Made a morning-of tee time for 12:50, Friday 10/10 and went out as one of three singles playing the whites. I've played here more in the last year because it is a go-to for last minute tee times. I'd say the conditions were about what you would expect this time of year. The fairways were mostly decent with coverage, but not without the bare patches you might expect after a long... » More

Made a morning-of tee time for 12:50, Friday 10/10 and went out as one of three singles playing the whites. I've played here more in the last year because it is a go-to for last minute tee times. I'd say the conditions were about what you would expect this time of year. The fairways were mostly decent with coverage, but not without the bare patches you might expect after a long summer and before the rainy season. I wouldn't expect lush here and I was fine with it. The rough had examples of both more lush and more dry areas, but mostly it is not penalizing. I missed any bunkers but my playing partner's limited experience in them indicated firm. The green surrounds were more often greened up and good for chipping. First time in about 25 years I chipped in for birdies twice in a round. Greens were good shape, running at medium pace and minimal pitch marks. The course is very forgiving in its generally flat expansiveness and in that respect lower stress than some. I had a better than average round for me and so came away with few complaints about the course or conditions. Know before you go and I pretty much knew before I went.

As an aside, when reserving my tee time, the site showed only one available, which I took, but when I got there right before my time, they said I'd be playing alone because the threesome didn't show up. Fortunately, by the time they announced me on the first tee a few minute later, they had added couple of names and we went out as a threesome. It turned out to be a good number and the young man and woman were both excellent company. Any inadequacies about the conditions seems incidental and it was one of those rounds where the game and the company came together for a particularly enjoyable round.
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Played at noon on Saturday. I had heard from fellow golfers that JC Golf had put a lot of money into this course, and it was a much better value than its Eagle Crest days. I don't think I've played this course in 15 years, its condition as Eagle Crest had left a bad taste in my mouth.

Green fees were $79, which included the cart. No range, it looks like they woul... » More

Played at noon on Saturday. I had heard from fellow golfers that JC Golf had put a lot of money into this course, and it was a much better value than its Eagle Crest days. I don't think I've played this course in 15 years, its condition as Eagle Crest had left a bad taste in my mouth.

Green fees were $79, which included the cart. No range, it looks like they would need to put tall fencing up to get the old range area open again. Fairway and rough conditions were pretty bare, a lot of brown and dirt areas. The greens were extremely soft and brutally slow (apparently they were punched a few weeks ago). I had an 80 foot putt in the 15th hole which may be the hardest I've ever hit a putt, and yet still came up 15 feet short. Some sand in the bunkers, but not much, maybe an inch worth.

No water on the course, but there was both a water cart and a small beverage cart that came around a couple of times. It was much needed, as it was still fairly warm in mid-October. Staff was friendly and polite. Apparently there was a tournament in the morning that slowed play down, and multiple times we drove up to a tee box with the group ahead of us still waiting to tee off. We ended up having a 5hr 10 min round.

I'll probably wait another year or so until I return. It's nice to see a course on the rebound, but it's not quite to the level where I want to spend more money.
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Can't remember when I was able to play 3times in one week! Played Dos Osos this morning, Sunday, 7:20am tee time. Customer service as always is great here. No frills proshop but the guys working the counter this morning were awesome, very friendly. Tried to get us to buy the JC card, but it's difficult for me to justify as most of the courses are an hour+ to the north of me... » More

Can't remember when I was able to play 3times in one week! Played Dos Osos this morning, Sunday, 7:20am tee time. Customer service as always is great here. No frills proshop but the guys working the counter this morning were awesome, very friendly. Tried to get us to buy the JC card, but it's difficult for me to justify as most of the courses are an hour+ to the north of me. It is a good value, though. We were charged $79 to ride. I'd say it's still a little overpriced for the conditions but work continues to get done and they're trying very hard to bring this course back to its luster.

White tees were fairly level, but coverage was not good. Lots of dirt and different mixes of grass/weeds/clover. Not a huge deal breaker, but just made you take some extra time to look for a good stance.

Fairways are showing some signs of life in most proper landing areas, but tons of horrible areas, as well. We played the ball down, but I highly recommend lift clean and place in the fairways right now.

Rough was a similar situation as the fairways. Showing some signs of promise, but I'd say over half the rough is dirt/weeds/clover. Mixed bag of what kind of lie you might get. It could be anywere from a perfect lie to absolutely deplorable.

I didn't find any bunkers, but they looked ok. A few of them looked wet and had some standing water from sprinklers, but most of the sand looked fluffy and fairly new.

Greens are still healing from aeration a couple weeks ago. Very bumpy and shaggy on the front. Super slow!!! Pretty frustrating on the front nine for sure. But they got better as you played through the back nine. 16, 17 and 18 greens were actually pretty good, on the verge of being very good. This will be a true test if all the work on the course will pay off. These greens should all be in great shape in another 3-4 weeks. I will be anxious to get back out there next month to see.

POP right at 4hrs. Marshall doing a great job keeping pace going.

I've always loved this course, played Eagle Crest before any homes were even built. It's just a super fun layout. No parallel fairways, elevation changes, water features, etc. It's got great bones, now let's see if JC Resorts can bring it back. Easy recommend.
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Played yesterday, Saturday, 3pm teetime, $38 to walk with my buddy's JC resort rate. POP was 3.5hrs, didn't feel rushed and didn;t feel slow, perfect pace with a little wait in at the turn, played East-South nines. The north was closed for aeration and they keep two nines open. Conditions were average to slightly above average for everything.

Guy in the proshop wa... » More

Played yesterday, Saturday, 3pm teetime, $38 to walk with my buddy's JC resort rate. POP was 3.5hrs, didn't feel rushed and didn;t feel slow, perfect pace with a little wait in at the turn, played East-South nines. The north was closed for aeration and they keep two nines open. Conditions were average to slightly above average for everything.

Guy in the proshop was awesome!! Very friendly and just a pleasure checking in. Starter was great, too.

Teeboxes were fairly level with quite a bit of divot damage and bare spots, but not a huge problem finding a decent area after searching for a few seconds. They're pretty small and narrow.

Fairways were soggy but had good coverage. A little shaggy, but not a huge deal.

Sandtraps were 50/50, some were great and others were GUR, super wet and unraked. I found one greenside bunker and it was ok, but the wife had to toss hers out a couple times for unplayable wet compact sand.

Greens were all ok. They were very soft and held shots well, but they were bumpy and there was too many unrepaired pitch marks because of the softness.

Rough was fairly lush and penal.

It's a good course to walk with the wives every once in a while, but I wouldn't place it in regular rotation. Fun community and good for the retirees out there. Challenging walk with the hills and a lot of par 3's play quite long. You'll use just about every club in your bag. It's a decent value, but not going to provide any wow factor. For sure recommend if you've never played it but I'm in no hurry to go back unless my wife demands it.
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Played on Wednesday, October 8 around 9:00 am. POP was around 4.5 hours. Not great but not unexpected either. Busy day but the staff was courteous.

The course is in better shape. It is getting more water and the fairways were greened up. Nice to see. They were placing new sand in the green side bunker as we finished #9 and we noticed there was new sand at #18 also. Th... » More

Played on Wednesday, October 8 around 9:00 am. POP was around 4.5 hours. Not great but not unexpected either. Busy day but the staff was courteous.

The course is in better shape. It is getting more water and the fairways were greened up. Nice to see. They were placing new sand in the green side bunker as we finished #9 and we noticed there was new sand at #18 also. The greens were good. Fast side of medium. Overall, the course is improved over what it has been for the last few months.

I am cautiously optimistic that the course is coming back to where it should be. I had a good time.
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