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Out of the Long Beach courses, Big Rec would be considered the easiest: not a ton of trouble, only real protection are some hills and length.

If you're looking for a tough day, skip Big Rec.

If you're looking for a relaxing round, Big Rec will be fine.

PoP is good really early (6AM start can finish in nearly 3.5 hours), but can back up later in the day.

Having played Royal Vista multiple times, I based my ratings on the most recent visit.

Tee boxes: poor. Definitely needs maintenance. I've played here about a half dozen times, and they definitely need maintenance on it. All boxes had way too much grass, some were too hard for a tee, some were ok for a tee.

Fairway: fine. You were rewarded for a good shot, definitely.

Rough: if there isn't some tournament happening soon, then the rough was too much.

Greens: good roll, receptive to quality strikes. Greens were definitely the best part of my most recent RV visit.

POP: a bit of slowness, even with the marshal moving about. Some more encouraging could have moved the POP a bit more.

Toughest (and best) greens for all of the Long Beach courses, definitely.

Tee boxes were great: obvious cut, tee's went in well, etc.

POP was an issue (even at 6:44AM tee time), marshal's definitely need to help move along groups more often.

When Skylinks was booked, rain wasn't in the forecast for an early AM round. Once I got there, a bit of misting that turned into drizzle for the front nine. Overall, Skylinks held up well with very few muddy spots.