Played the Blues (6279/70.4/131) with Eric, Mark & Itslikeimsayin in slightly less than 5H on the GK Coupon. The weather was mostly sunny with little wind in the mid 80's. My 1st time playing here, r... Continue »

Played the Blues (6279/70.4/131) with Eric, Mark & Itslikeimsayin in slightly less than 5H on the GK Coupon. The weather was mostly sunny with little wind in the mid 80's. My 1st time playing here, really liked the layout. Most holes have hazards down both sides, but I still felt comfortable hitting driver on all par 4/5's. You know the trouble is there, but it did not feel overly tight. Hilly layout with some forced carries and a few blind shots. The tees were mostly in good shape, a few needed divot repair. The fairways are mostly dormant Bermuda that is showing signs of greening up. Played much better than the tan with some green looked, I usually had good lies in the fairway. The rough is also mostly dormant Bermuda. Thinner than the fairways but still adequate coverage, not overly penal. The fairway traps were poor, lower quality sand with lots of rocks mixed in and more hard packed. The greenside sand traps were good. Higher quality sand and decently maintained. The poa annua greens had recently been lightly vericutt. They putted consistently medium speed, were fairly smooth and held well struck irons well. The customer service was very good from everyone encountered. Drink cart out and making the rounds. This would be a very challenging course to walk, combination of the hills and the sheer distance from some greens to the next tee. Recommended = Yes, better than average layout that is not lush and green but actually plays well.

Used the fantastic GK Coupon out here today with Nickesquire. Tee time at 7:40 and we were paired with two other guys who struggled to keep the ball in play, which caused us to play slowly. By the fif... Continue »

Used the fantastic GK Coupon out here today with Nickesquire. Tee time at 7:40 and we were paired with two other guys who struggled to keep the ball in play, which caused us to play slowly. By the fifth hole we were a hole and a half behind, and overall POP was around 4:50. After the round we checked in for our replay and were sent straight back out to the first tee, this time as a twosome. The group in front of us was erratic, pace-wise, sometimes playing very slow and other times disappearing from sight. We finished the second round in 4:15. Done with 36 holes right at 5:00, with plenty of sunlight to spare. For $34.50 ea., this is an incredible deal.

Course conditions are very nice. The course plays much better than it looks right now. Much of the course is dormant yellow or light green, but with mostly good coverage. Greens are probably the highlight: Medium-fast to fast and smooth. They were verticut, which seemed to smooth them out compared to the bumpy practice green outside the clubhouse. They were medium firmness, not soft nor hard. The 11th green has a section that looks like some repairs had been done, and parts of the 15th and 18th greens were thin. But overall, greens are quite good. Dormant bermuda fairways have good coverage and decent cushion nearly everywhere except for a few bare patches on the 11th fairway, and maybe a few low-lying areas elsewhere. Rough is pretty good throughout, never too deep. Bunkers were maybe the lowlight of the course. Decent sand but lots of small rocks in nearly every one I was in. Tee boxes were good, although inconsistent throughout. (We played the blues during round one and the combo tees for round two.)

I hadn't played here in probably nearly 15 years and I really enjoyed it. If anyone wants to take advantage of the GK Coupon, hit me up because I definitely want to use it again soon.

I uploaded 24 pictures from today to Flickr that can be seen here: https://goo.gl/p6IIjI

Played the blues 6279 using GK coupon on a balmy 80* day with a hint of a breeze, in about 5 hrs following a tourney group but in all fairness we were slow as a foresome with one or more of us having ... Continue »

Played the blues 6279 using GK coupon on a balmy 80* day with a hint of a breeze, in about 5 hrs following a tourney group but in all fairness we were slow as a foresome with one or more of us having trouble on about half the holes. Multiple bunkers and laterals on 1 side or both on I think every hole. Two different 9s-front is up and down with some forced carries and lots of bunkers, back is laid out in more of a valley with only one hill on 16 uphill over a baranca to a rather narrow landing area and then 17 is a par 3 down hill. Still a lot of bunkers on this 9 too. Good variety and challenging and layout over all. Fairways were really good with some green starting to show up but even the dormant portions provide a nice cushion. Quite a few unfilled divots however. Bunkers had ample sand of the rather fluffy variety with not much difference between green side and fairway. Tees were lush and level and well maintained. Greens looked a little splotchy but over all rolled well with minimum bumpiness at a medium fast speed. Some of the pin placements were tough if you were above the hole or even pin high the break took you well past the hole leaving an easy 6 footer coming back Customer service was good with friendly staff-saw drink cart once on the front and back--did not see a marshal. Carts have advanced gps with yardage to trouble and specific yardage to the pin.

