Played my GK Cup match with Rat-Patrol yesterday (bapr5092 and jpeairs85 rounded out our foursome). Course was in pretty good shape. As soon as you roll on to the property, you are offered a ride to t... Continue »

Played my GK Cup match with Rat-Patrol yesterday (bapr5092 and jpeairs85 rounded out our foursome). Course was in pretty good shape. As soon as you roll on to the property, you are offered a ride to the clubhouse (not sure how new this service is). The driver and the rest of the staff are all friendly and helpful. Facilities here are nice from the practice areas, the clubhouse, and the restaurant. The carts are nice as well with color GPS (which is always a plus for me). On to the course conditions:

Tee-boxes: We were playing the "gold" tee-boxes and overall they were OK to good. I never had any issues finding level ground although some had been been more chewed up than others. My main concern is always level ground vs. area presentation so in that regard they were fine. I did notice on several holes, they decided to move the gold boxes all the way back to where the black tee-boxes were so that made for an even more interesting day.

Fairway: Overall great. There were some bare spots (and one hole that had a long tire mark running through it) but for an area of SD County that is usually extremely hot and gets little water, the amount of grass and level of green was impressive for mid-June. The grass in the fairway is also extremely fair when it comes to roll.

Rough: I would say great. Not too thick but also enough of a challenge on some holes to penalize errant tee-shots. Overall it was well kept though.

Greens: I was actually unaware they had aerated them a month ago (thank you Jim for giving me the heads up) and for the most part you couldn't tell. They are healing nicely and quickly compared to other courses. They ran at a medium to med-fast pace for the most part. They can get tricky to read as everyone in our group found out, however they were fair and plenty green with limited ball marks.

Pace: Unfortunately it was slow on the front 9, mainly due to course layout. Hole 2 requires groups to wait until the next group up is on the green before teeing off, which of course starts backing up the carts almost immediately into the round. It cleared up after the turn, however at 5 hours there should be more of an effort to make sure groups play a little quicker.

Overall: A great course which, thanks to Jim, we were able to play for a great price. I enjoy the layout and there are a few interesting holes that make it worth the price. Its almost always green here and the staff make this property a great place to play.