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Golf Course Review Dragonfly Golf Club Madera California

Dragonfly Golf Club

Golf Course Review Dragonfly Golf Club Madera California

Reviewed by: Alex326, Monterey, Ca

Golf Playing Conditions 7.10 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 7.10 GREAT

A quick update from my last review here. Greens are still in great shape and the fairways are dormant but present a good surface to hit from. I noticed that crews were out today doing major maintenance on the sand traps. I was in a couple today that had already been re-done and they were very nice. What was once the Achilles heel of the course is now competing for airtime on the highlight reel. POP was absolutely brutal today. A 5 hour round.

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Golf Course Review Dragonfly Golf Club Madera California

Dragonfly Golf Club

Golf Course Review Dragonfly Golf Club Madera California

Reviewed by: CenCalGolfer33, Fresno

ALERT: Aeration
Will be aerating the greens 6/3 & 6/4.
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Golf Playing Conditions 7.75 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 7.75 GREAT

Greens are back to their normal greens. There was not any noticeable punch marks or anything when I played. They said they did the smaller punches which healed really quick.

All in all, the course was in really good shape. We teed off at 6:45am and the round was a little over 4 hours. Played with a dad and his son and they had just taken up the game. But all in all the tee boxes were in really good shape. Fairways were very lush and were wet but still had some roll out in them in the morning. Greens, again were in good shape. Was able to spin shots but held well.

Only concern seems to be bunkers which had some pebbles and a couple had noticeably bigger rocks in them.

Make sure you take water with you. No water jugs or anything out here, which still baffles me

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Golf Course Review Dragonfly Golf Club Madera California

Dragonfly Golf Club

Golf Course Review Dragonfly Golf Club Madera California

Reviewed by: CenCalGolfer33, Fresno

Golf Playing Conditions 6.88 GOOD
Golf Playing Conditions 6.88 GOOD

After the Fresno area has gotten POUNDED with rain the last couple weeks, and after calling around to see what courses were CPO, and even one course was no carts at all. Dragonfly was allowing carts on course, which at first, I thought they were just trying to get more people out playing on a Holiday Monday, but sure enough, the course drains well!

Rates out here are quite interesting, they change by the hour, which we teed off after 1pm. We thought there was a chance of finishing but wouldn’t be shocked not to.

Overall, the course is in decent shape, especially with how much water we have gotten in the area lately. The tee boxes weren’t cut in a while, and there was some uneven grass areas. The tee markers were in much smaller areas to protect the overall tee boxes. The fairways are dormant right now, but have good coverage, and they were wet, but never had a mud ball or a ball that plugged. The greens were soft, and never plugged either. Only issue was putting, with the greens being so soft there was a ton of spike marks and putts would bounce around, especially around the cup.
Bunkers had a lot of water in them, and you can see that they are trying to reconstruct some and dig into some of the faces that might have started to collapse with all the rain.

Overall, one of the top courses in Fresno. They have bumped their prices since Fig Garden closed down at the end of December, but heard Riverside has done the same.

Make sure you bring water with you, there is nothing on the course for drinking!

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Recent Golf Course Review Dragonfly Golf Club Madera California

Dragonfly Golf Club

Madera, CA

Reviewed by: Alex326, Monterey, Ca

Playing Conditions 6.32 GOOD
Playing Conditions 6.32 GOOD

Hot off the press!!! Dragonfly is finally doing some major maintenance on the sand traps! It looks like they are following suit with other courses in the valley and overhauling the bunkers. I can’t wait! Not that it will help my pathetic sand play but that’s another story. I was in 6 bunkers today which ranged from poor to OK at best. The good news is that within a few weeks the bunkers should all be very nice.

As for the rest of the course, it’s still in great shape. Greens roll smooth and true. I will say that I’m curious about their mowing procedure. The speeds were all over the place on the front nine. They were consistently on the medium/slow side on the back nine.

Fairways are still dormant but very playable. Beverage cart was out making the rounds as well.