Played last week green still not in good conditions Aeration effectively on tee boxes and greens.

Played last Monday (3/24/25). This course is hard to figure out, it has very nice greens and bunkers, but the fairways are junk. On 99% of the holes there is awash on the right side and fairway slopes that way. Paid $30.00 to walk and that's about it's worth. The staff is great, and the club house is nice, but I don't think I will be back.

Played my first round of the year yesterday morning at Bellevue (3/30/25) and had a really good time, even though the course is in slightly rough shape. Weather here in western Washington was really quite cold this winter (I had a great ski season) and Bellevue's showing the effects of that. The 4th green's been closed for some time my friends told me, and the 12th green just o... » More

Played my first round of the year yesterday morning at Bellevue (3/30/25) and had a really good time, even though the course is in slightly rough shape. Weather here in western Washington was really quite cold this winter (I had a great ski season) and Bellevue's showing the effects of that. The 4th green's been closed for some time my friends told me, and the 12th green just opened for the first time since late November. Overall greens were very inconsistent speed wise, and very bumpy. The ones like 12 that haven't had any play, or get lots of sun, were pretty nice, and definitely faster and smoother than the others. Fairways and rough were all pretty good here (like always) and I can't comment on the bunkers as I was fortunate enough to not find any of them. Usually they are pretty good. Tee boxes were pretty rough, they probably hadn't been cut in some time and many of them were in pretty bad shape. A few just get no sun whatsoever, and the par 3s aren't very long on this course so those get beat up pretty bad. Our 3 some teed off about 7:15 or 7:20, a few minutes early, and we walked the course in about 3:20 for an awesome pace. Service in the shop and the bar afterward was friendly and excellent as always.
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Played in the Golfmoose/Vivid golf GK outing this morning 3/31/25 joined by buddies Matt and Ron and a pleasure to meet and be joined by Anthony. We had a great time today with lots of good shots under cooler low 60s degree weather with up to a 2 club wind. Our POP was around 4 hrs 45 minutes which flowed well for this outing. Enjoyed the massive chipping/bunker area, huge mass... » More

Played in the Golfmoose/Vivid golf GK outing this morning 3/31/25 joined by buddies Matt and Ron and a pleasure to meet and be joined by Anthony. We had a great time today with lots of good shots under cooler low 60s degree weather with up to a 2 club wind. Our POP was around 4 hrs 45 minutes which flowed well for this outing. Enjoyed the massive chipping/bunker area, huge massive putting green which mirrored the speed of the greens well. They have a massive downhill driving range which were on mats this morning.

Very impressed with the conditions this morning. Most Fairways were very lush with maybe some dry spots on a couple of the front nine holes but for sure Fairways on average were in the 8/10 range.

The rough was very green, very lush , healthy and a club grabber just off the fairways. Beautiful shape 9/10

Greens were the highlight of the show. I love quick and pure greens and these were that. Downhillers a 12 on the stimp, regular flat putts an 11. Very firm greens that rewarded irons with spin and punished shots with no spin. Some of the better greens I have putted on this year. Rated 9/10

Tees mainly level, lush and uniform and in good shape. Rated 8/10.

Was in one greenside bunker and 2 Fairway bunkers that were in great shape. Rated 8.5/10

Very fun and challenging layout that a member here could play everyday and not get tired of a boring layout. Not tight but crooked approach shots to the green can be penal. Very ample scoring holes, doglegs, mature trees, some water features on the front nine.

Very much recommended if looking to join.

Thx Oaks at Valencia and GK for a great day.
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A scheduling SNAFU this past week meant that I played Los Amigos twice in a three-day stretch, so if anyone has the goods on current conditions there, it's me!

Walked both days as it's an entirely walkable course, and that also helps to mitigate the invariable wait times, which ironically were better on Sunday than they were on Friday afternoon. Go figure. Either way,... » More

A scheduling SNAFU this past week meant that I played Los Amigos twice in a three-day stretch, so if anyone has the goods on current conditions there, it's me!

Walked both days as it's an entirely walkable course, and that also helps to mitigate the invariable wait times, which ironically were better on Sunday than they were on Friday afternoon. Go figure. Either way, big backups up until around the fifth hole are the norm here so come to terms with it.

Greens are in pretty nice shape here right now following the work done a few weeks ago. I would say they're fully healed and rolling pretty nicely right now. They hold shots and their lines pretty darn well. Fairways also have decent coverage right now but be careful in the rough as there are a lot of thin areas and the random tree root you don't see until it's too late.

Bunkers were a conundrum as the first few I played were in really nice shape, and then I got to the greenside bunker on the 11th hole and it was hardpan and chunky. Just pick the right one I suppose if you must beach it. Tee boxes are in decent shape (played the blue tees both days).

Overall I would say that I wasn't too bummed out about playing The Friends twice because the conditions weren't all that terrible and I played so poorly on Friday that I wanted some redemption on Sunday - which I luckily got. Price is always right too for this course so that helps.
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