Played 01/29, had a 1040 tee time. Solid time in January to play that deep in to San Diego hills, warm and comfortable slight cool breeze. Any earlier I think I would have been freezing.

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Played 01/29, had a 1040 tee time. Solid time in January to play that deep in to San Diego hills, warm and comfortable slight cool breeze. Any earlier I think I would have been freezing.

Check in was easy club house is nothing to write home about but they have a lot of merchandise. Starter/cashier was really nice and offered to match me up with a 3-some or said I could go out on my own. I chose to go out on my own and play two balls. I paid $35 for the tee time which included the cart, booked through TeeOff.com. I bought a sleeve of ProVs and a small bucket total $50.

They have a grass range which I love and it was in great shape. The hitting area was lush and level. I heard from some one the week before that the casino has taken some investment into the course and it has really helped. Range balls were a little beat up but hey I'm just trying to get warm.

The carts are good quality and have a GPS/screen display but mine wasn't working. Not sure if that was the same for everyone or just mine. They have coolers w/ ice and two sand cups with plenty of sand and seed.

Practice green was small but rolled really similar to the course. I didn't see a chipping area, I think they are working on one in between the practice green and the cart barn.

Tee boxes were solid overall, some were a bit lumpy in areas (played the blacks) but I had no issue finding a level spot on the side I wanted. A lot of the black tees are tucked pretty far back and you tee off through a "shoot." There are some really well placed bunkers that come into play from the back tees. I really enjoyed the views of the fairways from these boxes. I kept thinking this place reminds me of a poor man's Maderas with less elevation change.

Fairways overall were really in good shape. I found a few scrub lies but really nothing you wouldn't find on any other course. Pretty soft lush grass I wasn't getting very much roll out but they weren't muddy by any means. Rough was hit or miss on probably 6 or 7 holes, thankfully I was finding the fairways.

The four bunkers I found were all really nice, a couple of them hadn't been manicured in the morning so they were a little firm on the top layer. They all had good amounts of sand which wasn't that fine powder it was more coarse and heavy.

Greens were in solid shape I only saw two that needed some rehab. One of them being a short par 3 that was just pelted. It looked like they really don't change the pin placement very much there I saw probably 5 replacements near the hole. Like the practice green they were pretty quick and firm. I got the ball to check pretty well and so I went after a lot of pins. You could play bump and runs or flops and be successful because of the speed and firmness. Playing the morning and it not being too busy they really weren't that bumpy. The complexes were fun, especially on some of the smaller greens (there are many) some solid undulation and well placed pins.

First time out here and I'll be back for sure. There are a good handful of holes that remind me of the back nine at The Crossings and the front nine at Maderas. I really enjoyed the round I played as a single played two balls the whole time. I caught up to a 5 some on 10 and they immediately let me play through. I caught up to the 3 some I was suppose to play with and got through them as well. I think my final round time was about 3 hours 50 minutes. I shot 76 with my aggressive ball and 80 with my conservative one.

From the Blacks I think the course is about 6700, so its not long by any means but it still has some challenges. It was windy for most of the round and I was clubbing up 2 going into the wind on about 5 or 6 holes.

Really enjoyed the course though I think if its as busy as it was every day this would be a great place to come practice for any tourny rounds you may have.




Greens were tight, firm, and quick but not lightning.