Turned the golf course into a board meeting on Wednesday by taking out some work colleagues to Oak Creek with 1pm tee time on a picture perfect OC afternoon. We played the gold tees while riding their... Continue »

Turned the golf course into a board meeting on Wednesday by taking out some work colleagues to Oak Creek with 1pm tee time on a picture perfect OC afternoon. We played the gold tees while riding their exceptional carts (with a GPS screen like a Tesla) for a somewhat pricey $135 per player greens fee. But luckily the course was in very good shape to help justify the cost.

First, some of the issues though. POP on the front nine (which happened to be the back nine yesterday due to early maintenance so that was lame to miss out on the great 18th hole at Oak Creek to close the round) was very slow behind an older group that really took their sweet time despite so many gaps we allowed them to get ahead. No marshal anywhere to police them. Also, the tee boxes were very narrow and many of them were unlevel, but the coverage was fine.

But there were a lot more positives so it's important to highlight those as well. First off, the greens are the best I've ever seen them here in my limited visits. They rolled true and medium fast speed and held shots well. Really nice coverage overall and a joy to putt from for the day. Fairways are also in good shape with the occasional thin lie, but mostly really good surfaces. Rough areas a little bit of everything from thick to light, mulch to hardpan - keep it in the middle. Bunkers were unraked and had lots of footprint evidence, but no problem if you can move them onto a flat area. The sand itself was in very good shape.

We had cart service at various points through the day and driving range/practice area is really nice, although it's a nice little walk right now from where you pick up the balls to the hitting area since they're trying to repair the area closer to where you park your carts.

I much prefer the layout as it's been for the past few years with 18 being that wonderful par 5 downhill with water along the right side on approach, but the layout here either way is really fun and offers up a great challenge. The par 3s are a lot of fun, the par 5s can be gotten and there's a great mix of par 4s but none really reachable off the tee. I would definitely recommend this course right now if you've got the time.