On the west side to visit with an old friend, I got out on Penmar as a waitlist single joining another single and club threesome on Tuesday, 7/8. Conditions are generally solid. Missed any bunkers and otherwise conditions were good. Greens were pretty clean and surprising quick. Blew my putts by more often than not all round and generally played terribly. Nice weather and pleas... » More

On the west side to visit with an old friend, I got out on Penmar as a waitlist single joining another single and club threesome on Tuesday, 7/8. Conditions are generally solid. Missed any bunkers and otherwise conditions were good. Greens were pretty clean and surprising quick. Blew my putts by more often than not all round and generally played terribly. Nice weather and pleasant group, so still enjoyable. Tends to be slow here and took just under 3 hours to get around. Nice, chill change of pace if you are not in a hurry. Busy, hip little restaurant and evening activities seem to be the norm here lately. On that evening, Temptation Island Watch Party on a big screen.
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Played yesterday with my former group who I played with years ago when I lived in CO Springs. Great to see we are all alive and doing well and still playing golf :). This is in my top ten of all golf courses I have played and I have played many. Set in a beautiful part of the AFA even with all the players on the course you still feel you are there just with your own group. Cour... » More

Played yesterday with my former group who I played with years ago when I lived in CO Springs. Great to see we are all alive and doing well and still playing golf :). This is in my top ten of all golf courses I have played and I have played many. Set in a beautiful part of the AFA even with all the players on the course you still feel you are there just with your own group. Course is in fantastic shape at the moment. Meticulously groomed all around.
Tees great. Fairways wonderful. Traps very playable and greens in beautiful shape. Great food in the clubhouse and with great prices.
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Played Monday, July 7. Teetime 1:40pm. Greenfee $70 with cart. Good value I guess for this day and age.

Service was all fantastic. The main restaurant was closed for some reason, but they have an extended snack bar, beverage area by the awesome driving range now. Beverage cart was out and about, as well.

POP was excellent, under 4.5hrs.

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Played Monday, July 7. Teetime 1:40pm. Greenfee $70 with cart. Good value I guess for this day and age.

Service was all fantastic. The main restaurant was closed for some reason, but they have an extended snack bar, beverage area by the awesome driving range now. Beverage cart was out and about, as well.

POP was excellent, under 4.5hrs.

Conditions were good for the most part, but not excellent. They're doing some work on the rough, like a verticut, in some places. Fairways were good, but there were some patches that were a little suspect and not in very good shape. Greens were all good, but once again not quite excellent. Some of them released shots a little more than expected, but if you came in with a short iron and hit it high enough with some spin it would check up, no problem. Sand was too fluffy in most of the bunkers. I found one bunker and it was fine, but most others had way too fluffy sand. My playing partners all had a fried egg at some point in the round. Tee boxes were level, no complaints.

Wish we arrived earlier to enjoy the "newer" range amenities. There's a great patio out there now and as mentioned previously a new bar area. Definitely recommend. The layout is awesome apart from hole 5, that's a stupid hole IMO. Just hit a 7 or 8 iron over the fairway bunker off the tee from now on, I'm done going for that green with a 3 wood as the fairway slopes so drastically away from the green towards the hazard on the right, it's not worth it.
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After having perfect weather the last couple of outing here at Poppy Hills, today was the complete opposite. Dense fog the entire round. To the point where you couldn’t see the green from beyond 77 yards. We had to yell to the groups behind to advise when the greens were clear. But, the upside was no wind and actually it wasn’t all that cold.

The rest of the co... » More

After having perfect weather the last couple of outing here at Poppy Hills, today was the complete opposite. Dense fog the entire round. To the point where you couldn’t see the green from beyond 77 yards. We had to yell to the groups behind to advise when the greens were clear. But, the upside was no wind and actually it wasn’t all that cold.

The rest of the course was in solid condition tee to green. Greens rolled smooth at a medium pace. I found myself with a lot of uphill putts which were pretty tame. Downhill on the other hand, super fast. Fairways were excellent. very lush throughout. Tee boxes were level and lush. Bunkers were very playable. Sand was a little thin but consistent nonetheless.

POP was 5 hours. It always seems slow here. Customer service has improved greatly this year. Well worth playing .
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What a super day and outing at Western Hills CC Monday. Great to see GKers out there. This was my 5th event at Western Hills CC and my favorite so far. The course was in excellent shape with summer lush turf (only blemishes I found were some the greens had thin/bare spots near the surrounds). The greens were mostly smooth, med-fast and held shots. Bunkers played well with many,... » More

What a super day and outing at Western Hills CC Monday. Great to see GKers out there. This was my 5th event at Western Hills CC and my favorite so far. The course was in excellent shape with summer lush turf (only blemishes I found were some the greens had thin/bare spots near the surrounds). The greens were mostly smooth, med-fast and held shots. Bunkers played well with many, mostly greenside, with new sand since our last outing in December. Tee boxes were all lush in great shape. The renovated Hole 8 and Hole 10 Tee Boxes have filled in nicely. Pace of Play was just under 5 hours.

For an outing organizer perspective, it’s great they have the restaurant open for our players prior and after play. Plus, I like how close the driving range, clubhouse, practice putting and first tee are to each other…makes keeping track of your group players easy.

I finally was able to hit my tee shot reasonably accurate Monday. The course is loaded with trees, OB and other hazards when you miss the fairway. Makes the layout much more enjoyable and get-able.

We’ll be back out to Western Hills CC on November 10th. I’m excited already. Thanks everyone that comes out GK Events (link to right upper corner of page). Put Western Hills CC on your list to play or consider joining :)
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