Rode the Golds (6482/70.2/132) as a single for their $45 twilight rate. Played 36 holes in 5H, 15M, excellent POP. 95, breezy and sunny is a reason I played through a couple of groups and basically pl... Continue »

Rode the Golds (6482/70.2/132) as a single for their $45 twilight rate. Played 36 holes in 5H, 15M, excellent POP. 95, breezy and sunny is a reason I played through a couple of groups and basically played at my own pace the entire afternoon. Par 71 layout built on the site of an old Quarry. For those of you reading this from So Cal, this is the Tucson version of Oak Quarry. From the Golds, there are many generous forced carries. Was surprised this is a Troon course. Would be almost unwalkable with all the long climbs to numerous tee boxes. Tees lush with few divots. If anything, too lush, they need to be mowed lower IMO. Fairways semi lush with good coverage. Firm with lots of roll. Rough also semi lush. Mostly mowed down, but patches on many holes were lost ball rough, lush and thick. Was advised in the pro shop that they play all the traps as GUR. I can see why, they were terrible. Hard dirt, not sand. Greens looked nice from afar. However, they were maintained high and putted somewhat bumpy and medium slow. Firm, you had to play for run out. Customer service was excellent. Friendly Marshall, attentive cart staff. No on course water or drink cart, so better come prepared. This is a tough golf course. I thought the 132 slope was under rated. This layout would play better IMO in lusher conditions. With tight target areas you need grass to stop balls when the first bounce is 10 yards in the air on many shots. Front 9 had a few tight shots but had some fun holes. There were two very fun risk reward par 4's on the front, 332/302. In between was a 490 yard par 4, so there were long holes as well. Back 9 was target golf on steroids, many tight holes. Par 3's were a beast. 200/202/256/134/197. Recommended, but play up if in doubt and on numerous holes it would assist if you drove up and saw the target area.