Played yesterday, Monday, Oct 14, Columbus Day. 12:40 start time. Busy at check in, but went smooth. Guy at the cash register was trying his best t... » More

Played yesterday, Monday, Oct 14, Columbus Day. 12:40 start time. Busy at check in, but went smooth. Guy at the cash register was trying his best to give us a discount asking if we were over 60yrs old, or veterans, we politely said we don't qualify for any of those, so $60 with cart was the rate (not bad for a holiday in my opinion). We teed off right on schedule. Great POP of 4.25hrs, as well.

Course is always a blast to play. It's in fairly good overall condition and will only improve over the next few weeks.

Teeboxes were level, but very fluffy. They weren't mown for several days it appears. Not a big deal.

Fairways were good to very good. Decent roll out, nice lies all day.

Rough was up a couple of inches and could definitely affect your lie. Take an extra club and grip it and rip it.

Bunkers were pretty hard pan underneath and fairly damp. Try and avoid them at all cost right now. You can get the ball out of them, but the margin for error is high. Got to hit it perfectly from the bunker to have any action on the green.

Greens were punched a couple of weeks ago and they were very bumpy and a lot more shaggy than normal. About the only weak spot on the course. In a couple of weeks, I bet they will be great. They held shots very well, but putting was a challenge, I had 39putts and missed about 6 putts inside 10feet for birdie. Frustrating to say the least.

Customer service was great all around, saw the beverage cart a couple of times and everyone in the pro shop and grill area were great.

Highly recommend. Especially when the greens heal and they mow the tees.
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Played yesterday, Sat, Oct 5. Called proshop around 9am and they said come out and put my name on the waitlist so I got there around 10am and got out... » More

Played yesterday, Sat, Oct 5. Called proshop around 9am and they said come out and put my name on the waitlist so I got there around 10am and got out about 10:30. $55 to walk. POP was just shy of 5hrs, seems like it's always busy at this course and people just don't seem to play very fast out there. No marshall, no beverage cart, but snack bar is conveniently located by four different teeboxes.

Conditions overall aren't very good.

Blue tees were about the only decent part of the course. They were level and had plenty of space to find a nice spot to tee it up.

Fairways were poor to very poor. Lots of dirt, standing water at times, chewed up areas and nothing is marked GUR, so I played it down but my suggestion would be to play these areas as GUR and don't punish yourselves.

Not much rough to speak of at this course, just dirt in the trees for the most part. I only missed two fairways, both times ended up right at the base of a tree and had to punch out.

Greens were very bumpy, looked like they punched them a few weeks ago. No sign of sand and they held shots very well, but very difficult to putt with all the bumpiness. Fairly frustrating.

Didn't find any bunkers, so can't comment on them but they looked "ok".

Customer service was all good

Tough to recommend right now due to poor fairways and greens. It's only saving grace is it's a fun layout, walkable and affordable. Got paired up with three awesome guys and we had a blast anyway. One of the guys (Brady) was a stick!! Fun to watch him play, I had him shooting even par and I tried to keep up with my 79. He also walked, so we had a lot of good conversation. Brady's teacher Bryan Gorman is a pro there and actually came out to say hello and followed us on holes 8&9, that was kinda cool.
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Played on Friday, Aug 23 on a beautiful day, 11am teetime. My friend who lives in Carlsbad and is a JC member got us an excellent rate of $69 to ride... » More

Played on Friday, Aug 23 on a beautiful day, 11am teetime. My friend who lives in Carlsbad and is a JC member got us an excellent rate of $69 to ride. Well worth it, albeit I just think this course has some funky holes, as we played the white tees and there are many layup tee shots and most of the par5s are forced layups for your second shots, as well. Not my favorite track, but a great day nonetheless. Course is in good to very good condition all around. Fairways were great, good cushion with decent roll out. Greens were nice, smooth putts, held shots very well. Found one bunker and it was just fine, soft sand, no complaints. Rough wasn't too penal only about an inch to two inches tall, but made you think. No problem with the white tee boxes, some were a little small and unlevel, but just took a few extra seconds to find a good spot without much problem. Customer service was excellent, very friendly from check in through finish, beverage cart came by twice and there's an easy snack bar at the turn. POP wasn't an issue, 4.5hrs on a Friday was just fine. I do recommend, but wouldn't want to play here all the time.
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Played yesterday, Sunday, Aug 11. Surprisingly got a teetime fairly easily on their website when I looked it up on Aug 4th and there were quite a few... » More

