Copper River CC recently opened up their doors to guests so this was my first time back out here in almost two years. Course is a lot of fun to play. Mainly flat with some water hazards on a half d... Continue »

Copper River CC recently opened up their doors to guests so this was my first time back out here in almost two years. Course is a lot of fun to play. Mainly flat with some water hazards on a half dozen holes or so. Greens were in excellent shape. They rolled true at a perfect medium-fast pace. Greens are moderate sized with enough slope and undulation to keep things fun and challenging without being ridiculous or boring.

Tee boxes were flat level with good coverage throughout, including the short par 3. Bunkers had a good amount of fluffy sand. Fairways were decent, mainly lush, but did have some brown and thin spots here and there on almost all of the fairways.

Rough was absolutely penal. It was only about 3” deep but the ball frequently bedded down to the point I lost three balls in the rough knowing where they landed but couldn’t find them. When I did find my ball it was all I could do to get a club on it and advance it.

Carts had GPS to the middle of the green. The imported pine trees and other foliage are starting to mature and truly define the course.

The current downside is there is a ton of construction going on in the form of heavy equipment grading new roads and a dozen houses being built along the fairways. Point being, you will have some distractions out on the course right now.