RPGC event this weekend was at Lakewood and I was really looking forward to playing here again after a long absence. I do enjoy this course a lot and feel it suits my game pretty well (even though the best I've ever shot here is 86!). Practice facility is solid and course conditions are about what you would expect at this time.

One very annoying note - there is a snack shop not only at the turn (near the tunnel), but also after the second hole. It was a Sunday afternoon. Course's tee sheet was full. The snack shop I was so looking forward to was closed. I spoke to someone inside and they said 'It's not busy so I closed up.' What? On a busy Sunday for a holiday weekend? Unacceptable and terrible customer service. An absolute joke.

Okay, rant over. POP was pretty decent overall but we still took about four and a half hours overall on an incredible and warm summer day. There are some thin areas in the fairways but overall they're pretty darn good. Tee boxes (played the whites) also in serviceable shape - flat and level. Bunkers were a little bit thin but playable with a good strike. Rough was very playable.

Greens were in nice shape overall with a few pitch marks around but nothing too terrible. I was leaving a lot of putts short all day - most likely due to having played the fast greens at Hacienda just days before, but they were rolling pretty nicely and at medium-fast speeds. They held shots pretty well and were inviting for good chips if hit well.

We had cart service fortunately come around twice (once on the front, once on the back) and overall it was a solid performance from Lakewood that won't make me hesitate about signing up for the next event here.

Fortunate enough to get a late invite to play Hacienda again this past weekend and it was once again a tremendously beautiful challenge that never allows you to let your guard down from the first hole until the last.

Good news - the practice area that was being redone last time I played at Hacienda is now finished, so there is a small but very nice driving range and practice greens near the clubhouse. This is a very important update to the club's amenities and it's been done really well.

The course itself is a masterclass of challenge. The distances are long, the carries are intimidating, the greens are lighting fast and the overall course conditions are just a shade under immaculate at the current time. It's just so easy here to get yourself into a tricky situation, and the solutions are rarely straightforward. The layout is divine and it throws everything at you at once.

Conditions, as previously stated, are near perfect, but a little summer has creeped in for a few spots on the course. But overall the fairways are beautiful carpet that are a treat to hit from, while the rough (recently mowed down thankfully) is still a beast. I made the mistake early of trying to get too much out of my long irons when I should have bitten the bullet and used an 8 smartly instead. The bunkers are in great shape and the tee boxes (we played from the V set of tees) were perfect - at least until I got through with them.

Greens are just insanely good and so difficult to get close. Shots (mostly chips) that seemed good would run out a mile and then you would be left with a 70ft downhill lag - good luck! I had three 3-putts on the front nine trying to figure out the speed, but finally settled down and only had one on the back - still not great! But the tiers and subtlety of the breaks is just perfect. It's a real test of putting that you won't find just anywhere.

Not being able to reliably use my driver makes this course incredibly tough but I'm looking forward to the next chance to get out there and take another crack at it. Every visit gives a little more course knowledge and you'll definitely need that at a place like Hacienda to be successful.

Played today 7/6. This course has really gone downhill over the last 6 years. Hundreds of unfiixed divots in the fairways. Many ballmarks on the greens. They aerated in April and you still see the aeration holes on the greens. The fairways look like they can't grow the grass. Almost no rough anywhere. It's just very disappointing to see a 1st class course decline so much. Present management seems to not really care. Very overpriced for the experience.

Went to the beautiful parade and then went to play golf and fireworks tonight. Great way to spend the 250 birthday of America.

Found the course to be in great shape.

Tee boxes clean/level no teeing issues.

Fairways have excellent coverage lies and rollout on all holes.

Rough was high and its difficult to play out of throughout the course.

Traps were all in great shape and I was fortunate to not find any. But I heard no complaints from my playing partners.

Greens are all elevated on this course and many guarded by bunkers. You need an excellent iron and wedge game to have many greens in regulations. Mine is a work in progress after S CA courses.

Greens are well manicured and chip/putt and hold and release shots very well.

POP was a great 4 H given the many players on the course today.

Had the usual great price beer ($4 draft) and $5.59 BLT after the round. I don't know how they do it but I like those prices.

Hope all GK members had a safe and wonderful celebration this 4th of July.

The "View" is shaping up folks! Hit a small bucket tested the practice green and let 'em fly at 8:03. Greens soft a bit slow, fairways lush mostly, helping slow that pesky river rol-out issue we all know about, tee boxes somewhat improving. Tree trimming and general grounds detail is evident, especially the old Eucalptus overhanging snag on the over the water hole #9! Never actually hit it but almost everyone I played with wished it was gone. Since I play here atleast once a month I have noticed small improvements with respect to clean-up and serious trimming. Not long before rates bump accordingly I suppose. Gotta ask, does anyone else play here, never see any reviews. 5 hrs to complete today Thursday. Fore!

