just opened 6 weeks ago. it is a pretty windy spot in the desert. the course is layed out mostly into and with the wind and a few crosswind holes. if the wind is gusting at the practice area, like it ... Continue »

just opened 6 weeks ago. it is a pretty windy spot in the desert. the course is layed out mostly into and with the wind and a few crosswind holes. if the wind is gusting at the practice area, like it was for me, don't get discouraged. it acts and feels different on the course.
the beautiful "valley-like" rolling fairways, cuts the wind off or slows it down by the terrain change. BUT, if you send it high, the wind is still true to form up there.

the layout is really nice. it rolls very nicely with good terrain fluctuation creating nice foreshortening effects and really cool land sculpting. the "valley-like" effect is based on the sides of the fairway
dropping down into the middle.

the greens are overall fair but there are a couple of "doozy" spots.
ex: the 14th - if the pin is back left, like it was for me, you have to sink the put. i rolled it up the hill 12 feet to 3 inches right of the cup and OH YEAH, it rolled right back down to me. after making the putt then for bogey i had a blast watching the ball roll back down over and over.
and just to make it worse, the ball can't even rest above the hole.
so no matter what, you have to sink the putt or you are making the same putt, over and over, until it goes in. and even if you're 30 feet away, it's still gonna roll back down to 12 feet if you just miss it.

as for the really short, drivable par 4's on the back. if you don't drive them, it's a hazard. and if you try to be too safe on 15(266 from the middle tee) you are hitting an approach from the deepest fairway valley on the course.

overall, it's a challenging layout for it's length (4917-women, 5729-frontMEN, 6140-middle, 6715-back). and the green fees were fair.
$70. the service was great and the course was in great shape for a brand new trek.

no clubhouse yet but there's quick food, cart girls, complimentary
water on the cart cooler(also has club and ball washer on the cart),
range balls, towels, tees, GPS.

have a great round. i did.