Always look forward to playing Goose Creek. Teed off shortly after 8am and finished in 4:15. The greens were in overall good condition. Putts rolled medium/fast, mostly smooth, and held shots. A coupl... Continue »

Always look forward to playing Goose Creek. Teed off shortly after 8am and finished in 4:15. The greens were in overall good condition. Putts rolled medium/fast, mostly smooth, and held shots. A couple of greens had some patch work but had minimal affect on putting. The fairways had mostly very good coverage and lies but there are some thin/bare areas scattered about. Especially on holes 12 and 13. The rough had mostly good coverage with some thin/bare spots. The rough was long enough to affect shots but not too penal. I was not in any bunkers but they appeared in good condition and playing partners had little trouble getting out. Tee boxes were good with decent coverage and mostly level.
Goose is in mostly very good condition but has some rough edges at the moment. However, the course is still very playable with far more great lies than bad. As always Goose management appears to be diligently working on problem spots. The staff was friendly.

Played yesterday here at the Goose in a qualifier. Got a little toasty towards the end of the round and while the wind was very light to start it picked up quite a bit on my 2nd 9. There was no chec... Continue »

Played yesterday here at the Goose in a qualifier. Got a little toasty towards the end of the round and while the wind was very light to start it picked up quite a bit on my 2nd 9. There was no check in per se but they did have staff at the range handing out buckets and picking them up and they were very friendly as they always are. I thought the set up was pretty good. Interesting was they converted the par 5 12th hole into a par 4 so the course was playing to a par 70. I'd never seen this done for an am event before.

Overall the greens I thought were probably rolling at a medium speed and maybe a little bumpier than I expected. I thought the actual greens were better than the practice green because I thought that one seemed a little shaggier. Greens were a little soft because we made some pretty big ball marks. I can understand the need for it with the excessive heat that we have experienced.

Fairways are in good shape. There are some dead/bare areas which I expected but generally good lies though out the course.

Rough wasn't too bad. I had one lie where it was sitting down but that was on the par 5 7th hole so that actually helped me since it prevented my ego from going for it in 2.

I wasn't in any bunker but they all looked pretty consistent and good quality sand.

Overall enjoyable just a little on the hotter side for me. I'll probably look to come back some time in the fall. Always a good test of golf.

Played on Wednesday, June 29th with Steve (sr129) on a beautiful morning. Teed off at 6:40 and POP was 3:30. The course has work being done in many areas, but does not effect play that much. The colla... Continue »

Played on Wednesday, June 29th with Steve (sr129) on a beautiful morning. Teed off at 6:40 and POP was 3:30. The course has work being done in many areas, but does not effect play that much. The collars around the 17th green are GUR as they have been re-sod. 12 of the holes have been punched with small holes and does not effect putts at all. I wish I could blame them for my poor putting, but thats not the case. The 11th green has a large repaired area that does not effect putting to much and it coming along very well. The few fairways are showing a few signs of the heat recently, but they are still great. They were watering in many areas trying to keep the course in top shape. Was not in any sand so I can't comment on those. I am used to playing Goose in immaculate shape and playing it in only great shape was just a little odd. I can't wait to go back

Played on 6-13. This has always been one of my favorite courses, but I was disappointed with the condition of the greens. They were very bumpy and a couple even had some major patch work. The fairways... Continue »

Played on 6-13. This has always been one of my favorite courses, but I was disappointed with the condition of the greens. They were very bumpy and a couple even had some major patch work. The fairways were in great shape and so were the tee boxes. The round played around 4hrs 15min.

course is in beautiful shape as always and right now even better than usual. The reason? Next Tuesday 5/31 they are staging a Senior US Open qualifier.

course is in beautiful shape as always and right now even better than usual. The reason? Next Tuesday 5/31 they are staging a Senior US Open qualifier.

3rd time out here. Love the course always immaculate shape. Grounds crew prioritizes course conditions. All 3 times here course great shape, open off the tee but green complexes challenging. Love this... Continue »

3rd time out here. Love the course always immaculate shape. Grounds crew prioritizes course conditions. All 3 times here course great shape, open off the tee but green complexes challenging. Love this course, wish it was easier to get tee times.

