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I played Ocotillo on Thursday, Feb 24. An afternoon round. Really nice facility. Great day.

However, when we finished, I left my cart speaker/GPS on the cart when we finished. We were among the final players off the course that day. Within 20 minutes of leaving the course, I realized my error. I immediately called the club. The Pro Shop was already closed, so I left a message.

I called back first thing Friday morning. I was told they had received my message and had checked the carts in the garage. The speaker/GPS was not there. At that point, it had not been turned in. They took my name and contact information and told me they’d continue to check, and let me know if it “turned up”. I called again today. No luck.

There is no question that it was taken by an employee. There was no one else left there to grab it from the cart. If they have employees stealing things from customers (again, we were among the last players on the course - there was nobody else there to grab it), then it is a place I don’t want to patronize.

I recognize that had I not forgotten to take the magnetized unit off of the cart, this wouldn’t be an issue. That’s on me. But I also know that what should have happened was their cart crew should have taken it off when they returned the cart to the cart garage, and turned it into the Pro Shop, hopefully to be returned to the rightful owner.

I won’t go there again, and I’ll share this story with others considering their playing options in this area.

I have played enough golf to understand that, sometimes, things are just going to be slow. Beautiful day, course is full, play just naturally slows down. Not sure I’ve ever really understood exactly why it happens, but it does and I accept that.

What happened today at Timberline, there was no legitimate excuse. Now, we were a twosome so I fully expected to have to wait a little bit for threesomes and foursomes in front of us.

What I DID NOT expect, and CAN NOT accept, was the group of seven guys playing two groups in front of us. Yes, you heard me right.....seven. Behind them, and directly in front of us, was a group of ten people. Only four women were playing, but the sheer size of the entourage was distracting. Plus, on almost every tee box, some of the players hit multiple tee shots.

Finally, behind us were two young boys. Very good players. What I assume to be the parents of one or both of them, were riding in a Carr, watching them play. On its face, not a problem. But the parents constantly drive up to where we were, Be it inthe fairway, or on the green, to watch the boys’ shots come in. Only problem is that it was another major annoyance, to have someone drive up and park near you when preparing to make a shot. They were either oblivious, or simply didn’t care. Either way, very rude.

Finally, in an attempt to address the log jam and cluster of humanity moving so tediously slowly in the two groups ahead of us, I called the pro shop. A Marshall came out, never talked to us, and obviously never addressed the issue because it continued through 18.

Wanted to talk to someone in the Peo Shop when we finished. Nobody there.

My observation is that this is a members dominated track (it is a semi-private course) and that there are NO RULES for members.

I’m absolutely certain the folks at Timberline couldn’t possibly care less that I’ll never go there to play again, but I thought I’d share my experience with those contemplating weekend play there.

Too bad, really not a bad course. In fact, other than being extremely dry and basically hitting off hard pan fairways all day, it’s got a lot of character and some very pretty golf holes.

Enjoyed course. Challenging. Lots of trouble. Great condition.

Nice track. Greens a little rough. Far too May players fail to repairs ball marks. I was repairing 4-5 on nearly every green. Pace of play a little slow.

Outstanding staff and course. Excellent experience.