Canyon Crest Country Club

First time playing this course. Saw it pop up on here as a HOT deal so had to try.

Played pretty much every other course in the IE and this one is top 15, maybe? Some Tee boxes were bad from the Blues, a couple needed to be mowed badly. Fairways were a bit long IMO, but not bad. The Rough was just terribly long. You could lose your ball on a decent looking shot that you'd find at plenty of other courses. Had it been trimmed down maybe 3-4 inches, then it would be great.

For being a private course it doesn't matter, greens had PLENTY of divots. Some rolled fast, others did not.

Overall though, it was a very fun round. Booked as a single and grouped with another single. Pace of play was non issue, we played through on 1 occasion. I am just being exxxtra critical since it IS still a private country club.

Starter mentioned the owner is seeing how the public treats the course on whether or not to continue. $86 is understandable, especially Holiday rate.

Great day on the course bunkers are all well maintained fairways are in decent shape greens are fast lots of divots but that's on the players not the course management. I'll say it's a hidden gem in Riverside it's worth playing the course zig zag in and out of neighborhoods.

Tee time was 11:10am. Starter said he had to get two groups of members out first. Tee’d of 11:25. One group was a five-some and both groups had walkers, so pace of play was slow. Narrow course, greens were grown and really slow. Roughs were a little tall so some golf balls may be hard to find if not in the fairway. Not really worth the $90. The course grass is kind of like what would you would find in Apple Valley or Palmdale.

Great course backwards and forward! Extremely professional from the second we entered the property. EDDIE who works on the carts, was extremely helpful, professional, and informational!!! Then TRAVIS the GM was very helpful and professional. He was making his rounds greeting members as a GM should, then he stopped to have a great conversion with us. TRAVIS and EDDIE are prefect for this place!!!

Rode the Greens (6524/72.0/128) in 3.5H as a single mid day. Weather was in the 70's, breezy and clear.

Old school private course that is tight and pretty straight forward. The holes cris cross roads in a nice, upper middle class housing track. The layout sits down in a valley and is set on rolling hills. It opened in 1968 and was probably a fantastic club back in the day.

COVID-19: Masks only required when around people. Cups had a pvc insert that still let the ball go in. Water stations closed.

Tees mostly lush with few unfixed divots.

Fairways mostly kukuyu with good coverage.

Rough a mixture of grasses. Not high but tough to consistently get good club on the ball.

Sand traps were the only part not above average. They had mediocre sand and even though raked, looked more like sand traps on a muni than a private club.

Greens were excellent. Nice to be able to hit high irons in and have them stop right beside the ball mark. Medium fast and smooth. No tiers, but they had a deceptive amount of break.

Customer service was excellent. Friendly pro shop and cart staff and the drink cart was around probably 5 times. Driving range is uphill and was off mats today. Nice but dated facilities, they have a full sized pool that reminds me of private clubs when I was a kid 50 years ago. #12 they had a flood that damaged the fairway, so a long par 4 became a medium par 3 while the fairway was GUR. Recomended.