Fazzer9978

It rained hard just 2 days ago and the fairways and greens were sloppy wet with standing water in dozens of places Course should have been cart path only cuz now there are hundreds of tire mark ruts all across every fairway. The greens need a major ball mark repair program to teach everyone how to repair their ball mark plus two others. Also need to have ranger on course to speed up the slow groups.

The greens are in terrible shape with thousands of old unrepaired ball marks among the encroachment of crabgrass and bare spots. They had been aerated and sanded recently and are horribly bumpy. I used to play here almost weekly a few years ago but since the greens are so bad now it’ll be a few years before I go back.

The course was in great shape from the tee boxes to the fairways to the greens, even tho the greens had been “top dressed“ this morning. Had to look for a few of the proper tees hidden by the 4 feet tall natural grasses! Shots into the greens barely left ball marks and putting was true and average speed. Wasn’t in a trap all round but some needed work to mirror the excellent condition of the fairways. Temp was in low 90’s and course had bottled water in cooler on cart! Nice touch. Pace of play could have been better but threesome if front would not let us(a twosome) go thru so we waited on most shots.Still made it around in 4 hours and 10 minutes
Only (minor) disappointment was that I had heard the course had reopened with layout changes making it close to a links style course I guess I was misinformed!
Got a great deal on TeeOff.com but still paid $51. Saw that regular greens fee is $95 Will come back again when I find a deal as good or better than today.

Pace of play was beyond excellent as we played as twosome in 2 hours and 35 minutes with only a threesome in front of us and they let us thru when we caught them on 10th tee. Greens have crabgrass encroaching on edges of most of them and were not real smooth. Was 93+ degrees and no water or beverage cart on course. Sand traps showed a lot of work since last time we were here which was after the monsoon on August 15-16-17.
Overall it was much much better than most courses recently especially magnolia green and birkdale!!

The course is still very wet even with no rain in last 4-5 days. No starter to control tee times -seemed like groups were jockeying for position not knowing who’s up or next! Traps need work. Whatever sand is in them is hard packed and needs raking badly. Pace of play was adequate-4 1/2 hours and we stayed up with group in front of us but they were at least one full hole behind. Temp in low 70’s made all issues bearable !!

Greens recently aerated 3 days ago so very bumpy. Wasn’t worth the “deal” we got on Golfnow

Played today in 95* heat and finished in 3:20. Water coolers on course had no ice so water was almost warm. No drink cart at all. Course missed out on sales of cold water and Gatorade!!! Greens were aerated yesterday but still were in really good shape. Tees and fairways were also in really good condition, and I was in most of the fairways and shot a tidy 71 ( -1) even with a bogey on the last hole.

Considering the 2-3 inches of rain in the past 3 days, the course was in great condition. There were wet areas on some fairways, but they were few and far between. We did not see any traps with standing water and the grass over most of the tees, fairways and rough had even been cut recently. The greens are in good-to-great shape. Had expected much wetter or “sloppy” conditions and was pleasantly surprised !!