The Vineyard at Escondido

I would rate this course with a better score but they have no yardage markers anywhere? I'm old school and still use my eyes, so not a gps to the hole I miss shoot on distance inside 150yards. May be time I upgrade to a gps watch but I prefer my Xeric nasa moon landing watches for now. Still doesn't make sense they removed all the fairway yardage markers, at least have the 200, 150, 100 markers on the cart paths. Over all I'll play it again.

Fairways and Greens are pretty rough and chewed up.

Spotty grass in Fairways. Greens full of poorly and non-repaired pitch marks.
Golfers: Fix your stuff!
Course Maintenance: Fix the Greens and Fairways!

Worth the money...they could pay more attention to conditions of the bunkers as most are not kept up. Need more sand...or at minimum more attention from ground crew.

The starter was a mean senior guy. He was rude and let me have a not so good golfer as a shared ride. I explained him that I reserve the cart and tee time as a single. He was adamant and told me there is no guarantee I will be riding alone.

I was going there often, but now....🤨

Played on a very hot day but the greens were in good shape!

Played today and the conditions , other than the greens were poor. Lots of dead grass and then mud in the fairways. Rough was not maintained and bunkers were mud. Interesting layout and nice setting around the area. Seems like they over water in some areas and poor drainage through the course.

Thoughts on the Vineyards:
- The carts need some TLC. All the carts I saw had ripped seat cushions and mine had a broken USB charger. Also carts have no windscreen - would've been nice as it was windy and my hat kept getting blown off
- The bunkers need some work and fresh sand. Needed to fluff my lie to have a proper lie in the bunkers which was heavy with dirt and packed sand.
- Interesting that they have THREE putting greens but none of them allow chipping practice. Odd.
- The cart girl was regularly seen which was great.
- No ball washers on course...a remnant COVID decision that should be overturned.
- The greens were a bit confoudning....some were slow, others were slower. Judging speed was challenging
-Generally the course was in really good shape

I was given a cart that was literally falling apart. It had mechanical as well as cosmetic issues like the seats being ripped and cracked. When the cart wouldn't move, it was explained to me that I needed to reach down and manually move the brake petal toward the seat every time I wanted to accelerate. I wasn't offered a new cart. I was just told I had to deal with their "aging" fleet of carts. It is unacceptable for any course to let their customers use carts in this condition. It was annoying and borderline unsafe. This course is always packed and they clearly have the resources to purchase new carts.

Three some in front of us were late, so starter sent out single. We teed off 5 minutes late, but had no wait until hole #10. (played front 9 in less than 2 hrs)
Course conditions were good. Weather was warm & humid with lots of knats flying around.
Snackbar attendant was helpful.
Overall a good day.