Mill Creek Golf Club

Course was in pretty good shape. Work has been ongoing to replace the sand in traps and while playing a couple of weeks ago we thought that sand traps were being converted to grass bunkers but we’re fill with new sand this time around. Good progress. Still many rock filled bunkers to go.

Always fun to play,tough but fair.great shape

Will go back

We had a beautiful day on the course. With the wet spring the “Heather” has grown dramatically. My friend is 6’ 2” and one spot he walked into was nose tall. The rough should be cut and bailed as you have to know exactly where your shot went in to have any hope of finding the ball. The greens had been sanded so were a bit inconsistent speed wise and had some small stones which required clean up before putting. Hopefully cutting them will clean those up. The rest of the course was in good shape and the greens crew was out cleaning up stones/rocks in some sand traps.

Nice course. Many sand traps were either under repair or being converted to grass bunkers. The only complaint I had was that the greens were a bit hairy and even down hill putts were slow.

Course is great. Worth the drive. Only negative is the bunkers. T Needs more sand and screened for rocks.

Great shape , traps need some help, everything else very good

When I played Mill Creek last year the shop staff told me that they were planning to replace the sand in the traps as most of the sand was either mud or filled with rocks. After a few times in, one of the other members of the group mentioned that a lot of people removed their balls from the traps. The furrows were very solid and trying to rake the sand was almost impossible since the consistency was more like mud, Given the rocks, I wouldn't take a chance on ruining a club. I know the conditions have been wet this spring but there was rough around a couple of the greens that made Pebble Beach look easy. I don't care to play in that type of condition. The fairways were in good shape with just a couple spots that were wet. The first cut of rough was manageable to play out of but don't let a shot get into the "heather" as it was a guaranteed lost ball.

Very disappointed with the course. Bunkers are a disaster, marginal sand. Range balls were junk. Odd hole layouts. Greens were very slow. Would not play the course again.

Very disappointed with overall condition. I played there for a scramble tournament. Had heard good things about the course, but my experience did not represent that. The positive is the course has a beautiful layout that could be fairly forgiving if the rough was not so long.

Greens: They seemed to be diseased in some way. Very spotty. Also ran slow due to being so long.

Sand traps: All were under maintained. They were not raked and were like hitting off of concrete. None of them were edged.

Fairways: These were in pretty good shape. I probably would have played better had I spent more time in the fairway. Some of the fairways were muddy, but that could be weather related.

Rough: well groomed in some areas, but most were very long (6"+). This was a major impact on pace of play as we spent a long time on almost every hole looking for balls.

Tees: overall ok. Not great, but not horrible.

Mill Creek is a tough course, and with some blind shots it is difficult for a first timer to play well. We were lucky enough to get paired with a nice guy who was very familiar with the course to help us out. The fairways and tees are really good, and the greens are tough, with serious undulation and grain. And the views, holy cow! up on top of the hills its amazingly beautiful! However, the bunkers are terrible, look like they belong on a muni, and the rough was at nearly US open length, like 6+ inches greenside in spots. The course being difficult and the long rough did make for a slow round (5+hours) and we would have loved to see a ranger actually come out and tell the group in front of us to speed up, they had created about a 3 hole gap from the people infront of them. Overall the course is very nice, and I landed a great hot deal ($9 per person after a coupon code!). Would definitely play again, but probably not at the normal $60+ greens fee.

The coarse is plenty challenging for my length. The pin placements were in some very suspect locations especially #16 with the shared #3 green. It did rain off and on during the front nine witch is always hard to deal with. Everyone in our foursome commented that they enjoyed the coarse and would return another day. Great views on the coarse and from the clubhouse!