Walked the Blues this afternoon 1/22/2018 at 12:10pm with Brian and a nice single Joe. POP was 4 hrs 30 minutes behind a full tee sheet for a Monday afternoon. Weather was breezy and in the high 60’s. Breeze died down some toward the end of the round. Used the last of a gift card so the last couple rounds were free. Their standard twilight rate is $22.00 to walk Monday through Thursday.
The greens were in very good shape and quicker than the last couple rounds I was out here. Several green complexes and pin placements made you really think today about how you were trying to get the ball close. They were rolling medium to quick speed and were in great shape with hardly any ballamarks. Along with the tees they were the highlight of the course. Rated 8/10
Speaking of the tees they were green, lush and mowed perfectly in good shape. Some divot damage on the par 3’s but not to bad. Rated 7.5/10
The fairways are dry and thinner and need some water and rain on them. Just enough padding on most lies. Rated 6/10
Was in greenside bunker on 7 and 18 that were more on the hardpan side but raked nicely. Rated 6.5/10
The greenside rough just around the fringes are nice, green and lush 8/10. Fairway rough is dry and spotty 6/10.
Rustic has some scoring holes on the front and numerous hang on tougher holes on the back nine. Great day for golf here today. Recommended for a fun round on a great layout with great greens if you can get by the current drier conditions in the fairways.
Soule Park Golf Course Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2017 for Ventura County
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#Recent Golf Course Review
GDR23 Posted: 12/04/17 6:56p Member Since: Mar 21, 2006 From: Thousand Oaks
Out this afternoon 12/4/2018 walking the orange tees joined by my buddy Mack and his buddy Brian and a nice single. We teed off at 11:50am 10 minutes early and finished at 4:20pm for a POP of 4 hrs 30 minutes–we played the front in 2 hrs and then had a 3 group back-up on #10 tee. Weather was beautiful maybe 1 club wind and around 70 degrees at tee off. Paid the walking twilight rate of $19.00 which considering how nice and lush the course is might be one of the best deals in Ventura County.
Golf Playing Conditions 7.29 GREAT
Soule Park should be commended on current conditions–very lush and green fairways with very little problem areas. Rated 8/10.
Greens looking and rolling beautiful. Very little to no ball marks, holding very softly on approaches and actually rolling medium to fast. In great shape. Rated 8/10.
Tees mostly level and lush–rated 7.5/10
Was not in any bunkers but they looked to be raked and in good shape.
Rough generally lush and green and in good shape. Rated 8/10.
I just love this course–especially for the rates they charge. New management is really keeping it up nicely for the start of December. Recommended.
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Played here 1-22 and had a great time. The weather was a mix of sunshine rain and wind at times. Never rained hard or very long and the wind was only an issue on a couple of holes then it went away.
The staff was great and welcoming. I was paired up with a nice guy from Texas and we played as a twosome. Had an 8:00 am tee time and we got off about 10 minutes early. We played at our own pace and finished in less than 4 hours. Never saw anyone behind us and the guys ahead moved along at a good pace.
The Review
The tees were in good shape with no problems finding good level spot to hit from.
Fairways are nice to hit from with good coverage and I never had a bad lie when I found the fairways.
The rough is about 2″ deep Bermuda and the ball really sits down making it tough to get out of at times.
I was in one green-side bunker and it had plenty of red sand. Not to soft and good to get out of.
If you watched the recent tournament, it was obvious that they had some issues with the greens due to more rain that usual in Dec. Now they have recovered except for a couple that still had some thin spots. On these greens the pins were away from the bad areas and we did not have any problems. These greens are huge and have lots of slopes to deal with. One of my shots landed short of the green and ran off the back (about 60 feet). long on these is not a good place to be.
This place is pricey but its a bucket list course so I was OK with the cost. The views are amazing and I even saw a whale breach off in the distance from one of the greens.
Greenskeeper.Org Awards Pelican Hill Golf Club – Orange County’s Best Playing Conditions 2017
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#Recent Golf Course Review
North Course
aakes90278 Posted: 07/31/17 5:27a Member Since: Dec 28, 2002 From: redondo beach
Golf Playing Conditions 7.65 GREAT
Played here on 7/28/17 with a 3:35 tee time. The twilight rate was $180 and we teed off right on time. I don’t get a chance to play here very often due to the rates but when I do I love it.
The course is just visually beautiful and the layout is tons of fun. We finished in four hours with very little waiting. There are many holes that require carry off the tee but the fairways are wide enough that it is not as intimidating as you might think. If you can get off the tee consistently then you can score well. The course conditions as you might expect were very good although I did fix quite a few ball marks and the greens were slower than usual but still putted well.
Overall, the course was 7 out of 10 but I am not sure paying the rack rate of $330 is for everyone. I get it though, the property is in a multi-billion dollar area with views everywhere and the homes in the several million so it fits the needs of this affluent community. However my pocketbook just can’t handle this sort of luxury too often.
Treat yourself to a twilight round if you get a chance! Other than price, this place rates high on my favorites list. After our round we went to the bar for drinks and food. We found the food just average though which was surprising considering the clientele. The SCGA has outings here for $160 which I think is a pretty good deal and you are guaranteed to finish.
South Course
ggonzales Posted: 04/19/17 10:35a Member Since: Mar 13, 2003 From: Anaheim
Golf Playing Conditions 7.50 GREAT
Played in a charity event on Monday morning 4/17, shotgun start scramble format. This is a top notch facility in customer service and the location of the course. Driving range was mats only and the putting green was on the small side with a putting contest going on, there are putting greens on the first tee but were under maintenance. Played the South from the blue markers and the course played tough.
