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Terrific staff! We travel from Seattle to San Diego often and get a few rounds a year in with this course. We golfed it last Monday and had a terrific experience, as usual. Their service is so great as we were reminded when the gentleman running the clubhouse actually brought our food out to the first green as it took a little longer than expected to prepare and the starter got us out a bit early. You rarely see that level of service commitment from a lower priced course. Of course, the course is not Torrey Pines but it was in great shape. Everything was well maintained and you just can't beat their price. I rate it five stars based on the value equation, which more than delivers. Great job Woods Valley - thank you for your hospitality! See you next trip.

Terrific staff! We travel from Seattle to San Diego often and get a few rounds a year in with this course. We golfed it last Monday and had a terrific experience, as usual. Their service is so great as we were reminded when the gentleman running the clubhouse actually brought our food out to the first green as it took a little longer than expected to prepare and the starter got us out a bit early. You rarely see that level of service commitment from a lower priced course. Of course, the course is not Torrey Pines but it was in great shape. Everything was well maintained and you just can't beat their price. I rate it five stars based on the value equation, which more than delivers. Great job Woods Valley - thank you for your hospitality! See you next trip.

Tried it again for the new year on a perfect day - entirely disappointed as usual. I really want to see this course come back to some version of its former glory but its just not going to happen. Hats off to the new keepers for at least mowing it a bit this time and the greens were decent. However - the fairways remain entirely unacceptable horse pastures. They are so pitted with holes that you will often lose your drive even when right down the middle due to it bouncing sideways or disappearing into a hole where the grass cant be mowed. Every fairway just needs a total regrade and replant before this course can ever be considered a real golf course again. You can't even drive a cart on the fairways unless you wear a kidney belt!

Last but very important note - they have raised the prices this year, despite the horrible condition of the fairways. As the new price point, virtually any city course is a better option and most Oki courses can be played for the same rate so don't waste your time and money traveling to Stanwood just to be disappointed.

This place just can’t seem to get it right. We try it at least once a year hoping to see improvement but we are always disappointed. Hacked up fairways, goloher mounds everywhere, mud slogs, and six inch rough. We waited on every single shot and have never been able to play this course in under five hours. No Marshall, no refreshment cart. Are you kidding me? Why would anybody overpay to play there when there are so many better choices?

We played here 10/24/16 at about noon. What a great value!

It was forecast to be a rainy day but we only encountered rain on the first hole and then had the course literally to ourselves. The staff here were very nice and personable. The course was in decent shape with a few holes still struggling from the summer. The greens were simply outstanding... fast, true, and consistent, even with the extra moisture from the rain. We love the design. It's a bit noisy from the traffic but it isn't enough to be distracting. Houses on the course aren't really in play unless you are really bad. A word of advice: be careful on the cart paths if they are wet. They were very slick and I even fell one time. I think they get mossy from the sprinklers and don't suit soft spikes very well.

Good design, great greens, nice conditions, and excellent staff members make this course a true value in my opinion. We will be back on our next trip to Vegas.

Another disastrous outing at Willows! Booked an early afternoon tee time through Golfnow this past Friday. The usual prices are ridiculous for this poorly managed course so the only sane choice is a deal on Golf Now. However, even a great deal can't bolster this course's pathetic idea of a golf. We were placed behind a tournament of 96 people who, of course, were horrifically slow. Any well managed course leaves some tee time space behind a tournament, right? The hassle began with the notice that no golf carts were available and the range was closed. Then, the poor starter informed us we were "double booked" but he would "take care of us". Really? This poor guy has to act like a doorman at a Chicago night club just because management is so poor? After napping through the first nine, we simply couldn't take it anymore and called it quits.

We golf often and all over the West part of the country. We try this course about once per year just hoping to see some improvement. Once again, nothing but disappointment. I now understand why the other 12+ golfers in our circle have crossed this place off of their lists. Never again!

Great course and getting better. Love the back nine... Terrific staff!

Nice people, decent fairways, absolutely terrible greens. We won't be playing here again.

The people at Huukan are very nice and accommodating. The course is improving but has a long way to go. The greens are in great shape but the fairways still have many bare spots. Be sure to get a deal somehow and you won't be disappointed. Tough to play when it is windy but it kept people home and we breezed through in under three hours. Fun day...

We played May 20th on a bright, sunny day. As always, the views are incredible on this true Northwest course. The course is finally drying out. However, there were still many fairways cut too long due to being wet on cut days. The rough is FAR too long and needs to be cut shorter. There were two different times where my drive missed the fairway by no more than a foot or two and I couldn't find it in the overly thick rough!

This is a great course when its dry. The facilities and staff are excellent. We always stay for dinner and drinks as the food is great with competitive prices.

The course was in decent shape for Winter time. In past years, I have seen this course in terrible shape, even after a week of great weather. I was happy to see the freshly cut rough and decent greens as they cover them each night.

Management is getting better.

I was once a member of this course about 15 years ago, (when they had memberships). It used to be a nice place and was initially well managed. I now play it once per year hoping to see some improvements over these last several years of shear failure. Unfortunately, they have a long way to go. The pace of play was SO SLOW! We quit on hole 16 after five hours, as did the group in front of us. Really? The only part of the course that is in good shape are the greens - big improvement. The tee boxes and fairways remain terrible. This is a mediocre "hokey" course to begin with so conditions have to be right to even come close to a real course. It simply isn't worth the time.