1-12-2026: On a very windy day when I needed my golf bag to help hold down the Vivid Golf check-in tent, it was another fantastic experience having an event at The Saticoy Club.

The golf course was in, as expected, exceptional condition. Greens smooth, firm, medium fast. Fairways lush, firm, with very few blemishes. Rough, primarily fescue, lush, beautifully defining the fairways with the primary rough (3 to 5 in) and secondary rough (8 to 12 in). Bunkers were well maintained, a little firm (which I like), with quality sand. Tee Boxes, we played the blue tees, lush, cut tight, with very few divots.

I can go on and on about how fun, challenging, diverse and gorgeous The Saticoy Club layout is which recently hosted an LPGA event. The views, especially on our crystal-clear windy day, are jaw-dropping of the ocean and surrounding mountains. But I’d rather have you view the photos I just posted because seeing is believing :)

From a golf course organizer’s perspective, it’s my #1 course for Private Club events. It always sells out. It always delivers a fantastic experience on all levels with the highest repeat event rate of the 30+ courses I’ve been doing private club events at for the last 4 years. It’s the only course for 2026 I’ve booked THREE events at. I always let players know that come to my events, or are considering coming, The Saticoy Club is a can’t miss opportunity to play.

Thank you so much everyone that comes out to play. Big thanks to rgm2525, GDR23, mark_6m and barkydog1, my Ventura County event team, for doing a super job with this event. And a huge thanks to The Saticoy Club for allowing us to experience their spectacular golf club.

What a day at Las Posas Country Club Monday, 12-29, for our first GK Plays Private Club Event… and not just because I got my first Hole-In-One :)

Over the last four years I’ve been running collaborative Golf Moose/Greenskeeper.org/Vivid Golf 100+ players private club events with great success, so it was time to expand.

Thank you to everyone that was able to attend. More coming!

Las Posas Country Club was in super shape despite the enormous amount of rain days before. Last Monday was a crazy windy day which making the course very challenging, yet clearing the skies for miles around providing fantastic views of the ocean and surrounding mountains. Greens, Fairways, Rough and Tee boxes were all in excellent shape. The bunkers were still firm/damp from the storm but all very playable. Hats off to the superintendent and his team. No one expected the course to have recovered so well in this short of time.

After play we gathered at Oscar’s Grill for GK Plays for post round fun, goodies and prizes. I had heard how delicious the food is at Oscar’s Grill so prior to playing I ordered a breakfast burrito and after play, given how scrumptious breakfast burrito was, I ordered the tri-tip burrito. Man, Oscar’s Grill lived up the hype and then some. Always make Oscar’s part of your Las Posas CC experience.

I can’t wait to get back here on March 9th for another great event!

Check out the photos I just posted.

Catching up on a fantastic GK Plays Year End Event at Desert Willow Golf Resort, Mountain View Course on 12-20-2025. Thank You everyone that came out to play and to Desert Willow Golf Resort for providing an exceptional experience.

When the director of golf greets you and lets you know the course had it's BEST overseeding in the 18 years he has been there, that's pretty awesome. Wow, the course was lush and glowing GREEN. When you look at the photos I just posted, YES, it was that green, and that lush. Insane. Immaculate conditions, tee to green.

After play they set up our gathering on their beautiful patio terrace overlooking the Firecliff Course, which just reopened from overseeding and it too looked amazingly lush and green. Excellent food and service was provided while we did our after-golf raffle and gave out prizes. Thank you, Vivid Golf and Golf Moose, for loading us up with goodies!

I can’t recommend Desert Willow Golf Resort enough for anyone planning a round of golf in Palm Springs over the next 5 months. This overseeding will blow you away. Two super fun challenging courses. I’m already looking into booking another GK Plays there for this year!

Awesome day playing with rgm2525, kviser and jerry64 on Monday at Valencia CC. I was very impressed with Valencia CC winter playing conditions. In the past, there used to be a drop-off in turf conditions compared to the summer. Not this time. It appears the course has cleared the waiting hump for its new turf to mature providing year a around lush, beautiful, playing surface. The greens were in outstanding shape. Medium/Fast, Smooth and holding shots. The bunkers are very well maintained and groomed with high quality sand. Be aware of where the bunkers are on your tee shots. I found 6 fairway bunkers all with high challenging lips surrounded by thick, rough. Tee Boxes were lush, level and groomed.

From a golf event organizer perspective, Valencia CC was a true treat. This was my 5th event here and each time our group of 100 plus players are very satisfied. With the clubhouse, practice putting, golf cart staging area and snack bar conveniently located to go along with a straightforward beautifully conditioned challenging layout (that hosts major college events and qualifiers), this place delivers. Their outside services, proshop and tournament director, Pamela, are fantastic work with making sure the event is fully prepped long before players arrive. I have already booked a June 2026 event.

Big thanks to rgm2525, mark_6m, GDR23 and barkydog1 for doing a super job helping out. This was a packed event that included a Vivid Golf Putting Skill Challenge. It ran very smoothly.

