09/12/21 round at Muroc Lake gc inside the Edwards Air Force Base. It’s in the south most side of the Kern county, so close to the north most side of LA county as it butt ends each other and it is a ... Continue »

09/12/21 round at Muroc Lake gc inside the Edwards Air Force Base. It’s in the south most side of the Kern county, so close to the north most side of LA county as it butt ends each other and it is a great deal and a value. Right now their course is in pretty good playing conditions. The greens are slow- to medium but fair and smooth. The fairways are lush- yup, I just said lush. But this is still Muroc Lake, a military facility, but one can only imagine how good the course could be with good well maintained golf turf. I consider myself lucky for I remember when this course was pure bent grass greens but don’t ask me. I was like a year and a few months in the game when I first visited here. I also remember the greens not being so undulated- I think a redesign has happened. When I first saw it, I was comparing the greens of Muroc’s with the greens at El Cab cc as they were both so pure and healthy during that same time. It was fast but not crazy. Deep emerald greens and sharp edges all around the course. Just walking on the course made you proud of the game and the military at the same time.
Anyway the recent rain made the grass even healthier than it has already been.
And to think, I’ve also seen this greens gets so fast back then that it becomes unplayable in the windy days they get.
Right now the whole course, it’s pretty healthy and it all just depends on who’s cutting or how low do they want to run the greens.
I hope they lower it for next month’s championship.
If you have any means to get on base, you’ll see that it’s current conditions surpasses many of the munis and that is a great value for the bucks these days.
I feel so lucky and proud of the military for having a local program like this.