Golf Course Review Mile Square Golf Club CLASSIC Fountain Valley California
Reviewed by: chevelle, Norco
Played Tues Feb 25th at 7am. Good breakfast as they open at 6am.
Golf Playing Conditions 6.27 GOOD
Check in quick and easy, got out early and no one in front of us for the first 14 holes. A twosome behind us after 4 holes but we stayed ahead ( we were a walking foursome ).
Visibility was about 120 yards for the first 7 holes, very difficult, and I do not like playing in fog. With that much fog everything was wet.
The tee boxes were level. The fairways were very good. Rough was not to long, you could find your ball. Traps had sand but was very wet because of the fog. Greens were semi-hard as not big ball marks, but were a little slow, again because of the fog.
The sun finally came out on #9 and it was a nice day, greens dried out and got a little faster. Pace of Play (POP) was good at 3:44.
Played Thursday, 6/7 at 3:07pm with 3 others. POP was a very good 4hrs, 10mins with mild waits on the first 5 holes, then waiting only on each par3 the rest of the way.
The Review
Though the course is overall very good condition, the white tee boxes were easily the ‘worst’ part of the course. Unlevel lies on 7 of 18 holes, with the worst bumpy and mounded areas on the par3s – 5th, 8th and 13th. The par3 15th was level.
Fairways were mostly good, cut a little long, but provided decent roll and lies. Was very happy to see that after 20+ years they have finally made significant progress on the ‘new’ fairways for the new holes #s 14, 16 and 17. They have clearly added a significant amount of white sand in their efforts to improve the condition of these fairways. 14 is nearly perfect. 16 is at least 75% better coverage in the landing area and 17 is probably 40% better. Glad to see it.
Rough was penal, about 2-3 inches. Was in two greenside bunkers, #8 had white sand and #15 had brown sand. Other than lack of raking in one, the sand in both was good quality and depth.
Greens are totally recovered from their punching and were mostly smooth and firm. Did not hold shots easily, providing 15-30 feet of roll-out for the group on well-struck shots. Putted medium-speed and was tough for all in the group to hole 6 to 10-footers, as the grain / subtle breaks were tough to read. And, I missed a 2-footer that looked straight, but missed by 3 inches! (sigh).
Additional Thoughts
This is a great course to walk, mostly a flat course. Particularly since the cart fees for a single rider is $18. Twilight starts at 1:30pm and Super-twilight at 5:30pm these days, which does provide a decent deal on greens fees when walking.
Played Tues April 17th at 7am, check in fast and friendly, no one in front of us so we got out 8 minutes early.
This course was closed last week when we played The Players so I wasn’t sure what to expect from the greens, I must say they were in much better shape than I expected.
The tee boxes were level, fairways nice, rough a little longer and being wet made it penal, bunkers sand was OK, and greens had small holes, a touch of sand you would have to clean the ball, but rolled very well, another week or 2 and they will be real nice, we were a walking three-some with no one in front of us and a riding four-some behind us that did not catch us.
Pace of Play (POP) was 3 hours,26 minutes, almost finished too soon for lunch.