Huge thanks to everyone that came out to play and to Valencia CC, for once again, hosting our group and providing an exceptional experience.

Have you ever had the perfect combination of lush/fast/smooth/soft greens?

That’s what we got to experience on Monday 12/8 at Sunset Hills CC to go along with beautifully manicured lush course. I booked 3 events at Sunset Hills CC in 2025 and I’m booking three more for 2026. From a golf organizer’s perspective, the only negative about the facilities is its lack of a full driving range instead of its small, short irons only hitting station. But Sunset Hills CC short immaculately kept challenging regulation course, exceptional staff, fun bar/restaurant more than make up for it.

This is a family fun club with ZERO snobby-ness. So welcoming of our group I had a couple Sunset Hills CC members come up to our Vivid Golf Check-In tent to say hi and ask about our events.

It was a great day playing with rgm2525, GDR23 and barkydog1. Make sure you read their detailed reviews and check out the photos posted.

Also if you’re looking for a place to host your group event or interested in a membership, reach out to the contacts our Sunset Hills CC Greenskeeper.org page :)

Highly Recommended

Big TEN O – It was our tenth outing at Bear Creek Golf Club Monday 12/1 on a beautiful December day with the best playing conditions yet. Gorgeous overseeded fairways & tee boxes, meticulously kept bunkers with new white sand, somewhat dormant rough and best of all, smooth/fast/firm greens that require good reads and excellent touch.

Bear Creek Golf Club is a perfect place to host a 80 max players event. The entire staging area, large driving range (grass), practice putting, chipping/sand short game practice and clubhouse are conveniently located for your players. We set up our check-in tent adjacent to the putting green making it easy for players to check-in and run our Vivid Golf Putting Skill Challenge prior to play.

We play a lot of very nice private clubs with our events. Bear Creek Golf Club has moved into my Top-5. I wish they had more golf carts (although the course is walkable) so we could put on a full field 120 players event but even with an 80 players max, I’ll continue to book events here with more coming in 2026!

Huge thanks to rgm2525 & Itslikeimsayin for helping out with check-in, Vivid Golf Skill Challenge and photos/video. Great time teeing it up with these GKers and to be joined by Brian from Golf Moose. Great company on a great course. Love Golf.

Highly Recommended

The photos and ratings don’t lie; Western Hills CC was in outstanding shape Monday 11-10-2025. This was my fifth event here…and like a broken record…again it just keeps getting better and better.

From a golf event organizer perspective, Western Hills CC is ideal. Great conditions, challenging engaging layout, (driving range, practice putting, practice sand/chipping, restaurant, clubhouse, golf cart staging area) ALL located near each other making it super easy to keep track of your players. Their Staff does super job from the moment you book until your event is completed. I’ve already lined up two events for 2026.

Check out the GK Events page for all Vivid Golf/Golf Moose/Greenskeeper.org events PLUS the return of GK Plays. We had lots of GKers out on Monday. Its great to get together :)

Highly Recommended.

JohnnyGK, local SoCal Cinderella amateur, battled it out with the golf legend Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins at Spanish Hills Club on 10/27 in Genesis Invitational.

Great fun running another successful Vivid Golf/GK/Golf Moose event at Spanish Hills Club in Camarillo, CA. Our full showing was treated to fantastic playing conditions under beautiful weather the week of filming Will Ferrell’s upcoming golf Netflix series. The film set featured authentic looking grandstands, TV towers, Hole-In-One Car…the works :)

Spanish Hills Club did a super job adjusting our check-in/staging area with staff on hand to assure an excellent run event. We couldn’t do our pre-round Vivid Golf Skill Challenge so I gave out my extra stock of Golf Moose polos, sunglasses and sleeves of balls (pick one) to all players. It was a super time as always teeing it up with GKer rgm2525 who helps out with most events. Greens ran smooth, fairways were in exceptional bermuda turf shape with rough and bunkers in great shape as well. The only blemish on the course, which is likely gone by now, were the tee boxes that were still recovering from a recent overseed.

Thank You everyone that attends these events and our GK Plays! Hope to see many of you at any of our SIX December events – check out the GK Events :)

Check Out my November Forum Post “What’d You Shoot” for more photos of the film set!

Catching up on my GK Plays Classic Club review from 9/28.

GK Plays outings are back and this one went fantastic. THANK YOU to everyone that made it!!!

The previous reviews from our event about the course conditions and high level of customer services we received are spot on with mine, so I’ll give a golf course event organizer perspective.

I was fortunate to able to plan this event on short notice with Classic Club as it’s a very popular golf destination in Palm Desert, CA. Outside services from bag drop, starter and club cleaning we’re professional and friendly. Upon arriving the proshop had our F & B Vouchers and Classic Club Golf Towels ready for me to hand out. Some of our players arrived before me in which case I was immediately informed (always helpful). Our tee times were on-time despite a sold-out tee sheet with excellent pace of play. After playing, tables were set up prior to group 1 finishing which I tasked with retrieving the prizes boxes and post-round set up. Big thanks to mpiskarski, circaflex, itslikeimsayin and Adam. It was nice to be able to play all 18 and not feel rushed to set-up.