Played this morning. Like playing here often as it is an easy course to walk and the Sr rate of $18 is outstanding.

They keep this course in excellent shape for the amount of play it gets.

Not an overly long course by any means but the narrow fairways, trees, creek and water hazards will kill your score real quick.

Tee boxes clean and playable.

Fairways green with good lies and really nice rollout.

Traps are IMO the one thing that they could improve on. They are playable but some need some more sand and refreshing.

Rough is mostly all playable and not too penal.

Greens while not large or undulating have good speed and are always in good condition.

Nice driving range and putting green close to the 1st hole.

Great staff who runs this place.

Great course for all levels of players especially the older ones. LOL

Played twilight on their ALL day Sr Wed rate of $34 w cart. Great deal and great course. Beautiful setting for twilight golf in the Napa valley.

Located on Hwy 12 going towards Napa in what they call American Canyon. Surrounded by vineyards. It was once 36 holes now down to 9. They turned 9 holes into wine vineyards and sold 9 holes to Eagle Vines next door and Johnny Miller added 9 more. Another great course.

I have yet to find a "hair" out of place at this course each time I play it. They keep it great shape.

Tee boxes great.

Fairways wide green and give great lies and very good rollout.

Rough is penal and so are the vineyards as they are all OB areas. Throw in some water holes, culverts, trees and various other OB areas and the round can go south real quick.

Traps are clean and people rake them and they are very playable. And large.

Greens are in top shape large undulating but chip/putt just great.

The par 3 holes here all great and challenging. And they have 6 of them. And 6 par 5's.

Excellent practice putting areas, large driving range. Carts very nice and allowed in parking lot.

Great customer service in the shop.

Highly recommended.

Greens are still in disrepair and essentially not playable. Efforts to bring them back are admirable. But, they still have dirt spots, sand, are bumpy and where there is grass run slow because they can't be cut or rolled. Yet they are still charging full price for the rounds unless one buys a Palm Card where the rates are better. However, given condition of the greens it's not even worth the discounted Palm Card rate. What's most troubling is the arrogance of management who seems to think they are the only course in North County San Diego. Hopefully the greens will come back by the fall but until then, many other quality courses where management appreciates the business to play.

Played 6-26-26 early morning walking in a foursome and finishing in 3 hours and 40 minutes. Tee boxes were okay, mostly level, varying from thin to a little hairy with some divot damage on par threes. Fairways were decent mostly green and semi lush with some thin and bare spots and other areas that could have used a little closer mowing. Rough for the most part was lush and thick, playing 2-3 inches with some thin and bare spots. Was in three greenside bunkers all of which had different thickness of sand from almost hardpan to very thick with some club chipper rocks in them. Greens were playing semi-soft, and rolling medium-slow with a lot of bumps. Overall course is in just average shape for a muni.

Played Arrowood on June 26th, the day they re-opened. The greens are still not ready for prime time and need at least another month to be ready. Currently, they are not able to mow the greens so they are slow and there are quite a few bare spots and sand on the greens. I was surprised at how many bare spots there were on the fairways given that they were closed for so long, I thought that the fairways were be like carpet but alas they were not. Granted, the fairways were in good shape just not great. Bunkers were good and pace of play was solid...finished in 4 hr and 15 minutes for a Friday afternoon which I will take anyday.

Arrowood is one of my favorite courses in San Diego but I won't be back for awhile...hard to pay $100 for greens in the shape that they are in, it's just not worth it.

Played twilight last evening. POP was a great 3.5H.

Course is in good shape but fairways and greens are soft with all the watering with the recent and expected heat.

Tee boxes all playable.

Rough was dry and playable and presented no issues.

Fairways had good lies but not much roll at the moment.

Traps were playable but the one I was in needed raking and I noticed that others did also as I passed by them. Expected with weekend golfers.

Greens were soft due to needed watering so as to not lose them to the heat. This made the chipping and putting slower than normal.

Great time of the evening to play right now and I can walk the course as most of the players are already off the course.

Happy to be in N CA with all the fine courses up here and no issues with traffic either.

Happy 4th of July and enjoy Americas 250 birthday celebrations wherever you may be this 4th.

I played here a few months ago before they punched the greens, and after 15 years of avoiding this course I was happily surprised. Played on 6/28 and the greens are atrocious. Very bumpy, inconsistent, 2 types of grass…it’s a disaster. Wtf????