James C. Haggerty North Kern Golf Course

Course is in good condition for the most part. But it’s not looking how it did in march and April which is understandable.

Good/fun course, friendly environment, course difficulty is medium not to hard not to easy

I play this course weekly,fairways are lush n short,greens are rolling nicely,the staff and vibe out there are very chill🤙🏽 playing North Kern is an all around great experience!

The staff all seem like it’s the worst day of their lives. The greens are terrible, chunks missing, dead spots every where. The tee boxes are uneven. Should be a 20$ course

Play today was fairly fast, and the summer light temperatures are beginning to dry out the fairways. So your drivers are gonna roll quite a few gopher holes doing some damage.

The greens were punched this morning, but not sanded so although there were holes in the green, it did not affect the speed of the ball, rolling on them. If they choose to sand the punch greens that will change significantly just be aware of these conditions we experienced.

Two or three of the greens had some significant dark patch damage. But those areas are small about the size of a hole. Not sure why they don’t just cut a hole and replace with Plug taken from the practice greens? It wouldn’t take much time.

Make sure you bring a bottle of water or two with you. There is no drinkable water on the course the water fountain water just tastes bad.

For a course that does not have any water hazards it makes up for that by having really tall roughs that eat balls like a one-eyed dog in a meat house. And look out for the low rough because it has so many squirrel holes that your ball will easily and quickly disappear. Finally, go slow with your golf cart in that low rough or you’ll bounce your clubs right out of the back of your golf cart. These under maintained and high roughs make this course unusually challenging for the novice to intermediate players.

This course is in better shape than many of the other local courses. Green’s especially well maintained. Fairways have some gopher mounds and holes. It would be nice if they put water coolers with ice water on the course. The water fountains taste terrible. Some day I hope they put good sand in the bunkers , right now most are hard dirt and unplayable. If they won’t add sand they should just throw soil in them and grass seed.