Walked the blues yesterday 12/26/2022 teeing off around 10:35am joined by a nice threesome of guys from Orange County area who were very fun to play with. Our POP was 4 hrs 45 minutes on a packed day ... Continue »

Walked the blues yesterday 12/26/2022 teeing off around 10:35am joined by a nice threesome of guys from Orange County area who were very fun to play with. Our POP was 4 hrs 45 minutes on a packed day for golf and perfect weather 75 degrees some clouds with mixed sunshine and not a breath of wind. Fairways are firming up and producing more run out like the course is designed for. Even 16 and 18 fairways which are historically lusher had some nice rollout. Need to compress irons even more this time of year at Rustic. Visually they are more brown than lush but still provide adequate playing conditions. Rated 6.5/10 Greens are fantastic. Rolling smooth and firm but still not as fast as I am used to on this course. Holding high Irons nicely. Rated 8/10. Tees are beautiful, lush and level and in good shape. Rated 8/10. Was in bunker just in front of 1 green that had a nice soft base underneath and easy to splash out of. Rated 7/10 Greenside rough is still in its lush stellar 9/10 shape. Fairway rough can vary from lush, to thin to hardpan depending on the hole and area. Fringes are firming up some but are still soft in many places. I commend the course as they have done a great job in fixing many problem areas on every hole in the fringe area other than front left side of #13. Today was an epic weather day at Rustic. The three guys I was playing with had never played Rustic and can't wait to come back. Highly recommended