My friend and I had an afternoon golf fandango yesterday at Ironwood's south course with the entire property to ourselves with the exception of maybe 7-10 people we saw the entire afternoon. We hopped... Continue »

My friend and I had an afternoon golf fandango yesterday at Ironwood's south course with the entire property to ourselves with the exception of maybe 7-10 people we saw the entire afternoon. We hopped on at around 1:30 pm and basically went around two loops until the end of the day.

The course is of course in late season/pre-overseeding shape but still quite playable and the greens are still in fantastic shape, running very fast and true. The fairways appear a little on the browner side with patches of lush still popping up here and there, but every lie was still pretty much perfect to hit from and there were very few thin or awkward lies.

Bunkers were a little more thin than the last time I was out here which made them more difficult to gauge along the way, while the tee boxes (and markers) were a bit haphazard, again everything being subject to closure very soon. In fact, the North course is currently closed and in the middle of re-seeding.

The course plays much longer than its yardage book indicates but it's not as punishing as some of the other higher-elevation desert courses in the area. Most fairway are quite ample and inviting, so good scores are very possible if you're hitting your ball straight.

The driving range was only half open but it was more than enough for our needs on short notice, while the carts are in good shape but do not have any type of GPS system. POP? As you can guess, we basically finished our first 18 in just over two hours so that's was pretty amazing. Looking forward to coming back out here again in November when the course is back in all its glory.