, but even without the rain it felt like there was barely any sand in the bunkers.

No GPS on the carts, so I was glad I had my golf app and a rangefinder. Didn't see a beverage cart either, and it was starting to heat up around 10:30am on the back nine when the sun started shining through. The handful of par 4s played pretty long from the white tees, I don't often see 400+ yard par 4s from white. This was balanced by the par 3s all being in the shorter 110-130 yd range. The course has two different personalities, with the front nine being fairly flat with some water hazards, and the back nine a little more hilly in a canyon.

Pace of play was 4 hrs and 4 minutes. We couldn't keep up with the group in front of us, but the group behind us were only waiting for us on a couple of holes.


The course is a decent value these days. The range is packed. I believe that members that pay a monthly fee get a deal for a free bucket of balls any time they go to the course. The range does have Trackman cameras going if you want to download their app. I hope not to wait 20 years before playing this course again.
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Out early on what I suspect is going to be another hot day, which is just more reason to get out early. However, it seems everybody had the same idea because it was packed at 5:30 in the morning. Greens were the best part of the course, but they were much slower than I recall them being. Overall, good coverage in the fairways. Bunkers were not yet maintained and were mostly com... » More

Out early on what I suspect is going to be another hot day, which is just more reason to get out early. However, it seems everybody had the same idea because it was packed at 5:30 in the morning. Greens were the best part of the course, but they were much slower than I recall them being. Overall, good coverage in the fairways. Bunkers were not yet maintained and were mostly compacted dirt/mud. Areas around the bunkers were in need of trimming. Missed not seeing Ruth in the pro shop today, but staff was friendly and helpful.
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Played in a charity event on Sat. All I want to say is if I paid $180 rack rate I would have been mad at the conditions.

The fairways were a mix of brown and green grass, some bare areas, but the worst was they must not have been mowed in at least a week. So many different lengths depending on where you ended up in the fairway; it truly was a crapshoot. Rough was not ... » More

Played in a charity event on Sat. All I want to say is if I paid $180 rack rate I would have been mad at the conditions.

The fairways were a mix of brown and green grass, some bare areas, but the worst was they must not have been mowed in at least a week. So many different lengths depending on where you ended up in the fairway; it truly was a crapshoot. Rough was not much different. The marshal said that in the last 2 weeks the course really went brown. They do water the heck out of it, as there were muddy spots here and there. Sand traps seemed decent, but we were in a scramble, so we did not play from them. Greens were the highlight as they were lush and soft, rolling at a medium pace. Not too many ball marks either.

Staff were very friendly and really helped run a 120-person shotgun. Bev carts came around at least 4 times, Water coolers were abundantly available, and the carts were good with a nice GPS.

For the rate they charge its hard to swallow the conditions right now. Course needs a mow at least.
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Played early this AM. Beautiful morning for golf.

Course was very very damp as we have hot weather coming so lots of water being put on the course. That was the only negative of the round.

Tee boxes were just great.

Fairways are lush with great lies all round but just no rollout.

Rough was sticky and wet and tough to play out of.
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Played early this AM. Beautiful morning for golf.

Course was very very damp as we have hot weather coming so lots of water being put on the course. That was the only negative of the round.

Tee boxes were just great.

Fairways are lush with great lies all round but just no rollout.

Rough was sticky and wet and tough to play out of.

Traps all clean and lucky to stay out of them as they all looked damp.

Greens were mowed in front of me so we had great chipping putting all round which was great.

Excellent service in the pro shop.
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