The Preserve at Verdae

We enjoyed a late Friday afternoon 9. Greens were bumpy from recent aeration, but the course overall was in good shape. It's a demanding layout that punishes bad shots. We'd played before, but definitely get the course guide if you are a 1st timer -- there are several holes where driver off the tee is a bad choice but that isn't obvious. pace of play was not a problem, but it can be on the weekends. We did 2:10 for our 9 and were neither pushed nor waiting

Got very lucky. Poured down all the way up to my tee time. Stopped raining 5 mins before tee time and didn’t rain once while on the course. Had the whole place to myself. It was amazing. Course was in excellent shape. Really happy I booked the tee time.

We stayed at the adjacent hotel.. They had a tourney and closed the course. We had the second tee time and got to course right when the ended the tournament. Was disappointed that they would let our twosome to play on an empty course but made us wait 30 minutes for our tee time. The course mgmt imo needs work. We did enjoy the condition and design of the course. The round took almost 5 hours when it could have been less than 4 hours! No hurry to get back based on management!

I bought tee time Hot Deal for 12:40. The pro shop called me a few days before and told me they needed to move tee time up to 12:20 which worked out OK. So we get there at 11:30 to putt and hit range balls. At 11:55 ranger tells us we are going off at 12 now, so had to leave "expensive" range balls ($10 for 25 balls) for someone else to hit. It then takes us 5 hours and 15 min to play, had to wait 5-10 min between each shot because of slow group in front of us, and no ranger to be seen all day to check pace of play. Would play the course during week, but never on weekend again. Seems like it was stacked pretty tight even with the slow group in front of us that wouldn't let us play through. Was expecting 4 hour round since just 3 of us, but turned into one of the longest rounds I ever played.

Really like the design. Not many easy holes. Seemed like about a third had a stream or lake crossing just in front of the green. Many were narrow with lots of trees to both sides. Greens had a lot of undulation. Several were under repair with new sod in damaged areas of the green.

Very disappointed in the pace of play. Especially for the price. No course marshal and four groups waiting on the same Tee box. Not acceptable. Did not complete round due to this backup.

Lots of elevation and left to right slope changes, some greens are tricky (e.g. looks like it will break left but actually breaks right). Since it was March, the grass was just starting to grow again but still some winter kill in places. Fair number of bunkers and water hazards. Many dog legs. Will play again now that I have learned some of the nuances of the course and should score better next time.

The Preserve is a good course. It is in great shape. The staff is very friendly. The practice areas are very nice. A couple of the holes are a little longer than I like, but, by and large, it is fair. I look forward to playing it again.

Great course has some challenging holes. The greens were recently pinched so putting wasn’t that great.