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Let's see--a driveable p4, forced carries, a couple of blind shots, multi-tiered greens, water, one of the longest, but playable, p5 holes anywhere. FANTASTIC conditions and a layout to match. I'd play here every day if I could.

The Korn Ferry Tour was just in town and final day's pins were still in place--What a test!! The greens may have been the best I've ever seen. Fairways were impressive too. Great practice facility, friendly staff. If you play the black tees, beware: 727yd p5, 258yd p4, and the 18th is a 500yd p4!! I was +6 on the day, 5 of those strokes were lost on those 3 holes.

What. A. Course. Wonderfull greens, spectacular elevation changes, beautiful setting. And hard. Pay attention to the slope/rating for your tees if you aren't looking to beat yourself up all day.

The good--Gorgeous setting!! Great layout with some very challenging shots! I could do without the mega-mansions all over the course, but they too were impressive! The greens were receptive, fast and rolled very nicely except for all the unrepaired ball marks. This was a 1:15 tee time, so the course had seen a fair amount of usage by then. The one bunker I was in had excellent sand. Lots of water coolers on the course. All the staff members were friendly and helpful.

The bad--To start, the range was pretty beaten up, and the golf balls looked like chew toys collected from the local humane society. Fairways were the worst I've played on in a long time--sparse grass, muddy, unfilled divots. I don't understand how Troon gets away with charging what they do with conditions like this. I found a seemingly great deal to play this renowned course ($43), but would not return at half that rate.

One of four golf courses in the Sun City Grand neighborhood, and you can always count on a great golf experience. Conditions are generally top-notch, and the courses offer a fair challenge balanced with playability for everyone. It seems they are prepping for overseed, so fairways and greens are a little firmer/faster than a week ago.

Local tip--combo tee boxes are available online. I don't understand why they aren't on the scorecards.

Where to start? The setting is fantastic. Secluded, quiet--there are only a few times you may be made aware of other golfers anywhere nearby. The layout is challenging, so don't expect to come here for your first visit and "go low". It's probably too hard (some of the bunkers are brutal), but I enjoy a good test.

Visually the course is stunning, with lots of elevation changes and undulations. The greens are tough--fast, but fair. One surprise, lots of un-repaired ball marks. This isn't a cheap course and I'd expect better etiquette.

I love the water and ice stations, which are an ice and water machine, so you never roll up to an empty water jug. (It was 110 F today) But there is only one per side, so fill up when they appear!

The practice facility is top notch, but arrive early for your round if you plan to take advantage. It's got to be 1.5 miles from the pro shop.

This course should high on your to-do list!

Enjoyed it enough to come back a 2nd consecutive day!

Fun day of golf. Fairways were firm and fast and gifted me a couple of LONG (for me) drives. The greens were fantastic. They rolled well, not too fast, and didn't have many un-repaired ball marks.

A few dings: there could have been more water jugs on the course, and I didn't see a ranger all day. Finally, why do you allow 5-somes? I can maybe understand if it's 5 solid local golfers, but that was soooo not the case here.

The Troon courses I've played in the past always left me wanting more. In particular, course conditions have always been 5-star. Not this course. The upside, it's a fun layout with some spectacular elevation changes--a mountain style course minutes from the city.

Five-somes seem to be a regular occurence at Sun City courses, and I'm tired of getting stuck behind them. No ranger to be seen. The greens here are rather challenging, which doesn't help with pace of play. In general the house is rock-hard--greens were difficult to hold, and taking a divot in the fairways was almost painful.What looked like a great deal turned out to be a day of standing around, waiting, with four and five groups on a hole at many times.

The greens needed a trim on some holes, needed some grass on others, some were okay. Enjoyed the course otherwise. Would return on the hopes that the greens had improved, but would more likely return to the north course.

The biggest ding on the course was they sent our group out as a 5-some. I don't appreciate that--I feel rushed to keep the pace of a normal 4-some.

4 stars overall if we had been a 4-some.

The greens were in great shape, the fairways were nice, and bunkers had good sand. I'd return.

Not in the finest condition, but a fun and fair test of golf.

What a wonderful layout!!

The front nine is relatively flat and open, with beautiful mountain backdrops. Shot selection is straight forward--what you see is what you get.

The back nine follows the contours of the surrounding hills, making for some exciting elevation changes and challenging blind shots.

On the negative side, the greens from front to back were quite variable, and some of the sand traps are turning into grass bunkers. There was no food and beverage service the day we played.

There's a great variety of holes here, the terrain is excellent!

Was sent out as a single, in a cart, which made for a round that felt "slow".

Great old course, just wish there was a little more space between some of the holes.

Great course, with three distinct nines--the Ridge is my favorite, with frequent elevation changes and some challenging blind shots. Well worth the drive from Denver, especially on a hot summer's day.

The course is fair and fun except for a 4-hole stretch called "The Gauntlet", holes 9 thru 12 I believe. This was reason enough not to play here again. Add to that the rough course conditions, and golfers beware!

On a positive note, the greens were in much better shape than the rest of the course. Putts rolled nicely, although VERY slowly.

Four Mile can be tricky, with a fair number of blind shots, but the variety in the layout is great. But the shots to blind greens are into punch bowls, so just get it in the zip code! The conditions were a little rough-- early season, maybe?

Fun layout, mixed course conditions--some parts were in great shape, other parts need repair (some of which were under repair when I played).