Played here this afternoon with my brother. We had booked a noon time to get the first twilight rate time of $45 with cart. The morning rate here is over $80, which is just plain wrong, especially giv... Continue »

Played here this afternoon with my brother. We had booked a noon time to get the first twilight rate time of $45 with cart. The morning rate here is over $80, which is just plain wrong, especially given current winter conditions. They were still catching up after a morning frost delay, so we teed off about 20 minutes late, but played as a twosome and things moved along decently in front of us. Total round took about 4:15. As mentioned, winter conditions are in effect here and it's been an especially dry winter here in NorCal. Fairways and rough 90% brown with dormant bermuda grass, but consistently mowed and very playable. It looked splotchy and ugly, but I never had a bad lie. The greens were firm and medium/quick, though the speeds did seem to vary a lot and got bumpier as the afternoon went on, so I found myself frustrated with the surfaces. I wasn't in any bunkers, but they looked pretty thin. Good news is most of them have very little lip, so putting could be an option from some of the greenside traps. The greenest part of the course was the nice tee boxes they recently redid for the 18th hole. They looked sharp and showed a glimpse of how nice this course could look when lush and green. This is one I'd like to come back and play when in better aesthetic shape because that definitely took away some of the enjoyment for me (especially as a picture taker/blogger). The layout is fun and interesting. Most holes play pretty straight from tee to green (minimal doglegs), but almost all of them play uphill, downhill or both (as in a downhill tee shot and uphill approach or uphill tee shot and downhill approach). A number of semi-blind shots because of this, but there's not too much trouble to get into if you keep it relatively straight. Tough "ant hill" green complexes with false edges on multiple sides and center-crowned greens. Good scenery and setting in one of Redding's nicer residential areas. It is definitely overpriced and I definitely wouldn't pay full rack for winter conditions, but the options are limited around here and it seems to be the best public option in Redding by far.