Mt. Woodson Golf Club Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2018 for Southern California
Congratulations to Mt. Woodson Golf Club winning our Worth the Green Fee 2018 Award for Southern California.
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Mt Woodson Golf Club
sbarajasjr
Posted: 09/03/18 12:17p
Member Since: Dec 11, 2009
From: San Diego
Played here 9/1 with fellow GK member jpeairs85 on a good GolfNow deal with a 1:10pm tee time. I hadn’t been out here since the last GK Plays here and reading the reviews, it was good to see they were still applicable. For a course where you would absolutely understand the summer taking its toll, there were green fairways, smooth greens, and a wonderful experience overall.
The Review
Tee-boxes: Okay condition, though I distinctly remember a handful of holes where the turf was chewed up. This may be because everyone plays the blues here to maximize the short yardage, however even the worst conditioned boxes still had enough area to tee it up.
Fairways: Great condition. I loved the green color, the condition of the grass resulted in great lies, and the run was more than fair on a course where most people keep the driver in the bag. A fair amount of divots but it was busy and teeing off in the afternoon always results in more divots.
Rough: Where it existed, it was thick. Of course the canyons and natural contour of the course is the real “rough” here, however I saw at least three shots that landed in the thick stuff and absolutely disappeared, so it does exist and it can be penal.
Bunkers: Varied from great to mediocre, just depended on the hole and type of bunker. A few green-side bunkers (namely hole 8) had Augusta-type sand; others (like hole 2) had coarse beach sand. No footprints thankfully, but wish there was more consistency with sand.
Greens: Great condition. They rolled quick and smooth, visually a pleasure to putt on and only a few greens had burned out spots on them that did NOT affect play. Well done Mt. Woodson!
Final Thoughts
ETC: Staff was very friendly and allowed us to tee off early (in spite of 1pm marking the start of twilight rates). Grill offered good and moderately priced food. Pace of play was just a shade over 4 hours, which was excellent. Course layout is insanely fun; don’t let the short yardage fool you. Carts could stand to be upgraded next, but everything here is done well and I will surely be back soon.
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