Poppy Hills is just too far especially for a weekend round so I've ony played their twice on both on a weekdays with Clients. The course is really made for long hitters of which I'm not. I definitely prefer Poppy Hill which IMO is one of the best maintained and most challenging courses outside of Bridges and Dublin Ranch GC in my area and you can't beat the NCGA price!! The 3 different 9's your can play all throw different challenges at you.. I've been meaning to head out with Paul K (another X5 oldtimer) to play Blackhawk country club but haven't really had a chance to sync up with him. Also went out to North Bay to play Roddy Ranch a couple times about 2 months .. I definitely prefer the well manicured courses with low slope ratings.. but u know how that goes...