Golf Course Reviews
Golf Course Reviews: California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, Florida, Hawaii!Played this morning. Course is in great shape at the moment. All clean and repaired tee boxes. Traps all raked and ready for play. Fairways have good coverage after the rains and good roll out. Rough is not thick but it is sticky in the early AM but playable. Greens are in terrific shape and chip/putt with good speed. As always great customer service in the shop (thx Mateo and Christian) and from all other staff members. Restaurant opened Wed - Friday and the menu is good, prices are great as well as the service from Dolores and her staff.
Got out today before the rain. Course is continuing to improve as witness to the ongoing maintenance and condition of the course. All tee boxes have been mowed and are very playable. Fairways continue to fill in and are providing great, good, better lies and very good roll out. Traps are kept cleaned and are playable and some (not all) are learning to use rakes. Not much rough to deal with and what there is is playable. Greens are in very nice shape at the moment (so don't aerate them please) and chip/putt extremely well with decent speed and players and maintenance seem to do a good job repairing ball marks. As always great customer service from the shop, cart barn and maintenance employees.
Invited to join the 2nd group out today last week and I gladly accepted. Little did I know that we would have 10 to 15 MPH (maybe 20 MPH gusts) winds that would bring the temp down into the high 30's. And we even played in 4 hours. In all the years I have played here I never experienced winds like this. When the sun came up and began warming things up, they died down some but not near enough sad to say. A shame we had such winds as the course is in great shape. But playing down wind was a joy I will say. First time I ever drove the 11th hole thats how strong they were. But the conditions were superb. Great tee boxes. Fairways with coverage and tremendous roll, even into the wind if you could keep it low enough. Traps were immaculate. Greens were firm and would hold high shots but nothing else. They putted as fast (I think 12) as I have ever seen them. Very little rough to deal with at all. Customer service was very good both in the shop and the starter. Hope I get another invite later in the spring and with the same conditions. %39.50 with cart with Sr county card is a great deal for this course.
Played today. Course is shaping up very nicely. Tee boxes all mowed, cleaned and in great shape. Fairways all mowed, cleaned and beginning to fill in so lies are improving and roll out is very good. Traps are kept cleaned so playing early is premium for best shape and all new sand in them has improved them completely. Very little rough to deal with so that is a plus. Greens have come back from aeration and fungus removable to be really great on all 18. Customer service continues to be A+ and the restaurant is serving good food at very reasonable prices.
Played today. Course is still damp and needs a lot of drying out. Tee boxes were mowed but not cleaned but no issues. Fairways are still soft so no roll out at all. Traps surprisingly are playable but still need players to use rakes. Rough was still damp in some areas but not penal. Greens are some good/some bad relative to speed and lots of unrepaired divots. Hard to be to harsh on the course given the recent rains. Maintenance is working to clean it up and with more sunshine it shoud be much more playable. Great customer service from Christian, Madison and Rich.
Played this AM. When I last played here # 1 now was # 10 and # 10 was # 1. But I actually like this routing better. Now you start on a Par 5 and the flow and pace seems to be much better. Found the course to be in nice shape other than the construction going on. # 1 is a short Par 5 as they work on the green so it plays short with a temp green at present. # 12 is lowering the green by some 40 yards to improve pace of play and now plays as a short Par 4 with temporary green. And that effects # 13 as it is now playing from the gold tees but it still can be a difficult par 3. But the current playing conditions are just fine. No tee box issues. Fairways though thin will give good lies and roll out. Bunkers are all filled with good sand and playable. Though very little rough there are enough OB, small ravines and some water that one needs to be aware of and deal with. Not to mention the many trees. Greens were just mowed and held high shots and chipped/putted nicely with speed of about 10 IMO. And I had forgotten how small they are so hitting them in regulation is important. I did feel that the $65 rate was a bit high given the work being done. Especially with # 12 that always seemed to me as the signature hole totally a long way off from being back in service and making # 13 play shorter. They do have a Sr card for $65 that will get you a $40 play rate but I live to far away to make regular use of one. But I would invest in it if I lived closer and I do feel the course is one I would enjoy on a regular basis. Nice carts, driving range and putting green to go along with good customer service. They even let you take the carts out to the car to load and unload which I personally like. I would recommend this course w/o any reservations even with the construction going on.
