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... Continue »

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.