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How can anybody be critical of a day playing golf in beautiful weather on Dove Mountain with hardly anyone on the course. I guess when you play there and pay a premium price you expect a lot. This is our third time over the last 2 years and this time we have a couple of gripes. Firstly there is a mandatory $5 pp surcharge Over and above your green fee termed a cart fee for the “shark experience”. It is nothing more than a ripoff that Greg Norman has sold certain courses and installed in their cart gps. We ended up using our Garmins as the cart yardage was to the middle of the green unless you fiddled with the thing. Secondly the sand traps were raked but have not been worked properly. There was an inch or so of top sand but a hardpan base. Your club bounced and guess where your sand shot ended up. Thirdly, and this could have been just our particular day, the pin placements were Sunday “big tournament” evil placements. We are all around 5 handicap players so not scratch but not 15 either. The pin placements made the experience less enjoyable than it should have been. All in al a great day in the sunshine with friends but somewhat disappointed in Dove Mountain.

Good layout, fairways were average condition, greens not so good. Like a lot of courses the traps needed conditioning. Apparently this years colder winter weather was a problem. If the greens were in great condition the course would be an excellent value. Will play it again even given the above as it is a good layout and good value.