Went to Tumbledown Trails with 3 other guys for an evening round of 9. My friends had played there quite a bit, mostly in leagues, because it's inexpensive and wide open so chances of losing balls is minimal. As a novice, this course was just up my alley.
Pros: Inexpensive, easy to get to, well maintained, good variety of long holes and short par 3's.
Cons: Despite being lush and green, the ground was hard as a rock, and the ball kept rolling. My friend went to tee off and broke his tee putting it in the ground. Sand traps are just as hard. You may as well not even try hitting it out.
The guy manning the till was not very friendly. When we showed up they were out of carts right then! He wasn't even apologetic and had kind of a "So what?" attitude about. However, during our round we asked the beverage cart girls to bring us out carts and they happily obliged. Gave us a couple bucks off at the end of the round.