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Bill Homyak
Tucson
2018-07-02
$46 (cart included), played on Wednesday, June 2018 at 7:00 AM
This is a great desert course with a good mixture of lakes, bunkers, and large greens.
Most holes are doglegs with corner bunkers that challenge you to either play it safe or cut the corner. The course had perfect bentgrass greens and nice sand in the bunkers. The fairways were about 90% with some areas not transitioning well from winter overseed back to Bermuda but I am being overly critical here.
The desert does come into play but the fairways are generous enough so that if you go in the desert - it is probably your own darn fault.
The summer price was around $50 for Troon members and that was very fair for the quality of the course. I will play this again next time I visit the Tucson area.
Would travel: 20-30 Miles, Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area, Bargain priced based on quality and competitive area pricing, Fair priced based on quality and competitive area pricing
Condition of Course, Price, Layout, No Houses on Course
$46 (cart included), played on Wednesday, June 2018 at 7:00 AM
This is a great desert course with a good mixture of lakes, bunkers, and large greens.
Most holes are doglegs with corner bunkers that challenge you to either play it safe or cut the corner. The course had perfect bentgrass greens and nice sand in the bunkers. The fairways were about 90% with some areas not transitioning well from winter overseed back to Bermuda but I am being overly critical here.
The desert does come into play but the fairways are generous enough so that if you go in the desert - it is probably your own darn fault.
The summer price was around $50 for Troon members and that was very fair for the quality of the course. I will play this again next time I visit the Tucson area.