Walked the Bruiser tees (6227/70.1/128) in 3.5 mid day. Sunny, windy and around 75. $20 to walk 18 with the SLO Co. card. Bruiser tees here are the Black/Blue combo tees. On paper only adds 219 yard... Continue »

Walked the Bruiser tees (6227/70.1/128) in 3.5 mid day. Sunny, windy and around 75. $20 to walk 18 with the SLO Co. card. Bruiser tees here are the Black/Blue combo tees. On paper only adds 219 yards from playing the straight Blues, but it seems like alot more. Hilly course that is tough to walk and have never played when it was calm. Prevailing wind off the ocean means you play cross wind on holes 1-3. 4 is into the wind. 5 is straight downwind, then 6-9 are back into the teeth of the wind. Hilly, windy and Kikuyu plus several holes with forced carry approaches over ravines will test anyone. Nine hole layout you play twice to get in 18. You play six par 3's, 4's and 5's in 18 holes, which I like. Kikuyu tees had good coverage but the par 3's could use divot attention. Kikuyu fairways had good coverage but varied greatly. Decent amount of lush areas but also many thin spots. Rough not high but thick close to the fairways. Mixture of grasses. Hardpan in many areas away from the fairways and well off the fairways is knee deep straw like wild grass. Sand traps had decent quality sand and were decently maintained. Greens putted smooth and consistently medium speed. Firm, but held irons well with few ball marks. Never any on course services here. Carts are upgraded with good GPS. Friendly Starter and pro shop staff in a well stocked pro shop. Busy restaurant on site, and their Top Tracer range is consistently packed. Very nice practice area. Fun layout with a good variety of holes, recommended.