Played Fri Jan 29th at 7:50 staff was friendly, course is in winter mode. Tee boxes were good, flat spots and not chewed up. Fairways dormant but had good lies. Rough was not existent, it was like pla... Continue »

Played Fri Jan 29th at 7:50 staff was friendly, course is in winter mode. Tee boxes were good, flat spots and not chewed up. Fairways dormant but had good lies. Rough was not existent, it was like playing palm springs golf in the winter, only the fairways are not that green. Greens had a few ball marks but rolled good. Bunkers need more sand. Played the blues and it was not as fun as the white for my ability, although there were 4 holes I liked better from the blue there were equal number I liked better from the whites. I approached 12 green and I saw a coyote by the green and I thought, man it better start runnig away, well at least I had a golf club. It wasn't until I got real close that I noticed it was a cast statue, I had to laugh. Management put a few of these on the back 9, nice touch. Food was good afterwards.

Always enjoy playing this course, even on a frigid winter morning. Staff is always friendly and accommodating, and the overall condition, given the time of the year is probably better than most. Per... Continue »

Always enjoy playing this course, even on a frigid winter morning. Staff is always friendly and accommodating, and the overall condition, given the time of the year is probably better than most. Perhaps the recent rains helped?

I think the views and general solitude of this course is what I enjoy most. I find this a course you can score on if you keep your drives in the fairways. Not much to add to the prior review, except I did not find as many unrepaired ball marks as I expected or unfilled divots. Just lucky I guess? For the money, I find this course to be one of the better values in the IE, at least for seniors

Played 1/11. POP was great. Teed off @ 1000 and finished in less than 4 hours. The course is bermuda which is dormant this time of year resulting in brown fairways which are tight, but there's a lot o... Continue »

Played 1/11. POP was great. Teed off @ 1000 and finished in less than 4 hours. The course is bermuda which is dormant this time of year resulting in brown fairways which are tight, but there's a lot of grass. It's just not green. The tees and greens are very green. The fairways and greens need some TLC due to etiquette-less golfers who don't bother to fill divots or repair ball marks. Fortunately, my cart partner and I fill enough fairway divots that we refilled the divot mix bottles at least 3 or 4 times, and we fixed at lest 5 ball marks per green each. If players would entertain the thought that they will play the course again and would like it to be in good shape next time, maybe they would follow the credo: "leave the course better than you found it". This is a very enjoyable course. Treat it like you own it.

Early morning tee time today, was expecting a frost delay but got right out. Course is in winter shape with fairways and rough in the dormant stage. Course handled the rain with no problem and saw no ... Continue »

Early morning tee time today, was expecting a frost delay but got right out. Course is in winter shape with fairways and rough in the dormant stage. Course handled the rain with no problem and saw no standing water. Was CPO and they have carts that reduce speed if you do drive on the fairway. Tee boxes were a mixed bag with some uneven tees and tall grass. Greens were the best part of the course and quite a few greens had unrepaired divots and a couple had coot prizes all over the green. Staff was very friendly and it was my brother's birthday and his round was free.

Course is not in good condition. Some things can't be helped due to the drought, but the long term effects of a dry climate regime are definitely taking their toll.

You know it can't be good when s... Continue »

Course is not in good condition. Some things can't be helped due to the drought, but the long term effects of a dry climate regime are definitely taking their toll.

You know it can't be good when some tells you the tees were the best part of the course, but that's about the size of it (admittedly most were re-seeded recently). Rough is completely dormant/fairways semi to mostly dormant. Lots of bare, dry, hard pan lies in both. Don't nip it? Then you will be skelping the ball through the green on your approach.

Greens have fluffier rough surrounding them for the most part, but the greens themselves had a ton of old and new ballmarks and a good deal of bobbles as a result. They were fast, but a few greens on the back (13-16) had not healed well from aeration and it showed.

Sand was thin-ish to moderate in coverage around the greens - hard-pan everywhere else.

I wouldn't play for anything other than a good discount and while the lack of rain is no-ones fault, the compacted nature of most of the fairways and the lack of conditioning in these areas make it hard to play a good round through the green. Rain please.

Played 11-30. Course was in good shape for this time of year. Greens rolled true but had quite a few unrepaired ball marks. Fairways were pretty lush bermuda. The rough was a very gnarly bermuda in pl... Continue »

Played 11-30. Course was in good shape for this time of year. Greens rolled true but had quite a few unrepaired ball marks. Fairways were pretty lush bermuda. The rough was a very gnarly bermuda in places that left you a cuppy lie. Very hard to play out of if your ball was sitting down in the stuff. There were a few very wet areas from watering, but mostly dry. The bermuda was brown in many areas, but that only meant it was dormant, not that there was no grass. Most lies sat up nicely. Tee boxes had been overseeded and needed a fresh haircut. They were a little shaggy. All in all a nice layout. You'll get to use all your clubs from the Blue Tees.