Played here for first time on 3/24/12. Course is scheduled for aeration on the greens 3/26. When I played, greens were in excellent condition, before aeration. smooth, receptive, and rolling nicely. F... Continue »

Played here for first time on 3/24/12. Course is scheduled for aeration on the greens 3/26. When I played, greens were in excellent condition, before aeration. smooth, receptive, and rolling nicely. Fairways were a coin toss. Some very nice, lush areas and some very clumpy, and very thin lies. Not a lot a differentiation between fairway and rough on some holes. Very straightforward Robert Trent Jones Sr. design. No mystery about most holes as the entire hole is visible from the tee. Couple of rather weak holes on back nine (15-16), but very good finishing hole. Nice bunkering and good sand quality. I had heard this course has seen better days, and it was apparent to me that with some work, this could get back to much better overall quality. Good practice areas, good staff. A good option in the $40-50 range. I'll go back again and hope fairways are improved some.

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Temecula California Golf Course Reviews

Played Sunday at noon. Another 2some joined us, pace of play was pretty good. 2 hours on the front 2 1/2 on the back. These greens are fabulous and every time I was on them I forgot how bad the fai... Continue »

Played Sunday at noon. Another 2some joined us, pace of play was pretty good. 2 hours on the front 2 1/2 on the back. These greens are fabulous and every time I was on them I forgot how bad the fairways were. These greens are running quick but very true, if you got the ball on line it was staying there. Now they need to work on the rest of the course, because the conditions on the fairways and in the rough was poor. Sand was inconsistent as far as texture goes with very little sand in the bottom which makes it difficult from a 6' deep green side bunker. Like I said the greens made all the other course issues minor in comparison. GolfNow $30, was well worth it.

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Temecula California Golf Course Reviews

Best part about the course right now are the greens. They are AMAZING. Quick, smooth, and receptive to well struck shots. I haven't seen greens this good since I played at Vellano. The bunkers were al... Continue »

Best part about the course right now are the greens. They are AMAZING. Quick, smooth, and receptive to well struck shots. I haven't seen greens this good since I played at Vellano. The bunkers were also in very good shape (but people need to learn how to rake bunkers!) Sand was nice and fluffy and there was plenty of it. Tee boxes were average. As weber2323 said, it looks like the overseeding was starting to take hold but they weren't there yet. Most were perfectly level but there was some divot damage on par 3s as is expected. The fairways were dormant and got plenty of roll but were patchy in places. On at least one hole (#3) it appeared that they were putting fertilizer on some bare spots to get some growth going. The surfaces of the fairways themselves were fine but it did take a solid strike to have a good shot and there was not much room for error there. The rough was patchy at best and pretty bad around the greens. If you got in lush stuff around the greens your lie was fine, but those lies were few and far between. Tight lies in rough + these greens = 20+ footers for par.
The course itself is a very good design (minus the boring 9th) and that 18th is a brute that would make Pete Dye blush. Had a great time playing with weber2323 and I will sure to be back. (Plus you can't really beat $58 for a Saturday morning on greens this good)

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Temecula California Golf Course Reviews

I agree with the last reviewers comments. The greens were actually very good. They were deceptively fast, believe me I found out from experience. I can think of two greens on the front that looked ... Continue »

I agree with the last reviewers comments. The greens were actually very good. They were deceptively fast, believe me I found out from experience. I can think of two greens on the front that looked like they were punched but they certainly didn't roll like that. Greens were by far the best part of the course. Found a couple of bunkers and the sand was also very good. I'll give credit for the tee boxes because the new grass is growing but it looks like it will be pretty lush after that is done. The bad was the fairways and rough. The fairways were outright terrible. The rough was good in some spots but not consistent. I'm not a grass expert so I don't know what the problem is but that ranks up there with some of the worst I have seen. But I could probably tolerate it because the greens were pretty darn good and to me that is more important.

