Played 6/13/25 8 am Shotgun. Course was in really great shape. Fairways had very good coverage with ball sitting up. A few GIR mixed around, but seldom caused any issues. They were playing on the firm & fast side with plenty of cushion. Greens were fantastic, but on the slow side. Held shots very well. Noticed a few wobbles and were a tad on the slow side, but they played great... » More

Played 6/13/25 8 am Shotgun. Course was in really great shape. Fairways had very good coverage with ball sitting up. A few GIR mixed around, but seldom caused any issues. They were playing on the firm & fast side with plenty of cushion. Greens were fantastic, but on the slow side. Held shots very well. Noticed a few wobbles and were a tad on the slow side, but they played great. Was not in any traps but they looked firm. T box's mostly great with a few uneven stances. Overall a easy recommend.
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Course is generally in good shape BUT, piece of advice, never come here on a Friday afternoon. Place was packed, 5 1/2 hour round. First time I have ever seen 5 groups backed up on one hole. Called the pro shop and the did send someone out. He was very nice but simply said, it is really crowded out here. Lots of drunks out this afternoon. Must have been sending people out every... » More

Course is generally in good shape BUT, piece of advice, never come here on a Friday afternoon. Place was packed, 5 1/2 hour round. First time I have ever seen 5 groups backed up on one hole. Called the pro shop and the did send someone out. He was very nice but simply said, it is really crowded out here. Lots of drunks out this afternoon. Must have been sending people out every 5 minutes or so. Hope someone from the course reads this. Hard to recommend. If you do go, greens were decent but slow. Fairways had good coverage. Sand traps really uneven and tee boxes pretty beat up.
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Played here again today with a 7:03 tee time. I'd seen that the Southern California Golf Community Facebook group had a few groups teeing off earlier, so when I overheard the starter saying their 6:36 group was only going to be three, I volunteered to start early and got to meet a few great guys from the group. The group right in front of us was well behind the group in front o... » More

Played here again today with a 7:03 tee time. I'd seen that the Southern California Golf Community Facebook group had a few groups teeing off earlier, so when I overheard the starter saying their 6:36 group was only going to be three, I volunteered to start early and got to meet a few great guys from the group. The group right in front of us was well behind the group in front of them (the entire par-5 10th was open in front of them), but POP wasn't too bad at just a smidge over four and a half hours.

Conditions are very similar to when I played here two weeks ago, except the par-3 5th green is much improved and I didn't encounter any bare spots in the middle of fairways today. Greens were smooth, accepting of full shots, and medium-fast. They seemed to get faster as they dried out toward the end of our round. Overall, they are very nice. Fairways have great coverage and provided good lies all day. Rough is in a little lesser condition but still quite good and not too penal. I was only in one bunker, which seemed to have an interesting maintenance approach where the edges of the bunker were pretty firm but they had added ample sand in the lowest areas where balls come to rest. White tee boxes were mostly good but a few were severely slanted. Again, the tee markers were very close together (less than 10 feet apart, despite plenty of room to have them wider) and at least one hole (15) had them placed in a weird spot that had us aligned with a big bush blocking the left side of the fairway.

I played great and had a great time. Definitely recommended.
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I finally got around to playing the newly renovated San Juan Oaks. In short not much has changed. But that’s a good thing because I really liked this course before it shut down for 2 years. Condition wise the course was in great shape tee to green. Greens were firm and fast. I’ve said it before, the greens at SJO have the perfect blend of enough undulations to challenge y... » More

I finally got around to playing the newly renovated San Juan Oaks. In short not much has changed. But that’s a good thing because I really liked this course before it shut down for 2 years. Condition wise the course was in great shape tee to green. Greens were firm and fast. I’ve said it before, the greens at SJO have the perfect blend of enough undulations to challenge you but nothing ridiculous.

Fairways were lush with good coverage throughout. Some of the areas leading up the greens were tight lies but still had good coverage. Tee boxes and sand traps were all good to go.

As far as the layout is concerned nothing really changed. they swapped the 9’s so you now tee off on what used to be #10 and then head up into the hillside. They used to do that on occasion before so no real change. What has changed is the split fairway on #4 (old #13). It is now a single fairway with just the one on the left. The fairway on the right is completely gone with 3’ weeds now in its place.

Other than that I did not see any changes to the course. There might be a new fairway bunker on #10 (old #1) but it’s been so long since I’ve played here, I can’t fully remember if it was there before or not. In fact the new housing development doesn’t really come into play. There are houses along the right side of the long 1 mile entrance road as you come in but nothing alongside the course. At least not as of yet. In fact you can’t see any of the houses from any part of the course. . I have no idea why they closed this place down for 2 years. The clubhouse / restaurant has been completely remodeled and now features full on dinners (or at least that’s the plan).

The price has gone up to $125 mid week and $175 weekend. That includes a cart and warmup range balls. SJO is a fun and challenging layout with great conditions. POP was a little under 4 hours.
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Played 6-10-25 walking as a twosome and finishing in under three hours. Tee boxes were in good condition, level with good coverage and minimal divot damage on par threes. For the most part the fairways were in good shape, there were some areas that were under repair and staked off, and some spots that were a little on the thin side but I never had a real bad lie, and the surfac... » More

Played 6-10-25 walking as a twosome and finishing in under three hours. Tee boxes were in good condition, level with good coverage and minimal divot damage on par threes. For the most part the fairways were in good shape, there were some areas that were under repair and staked off, and some spots that were a little on the thin side but I never had a real bad lie, and the surface was nice to hit from. Rough along fairways and around greens was about 2 inches and lush. Outside the first cut is some thick native grass in the 6 inches to longer area. Was not in any bunkers, but the looked to be in good shape with nice white sand. Greens were playing soft and rolling about medium pace with an occasional bump. Overall course is in good condition that usually gets better as the summer progresses.
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