Epic day at Shady Canyon. Range attendant that carries your golf bag from your golf cart to the range stalls, cleans your clubs as you go through your bag. Check! Pro V 1x range balls. Check! Cart att... Continue »

Epic day at Shady Canyon. Range attendant that carries your golf bag from your golf cart to the range stalls, cleans your clubs as you go through your bag. Check! Pro V 1x range balls. Check! Cart attendant that empties your ice bucket at the turn and makes sure your beverages are cold. Check! Valet that parks your car and loads your clubs in your car after round Check! Refrigerator with free cold water, fruit, sandwiches and candy at every bathroom on the course. Check! Greens ran perfectly at 11/12 all day long. Perfect fairways and tee boxes and rough. Layout was typical Tom Fazio. Lots of bunkering and unique green complexes. Layout goes through Shady Canyon area of Irvine. Saw Branden Steele in group in front of us. He is a member here. Owns course record of 59 from Black Tees. So is the big cat Tiger. If you get lucky enough to play here; do it!

Was fortunate enough to receive a last minuet invite to play this exclusive private course. Guest rate is a whopping $200 but its very rare to get invites to play here so I had to jump on it. Getting ... Continue »

Was fortunate enough to receive a last minuet invite to play this exclusive private course. Guest rate is a whopping $200 but its very rare to get invites to play here so I had to jump on it. Getting into the community was a little slow as there was about 15 cars in line to get in but once in everything was smooth. We pulled up to the bag drop and the younger kids who worked at the course were very nice and directed us where to park and where to go once we checked in. The driving range is very large and has a nice chipping area. There where two staff members running around the range cleaning your clubs and helping you with anything you can think of. They even had a a few fitness machines to help you stretch out. There is a large putting green right next to the first tee and boy was it fast! The member we played with warned us that the course will be identical so that got us worried.

This Fazio design was built with one thing in mind....We dont care how much it cost just make it a course that nobody will forget. Well they succeeded in that, By far the most entertaining golf course I have played in a long time. The course reminds me of a tricked out Madera's with no homes on the course and beautiful views of the surrounding hills. Accuracy is key on this course because anything offline will find the brush and be gone. The greens are surrounded by sand traps and have multiple false edges to be aware of.

Course conditions were top notch all around yesterday. There are 5 sets of tee's to choose from and we ended up playing the blue tees. The boxes had good coverage and low cut grass no issues to bring up. Fairways were lush, fast, and like hitting off premium carpet. Full coverage and no brown or bare spots to be found. Rough was not very long and mostly lush unless you get too far offline. Sand traps were bright white and soft enough to hit any type of shot you want. I did find a handful of the 90 bunkers and 2 of them seemed to be a touch firm about 3/4 inch's below the surface but that was probably from the rain two days ago. Greens were absolutely diabolical! These large greens would hold high hit approaches but once on the surface they were the fastest greens I have every putted on. They are even faster than Barona! If you were above the hole it was nearly impossible to keep the ball close. I had a 4 putt from 10 feet because the first putt rolled out 30 feet! I gave it a perfect 10/10 on my ratings and I would dare anyone to to find something wrong with them.

As for the amenities they go above and beyond on every aspect. Carts are new lush EZ carts with the latest Visage Bluetooth GPS units. They had ball and club washers, coolers and even a trash receptacle. There was no cart girl but at the rest stations they had refrigerators with ice cold water, fruit, candy, and uncrustable PB&J's for free! If you have a chance to play this course I highly suggest you cancel any plans you have to play. You will not be disappointed.

Fun Fact- Its only a 150K initiation fee but you need a sponsor from the club to join!

Noticed Shady Canyon hadn't been reviewed in a few years and I was lucky enough to get out to play on 10/6/2020. The course is immaculate. If you haven't played it and get the chance I highly recommen... Continue »

Noticed Shady Canyon hadn't been reviewed in a few years and I was lucky enough to get out to play on 10/6/2020. The course is immaculate. If you haven't played it and get the chance I highly recommend it, it's number 1 in Orange County for me personally and its not very close. Greens are as good as it gets. Conditioning is fantastic tee to green. Layout is fun and challenging. Customer service is top notch. Driving range is fantastic, as is the chipping green out on the range, and the massive putting green by the first tee box. Highest Recommendations.