I don't think I've ever played General Old (maybe in a scramble 20 years ago?) but I have to just point out the great experience I had yesterday. Walked on at about 4pm. Pro shop guy said I couldn't t... Continue »

I don't think I've ever played General Old (maybe in a scramble 20 years ago?) but I have to just point out the great experience I had yesterday. Walked on at about 4pm. Pro shop guy said I couldn't take a cart after 4. I responded that I'm just walking and he said "oh yeah, just go play then", winked at me, and I went on my merry way. Got 12 holes in before it was too dark.

Conditions are not unlike the old San Bernardino Golf Club (one of the greatest low-cost public courses of all time): Thin waste areas off the fairways, not a lot of rough, reasonable fairways with bad spots and they're pretty obviously working on growing the teeboxes which were verging on lush. Bunkers had plenty of actual sand that you can splash out of, which is rarely seen at budget courses these days.

Greens were slow, about as expected, but rolled true - a great confidence boost. Not a lot of tricky breaks, but some tilt here and there.

Layout is actually very interesting to the eye with more than a couple doglegs, elevation changes and many very mature trees lining the fairways.

Looks like the afternoon rate is $40 - quite similar to other courses in the area for similar conditions (see Hemet GC for instance), unfortunately this seems to be the going rate for 'cheap' courses now.

Would you rather pay $45 at Tukwet Canyon and be stuck behind hacker foursomes in carts or $40 to walk an older course that's seen better days, isn't stacked on the teeboxes, and provides a fine challenge from the blues?