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We booked a twosome through Under Par. I did a little research before hand cause it is a bit of a trek out into the desert and was told that, until this year, the course was pretty strictly private with a small membership. I'll get back to that in a bit. Lots of older (in the retiree age group/didn't see a youth or anyone that looked under 65 all day) Canadian snowbirds as evidenced by the half USA/half Canadian flags on lots of the homes lining the fairways and on the members golf bags/private carts.

There is a restaurant/bar with meeting rooms which looks newly refurbished and is quite nice/quaint and reminiscent of the heydays back in the 50's and 60's

The course is not long. The fairways are not extremely wide, are lined with mature trees and the rough is relatively tall (you'll find your ball but it will be sitting a half inch or so below grass top level) so accuracy, not length is key here and scoring can be difficult till you get used to it. As such it is challenging and plays well for older and female golfers.

The Bermuda greens are rock hard (it is hard to make a deep pitch mark) so you must hit short and roll up to the hole. Fortunately, most greens are sloped up from front to back to allow for this but can be tough when the pins are up front. There are few large undulations or significant tiers. Bermuda is cut short and is in excellent condition so putts roll true with little break unless you are sideways to the hole, then there can be significant break.

The overall condition of the course is fantastic. Lined with desert homes around perimeter holes. Uniformly lush green grass and manicured to perfection without brown patches or weeds. Bright flower beds accent throughout. Just great to look at and wonderful to hit off of when in the fairways which are smooth and not full of divots. There are ponds as well but only really come into play on one hole.

Overall I'd say it is quite a gem in the desert. I'd definitely give it a 5 star rating but we only had one issue. The Under Par deal said free replay and my twosome definitely planned to play 36. When we called, we were told that members reserved tee times before 10:00 and carts needed to be in by 5-5:30. I asked for a little wiggle room and was given a slightly earlier tee time from a very polite starter. When we went to the first tee, were approached by two older ladies who said they were ahead of us. We compared tee times and they were actually behind us. They were not happy! (Now mind you, everyone was very friendly up to that point and this may just be an anomaly but...). Anyway, we played the first round VERY mindful that this was a mostly private course. We were quiet and polite, greeting everyone we came into contact with (and were greeted politely in return). We fixed our small pitch marks(remember the hard greens) and many that weren't ours, retrieved out divot scalps and replace them, sanded in divots which could not be replaced and stayed within the red and yellow stakes which are placed to guide carts to the paths approaching the greens and from the tee boxes (they do this presumably to prevent the grass from wearing out in high traffic areas and they move the stakes from time to time accordingly). When we finished the first 18, the started politely informed us that we had been reported by a member for being too close to the greens with our cart, which was not true. On the second 18 I paid close attention to the members finishing their rounds (we were absolutely alone on the second 18...it seems that few people start to play past 1:00) and saw them regularly bring their carts right up to greenside and near bunkers. This was also evidenced by the numerous cart tracks in the taller rough grass in these areas. I had to conclude that at least some of the members are not too happy about having their little private gem go public (and had been warned about this in advance) so be careful about being on your best behavior. I don't believe music in the carts, smoking (not one person had a cigarette or cigar) foul language and bad etiquette will go over too well.