Played Friday, December 2 at about 7:45 am. It was fairly crowded for a chilly Friday morning. My sister-in-law set up the tee time, costing her $14 and me $117. It looks like it would have been less ... Continue »

Played Friday, December 2 at about 7:45 am. It was fairly crowded for a chilly Friday morning. My sister-in-law set up the tee time, costing her $14 and me $117. It looks like it would have been less if booked online (when I checked prices later) although I am not sure how she did the tee time. I had to pay for range balls also. Friendly staff and helpful. I ate in the restaurant after the round and there were quite a few of the residents in there for their lunch. I played with a fun couple of 30-something locals.

The course was in pretty good shape. They had oversewed the fairways while the rough looked like dormant Bermuda. The fairways were shaggy but it was a good hitting surface. The ball sat up in the rough for the most part but it was tough the times the ball settled in. The greens were the highlight, medium fast and rolling well. That said, the greens on the back nine had some bare spots, some quite large. The grounds crew was working on one of them when we went through and I saw a patch on another green. The bare spots did not affect putts that I saw but they were unsightly.

There was little sand in the bunkers. That was the chief low light. Other than the ambassador who very aggressively got in my face for driving off the cart path on a par three to retrieve my ball in a waste area. He called it a desert area which he said were off-limits throughout the course. I was fine with that, but not with his attitude. The guys I was playing with were equally mystified with the ambassador's apparent short fuse. it was bizarre.

We played the front nine in 1:50 but the back nine was much slower. We finished in 4:15.

I liked the course although I thought it was overpriced at the rate I was charged. I might go back again but not at that rate.