I’ll be working with Classic Club and Micheal Reese again for a 2026 event!

Hope to see many of you in December 20th at our next Palm Desert, CA event - See GK Events page. Link on top right side of the nav bar.

Highly Recommended!

The Saticoy Club was a sensational experience Monday as a player and event organizer.

I know The Saticoy Club does a great job managing their water resources so they have plenty of supply for the dry SoCal Summers, but it never ceases to impress me how green they can maintain the course.

We’ve added extra fun to the events this year with the Vivid Golf Tent and Pre-Rounds Skill Challenges. The Saticoy Club staging area is perfect for accommodating and their outside services staff were always happy to lend a hand.

Right now, I can’t recommend The Saticoy Club enough. It’s my first choice for golf events and if I was looking into a club membership in LA or Ventura County, my first choice as well.

THANK YOU everyone that comes out our Vivid Golf / Golf Moose / Greenskeeper.org private club events. Its so great to see more GKers playing them.

THANK YOU GKers rgm2525, itslikeimsayin, GDR23, mark_6m and barkydog1 for you help. Was great to have a full Ventura County region GK Events staff on hand :)

On Monday, August 11th, I ran our 10th event at Wood Ranch GC with the help of GKers rgm2525 and mark_6m at Wood Ranch Golf Club. WRGC holds particular significance for our group, as it was the first Private Course to welcome our group in 2021. The club consistently exceeds expectations, offering exceptional playing conditions, well-maintained event facilities, and outstanding service.

From an organizer’s perspective, Wood Ranch Golf Club is an exemplary venue, featuring a spacious driving range, two practice putting greens, a snack bar, clubhouse, ample parking, and conveniently located 1st and 10th tees. These amenities facilitate efficient group management and enable large shotgun start events with ease. The service is professional and fantastic. Century Golf Management has been doing a super job improving the experience with every visit. The layout remains engaging and challenging, with numerous memorable holes and scenic elevated tee boxes. Notably, Wood Ranch GC enjoys one of the highest rates of return event participation among our players.

Having played at Wood Ranch Golf Club over ten times, I continue to find the course challenging and enjoyable. The renowned Ventura County Hole #13 Island Par 3 is well-suited for Closest To The Pin competitions providing an extra thrill. Thank you so much to everyone for attending this and previous events. Special thanks to GKer Deepsea14 for making the trip down from NorCal. Always a super time hanging out and teeing it up with Peter.

Highly Recommended.

After a year off in 2024, our Private Club Events returned to Los Coyotes CC this Monday, 8/4 … what a fantastic event!

What made it even better is I’m getting to see and catch up with GKers I have not seen in years. That means a lot to me.

It was super teeing it up with mcantos, now in Honolulu but in the OC this time of year. Marvin’s playing 18 holes for 18 bucks with his local rate on Oahu … not bad! LOL - welcome back to SoCal.

Other GKers I happened to see, aakers, defisher and jerry64.

I really enjoy organizing outings at Los Coyotes CC not only because it’s a fun, challenging track kept in great shape, but also because it has one of the best event staging areas of the courses hosting our 100+ player private course events. There is so much space to keep everything organized, your players together and give them a big Country Club ambiance. All amenities for players are easily accessible, driving range, practice putting, proshop, bathrooms, snack bar, cart barn, etc.

If you’re considering booking a golf outing at Los Coyotes CC, I’ve worked with Selina Cothran for many years and she’s terrific. Her and her events staff did another super job with our golf event.

It is always a pleasure playing with rgm2525 and sparky14 who worked at the check-in Vivid Golf tent while I ran the Putting Skill Challenge and did Media. We had our hands full, and it felt good to get out on the course afterwards.

As far as playing conditions, the greens were medium/fast, held shot and mostly smooth. Fairways were gorgeous bermuda/kikuyu grass making the ball sit up all day. The rough was cut at a player’s manageable 2 to 3 inches, mostly kikuyu turf with sloped stances. Greenside rough is especially not the place to be on this course IMO as I found out due to poor iron play. Bunkers were all in great shape with white, somewhat thick/coarse texture sand. Tee boxes cut tight, level and mostly lush. It’s a very fun tree lined course to hit driver requiring straight, left-to-right and right-to-left shots. This time of year, the bermuda/kikuyu turf provides very little roll out so choose your tee box wisely. We played the Valley/Vista 18 holes combo which I think is the most event friendly combo. The Lake 9 is very fun, but also more narrow/difficult risking slow play. Hole #9 on the Lake nine is probably my favorite of all 27 holes at Los Coyotes CC and regardless not a bad choice.

I highly recommend Los Coyotes CC to play, organize an outing at or consider joining.

Thank you again to everyone that comes out to play!