Posted on May 27, 2020May 26, 2020 by Vic Flores

Golf Course Review TPC Scottsdale CHAMPIONS Scottsdale Arizona

TPC Scottsdale (Champions)

Golf Course Review TPC Scottsdale CHAMPIONS Scottsdale Arizona

Reviewed by: jamesg18015, Phoenix, AZ
Played TPC Scottsdale Champions early Sunday morning paired with a threesome as one of the first few groups out. POP was perfect at 3:30. I’ve played here 3 times in the past 2 weeks.

The course is in truly excellent condition all around. The greens are probably the best I’ve played in the Phoenix area recently. Firm, yet receptive to short iron shots, no bare spots, smooth, on the fast side of average for an upscale public course. Fairways were very lush due to the heavy overnight watering this course is given, there were many wet spots due to my early tee time but a person playing later in the day would probably not run into this. Bunker sand is perfect as usual.

They are currently allowing solo rider carts. Pool noodles sitting about 1″ below the edge of the cups. They are starting to put rakes back on the course. The only minor annoyance is that they have no drinking water on the course and since last week they put the coolers back on the carts and no longer let you bring your own cooler. You can put your own stuff in the cart cooler, but it only hold about 2-3 bottles of water. So, I had to stuff 3 extra water bottles in my bag and put my cooler back in the car. Would have been easier if I could have just shown them I didn’t have booze in it or whatever and kept it with me.

Free range balls as usual and the range tee turf was in perfect condition.

Posted on April 30, 2020April 27, 2020 by Vic Flores

Golf Course Review Morongo Golf Club Tukwet Canyon CHAMPIONS Beaumont California

Morongo Golf Club Tukwet Canyon (Champions)

Golf Course Review Morongo Golf Club Tukwet Canyon CHAMPIONS Beaumont California

Reviewed by: colby022002, Fontana, CA.
Played here Saturday 4/25/20 with a friend and had a 7:15 tee time. All precautions were necessary. One cart per player, mask required (which we gladly took off after hole #1) raised cups etc. It was 94 degrees here and there was no way in hell we were gonna be out in the middle of nowhere wearing masks.

Course conditions were AMAZING! Except the fact the rough hadn’t been mowed in over 2 months. If you landed in any part of the rough, I guarantee you were looking for your ball for at least 5-10 minutes. It was very frustrating. They only mowed fairways, greens and tee boxes during the shut down so imagine with all the rain and now hot temperatures how many bugs were out there with that long grass! Yeah it was bad. GNAT CITY!

Greens – 9/10 rolled true started off a little slow since they were wet but sped up after drying out

Fairways- 10/10 perfect, green lush and smooth

Tee Boxes- 8/10- Green, level and very lush. Hole #2 had a little damage from mower i think but other than that they were great

Sand- 4/10 compact, filled with puddles and some didn’t have any coverage. Worst part of the course which I am sure they will fix soon.

Rough- 1/10 – TERRIBLE! Beyond penalizing. Some areas were over a foot thick. At some point we saw our balls roll slowly into the rough and could never find it so we were allowing each other to take free drops since we knew it was in play and just buried a foot below. IMPOSSIBLE to hit out of. Made it challenging.

Water- clean and clear. No smell

Posted on December 14, 2018December 5, 2018 by Vic Flores

Golf Course Review Morongo Golf Club Tukwet Canyon CHAMPIONS Beaumont California

Morongo Golf Club Tukwet Canyon (Champions)

Golf Course Review Morongo Golf Club Tukwet Canyon CHAMPIONS Beaumont California

Reviewed by: mdames, Northridge

Played the Champions Course on Monday 11/26/18 as a twosome. Teed off at 9:30am. Pace of play was a leisurely 3.5 hours. It was a pleasantly cool day in the low to upper 60’s, with a constant light wind around 10 mph, with occasional gusts a little higher than that. Into the wind, your shots were definitely affected, but it wasn’t too bad. I had never played this course until today. I was hoping for very nice conditions.

The Review

Although it was pretty good, the overall course was good, but not great. Tee boxes were fine. The fairways were mostly green, with some thin and bare spots around. The coverage was good, but I was hoping for more lush conditions.

The rough was patchy. Some areas were thick and lush at about 1 – 2 inches. Other areas were hard pan and bare. Most of the green surrounds were fairly lush, and mostly good to hit from. I was in 2 green-side bunkers and 1 fairway bunker. The sand is more dirt like, firm but reasonable to hit from. I had no trouble splashing out onto the green. The greens were firm and medium fast. Downhill they were very fast. The hard greens meant few pitch marks from balls landing on the greens and it was difficult to hold the green on your approach shot unless you hit it high with a good amount of spin. We ended up hitting approach shots short and letting them run up on the greens so they wouldn’t end up at the back or even off the back.

Final Thought

This is a fairly challenging course. Most of the tee shots play to comfortably wide fairways. The greater difficulty for me was the approach shots. Many holes are heavily bunkered, with sloping and elevated greens. Depending on pin placement, 3 putts were definitely in the picture. I enjoyed the round today, but it’s not my favorite course in the Riverside county area.