Was very impressed with the beauty of the place, as I knew I would be. Walking across the grass was like walking on the softest artificial turf in the world. Flowering trees were a bit off kilter this year...magnolias were all done and gone and azaleas not yet out. Dogwoods were nice. Seventh green was the one I couldn't see myself hitting into...uphill shot to a tiny tabletop surrounded by sand. I'd just have to pick a bunker. What surprised me was how wide open the place was. Fairways were for the most part, huge (ok...as Stricker says, 11 is a 530 yd bowling alley). If I was going to make any changes to the place I would start with the buildings. The clubhouse and cabins are gorgeous...and are all white. The "patron" areas (concessions, restrooms, golf shops, press building) are all painted an (I'm sorry) butt ugly battleship green. It's not even the attractive kelly green that the masters uses. It's like they are trying to hide them...it's the same color they paint the maintenance sheds. Looks like Fenway Park. Security was very tight...metal detectors and the whole works. Everybody was very nice. Was sitting on the grass beside the clubhouse enjoying a San Luis Rey and saw a crowd of autograph seekers nearby...wondered who the golfer was and when the crowd parted it turned out to be Jim Nantz. Were two hole-in-ones in the par 3 tourney and almost a third. Arnie, Jack, and Gary played together. Arnie sank a 40 ft birdie putt on 9. Almost saw a "skipped across the pond" hole-in-one on 16. Parking is free in their new lots. They turned the old parking area into a new driving range and bought up all the houses across Berkmans Rd and turned it into a huge parking area. Getting in and out was suprisingly easy.