mgoldhawk

Good deal on Father's Day, but it brought out the casual family golfers/beginners, and not enough power carts. Played behind two 5-somes, no marshals, pace of play was 3.5 hours for 12 holes - not good. Course was very dry and hard - lots of roll.

Course is generally open, links style play, though the par 3's have trouuble. Very happy with the condition of the course and the pace of play for a nice Friday afternoon. The city is a little soft on the weeds and the groundhogs. The huge gopher holes in the sand traps present probably the biggest challenge.

First time playing this course, and it exceeded expectations - especially at 5800 yds from tips. Landing areas were generally challenging. The highlight was definitely the back nine holes in the river valley. Very picturesque and some interesting "target golf" holes. Greens were in great shape - course staff was welcoming - even gave us a copy of the course guide, which did come in handy in the valley. Only downsides were the bunkers - which were a mess due to the heavy rainstorm two days earlier (which also wiped out their warm-up hole) - not sure what their normal condition of the bunkers is like. #18 is a simple hole that is not of the calibre of the rest of the course. Would be nice to end on something more memorable.