Played Quail Lodge 12/4/16 along with fellow GK Guru Krajon01 as part of the GK Review Guru outing. Quail Lodge is beautiful, 18 hole golf course nestled in the Carmel Valley, about 10 minutes from Pebble Beach and 17 Mile Drive.

The course is perfectly tucked into the canyon between the Santa Lucia Preserve to the west and, and Carmel Highlands to the east. The course wraps around an established development of homes on the front and back side along with the lodge residences, with the Carmel River snaking around sections of the course.

The course plays at 6400+ from the tips, and is a mix of challenging par 3’s, narrow par 4’s and doglegged par 5’s.

The course is on par with what you would expect when it comes to playing in the Monterey Peninsula. Fairways, greens, bunker complex’s, and overall playing surface are exquisite, and as good or close to the Pebble Beach Company Courses.

To me, the signature of of this course is the small postage stamp greens which are firm, fast, pure, and true. These greens rival championship courses frequented by the PGA Tour.

Another feature that stands out to me is the bunker complex’s which were fair, yet provided a challenge with their depth and size throughout the course.

I enjoyed the course as a whole, from check-in to finish. The starter, cart attendants, and pro shop staff are welcoming, and very informative.

While technically a resort course with private membership, guests do not need to stay at the lodge to play.

The course is affordable, fun, fair and challenging. I cant wait to go back and play it again.

Really beautiful course on the sunny side of the Carmel area. The course was in absolutely beautiful shape. Very neat contours inside of the Carmel Valley canyons with great views. The course was narrow and quite demanding off the tee. The fairways of poa annua grass were absolutely immaculate. If you hit it in the fairway you were guaranteed an outstanding lie. And the greens, as you’ll often see in the Monterey area, we’re very small and guarded by difficult and deep bunkers. But they rolled beautifully.

This was another really great experience of golf in the Monterey area. And the pace of play was so fast it allowed for some touring of that gorgeous part of the state after the round is over. If you’re going to go to Monterey and play a few rounds add this to your list.