Tony2383875

Friendly staff. Challenging course. Some Fairways appear to be headed for a very tough summer.

The course was/is a fun place to play. It is obvious the course staff works hard to maintain a quality venue and pleasing experience. On this occasion, however, we left the course with distaste for the outing. We booked our tee time through GolfNow for a 1:49 p.m. start for 18 holes. At 5:00 (with 3 holes left to play) we were asked to leave the course due to a full-course shotgun-start league. The tee time should have never been offered or the scheduling made clear prior to purchase.

There on vacation. Pro shop and restaurant staff were very friendly and responsive. They did however plan to make a 'fivesome' out of three singles and a twosome. Luckily the fifth didn't show. That group would have comprised myself (an 8 handicap from most second sets of tees) a senior (good senior player, not long but probably a 10+- from appropriate tees) a twosome that complained of being grouped with others and proved to be extreme novices in their level of play, pace of play, and other course etiquette and basic 101 procedures. Who knows what the fifth may have presented. Needless to say pace of play suffered even though we all played from the tees of the marshall's 'guidance'. The course is situated in a residential community and it has plenty of homes to distract a recreational player. I didn't see this in any of the online information I found. Not what I look for in 'vacation' golf. It's apparent that the superintendent works diligently to provide a well maintained property in typically arid conditons with lots of traffic. Not sure I will play there again as there are too many choices in the area for a vacationer.

Playing this course was fun and challenging. Nothing about the design seemed forced or neglected. It was in acceptable condition for a property that seemingly gets a lot of daily and special-events play. I can imagine it in its 'glory days'--top-tier. There appeared to be a few improvement/renovation projects going on but nothing to detract from the golf. The only negative in that regard is that several structures in the surrounding complexs were deteriorating. Course is somewhat tight (trees) but very playable for the recreational player. Overall experience will lead to another visit.