Exellent new course in NoCal-Cache Creek-Yocha De He Golf Club

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Hey guys,
I need a course on the drive back from the King's Putter. Should I try this one or Sevillano Links. And how does this compare to Stevenson Ranch

IMHO you should play Sevillano Links.  Yocha De He is just OK, I would give it a 4.  It didn't win any awards from Golf Digest in a down year with not many golf course openings.  Sure the service is good and the conditon should be good but the course is flawed in many-many ways. 


According to GolfWeek, Yoche De He is #5 public in CA (just ahead of Rustic Canyon and Rams Hill) and #3 casino course (behind Shadow Creek and Fallen Oak and just ahead of French Lick-Dye, Greenbriar Old White, and WeKoPa-Saguaro).
Did they do work on Yoche De He since this thread, did they mis-rate it, or did Joel's post not age well?
Many of these flaws are not the fault of Brad Bell the architect.  The course has a very high water table and when they went to grade they would hit water.  They ran into an Indian burial ground and had to work around that.  They couldn't get to close to the river which is a shame because it would have made some nice holes.  So the end result is just OK but it's not a place I would drive out of my way to play.