Winding Ridge Golf Club

Mowing of rough left great amount of cuttings on top-making finding balls very difficult. Fairways and tee boxes were in pretty good shape. Greens were mostly good, couple were in adequate condition. Slow play was apparently tolerated- no rangers to be seen. Ball washers lacking on back nine.

Greens were in good shape but seemed a bit slow. Maybe due to heavy rains but several fairways needed work both by mowing and filling in some bare ground

Great staff, course in very good condition. Yardage markers on every hole make it much easier to select correct club. Greens run true.

The course looks nice from a distance, but closer examination reveals a host of issues. The fairways have large areas of dead spots as do the greens. The flags were positioned to reduce the impact of the dead spots in the green, but this is a poor solution. The water hazards are sometimes oddly placed, like holes 6 and 7, and poorly marked. There are large power lines clouding the views on the front 9.

My cart stopped functioning properly on the 3rd hole and the staff was rather indifferent. I managed to nurse it through the from 9 and then change carts at the turn.

The rough is spotty and there was a load of grass clippings to deal with.

If you are looking to play nine, the back is a much better play than the front.

The course was very wet without rain in the previous couple of days. It appears they are overwatering. The rough was covered in grass clippings making it very difficult to find balls only a few yards off of the fairway which slows play.

The greens were in pretty good shape with only a few damaged areas.

At the start of last year, this was a pretty decent course for the money. By the summer time the drought was starting to take it's toll. By the end of the year, it was a disaster as they really struggle with maintenance. The things I see, I can't use drought as an excuse. If you want to play this, you should consider playing it soon as the condition is likely to get worse over the coming months. Overall, it is a good test of all your shots. Good mix of average and long holes with some risk reward opportunities. The greens need some of the big mounds taken out so that they can keep the grass alive (if they water them it just runs off the mounds causing complete burnout). Hole #7 could be so much better. Why is the biggest tree on the course right where you need to hit your tee shot blocking any approach to the green? Dumb. Cut it down and it would be a very cool hole as you would be hitting your second shot from a high elevation to a lower green.

Course is nice, However, the rough was extremely tall. There was also mounds and mounds of grass trimmings which made it close to impossible to find your golf ball if you were in the rough. for 20 dollars you can't go wrong though.