Played yesterday, 12/9. Cold and damp, late start due to frost delay (fog didn't burn off to let sun thaw out the greens).

Conditions were good for the season, fairways a little patchy but greens were quite good (and fast, too!). Only in one bunker, sand is compact and moist but consistent and playable. Rough is hit & miss with some bare spots, not too high but still a... » More

Played yesterday, 12/9. Cold and damp, late start due to frost delay (fog didn't burn off to let sun thaw out the greens).

Conditions were good for the season, fairways a little patchy but greens were quite good (and fast, too!). Only in one bunker, sand is compact and moist but consistent and playable. Rough is hit & miss with some bare spots, not too high but still affected options and shots. Pace of play was fast - 18 holes in about 2.75 hours (including 15 minutes warming up in the grill between front and back nines). Speaking about the grill - nothing fancy but good quality and reasonably priced.
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Played this AM. 45F at tee time but it did warm (thank goodness) up after 9. But it is so nice to be playing golf in Dec. Course is in good shape. Tee boxes good. Traps are playable with the new sand but many players are not raking. Fairways still have good coverage although some bare spots can be found on some. They do provide good lies and roll out. Greens have come back in n... » More

Played this AM. 45F at tee time but it did warm (thank goodness) up after 9. But it is so nice to be playing golf in Dec. Course is in good shape. Tee boxes good. Traps are playable with the new sand but many players are not raking. Fairways still have good coverage although some bare spots can be found on some. They do provide good lies and roll out. Greens have come back in nice shape, though some still have a little more healing in some areas to do but flag sticks are not in those areas. And they have good speed to them. And it appears players are fixing their divots thankfully. Great customer service in shop from Christian and Madison and from Rich running the cart barn.
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Walked the Oranges today 12/9/2024 around 11am joined by my buddy Mark and a super nice single Mike from Northern California. We had perfect weather with no wind, sunny skies and temps in the mid 60s. Pop was around 4 hrs 30 minutes. Range on mats, putting green closed this morning. Seperate small bunker/chipping area open. Very friendly vibe and staff up here always. We had de... » More

Walked the Oranges today 12/9/2024 around 11am joined by my buddy Mark and a super nice single Mike from Northern California. We had perfect weather with no wind, sunny skies and temps in the mid 60s. Pop was around 4 hrs 30 minutes. Range on mats, putting green closed this morning. Seperate small bunker/chipping area open. Very friendly vibe and staff up here always. We had delicious burgers and beers post round at Zadies Restaurant watching the sunset. Very good food here.

Golf course is in good shape for winter golf.

The greens were rolling medium paced 10.5 on the stimp and holding irons nicely. Some of the greens if short sided on chipping could be devilish. Rated 8/10

Fairways were semi lush with most areas tightly padded with nice lies. Fairways turning ever so slightly to a yellowish hue. Rated 7.5/10

Was in greenside bunkers on 3 and 17 that had perfect semi deep beach sand. Bunkers here are almost always usually immaculate. Rated 8.5/10

Most tees were level and lush with just minor divot damage on the par 3s. Rated 8/10

Rough in decent shape, cut fairly low just off the fairways. Rated 7.5/10.

Soule Park is a Parkland layout that is treelined at times. Several nice long length par 4s and a couple challenging par 3s keep the best players on their toes. Also some score able par 5s out here to take advantage of.

One of the best values bang for your buck in socal.
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Played yesterday, Sunday, Dec 8. 7:10am teetime. My buddy Jeff booked it online and somehow got a decent rate of $75 to walk. Course is in overall playable to good condition. Nothing outstanding, but no huge complaints other than some dead spots and some overly wet fairways. POP was outstanding! 4hrs straight up, no waiting and nobody pushing us.

Teeboxes were le... » More

Played yesterday, Sunday, Dec 8. 7:10am teetime. My buddy Jeff booked it online and somehow got a decent rate of $75 to walk. Course is in overall playable to good condition. Nothing outstanding, but no huge complaints other than some dead spots and some overly wet fairways. POP was outstanding! 4hrs straight up, no waiting and nobody pushing us.

Teeboxes were level, but a little shaggy. Not a big deal. Easy to find a good spot to tee it up.

Fairways were the lowlight. Lots of GUR that wasn't marked off. Some of them had dead patches, dirt patches and wet patches that weren't marked, couple of bad lies in a few fairways, but the rest of them were decent.

I was in one fairway bunker and it was just fine. Didn't hit from any of the greenside bunkers, but they looked good.

Rough not penal at all, just about an inch longer than the fairways, so not a big deal.

Greens held shots very well. Definitely the highlight. They putted smooth for the most part and were slow in the morning dew, but sped up when they dried out.

Customer service just fine. Saw the beverage cart once, but I BYOB, so no big deal. Guys in the proshop and the starter were all good. No complaints on the service.

It's a fun track to play every once in a while. I enjoy walking and it's an easy walk. There's a couple of stupid holes, but all in all a good layout, just no "wow" factor. Very conveniently located. Recommend to play a couple times a year, but try and get a decent deal.
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The GK Cup final was played this past Saturday at Goose Creek and no one could have picked a better spot that was in better shape. The Goose is always very consistently top notch, but on this particular day it was even better in just about every facet. Truly spectacular.

It helped of course to be playing on a picture perfect early winter day with temperatures in the h... » More

The GK Cup final was played this past Saturday at Goose Creek and no one could have picked a better spot that was in better shape. The Goose is always very consistently top notch, but on this particular day it was even better in just about every facet. Truly spectacular.

It helped of course to be playing on a picture perfect early winter day with temperatures in the high 70s, minimal wind if any, and absolutely clear skies. It simply doesn't get any better than this. And on top of that, the course itself was in prime shape.

Let's start with the fast-rolling greens - unbelievably consistent and inviting. The greens themselves are super challenging with many subtle breaks and levels but a good putt here is absolutely rewarded, but the speed must be dialed in, especially on the tricky downhill ones. They also held shots very well and were simply a joy to be play upon.

The fairways? Fantastic. Not a bad lie all day. Even the areas around the greens, while challenging, were super fair and consistent. Middle of fairways were absolutely carpet and it was so much fun to hit from good spots. The rough was definitely a challenge in some areas but it was never so deep as to make it impossible. Bunkers were in very good shape as well with fluffy, white sand and just the right depth to make necessary shots. Tee boxes were also just great (we played from the 'blue' IV tees).

POP was amazing as well at this properly-run facility. We finished in around four hours and fifteen minutes and never spent any crazy amounts of time waiting. We also had cart service come around at least 4-5 times during the day, so that was outstanding. And what about practice facilities? Top notch ... great putting and chipping areas and the range is great although they do have large mats but no one seemed to mind moving forward a bit to use the grass for driver swings.

What else can be said? Goose Creek is absolutely at the TOP of its game right now so if you want a quality golf experience at a tremendous value, this is the place to be. What a treat.
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