After Watson Ranch, I wiggled my way across the back roads over to Sunset Bay for a quick nine. Another one to check off the list, but again another really pleasant surprise. Hardly anyone out there, ... Continue »

After Watson Ranch, I wiggled my way across the back roads over to Sunset Bay for a quick nine. Another one to check off the list, but again another really pleasant surprise. Hardly anyone out there, so I was able to get around quickly. Price was $20 to walk 9 holes, but I sprained my ankle pretty bad when walking down the slippery steps to the first tee. The pro shop guy was nice enough to comp me a cart for the round because I may have not made it around otherwise. Played through one group early and otherwise had the place to myself for a very quick limp-filled round. The course was in pretty good shape for winter. Definitely wet and mushy throughout a lot of the course, but again not too bad considering the heavy rain the past few days. very lush and green throughout. Tee boxes and fairways were pretty well kept and the rough was cut low, so not much of a factor. I was in one bunker and just took my ball out because it just looked like hard-packed mud and I didn't want to damage my ankle further. All the bunkers I looked at seemed iffy at best. The greens were soft and shaggy, but rolling fairly smooth at slow speeds. This is just a small, out-of-the-way nine hole course along the coast. However, it is regulation length and they do have slightly different front/back nine tee boxes for an 18-hole round. It's mostly flat and pretty open with trees really only coming into play on the final few holes. There are creeks and some water hazards meandering throughout to help shape the fairways and force careful shots. Nothing overly exciting, but a peaceful/pretty setting for golf and in relatively good condition.