So I stopped here on the way home to play another 18. Having played here many times in the past I was looking forward to the return. The sun had come out and I thought things would be better. Wrong. Pro shop great as well as the starter but thats were it ends. I found the tee boxes to be adequate. Fairways were wet, bare, thin and muddy. Traps were not very playable. Greens were all hard and many devoid of grass. Unfortunately the course is in very poor condition IMO. I played 9 holes and left. If the front was any indication of how the course was playing, I could only imagine what the back 9 would be like. I don't really like writing negative reviews on courses but there was really nothing postive about the round except the nice golf carts and really cool GPS. The course needs drying out, sun and some maitenance before I would play here again.
Finally got around to using my JC Resorts card free rounds. Decided to start here today. Unfortunately the morning was rendered difficult due to fog for 12 holes. As I had not played here in many years, I really had no recollection of the holes, so playing in the fog was not fun. I did have two locals playing with me that knew the course, but even that wasn't very helpful. Never had a issue with a tee box. Fairways are wide but combination of bermuda grass, kikyu grass and dampness hindered the lies and roll out. Also plenty of rough, OB, ravines, lakes and well you get the picture. Did find the traps to be playable thank goodness and there are plenty of them and they are large and deep. Also large undulating greens that were unbelievably fast (I would guess 11) and many of them elevated that made club selection difficult given the weather conditions. Once the sun came out on 14 you really got a sense of the layout of this course and why driving accuracy is a premium, length and good putting are so crucial to having a good round. The course is in the hills of Temecula and it really is a great layout w/o any homes and a tremendous variety of holes that will challenge anyone IMO. I would recommend one play this course but on a sunny day and when the course is dried out. Great clubhouse, very nice new carts, driving range right close to the first hole and a new restaurant that just opened. And great customer service as well.
Played this morning. All the damage from the recent storm has been cleaned. Some holes look entirely different with the trees taken out. Overall the course is in decent playing shape. Tee boxes are still filled with grass and clean. Fairways have many dry areas due to lack of rain (which is supposed to come tomorrow) and I noticed they had watered quite a bit overnight since the last time I was here. But they give great roll out and you do get an occacionally good lie on some grass. Traps are all in good shape with the new sand but players don't rake especially those who play on weekends and today it showed. Little to no rough to deal with. Greens are in very nice shape presently. They are firm, putt/chip well and have good speed. But again weekend players left a lot of divots from Sun play. Customer service still continues to be great from every employee encountered. To bad the restaurant only open for full menu Wed to Friday.
Played today in very chilly conditions at the start but warmed up after front 9. Its winter and cold and the course is showing it. Best part of the course presently are the greens. In very nice shape and they will hold shots and release shots but any low flyers will send you off the green. They have some good speed especially from above the hole. Tee boxes are good but need cutting. Sand traps have all new sand but players are not raking and many of them need turning as they are becoming hard. Fairways have become very dormant with many bare areas and thin lies. Rough is dormant as well but able to find your ball and advance not a problem. The customer service is and continues to be excellent from all employees encountered.
Played today after the course reopening from wind damage. The course lost a total of 18 trees. Tremendous amount of debris to still clean up. The course itself is very dry and the fairways are hard and most have thin lies but plenty of roll. Tees ok and traps also. Greens are firm and hard and plenty fast. Basically it needs a lot of TLC and water. But they have a great maintenance crew and they will get it back in shape in time.
Joined some friends for an early AM round this morning. Cold to start with but warmed up nicely. Tee boxes all good. Fairways are good and bad. The bad being thin areas and dirt areas so fairways are inconsistent and while they give good roll out the lies are thin. Some rough outside the fairways but playable. Sand traps all have new sand and as long as they are raked they are playable. Greens are back in good shape. Hold shots release shots and have good speed and not just from downhill. And people seem to be repairing divots or maintenance is. Great customer service from Christian and Madison in the shop. Had bkfst after and food is good andbprices are outstanding.
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