dufferdan427

Played Woods Valley on 8/4 as first stop on our San Diego golf trip.

Nice course. Fun layout. Not overly difficult but can jump up and grab you if not paying attention. A variety of holes that make you use all your clubs. Enjoyed all the Par 3s. The greens were in very good shape, a little slow but consistent. Some hardpan areas along sides of fairways and in places you shouldn't be in but suspect the prolonged drought down here has something to do with that.

Staff in pro shop and restaurant were very nice and accommodating. Left my GPS in golf cart and they had it for me when I came back a couple of days later to get it. Awesome.

Pace of play was good since we started in the afternoon as a twosome - had to wait a bit on foursome in front but that is expected due to numbers. Bogged down a bit on the back nine as course allows nine-hole groups to fill the gaps between groups making the turn. Not a big deal except the long wait on 11 allowed the drunk idiots behind us to catch up and had to deal with their nonsense most of the back side.

Nice course layout. Not too difficult but will keep your attention. Greens were in bad shape since they had just been punched. Will play again when in the area.

Haven't played The Classic in a while but glad to see it is still a nice course. They have taken down a number of trees (but not too many) to open up the course a bit - I think it has been nicely done. Course conditions were excellent - fairway were well groomed, greens rolled nice as I remembered and pins were tucked in some unusually tight places (probably b/c it was US Open w/e) which made for a fun challenge. Pleasantly surprised we walked the course in 3 hrs and a Saturday - probably due to the Open and poor weather forecast (though it never rained and it was a comfortable 65F)