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| - Played GCU with two friends for the first time in preparation for a tourney there this weekend.
Heard of the major renovations and weren't disappointed! Club house and restaurant are beautiful, smell new, and obviously pride in their golf teams!
EVERY staff member - from the gate guard to wait staff - was helpful, courteous and professional, directing us to facilities and first tee, knowing this was our first time playing the course.
Merchandise is high quality, stylish and fairly priced. Ladies room is elegant, more like a nice restaurant than a golf course! Unsure of men's or facilities on the course.
First noticed how nice the greens are! We all commented that we hoped the greens in the course are as nice, and they didn't disappoint! Approach shots with a good trajectory and even mild spin held really well, even from the sand, which was pristine and well maintained.
Tee boxes are in great shape and there's a lot of work being done to improve the fairways, probably the last and biggest part of any renovation!
Starter was polite and got us out on time. Pace of play was good on front, then a threesome jumped in at the turn.
It wasn't too bad on the back until the last three holes when a guy in the group ahead decided he was playing in a major and took FOREVER on EVERY shot, cursing loudly when things didn't go well, which seemed to be often! Ugh!
Even the folks behind us were watching the silly behavior, all of us wishing a ranger was watching with us and getting this man to take his shot and move on!
After finishing the round, we enjoyed a DELICIOUS lunch in the beautiful restaurant. Seriously, nice ambiance, excellent service and delicious, fresh made food. No typical municipal-course fare for GCU! Thank goodness!
Keep in mind, this rave review is for a municipal course, this isn't Troon, folks! When the fairways get brought up to the quality conditions of the rest of the course, this is going to be one great golf course and will gladly add a fifth star!
Oh yeah, the HUGE trees throw shade everywhere! We rarely had to park in full sun - BIG plus in Phoenix!
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