Proudly located approximately twenty-five or so minutes north of downtown San Diego and near the Interstate 15, Carmel Mountain Ranch CC is situated in a fantastic suburban town. A gorgeous clubhouse overwhelms the premises when one arrives in the parking area, and the bigger pro-shop exhibits this center is dedicated to and about golfing.

Nevertheless, the beauty of this golf arena is abandoned when a golfer discovers that there is no driving range in which to warm-up. A little cage section is accessible for hitting balls into a net, and the clubhouse smartly offers this poor warm-up area for free of charge with a booked golf round.

After hammering a handful of putts, my accomplice and I packed our set of clubs on one of the golf carts. Right away, I noticed the amazing GPS platforms that Carmel Mountain Ranch Golf Resort has set up on all their carts. While the monitor frequently displays ads in the middle of golf holes, the overhead artwork and ranges to several things on the design are rather practical on a course in which the path of the pins isn't always noticeable.

The third hole supplies the person his or her very first real decision on the layout. Measuring just only 359 yards from the blue tee boxes, this dogleg left hole has a sizeable fairway sand trap directly in the middle section of the dogleg. A larger amount of fairway exists to the right of this sand bunker, but a shot in this trouble will undoubtedly conclude in a lengthier approach shot. At the same time, much less short stuff is available right, but this can result in only a 100 yd shot if your tee shot correctly lands in the fairway. Sadly, my short was in the sand trap.

As I arrived in the sand trap to attack my second shot, I discovered sizeable gravel in the bunker. Now for many of you who have experienced this design, indeed, there is quite possibly a one-thousand-lb rock in this sand bunker, but these stones were around the sizing of a baseball. I had to clear away these impediments away from my ball in an effort to keep clear of destroying my golf clubs. In addition, the trap was soil, not sand. Even though I properly hit my approach shot to the rear of the green, I was unsatisfied in the circumstance of this trap. It is also crucial to state that while I did not find virtually any larger stones in Carmel Mountain Ranch Golf Club 's sand bunkers for the remainder of the round, the remaining bunkers were the same exact soil I encountered in this case.

The 10th hole is a pleasurable par-5 that can easily make even smaller golfers believe as if they can strike the golf ball a really far way. This marginally dogleg right hole is sloping down the whole time. A banner is located in the middle of the short stuff at the dogleg, and the recommendation on the golf cart GPS proposes gamers hit over this marker. Having said that, big hitters will run out of short stuff if you achieve this. I recommend attempting just to the right of this banner. Bunkers do protect the fairway on the right edge, but if you actually consider this aim path, you will easily have a middle club to hit this putting surface in a pair of shots.

The par-4 fourteenth hole is the hardest handicap hole on the design. People must attack the fairway on this hole or an ugly number will rapidly turn up on the scorecard. While issues exists left, a good tee shot is left center short stuff because it slants left to right. A golf ball pushed or banana'ed right will in the end conclude in possibly a missing ball or a very problematic approach shot. The short grass is comparatively slim and has several undulations, but it is downhill. The approach stroke will necessitate the individual to shoot over a small water hazard that defends the front side of the green. The green is relatively tiny so exactness is a must. Talking about putting surfaces, Carmel Mountain Ranch Golf Resort does have good greens. Although it is not speedy, the greens did move very accurate. A person can be positive that his or her golf ball will respond as thought out on these manicured putting surfaces.

The 17th hole is a short par-4 that measures only 365 yards from the blue tees. Many individuals will benefit from an iron off the tee box in order to be short of the water. The putting surface is slightly higher from the short stuff and players must get an accurate distance in an effort to attack this putting surface. Amazing boulders and waterfalls encircle the tiny lake that shields the front side of this putting surface.

In general, Carmel Mountain Ranch Golf Club is a fine design that has a number of elegant holes. If a person can work with not having a driving range to warm up and some poor sand trap problems, the majority of the design seems to have a lot to provide.