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| - The most amazing thing about this property is how they took a location in the middle of a bad neighborhood and isolated it from all of that once you're playing golf.
Also, from what I was told, this neighborhood has gone from bad to worse since Desert Pines opened.
Clearly, the land was cheap, but I just wish they had purchased a little bit more of it. To fit 18 holes inside the walls and trees that cut you off from the surrounding areas, there is not much room for error on many tee shots.
A significant amount of holes feel and play tight from the tee box. It is rather easy to not only miss fairways, but roll up and over the mounds bordering each hole and into the adjacent fairway leaving a blind second shot.
As the starter will tell you, "There is no out of bounds." Which is almost an admission that the course is very narrow and not forgiving off the tee.
Sure, a number of Par 3's and Par 4's play at a length to keep long irons in the bag, but there's still plenty of Pete Dye pain in the ass trouble in this design to keep you honest.
Oh, and one more thing, this layout is as flat as most of the courses I regularly play in Central or South Florida. The dirt they pushed around was only to border holes, not to create any elevation changes.
Course conditions were good. Staff was nice enough. Rates were not exorbitant.
I'll certainly play here again, but won't have it in my "heavy rotation" with places like Coyote Springs, Revere and Las Vegas Country Club.
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