The Bridges Golf Club

even with spate of hot weather, course in good shape: greens - good, turf - good; pace of play was acceptable(minor wait on 18); the course has even added an in-ground staircase @ #1 tee (#12 could use same)

Played here many times, always one of the toughest courses you can play. Course in good shape...for first time in a long time greens a little scraggly..but they roll true..wouldnt hurt if all the first time players repaired ball marks.

But one of my favorite places to play, will always be back.

It was my first time playing here so my friend and I went from the Whites, even though I'm usually a Blue tee player. It was still a good challenge and was a very interesting course to play! You'll see every type of look off the tee and into the greens, all sort of undulations, doglegs, and forced carries. Greens were a little bumpy and weren't uniform in color but had a great pace to them, not too fast nor to slow. Course layout is a little like Callippe Preserve but constructed even more on the hillsides. Very cool course, will be back again for sure

course in amazing condition and really not hardly anyone playing at all today

This course is rad. Amazing design accompanied by a very nice staff make for a great day. Probably the best breakfast burrito I have ever had! So good! Can't wait to go back!

Typically this area is either too hot or too windy, so I haven't tried the course. I must say we had the perfect weather - 72 degrees w slight breeze..

That being said, the course is tough; pin positions were funny but that didn't matter..

The course was re-designed many years ago and is much better experience. Will go again!

This was my first time playing here. it was nice and different (challenging at times) Some Target golf we had to lay up in different Fairways sometimes. Overall experience is good. Got a good deal on golfnow. Would play again at on line prices.

This is a great course! It has many challenges, makes you hit accurate shots, and great greens! It is always well kept and has a layout I love (hills, elevated tees, tiered greens)

The practice facility is what every course needs. It has a nice driving range and 3 different practice greens to mess around on. I highly recommend this course!

The weather was great, the course was in great shape, and the pace of play was quick. What more could anyone ask for.

The qualifiers:

1. I almost exclusively only post positive reviews. Golf courses are a brutal business model and take a tremendous amount of effort to keep going.

2. I shot an 80 which is pretty decent for me - especially at a new track - so I'm not venting over my own poor play.

3. I got a "Hot Deal" so I'm not made about the cost.

4. I drove almost an hour to play the course based on the reviews here, so I've decided to add my own take.

The Review:

In person, the staff were great. But I drove an hour to play their course for the first time to find greens that were unplayable. Rooster tails of sand on every putt. Shaggy to the point of ridiculousness. How they don't let golfers know that upfront is beyond me. Tell me the situation, bait me with a good deal and let me decide. Deceive me and I'll never come back.

Even if the greens had been perfect, the layout is beyond contrived. There are dozens of these courses in California - built in canyons on land not suited to any other purpose. Problem is these tracks of land often don't lend themselves to golf, either. Tons of blind landing areas, awkwardly sharp doglegs, holes forced into the land available. Not my kind of golf.

Condition (beyond the greens) - because of the layout, one side of virtually every hole is a hazard. Problem is the other side is an overgrown mess of eight different kinds of grass and weeds. Often times, finding a ball a yard into the rough was a matter of luck. My playing partners were not particularly skilled golfers, but on a quality layout they could have kept golfing. With all of the hazards, rough and forced carries they went through a dozen balls in the first nine holes.

Which comes to my final point - the course was empty so our pace of play was decent. But if you're not a single-digit, there's no way to play this course in under 4.5 hours. You'll spend 2 just looking for balls.

Bonus take - worst walking course imaginable.

No yardage markers other than the 150 stake and on the cart path. Lots of blind holes so if playing for the first time, dont know where to hit. No course layout unless you purchase the yardage book at clubhouse. The staff did not tell us this at check in so assumed hole layouts would be available on the course or prior to each hole. With this type of course, need hole layout and yardage at least on sprinkler heads.

The Bridges is a very challenging course with forced carries and many ravines off the fairways. Some par 4s in the wind was very difficult for me to reach in two. I am a 16 handicap and 65 years old. Shot 89 and felt this was a good round for me. Staying on the fairway was paramount to my ability to score.

Beautiful course had a great time playing just a little too expensive should be less than 60 bucks