Played in the qualifier at the Goose on Tuesday and we teed off at 8:15 and finished probably right before 1 so the pace wasn't too bad but there was quite a bit of a back up on hole 11. I thought th... Continue »

Played in the qualifier at the Goose on Tuesday and we teed off at 8:15 and finished probably right before 1 so the pace wasn't too bad but there was quite a bit of a back up on hole 11. I thought the greens were very fast but too bumpy for my liking. Made for some interesting putts for certain. As we were on hole 3 we saw them watering the hell out of the 8th green. We were surprised that they put that much water on the green prior to the tournament. Had quite a few balls spin more than I expected. One in fact spun back probably 30 ft. I have to think the soft greens contributed to this.

Fairways were good and I don't remember any significant bad areas. There was quite a few divots out there that I hope golfers would take care of. Good rollout of well struck drives.

Rough is not overly penalizing and didn't impact any club selection.

I think I was in one fairway bunker on 12 and it was pretty soft. They all looked pretty similar so it didn't seem like a difference between fairway and greenside bunkers.

Always a pleasure playing the Goose as it is a good solid test of golf. Staff was great as expected.

Played Goose Creek yesterday (Sat 4/30) for the first time in several months, and only the second time ever -- first was sometime in 2021, I think in the summer or fall. I wasn't overly impressed the ... Continue »

Played Goose Creek yesterday (Sat 4/30) for the first time in several months, and only the second time ever -- first was sometime in 2021, I think in the summer or fall. I wasn't overly impressed the first time I played it, despite rave reviews. Coincidentally, it was more rave reviews that brought me back, and led me to think that they had made changes/improvements since my first visit. So I decided to check it out again.

Turns out, they were right. It's in great shape, in every area of the course. My ONE gripe is that people don't seem to be very good about repairing their ball marks, as there were several on some of the greens, beyond those of our group. But that's less of a criticism of the course, and more directed toward the clientele. From what I've heard, the owner(s) are raising the prices in an effort to get rid of the "hackers" in an effort to limit it to golfers are serious and respectful enough of the course to pay the high green fee.

I don't know if that's true, but when it comes to cost, it wasn't that bad. I paid $94 this time around (Saturday at 12:20pm with a cart), and while I don't remember what I paid last year (I think it was about the same, maybe $10 less and a couple hours earlier in the day), I think the course is worth every bit of $94 on a Saturday at noon. It's in excellent shape, so much so that if you put this course in Orange County or other high price tag areas, it would easily be over $100, maybe even approaching $200. Seriously, it's that nice. I'm talking Palm Springs and/or private club kind of nice.

As to the layout, it's great. Not overly long -- 6560 from the back tees (unless you get to play the "Goose" tees, which I've never seen out, and isn't on the scorecard). They label their tees with Roman numerals: IV, III, II, and I. I played the III tees, which is second longest, at 6150. From there, everything is easily reachable, and not overly challenging. Not a lot of rough to deal with, and what rough there is, is short right now. There are hazards alongside some of the holes, but the biggest hazard in my opinion is the fairway bunkers on some of the holes, just cuz they can be hard to avoid. But all in all, not too much trouble, except maybe on #18, which has water all along the right side, and which is their signature hole. Greens do have some undulation, though, so pay attention to the pin location. Also a lot of drop-offs on the edges of the greens, which causes even short approach shots to roll off, if not landed in the right spot and/or with enough spin or angle of descent.

Bottom line, go play it for yourself and see what all the rave is about! Bonus points for a good practice facility: Grass driving range (sometimes, I think, but not today), chipping green (no bunker), putting green.

Played Monday (4/25) morning with Steve (sr 129) and what a great day it was. The course is in fantastic shape from tee to green.

Tees - great coverage and mostly level. A few are difficult to get... Continue »

Played Monday (4/25) morning with Steve (sr 129) and what a great day it was. The course is in fantastic shape from tee to green.

Tees - great coverage and mostly level. A few are difficult to get a tee into, but that is no biggie.
Fairways - perfect. Firm with great coverage. The collars around the greens were very tight and using a putter instead of chipping with a wedge was a good choice.
Rough - Only about a half inch long, not very penal. Very good coverage.
Bunkers - Was in one of each (fairway, greenside) and both and very good sand and well kept. They also have a good amount of rakes around each bunker. Example: the large greenside bunker on 17 had 4 rakes around it. Very nice touch.
Greens - A little bumpy in the early morning, but once it started warming up they became perfect. Medium fast and firm. Not many unrepaired marks on them at all. I didn't hit many in regulation so I can't comment on if they held or not.
PoP - 4 hours.
Customer Service - Everybody I came in contact with was pleaseant.
My review is just the standard of Goose Creek, making this one of my favorite courses to play.