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I've always loved Legacy Club's layout and practice area. But the greens could be better sometimes. They were fantastic today. Pace of play was excellent, and shout out to a top notch beverage cart that we saw 4x during our round. Fast and efficient.

This course has quickly become one of my favorites. from the staff, to the pro shop, to the golf course itself which has a fantastic layout, everything is fantastic.

This course feels like a hybrid of Lakewood National Piper and the original Esplanade course. It's better than both of those. I place it below Lakewood National Commander and above Piper.

Well stocked pro shop for shark apparel and the pro was great to talk with. Very modern and stylish.

They have issues with the beverage cart. We first saw the beverage cart on the 18th green. We saw the attendant in the snack bar with the scan bar attendant, and she promised she was about to go through the back 9. Never did. Said there were technical difficulties when we saw her at the 18th green and asked why we had never seen her in the course that day .

First time playing Classic Club which came recommended from others both before and during my trip. I am thankful for these recommendations because Classic Club was my favorite Palm Springs course. I played.

The Golfweek, Golf Digest, Golf Magazine ratings for this course will certainly be returning to the top 10 in California now that they've installed their outstanding new bunkers.

Service - 10
Driving Range - 10
Layout - 10
Conditions - 10
Fun Factor - 10
Challenge - 9
Overall - 10

This course is so solid from start to end. I cannot recall a boring or throwaway hole, with #1 being the weakest and the holes only getting better from there. The layout is just fantastic with a perfect balance of fun/challenge/visual appeal.

I played this course last and it really made me appreciate just how balanced the layout is and how superb the conditions were. It was the only course I played that truly felt like a destination course with no houses, condos, facilities or other eyesores to distract from the beautiful views.

I can recommend Classic Club without reservations to anyone.

Played the Ram's Hill yesterday. First time playing Ram's Hill, definitely not the last.

Golfweek has Ram's Hill rated #4 in California, just behind Spyglass Hill and above Torrey Pines South and Rustic Canyon. That seems about right to me, when though Rustic Canyon is my all time favorite golf course.

Service - 10
Driving Range - 8
Layout - 10
Conditions - 9
Fun Factor - 10
Challenge - 8
Overall - 9

This course is simply incredible. I love smart, fun courses and that's the heart of Ram's Hill. The service, carts, clubhouse, etc. are all fantastic, but the course is the star of this show so I'm skipping those things, which I rarely do.

The greens were running at 11.5 the day I played and they rolled like a billiard table. Breaks are subtle but grain is not a major factor thankfully. Bunkers are well placed and penal to gobble up errant shots. Since virtually every hole offers multiple ways to play it along the risk reward scale, you can choose to challenge or avoid them. Once you've navigated to your approach shot, the fun begins. Even though this a Tom Fazio course, the greens feel like Gil Hanse had a hand in them, meaning you often can use slopes and green complexes to be creative. Again, you have multiple options to choose from on most every approach shot. This is top shelf and exactly what I love in a golf course. The only disappointment for me was green receptivity, which I believe was intentional to force you into being creative with those slopes and truly punish you for taking the wrong lines into the green.

In summary, this course trades ocean views for mountain views, and is as balanced a course for challenge/fun as you will find. I can't recommend it enough. It's worth every minute of the drive there, and I'll find an excuse to get back and play it again ASAP.

Played the Stadium course yesterday. First time playing at La Quinta or the Stadium Course.

The Stadium course is notoriously difficult, and rightfully so. I was lucky to draw a husband and wife duo who were a 3 and 9 handicap respectively, that had played there multiple times.

Service - 10
Driving Range - 9
Layout - 8
Conditions - 7
Fun Factor - 9
Challenge - 10
Overall - 8

The course starts off mildly with some tight, narrow holes that require you to hit the fairway or accept a bogey. You must then hit the green or accept a bogey. If you hit the wrong part of the green you must accept a bogey. It's more fun than it sounds.

This is the tone for the entire course. Pete Dye gives you an assignment, you just follow his directions to complete the assignment. You have options on most holes but there's always one shot that requires you do something exactly right or pay a price.

The par 3's and 5's stand out in particular, and there famous closing stretch lives up to the hype.

I can easily recommend any single digit play this course at least once. Higher handicaps should go into it with the right expectations to have a memorable day. Regardless of score, simply playing some of the holes exactly right will be immensely rewarding and provide good memories and stories after the round.

One of our favorite layouts. Great mix of risk reward holes and challenging strategic holes.

The conditions are improving. The bunkers are wonderful after being redone last year, the greens were good but not refreshed as you would hope after the maintenance closure.

The driving range was shot. No grass to be had at 8:45am.

Saw the beverage cart many times and she was fast and efficient the one time we bought some Gatorades from her. Thumbs up for that.

Now for the biggest problem, easily fixed. Pace of play. They need at least one ranger steadily reversing the course. The group in front of us has two holes open in front them.

If they bumped the greens from 7/10 to 8/10, the rough comes into season, and they hire a ranger, they would increase return bookings by 50% and membership by 25%.

I hope they do because they're sitting on a choice layout.

I prefer the Lakes course as it seems less congested and residential compared to the Forest course. Greens were the best part of playing there yesterday. Rolled great and were very receptive. Fairways and tees were good, and the rough is pretty scrubby. Overall a good option.

I love both Wildcat and Big Blue. Solid layouts, good conditions, fun to play.

Course is in pretty good shape, is fairly fun and definitely challenging.

Staff was exceptional.

One of my favorites in Lexington because of the condition of the course and the strategy required when you choose the right tee box to play from. Can be pricey without a deal and not worth more than $45.00 to play.

In my opinion the Big Blue course is one of the top 3 courses in the area. The layout is fantastic. You are never near a house and the scenery is gorgeous. The course requires smart play from tee to green to get to the pins. The back 9 is challenge for any golfer with the final 4 holes being as tough as any around.

Love this course. Great layout that is firm but fair. Excellent greens, best of anywhere in town.

3 stars because of the ranger. I appreciate when courses have a ranger to keep pace of play going smoothly. But a bad ranger can ruin a round and this one did. He pulls up and asks our group (as we are sitting waiting for the group in front to move so we can to hit), "how long do you think a round of golf should take?"

We answer four hours. He says our group is twenty minutes behind. We point to the group in front of us. He says speed it up and pulls off, rather than apologize.

Terrible approach, miserable way to handle slow play and he should be in a different position at the course.

Now how many reviews he is mentioned in.

I'm the one who convinced our tour to book here instead of Bardmoor and this dashed an otherwise unanimous feeling that we made the right choice.

We will be back, but if the same happens that would be the end.

If there is a better conditioned public course in St. Pete I have yet to find it. Greens are fantastic, fairways are in good shape and the layout is fun but fair.

I really like this course. The layout makes for a challenging but fun round of golf. The fairways are a little tight both in size and condition. Greens are in good shape and receptive to spin from different shots, within reason.

Very challenging layout and fast greens (9.6 on the stimpmeter the day I played). Well maintained conditions and a good test of golf for sure.

Course conditions were good, pace of play and the staff was amazing and the course is good overall. I do not believe it is worth nearly $40 to play however as it is a pretty straightforward FL style golf course and doesn't hold up well in comparison to other courses on GolfNow for the same price.

Good value with a nice layout but the greens are basically gone. Staff is friendly and the pace of play was faster than average.