Played here yesterday in the first group off (8:30) of the GK Plays event with mpisarski01, Adam, and Kevin. Good times! We waited on the group in fro... » More

Played here yesterday in the first group off (8:30) of the GK Plays event with mpisarski01, Adam, and Kevin. Good times! We waited on the group in front of us all day, but POP wasn’t bad at just under 4 and a half hours.

Conditions are quite good for late September, highlighted by really nice fairways that provided good lies all day (although one of my drives did find a dry/bare spot). Greens are smooth, late-summer slow, and accept full shots well. Sometimes desert greens get a little furry in summer, but these were cut short and looked great, seeming like they’d roll much faster than they did. As a result, I had a hard time judging the speed on many greens. The rough had mostly great coverage and was a little longer than the fairways, but not very penal, except some areas far off line where taller grasses grow. (I found one such area left of 5.) Bunkers were nice; no issues to mention. Blue/white combo tees were all good. The starter mentioned they arrived Sunday morning to a mole hole appearing on the second green, but it didn’t affect me at all and I even forgot to go see how severe it was.

Great to see the return of GK Plays! I felt like Johnny was really in his element during the raffle and it seemed like old times – great to visit with some longtime GKers and meet new ones. I got some great prizes and had a super fun day.

Note: My rating reflects the late summer conditions, less than two weeks before they close for maintenance. I know the course will be much more lush and greens will roll faster post-overseed.
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Played here in group 1B of Monday’s Golf Moose/Vivid Golf/GreensKeeper.org outing. Just a spectacular day all around! Huge thanks to Johnny for allowi... » More

Played here in group 1B of Monday’s Golf Moose/Vivid Golf/GreensKeeper.org outing. Just a spectacular day all around! Huge thanks to Johnny for allowing us to gain access to places as special as The Saticoy Club.

Conditions are excellent. The greens were smooth, accepting of full shots, and medium-fast speed. I’ve seen them faster here in the past, but these were great. Fairways might be the highlight right now with a uniform smoothness to the turf that not only provided perfect lies all day, but looked fantastic to the eye and really accentuated the contours of the course. The rough varied from semi-penal to extremely penal in spots where it got really deep and juicy. Bunkers were well maintained and had sufficient sand. We played the blue/white combo tees and all tee boxes were in nice shape.

I fell in love with this course the first time I played it in 2014, and that love only grows each time I return. It’s an amazing place and I feel extremely fortunate to have spent the day there trying to capture its beauty with my camera and being challenged by the course. Thanks again to Johnny and Vivid Golf for providing exceptional opportunities like this!
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Played nine holes here today on a gracious invite from dconnally. We had a 2:52 tee time on Course 3. We were supposed to be paired with another twoso... » More

Played nine holes here today on a gracious invite from dconnally. We had a 2:52 tee time on Course 3. We were supposed to be paired with another twosome but they started early just as we were arriving at the first tee, so we played by ourselves. Group in front was very quick and we were being rushed a bit by a foursome behind us, but we finished in less than an hour and 40 minutes. This nine is the shortest nine of the three, with only one par 5 that is just 440 yards from the tips, so it’s almost an “executive” nine.

Conditions are decent. Greens rolled smooth at about medium speed and accepted full shots well. The ninth green had some bare spots on the far left edge. Blue tee boxes needed a good mowing, as I kept finding areas of thick, spongy kikuyu that made it difficult to gain good footing and determine how high the ball was teed. It didn’t seem like they were differently mowed than the white boxes, but David speculated that the whites get more use and were likely stomped down more. Fairways were pretty good; maybe a bit on the thin side. Rough varied from thin to thick kikuyu, meaning there’s definitely a premium on hitting the fairways. I was in two bunkers; one could’ve used some more sand and the other was pretty nice.

Despite living within 10 minutes of this 27-hole facility most of my life, this was my first time playing here. This course doesn’t waste much land, with parallel fairways stacked right against each other in spots. There are some nice contours and elevation changes. The greens are quite small and didn’t seem to hide many tricks – what you see is what you get. Looking forward to seeing the other two nines at some point as well. It was great catching up with David and finally playing this course I’ve driven by a million times.
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