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Murrieta California Golf Course Reviews

Played here 12/27/11. First time back since new ownership group took over. After a quick frost delay we were sent out in a shotgun start at about 7:45. Started off on 11 played 17 in just over 4 ho... Continue »

Played here 12/27/11. First time back since new ownership group took over. After a quick frost delay we were sent out in a shotgun start at about 7:45. Started off on 11 played 17 in just over 4 hours. We elected not to play our 18th hole (#10) after realizing there would be about a 20 minute wait on the tee because they were sending groups out on #10 as well as #1. As for the course, the greens were some of the best and quickest I have played on all year. Fairways were mostly dormant and had several muddy areas. Rough was very spotty with many patches of green grass to go with barren areas. My only true complaint was the lack of yardage markers on the course. I'm not demanding yardage on every sprinkler head but how about red/white/blue stakes along the fairways. On more than one hole we were left guessing the yardage due to the lack of even plastic markers in the center of the fairways.

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Well if you like to putt greens with the speed around 14 on the "stemp" than this is the place for you, personally I will spend my $ some where else, arrogant staff, slow play, ridiculous greens, not ... Continue »

Well if you like to putt greens with the speed around 14 on the "stemp" than this is the place for you, personally I will spend my $ some where else, arrogant staff, slow play, ridiculous greens, not much fun!

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Murrieta California Golf Course Reviews

Played Friday 11-25-11. This is a very challenging course. Tees were in good shape. Fairways were decent to poor. Greens were perfect. Fast and tuff to putt. Keep the ball below the hole and on the gr... Continue »

Played Friday 11-25-11. This is a very challenging course. Tees were in good shape. Fairways were decent to poor. Greens were perfect. Fast and tuff to putt. Keep the ball below the hole and on the green. We had many balls spin off the front from a middle to front pin locations. Shots to the green had to be precise. Great pin placements. Best comment about this course. There are no 2 holes alike. Its a great layout. Wind was not too much of an influence on the round. Number 10 par 3 has a new tee box. It is north of the regular tee. On top of the hill. It requires a forced carry over water or bailout to the right over water. Tough shot. Recommend - play long to middle or back of green.

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Temecula California Golf Course Reviews

Played 11/11/11 Veterans Day. Very busy day, waited on most holes and round went right at five hours. I attribute this to the greens setup. I estimated they were running about a 13+, but the starte... Continue »

Played 11/11/11 Veterans Day. Very busy day, waited on most holes and round went right at five hours. I attribute this to the greens setup. I estimated they were running about a 13+, but the starter (at the end of our round) said they were probably a 15 (Cali meet Augusta west - at least this day). They had been double cut and rolled for a tournament the previous day. They also kept the 'Sunday" pin placements. This caused lip-outs to end up going off the green as much as 25 feet. Everyone struggled on the greens which made for the longer round. Otherwise, with the exception of a couple of the greenside bunkers, the course was in really nice shape. Not much to complain about. Nice course, staff, and I will return once the greens are running a 10.

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Temecula Golf Course Reviews

Played on Saturday morning as part of the GK match play. Thanks again to Silverminer for such an enjoyable day. This was my first time playing this course and I have to say I was impressed. The day be... Continue »

Played on Saturday morning as part of the GK match play. Thanks again to Silverminer for such an enjoyable day. This was my first time playing this course and I have to say I was impressed. The day before they had some heavy rains, some muddy spots on the course which is to be expected, but it seemed the course drained fairly well. The most impressive part of the course was the greens. The guy behind the counter said they had been running about a 12, but with the rains they were closer to 11. The greens were fast, but yet soft and held shots. downhill puts were vicious, I think that is all I had all day.
The fairways were in good condition, a little muddy in spots from the rain, but was nice.
The tee boxes were in decent shape, and to be honest nothing bad sticks in my mind regarding them.
The rough was probably the worst part of the course, some thick areas mixed with some hard pan.
The traps were great, I was in a few during the day, and even with the sand still on the damp side the sand was very playable and soft. I only saw one bunker, the par 3 10th that had standing water in it.
Over all the staff was great, saw the cart girl at least 4 times. The pace could have been slightly better, but by no means was it horrible.

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