Forty-Niner Country Club

I really wish tee times weren't every 7 minutes. It's inevitable that you will "hit the wall" this time of year. Frustrating when you could easily skip 2 holes and have a wide open course. Pace of play enforcement is non existent here as it is with most courses. The golfers in front of us apologized at the turn, we already knew that they had no where to go. Luckily the group behind us backed off after almost hitting into us twice.

Just a week out of overseeing the course was beautiful.

Greens were slow though and still healing but that is to be expected.

Lots of watering so the course is a little soft but not too bad.

Good things to come as this course comes out of the overseeding!

This course has a warm and friendly feel and is a great value.

I hope to play the course when it is in better condition. They are getting ready to overseed, so it was dried out and in rough shape.

First off the staff and pace of play were great!!!!!

With said, the condition of the course is in need of some major work…. appears to have been neglected for years.

Tee boxes: Hard, had to use a hammer like device to put in a few tees; unevenly cut; dirt/ burnt patches.

Fairways: Burnt out/ dirt patches; very little grass; unevenly cut; some weeds.

Sand Traps: Extremely hard, like hard pan) with very little sand and lots of rocks.

Greens: Dirt/ burnt patches; unevenly cut; weeds/ fungus; extremely bumpy, vast majority of the putts would not hold a line.

Recommendations

1 Water and more water

2 Seeding and maybe over seeding

3 Clear - clean sand traps, removing rocks and adding sand… if you are not able to maintain the traps, fill them in.

4 Water and water some more.

5 If funding is not an issue, then it may be time to replace the ground keepers- maintenance crew.

Unless you are a beginner, have an extremely high handicap (25+) and or simply looking for some exorcise, I would not recommend this course without a complete overhaul and maintenance.

Overall the staff and pace of play were great, but the condition of the course requires major attention! The course appears to have been neglected for years with little money, sand, grass seed, and water put back into the course.

Fairways- burnt out, no grass, dirt patches, uneven cut, weeds

Sand Traps - most have been hard pan vs a trap, with virtually no sand filled with rocks

Tee boxes - Hard, had to use something to hammer in a few tees; uneven cut; dirt patches no grass

Greens - Uneven cut, dirt/ burnt patches, fungus- weeds; every putt was bumpy, never ran true with most putts never held the line.

Recommendations

1. Water and more water - a good seeding…. Basically routine maintenance- improvement. If funding is not an issue, it’s time to replace the grounds keepers.

2. Either clear out the traps and back fill with good sand or fill it in with grass (thick rough)

Unless you are a beginner or extremely high handicap we (25+) I would stay away.

Course was in good shape, no holdups on any of the holes. Only negative I had was with the sand traps, most of them were very hard except those that were very muddy. Golf shop and restaurant staff were very friendly.