Played Morro Bay on Tuesday with some friends on a spectacular afternoon. The course is in great condition and the greens were the highlight. The course has views of Morro Bay from at least 12 holes. Although the yardage is short the course is difficult as most fairways are severely sloped and the greens are very difficult as well. Conditions of the tees, fairways and green... » More

Played Morro Bay on Tuesday with some friends on a spectacular afternoon. The course is in great condition and the greens were the highlight. The course has views of Morro Bay from at least 12 holes. Although the yardage is short the course is difficult as most fairways are severely sloped and the greens are very difficult as well. Conditions of the tees, fairways and greens were excellent not to mention how reasonable the greens fees are. Enjoy!
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Played a GK Cup match at El Dorado and got a very good midweek (and probably twilight) walking rate of $57. Feels like stealing nowadays in Long Beach! Kramnetto2 and I had a 2pm tee time with Mark playing from the blue tees and I played from the whites. A very hot day!

Course conditions are not as good as I've seen them here before, but by no means poor in any way. Th... » More

Played a GK Cup match at El Dorado and got a very good midweek (and probably twilight) walking rate of $57. Feels like stealing nowadays in Long Beach! Kramnetto2 and I had a 2pm tee time with Mark playing from the blue tees and I played from the whites. A very hot day!

Course conditions are not as good as I've seen them here before, but by no means poor in any way. The fairways had plenty of nice, lush patches all around, but of course there were also some thinned out and drier areas in case you got unlucky. The rough is completely playable right now though, while the bunkers were not really too great as they had varying degrees of sand - some very thin and frustrating, others pretty decent, but none superb.

Tee boxes that I played were flat and level with mostly good coverage. They're holding up well with all the traffic and hot temperatures of late. And the greens? Well, they held shots well and rolled relatively true, but there were definitely a lot of pitch marks to navigate and the speeds felt a little inconsistent over the round, but nothing too crazy to bring a lot of negative attention.

The layout is always super fun at El Dorado with lots of tree-lined fairways, some dangerous water features on select holes, and strategic bunkers that are a lot more daunting when the sand isn't in great shape. But overall it's a very solid eighteen holes of golf with plenty of variety, but nothing in terms of elevations.

We had cart service come around a few times which was nice for a midweek round. So yes, all in all another good showing from the pick of the Long Beach litter.
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Very busy on Thursday morning. Everyone had the same idea I guess, which was to beat the heat. Course has handled the temperatures very well. Greens not as fast as normal. (Maybe to protect them?) They still roll well and are very receptive. Fairways have great coverage. Bunkers are good but might seem a bit compacted - they are very "heavy". The course will be closed for two w... » More

Very busy on Thursday morning. Everyone had the same idea I guess, which was to beat the heat. Course has handled the temperatures very well. Greens not as fast as normal. (Maybe to protect them?) They still roll well and are very receptive. Fairways have great coverage. Bunkers are good but might seem a bit compacted - they are very "heavy". The course will be closed for two weeks beginning 8/5/74 to aerate the fairways. (Seems like an excessive time?)
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Played Thursday 7/25 7:52 tee time. They were 10 minutes behind. Teed off at 8:05 and got around in 4.5 hours.
The fairways, tee boxes, rough and bunkers are all in good shape. I would give it a 6.5/7 out of 10. Very playable, nice and green too. But the greens!! Of the 18 greens maybe 5 of them are in normal condition but the rest have dead spots all over the place. Look l... » More

Played Thursday 7/25 7:52 tee time. They were 10 minutes behind. Teed off at 8:05 and got around in 4.5 hours.
The fairways, tee boxes, rough and bunkers are all in good shape. I would give it a 6.5/7 out of 10. Very playable, nice and green too. But the greens!! Of the 18 greens maybe 5 of them are in normal condition but the rest have dead spots all over the place. Look like some kind of fungus/disease. The dead spots are punched and sanded. It was not fun to put on, green speed was inconsistent and bumpy. I don't think I'll be going back anytime soon until they get this under control.
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Played twilight yesterday, walked in the heat. Conditions are "pretty good for a city muni" - some dry spots in fairways, teeboxes a little rough, but the greens here are as good as ever. Soft, receptive and rolled very well, and it seems like people actually fix their pitch marks. The long par 4 9th hole (464 yds from the blue) is playing from the red tees currently due to rai... » More

Played twilight yesterday, walked in the heat. Conditions are "pretty good for a city muni" - some dry spots in fairways, teeboxes a little rough, but the greens here are as good as ever. Soft, receptive and rolled very well, and it seems like people actually fix their pitch marks. The long par 4 9th hole (464 yds from the blue) is playing from the red tees currently due to rain damage to the rear teebox. Par 5 4th hole had a bare blue teebox but it was flat enough to hit from. You cannot go wrong for $16 for 9 holes in the afternoon. They also have carts and pushcarts available. Perfect track for a round after work while the sun sets, good luck with the incredibly narrow tee shot on the 6th..
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