Played here 6/1 with Gold Coast Golf Association on a humid, but otherwise fine Monday morning. Men's club had course to themselves (as you'd expect on a Monday at a country club) with teams teeing of... Continue »

Played here 6/1 with Gold Coast Golf Association on a humid, but otherwise fine Monday morning. Men's club had course to themselves (as you'd expect on a Monday at a country club) with teams teeing off from holes 1 and 10 simultaneously, every 10 minutes between 8:30 and 9:30AM. Good strategy to limit the amount of times you'd catch a group, minimize bunches of groups at parking lot, and general congregation related to COVID-19 precautions. Didn't quite work out as planned, but the man who runs things for our group always manages to make things run. Course itself didn't look like it had been running a full maintenance crew since the virus started, so conditions were rather bland (especially visually) and took away some from the experience.

Tees: No issues I saw from whites. A few boxes here and there were a bit hardpan, blocking the tee from completely entering the soil, but it took nothing away from the golf (just move the tee). There were two holes that had tee markers placed in extreme left/right and made for tricky shot shaping with hazards/trees in light of sight and play.

Fairways: As my playing partner mentioned, not sure if grass was just dormant or simply not maintained, but fairways had lost most of the green color. They were just a tad crispy from sun exposure, but otherwise seemed to offer decent-good lies. Divot mix available in carts and people were using it.

Rough: Don't remember it being overtly penal, but the closer you got to the green, the more it seemed to punish. The areas here that are lateral hazards or simply OB are far more punishing.

Sand: Was only in one bunker (green side on 17th) and it was lacking in sand enough to notice. The shot came out clean but it required a darn good play, as you could feel the club nearly scrape the tarp lining the bottom.

Greens: The saving grace of the round. They were quick, not nearly as quick as most expected (and as their reputation goes), but many a putt ran well past if not judged right. They were also a bit more aesthetically pleasing which helps here visually seeing the shades of green corresponding to grass growth and complex contours. Divots were fixed by most everyone.

ETC: Carts had good juice to them but not GPS and there are a number of blind shots here that any golfer would benefit from having it. Only staff I saw were the maintenance crew, but even they were friendly. Course layout is fiendish at times with no flat lies anywhere (not even the parking lot is completely flat!). Local knowledge would help tremendously so if you play here, use a free GPS app to get a better idea of what to hit off the tee. Probably not worth the guest rate we paid of $85, but once it greens up and heals a bit from a 3 month break in maintenance, worth another shot.