Tee boxes were a little on the long side, Fairways were still dormant but had good coverage, rough is up a little and need to keep an eye on your ball because it settles down out of sight. Greens were very receptive and rolled true. Lots of subtle breaks and elevation changes on the green complexes. Club selection is tricky due to the change in wind direction and uphill and downhill shots.
Course would be a tough walk. Bring your camera because each hole has great views. Pace of Play (POP) was 5 1/2 hours due to the tournament.
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Got together with some No Cal friends on a Friday morning 10:30 and 10:37 tee times. When we arrived at the course, the sun was out and thought it was going to be beautiful but the fog rolled in and made it pretty cold. Used a $49 for 2 Golf Moose voucher. Check in was easy enough and we loaded the carts and off we went. Having never played here, the starter drove us to the tee and gave us a brief overview. This really helped so nice job. 90 degree rules which was great
Fairways were generous and surprisingly in pretty good shape despite the winter weather. Wide fairways with good lies helped with some of my friends who don’t play a lot. Was only one bunker and it was fine and I heard of no complaints from the others. The rough was lush green but not difficult to get out of. Greens were pretty nice. Not real fast but rolled nicely.
I really enjoyed playing here. The fairways wind through Sun City homes, through some marsh areas and there are a couple of neat holes. Even though the fairways are generous, there are some bunkers strategically placed in the middle so some thought off of the tee is needed. I wouldn’t call this course easy as my friend did but it is a fun layout. The only drawback on this day was the cold weather but want to come back and play again. Really nice folks in the restaurant and the food was good as well as we stopped in after to have a bite.
Goose Creek Golf Club Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2017 for the Inland Empire
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#Recent Golf Course Review
xcamman Posted: 01/10/18 2:01p Member Since: Dec 6, 2002 From: Valencia, CA
Goose Creek Golf Club Mira Loma California GK Review Guru Visit – Hole 18 view from Tee Box
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Golf Playing Conditions 7.43 GREAT
Played this morning at 6:50 with three other friends. Goose is one of my favorite courses but was wondering how it would play after the last two days of rain. All considering, the course drains out pretty well.
There was some water in the bunkers, but moved my ball a club length. In the two bunkers I was in shots had a little too much bounce with my wedge on the wet sand. I bogeyed both holes. Not their fault, mine. They let us us drive the carts on the fairways so, apparently they didn’t think it was that wet. Greens were great considering winter conditions right now.
We played in under four hours. The course is a ways from my stomping grounds, but always a joy to play.
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Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club Dinuba California – Hole 14
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Playing Conditions 7.45 GREAT
Always a decent course on the Central Valley stop. Cencalhack did an excellent job describing conditions and the layout of the course. Greens remain the strong point of the course. They are fairly large with some challenge but predictable breaks. Carts offer pin sheets with greens broken down into thirds so the pin sheet will just give you a front , middle or back location.
Fairways are dormant but still very playable. Tee boxes on the par 3’s were all in need of some Maintanence. they were horrible. All of the other tee boxes were decent. I agree, the course plays harder than it suggests. The main thing here is keeping your tee shot in the fairway and out of a fairway bunker. as long as you do that it’s a very scoreable course in that there’s not much trouble around the greens outside the traditional bunkering
Ridge creek also makes you feel like your actually at a GOLF course and not just a random field with 18 flagsticks. By that, I mean, they have a nice rock waterfall entrance, a great practice area (grass range, multiple chipping and full wedge stations) and the pro shop & restaurant buildings actually have some nice architectural design to them.
Yes, this course is in the middle of nowhere but it doesn’t feel like it once you enter the grounds
Greenskeeper.Org Awards Half Moon Bay Golf Links – Northern California’s Best Playing Conditions 2017
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mpisarski01Posted: 07/24/17 4:13p Member Since: Feb 11, 2012 From: Costa Mesa
Enjoyed my 100th Course played by choosing The Ocean Course at Half Moon Bay. This course is a links style course over looking the water and we got the full links/ open championship treatment with fog, mist, and wind during our morning round.
The Review
The Course was in top condition with the Golf Now AM tour teeing off right after us. Tough pins and tall rough. All of the greens were perfect and consistent.
Playing Conditions 9.18 IMMACULATE
They had some tough pin locations on course due to the tournament and that didnt help our scores much but after learning the speeds nothing was too terrible.
Tee’s and fairways were cut perfect and consistent throughout the course and had nothing that would take away and major ratings. The fairways are wide and leave you with plenty of options from the tee’s and with the course not being overly long you can choose to layup.
The rough is quite the beast on this course it was wet from the fog/mist and caused your club to grab hard on all shots out of the rough. If you go too far you will fine the Fescu which was cut to about 5 inches and was not super thick to were you could not find your ball but long enough to make you think twice before blasting out of it.
The only down side of this course is hole 15-18 share a public path to the beach from the Ritz Carlton on site. These people are all over the place and the path is parallel with the holes . If you go offline you can easily take out a person. Also they are not quiet as most are on vacation and talk very loud as you are trying to hit.
The Bottom-line
Overall it is an amazing place to play with the views of the ocean on many of the holes (If its not foggy) and well worth the reasonable price of $140. I will be back.
Old Course
rich888rich Posted: 06/09/16 9:30p Member Since: Sep 22, 2014 From: San Francisco
Playing Conditions 8.03 GREAT
First time playing the Old Course yesterday. In general, the course is well maintained. Fairway ways are green and the greens are in excellent shape. However, the bunkers are in poor shape: they are either have little sand, hard pan, or under repair. For the price they charge, there are no GPS on carts and no complimentary bottled water on the course. Another issue is that houses are very close to the fairways ans seems like your see more backyards than fairways.
The course is not too difficult to play. The #18 signature hole offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and with the Ritz Carlton in the background. The tee shot is quite intimating.
The green fees are quite pricey, unless your can get a very good deal, otherwise, play somewhere else.
