Mid morning 4.5 hour round walking the Oaks/Creek combo nines. The staff is always great and busy doing their job. The driving range and practice green can get busy at times. The tee boxes were in good shape with the exception of the par three holes on the Creek nine. Those tees were thin and beat to death. The rough is at a nice length right now where you can find a ball in it and hit a decent shot. One thing you will find in the rough here are many gopher holes. The fairways are in really nice shape with total fluffy green grass from side to side. Great lies and a fair amount of roll on lower trajectory drives. The traps are in great shape also with plenty of sand that was actually raked today. The greens were a little slower than usual with the cool damp morning start. Good shots checked well with very little roll. There were actually a few carts today that were able to drive on those holes that are cart path only? The walking rates are reasonable but the cart price can be a bit much. Always recommended

Played 4.5 hour mid morning Friday round on a busy course. The staff is very efficient and helpful. The practice greens are great and there is a good sized driving range. The carts here are always the worst part of the round. They lack windshields and drive like an old truck with no power steering. The tee boxes were all level and in good condition with ample coverage. The rough is not very penal where it exists with mostly ob along the sides of the fairways. The fairways were in decent condition with spots of bare dirt throughout the course from start to finish. The bare sections were generally small and not too much of a problem. The fairways traps were mostly a hard pan of dirt/sand mix. You could hit a shot from them easily enough. Greenside bunkers were in better shape with a fair amount of decent sand. The greens were all a little shaggy and bumpy. The speed was much slower than we were used to and was a problem for most. The greens held good shots with little roll. The course has a few water features and is very flat on the front with small elevation changes on the back. The course is set quite a ways from the neighboring homes and located a few minutes off the freeway. The rates are reasonable and the course in usually in decent condition.

Played Arroyo Trabuco on 5/13. They had a US Open qualifier on 5/12, so we were warned about2 the greens - but I didn't find the greens to be at all brutal. They were quick, but not so quick as to be penal.

The course is in really nice condition all around. Firm fairways, wide, not much rough and it is pretty much fairways or gorse. I suggest staying out of the gorse. Greens in very good shape with not many ball marks. Fairways in very good shape, although still a little tighter and firmer than I like. Bunkers in good shape.

Staff was great.

Usually I come out from the >$100 courses thinking "how can they charge that much for this?". Not the case for Arroyo, this course is just really impressive.

Played 18 today and could not have been more pleased with the course conditions, layout and staff. Pace of play was right on 4 hours and could have been 30-45 mins late but there was a slow foursome slowing things down a bit. Nonetheless a must play if you are looking for a fair, challenging test on a course with impeccable conditions. And did I mention the $60 green fee is a real bargain for a Troon course!

Played 5-9-26. They had a shotgun start on the back at 8 o'clock and let me go out around 7:30 as a single. Didn't see anybody on the course until I got to the ninth hole where I could see players on the first hole which parallels the ninth. Nobody on the back nine either, finishing in about2 2 hours and 45 minutes with the course pretty much all to myself. Tee boxes were in decent shape, mostly level and cut tight with some divot damage on par threes. Fairways were in good condition, mostly lush with good roll out and nice lies. Rough was maybe and inch longer than fairways at the most. It was in good shape and not much of an issue to hit from. Was in two greenside bunkers that were well groomed with a good layer of brown sand. Greens were rolling at a medium/fast pace and playing soft. Unfortunately recent players are not fixing there pitch marks. I fixed at least 15-20 unrepaired marks on almost ever hole. If you had a putt with no marks on your line they rolled pretty smooth, otherwise you were most likely to have a bumpy putt. I just wish other people who play would have a little consideration for the condition of the course and just fix the damage that they cause. Will still be back to play because this is such a fun course to play.

Very much enjoyed getting back out to Harding. Being from the Midwest, really miss playing these old-style traditional style courses with all the trees. Course condition was about what I expected based upon recent reviews. Bumpy firm greens, inconsistent bunkers and a mixed bag when it came to the fairways/rough. Pace of play was surprisingly decent, a little over four hours, but the day was beautiful and the scenery was wonderful, so didn't seem all that bad. Sure wish we had some of these type courses in Orange County.

I was pleasantly surprised by this course. Didn't expect all the elevation change or the big sloping back to front greens, made for a nice challenge. Slightly confusing crisscrossing layout kept me busy, glad I had a cart.

Course in all around private course shape that played long in the afternoon winds. If Johnny books another outing out there it is well worth playing.

Fun locals nine holer. Good place to get out and stretch your legs in-between SF and LA.
Course was in decent muni shape. Greens rolled fine, traps, tee boxes and fairways all acceptable. $10 to walk (another $12 for a cart) and just enough trees and green slope to keep you honest. It was a nice warm up on my way to Bakersfield

Fantastic old school course that ate my lunch. Got out as a reciprocal and they paired me with an employee as an ambassador. Wasn't too happy about that but he turned out to be a great guy with tons of stories. It was pretty busy out there and the round took an unexpected 3.5 hours, so it was nice to have the company.

This course is set to hold the 26 CA Amateur qualifier next month and I can see why.
One of the longest 6,300 yd courses I ever played. Front nine had a plethora of 400+ par 4's.
Kikuya fairways (no roll) and one inch of the grabbiest rough I ever played were brutal.
All greens were surrounded by deep big-lipped bunkers, filled with perfect sand.

Back nine suited my game a little better with shorter, more shot maker holes. The subtlety sloped greens had been small punched 10 days ago and putted just fine, my host said they are usually much faster and don't hold as well as they did. Can't imagine!

Just a great 1920's course with no gimmicks and well thought out holes. A real treat if you ever get the chance.

Course seems to be abandoned, no one seems to taken care of it in a while. And still, they were dare to charge me $59 for weekdays @ 9am. Avoid if you can and go to Arrowhead CC near by in good shape and same price.

Teed off last wed at 4PM. Course was in very solid muni shape no complaints. Got a hot deal that I was late for (they were super accommodating) and ended up paying $14 with the cart figuring I had no chance to see the whole course. Got creative and bounced around to a few open spots and joined a threesome on 11 and we were done by 7:15.

Always wanted to play this old beauty, reviews haven't always been kind and pace of play seems to be a problem. I didn't encounter either problem and loved the layout. Greens were med speed and maybe a little bumpy. traps were muni fine, and I don't remember any bad lies. Recommend

First time at Desert Princess CC. Got to play the Lagos/Cielo tracks. Blue tees. 7:15am tee time for $115 w/ cart. POP just over 3 hrs. Weather peaked at 100* F towards the end of the round but felt like high 80s due to the dry heat and some slight 3mph winds.

Got paired up with three members so we zipped through the course (one guy had a flight to catch.) Luckily they played with good enough pace to not feel rushed but fast enough to finish in 3 hrs. Having no golfers in front was also a huge reason we finished quick.

This course has not been reviewed in a while, so I am happy to report it is in amazing condition right now! From tee box to green this course was in fine shape with fairways being some of the best and "softest" I've hit off of in a while, the club just cut through the grass like butter. Bunkers were all fine sand and well manicured. Greens were on the medium/fast side and had good coverage with few if any visible pitch marks. Overall 9/10.

Both courses had their features with Lagos being more tame and straight forward and Cielo showing its teeth through multiple water hazards and elevated greens. No real "stand out" holes on either courses but had a decent layout.

Overall I recommend this course right now and at the $115 price point I think it's worth it. This course was in better condition than Escena and would rather play at Desert Princess if I had to choose between the two.