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Fairways are in great shape. Like the lawn in your well-maintained front yard. Greens are turtlenecks (Ross design) and tough to even 2 put successfully.
Decent pace of play. Don't let your ego get the best of you, move up a set of tees to really enjoy your round, especially if there is a prevailing breeze

Great test of your golf skills. For a more enjoyable round, play one set of tees closer than usual. Put your ego aside because the hazards on every hole will humble you immediately. Even the lo g hitters will end up in trouble. This course forces pinpoint accuracy.
A very challenging round but the scenery makes up for everything else. Be sure to bring extra balls. O ce you go off the fairway the bramble will rip you up. And they cut it back.. Good luck and enjoy.

Although the course is short, there are several holes that make for a great challenge. Fairways a little damp and greens still slow from past rain. Biggest problem is that the course attracts that either don't understand letting faster players play through or just don't care. a drive through by a marshall every hour or so could remedy this inconvenience. I had to wait on every shot and putt of the twosome I was following. one of them could barely get the balll off from the tee box but would wait until the group on the green ahead of him was done putting, even tho he was at least 200yd out. You get the picture.

Interesting layout, especially the back 9. Plays narrow with lots of hills.. Many areas of the course have been recently resoded and its just starting to take. Same for many of the greens.
One foursome backed up the course and added an hour to the round. At the turn, this group had 4 groups waiting for them to tee off on 10. Being 90, sunny and humid just added to the misery of slow play. There was no one behind us. We should have just gone back and played the front side again.
Other than the slow play, on another day and at a faster pace, this would be a fun course to play

This course gives plenty of room to swing away. Very open fairways with bunkers running some interference. Greens were large with very predictable breaks. Once we passed the slow 3 some for the back nine, our pace of play play really picked up. It does seem to play longer than the yardage indicates or maybe I was just a little tired. Looking forward to playing here again.

Great conditions for golf in December. Greens were running fast, even in damp conditions. Pace seemed a bit slow, but we still finished in 3 1/2 hours.
Thankfully all of the tall grass and bushes were significantly trimmed so finding stray balls was fairly easy.
With a discounted rate us locals were finally able to afford the green fee.

Course is in great shape. Played midweek after noon. Followed a 4some of members and guests. They played ridiculously slow and 1 looked like they were a beginner. We had to wait on every tee and shot on the fairway. We were a 2 some. They never asked us to play through, even though we were waiting for them to tee off on every hole. The next group was always a hole and a half ahead of them .
We finally just jumped ahead of them on 10 and never saw them again.
I hope this is not typical of the other members. We've had a similar experience at Etowah

Fairways in great shape. Pin placement was for a tournament, not regular play. Lots of flags on slopes or in sucker palcements for an aproach shot. Made for an interesting round. My biggest critique is that there oare no markers of any kind to give you distance to the green; no 150 poles or markings on the cart path. If you don't have a laser, you're up the creek. Course was busy, but we finished in 3 1/2hr.
Anything off the fairway was in deep enough grass that you had to walk over your ball to find it.
All in all, an enjoyable day.

Course is in great condition, except greens are spotty, but still fast and not holding pitches and chips. Cost me a lot of extra putts.
Less expensive than Beaver Creek and more challenging and fun.
Definitely a must play in the Vail area.

Played on a Wednesday midday after a freeze delay. Sun was out and it warmed up nicely. No one in front of us. Played in under 3 hrs only because we had to look for a few lost balls.

55, blue skies and sunny on a Sunday, late morning. Course was basically empty when we teed off at 11am.
Other than some spotty areas on some greens, Course is in good shape for this time of year.

There was an outing in progress, but the started got us out immediately ahead of a couple of foursomes (we were a 2some) so we wouldnot have to wait. The front 9 was a touch slow, but we were still done in under 2 hours. At 10 we jumped ahead of 3 foursomes who were drinking to the 12th tee box. The rest of the back 9 flew and we finished with 10 and 11.
A very pleasurable afternoon,

2nd time I played this course. Forgot how long the forced carries actually are. Unless you hit consistent bombs with your driver, move up a set of tees. Pay attention to the flat areas of the tee boxes.
My only real complaint is that they were doing a lot of maintenance all over the course, including spraying the turf next to us while we were playing. I am concerned about possible exposure to toxins.
On 15, if you can go for it and cut the corner, you will be very close to the green. You'll see when you get to that hole.

Great fun. Lots of interesting holes. Most of the time you have to find trouble. Tee boxes a little beat up, but the greens, for the most part, were in good shape. Sand is very thin in the bunkers. Good luck getting out.
The starter and cart girl are wonderful.

We played on July 4 at 2:30. No one ahead of us and no one behind us. Great pace of play. Tee boxes for most holes were in good shape. Fairways and greens were all in good shape.
There are a number of hole layouts with the greens and pin placements that make you have to decide whether to go for it or play more conservative. There are a good number of tee shots that let you grip it and rip it. In many places, if you miss the fairway wide, good luck finding your ball.
All in all, it was a very enjoyable round.

This is a fun course to play with the 2 distinctly different 9s. Fairways were in good condition considering how much rain that had just come down over the weekend.
My biggest complaint and criticism regards the condition of the tee boxes. Thousands of rounds are played each year and the course pays no property taxes. So, it time to spend a few dollars and at least seed the tee boxes. Their condition is horrible. On many holes we're putting a tee into bare ground. This is ridiculous. This needs to be fixed immediately this season. If the current management continues to refuse to do this simple fix, their contract should be canceled. Get someone like Kemper mgt to take over.

This course reminds me of playing in Florida. Narrow fairways lined with heavy trees-bushes, creeks and ponds. Greens were running exceptionally slow today. Lots of forced carries that come into play if you mess up your shot. Otherwise they're just a distraction.
With some good course management it's plays pretty easy. Definitely would play here again.

A nice day of golf but.... there are no pictures, diagrams, maps of the holes. For a first visit to the course, many if the holes were hard to navigate. C'mon put a map on the scorecard. Also, would you please set the tee box markers on a flat area. The fairways have very few flat lies. At least give us a fighting chance off the tee.
Thanks for the suckered pin positions today from uneven lies in the fairways. At least the greens fan true. No surprise breaks.