Played yesterday, Sunday, Aug 11. Surprisingly got a teetime fairly easily on their website when I looked it up on Aug 4th and there were quite a few teetimes remaining. $49 to walk the blue tees is a good value for weekend. Course busy as usual, but POP was right under 4.5hrs, not bad.

This course is just a blast to play. These greens are unlike any other, crazy small in most all circumstances. It's the course's only defense as the short yardage won't scare anyone. The greens were in very good to great shape. They held shots very well and putted smooth at a consistent medium fast pace. Some downhillers and side hillers can't get by you really easily.

Bunkers were just fine, nice soft sand, but found a footprint one time because people don't like to rake these for some reason.

Rough was pretty darn brutal! Stay out of it if you can, very thick bermuda and grabs your club every time. Grip the club firmly and aim to the right is what I finally learned on my third attempt.

Fairways were in great shape for the most part. Couple of areas that needed repair, but in all the proper landing areas I never had a problem. They offered good cushion and average rollout.

Teeboxes were good for the most part except for the par 3's, they were pretty beat up and longer than normal with occasional uneven lies, but they had the markers completely spread out across the entire tee box, so that was kind of fun as you had about 15-20 yards of area on some of them to tee it up.

Customer service was just fine, saw the beverage cart a couple times and the proshop window was just fine.

Highly recommend right now, especially if you've never played it. Get on out there.
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Snuck out of work yesterday, Monday, 7/29, wide open tee sheet. $69 for SD county resident with a cart. Tee off time was 11:11am. Good value this d... » More

Snuck out of work yesterday, Monday, 7/29, wide open tee sheet. $69 for SD county resident with a cart. Tee off time was 11:11am. Good value this day and age.

POP was not a factor. I played as a single and didn't see one person/group in front of me all day. Let a single play through on 14 because I was playing three balls, still finished in 3hrs. I played one ball down as my main score and then the other two balls I played as a scramble. Had a blast!! shot 85 with the one ball and 74 with the scramble. If you have an opportunity to do this and you don't care about posting a score, I highly recommend.

Course conditions were good for the most part. I played the black tees and they were all in great shape. Level and perfect coverage, even on the par3's which are all excellent holes.

Fairways were in OK shape. Lots of GUR on the front nine. Definitley better on the back nine. They are doing a lot of work on the fairways and trying to bring them back to their luster. I'm short off the tee but need to play the blacks based on my 8index, so perhaps I wasn't in the proper "landing zone" some of the time. Definitely not the highlight, but they were playable. I bet in a month or so after they're doing all the maintenance, they will be awesome.

Traps were pretty poor, definitely the lowlight. Hard pan underneath about half inch of soft stuff. Very challenging.

Rough: avoid at all costs!! It's Torrey brutal in most places right now. Very difficult to even find your ball let alone play through it. I don't remember being like this in the past, hopefully they mow it within the next few days.

Greens were great. Advertised at 10.5 on the stimp on the sign at the proshop. They were smooth and held shots very well, almost too well! Backed up a number of short irons and wedges and made large ball marks. Everyone seemed to be doing a good job repairing their marks, I didn't notice too many unfixed marks and I was very diligent about repairing all of mine as often times I made three ball marks.

Customer service was great. Marco in the proshop was very cordial. Guys outside at the cart staging were also great. Saw beverage cart a few times but didn't need anything, brought my own water as it was a warm one out there.

Overall I would recommend the course, great layout. Maybe give it a few more weeks for the fairways to get in better shape, but if you can find a wide open day like I did yesterday, get on out there, it was a blast.
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