First trip to San Diego/Escondido area. Played The Vineyard at Escondido 9/5/19, 10:45 tee time. Thoroughly enjoyed the course. As a high handicapper, I'm usually taking in the surroundings when pl... Continue »

First trip to San Diego/Escondido area. Played The Vineyard at Escondido 9/5/19, 10:45 tee time. Thoroughly enjoyed the course. As a high handicapper, I'm usually taking in the surroundings when playing a course away from home. The views here were very nice, peaceful. A bit of construction on the course #8 is shortened to a par 3 while the fairway is being re-sodded. Both #9 and #11 have portions of the fairways roped off from recent repair. Dumped two in the pond on par 3, #12 being distracted by the homes on the hill. We were in our fair share of bunkers, but each was playable with adequate sand. The staff were all great, and the starter was very helpful. We were only a twosome, and the PoP was exactly at 3.5 hrs. We caught the crowd on #7, and it was pretty slow from there. The rough was more punitive than what we're used too, but we managed to find "most" of our wayward tee balls. The greens rolled pretty true, medium speed. My one and only complaint is not with the course, but with the BALLMARKS NOT BEING REPAIRED! We spent time repairing marks on nearly every green. Not sure how to improve that situation. The weather was great, only 93* for the high. But I did have a laugh when I heard a local complaining about the heat. When I told him I had to wait for the temps to drop to 105* so I could go out a couple weeks ago, he reconsidered his complaints....all things are relative I guess. The drive from SD wasn't too bad, but I need to know who to talk to about interstate traffic around here....hahahahaha. We'll definitely be back.

Played on 7/13 and the greens were the highlight of the round. This is a challenging course with some parts of the rough playing like a major golf championship. The weather was a bit warm at 10:06 whe... Continue »

Played on 7/13 and the greens were the highlight of the round. This is a challenging course with some parts of the rough playing like a major golf championship. The weather was a bit warm at 10:06 when we teed off. I would suggest teeing off earlier, but the $79 dollar deal for 2 we got from clickitgolf.com only allows tee times after 10:00am on weekends. The guys we played with paid over $60 for their tee times. The bunkers were wet and compact, two things you should not expect at a golf course. Overall, I really enjoyed the course and I highly recommend you play before it gets even hotter.

The last time I played here was 3-1/2 years ago. With Tee-Off + promo code I was able to play for $24. I was very early for my 11:07am tee time so they paired me with a guy who works in the pro shop,... Continue »

The last time I played here was 3-1/2 years ago. With Tee-Off + promo code I was able to play for $24. I was very early for my 11:07am tee time so they paired me with a guy who works in the pro shop, and a nice couple from Arizona. We teed off at 10:37am. The carts have good GPS (although ours quit working on the #15)

Last time I was here, conditions were not so good. It was very nice to see the improvements that have been made and are continuing. There were a couple of fairways that had sizeable areas of very thin turf, but the rest were nicely green with good coverage and cushion. The rough was consistent around the course ranging from about 1 to 2 inches- easy to hit/chip from. The greens were very impressive- smooth, somewhat soft, fast-medium roll, and only a handful of ball marks to be fixed. The tee boxes were level with few divots on any of them. The water in the several lakes is much clearer than I remember in all but #5- still enough scum on that one to support the 5 or 6 balls that were sitting on top of it. The bunkers were more dirt than sand. Some were thin/crusty, others were soft/deeper. I was in 4 of them and I was unusually successful in getting out of all them (Thank you, GDR23!). I heard that they are eliminating several bunkers around the course and shortening some on the mounds on the right side of the #8 fairway.

The layout is fun. There are several narrow holes with water including the very short but challenging #3 – don’t land right, left or long- on the green is the only safe place. The #6 par 3 has always been my worst hole. Apparently I wasn’t the only one recently to need the drop zone – there was hardly any grass left in it! The back 9 has some nice elevation changes and scenic views. POP was a little over 4 hours. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day. I won’t wait another 3 years to play the Vineyard again.

Played on Monday, Presidents day and the course was full, as expected. Teed off around 945 and was expecting the slow play and the expectation was meet. Waited on most holes and POP was around 5 hou... Continue »

Played on Monday, Presidents day and the course was full, as expected. Teed off around 945 and was expecting the slow play and the expectation was meet. Waited on most holes and POP was around 5 hours. The course was in very good shape, considering the rain. I was expecting a lot more standing water but it was minimal and only in low areas and some of the bunkers. Greens were firm and fast and they had the pins on every slope and ridge they could find so putting was challenge.

Fairways were thin and wet but only had to move my ball a few times. We played lift and clean, so the mud on the balls didn't affect our play.

Bunkers were in poor shape and are all going to have to be given some tender loving care, we saw a few with standing water but most were in fairly good shape.

Tee boxes were in pretty good shape with only a few having divot damage.

track was in much better shape than I expected and my groups had fun. Well worth getting out to the Vineyards

Tee Time: 5:37 (start time about 5:45)
Date: May 10, 2018
Pace of Play: 55mins (9 holes)

Was first off on the back 9 with my buddy this morning for a quick round before work. They recently have ... Continue »

Tee Time: 5:37 (start time about 5:45)
Date: May 10, 2018
Pace of Play: 55mins (9 holes)

Was first off on the back 9 with my buddy this morning for a quick round before work. They recently have been working really hard to get this course back into good shape. The new greenskeeper has really been making some awesome strides.

Greens:
Greens were punched a little over a month ago and have come back very nicely. It is nice to have receptive greens on this course compared to the rock hard greens they were before the aeration. We were out making dew lines so they rolled a bit slow; however once we got to 18 it had been mowed that morning and was still relatively slow but not horrible.

Fairways:
The fairways are in great shape right now with a few bare spots from where water has pooled and the grass has died from cart action. It seems they are letting them grow out a bit as they were a bit longer than usual.

Bunkers:
Was only in the greenside bunker on 11 but it was pretty hard packed and wet.

First time playing the Vineyard at Escondido on Monday, 4/30. Joined up with couple from NJ at 12:37pm for an enjoyable round on a cloudy, 2-club windy day. Must say that I found the course to be a fu... Continue »

First time playing the Vineyard at Escondido on Monday, 4/30. Joined up with couple from NJ at 12:37pm for an enjoyable round on a cloudy, 2-club windy day. Must say that I found the course to be a fun lay-out with plenty of water holes on the front and a bit on the back, too. Tight-ish driving holes throughout. Was driving the ball well, and hitting 13/14 fairways on the day did help my enjoyment of the course!

Teeboxes were level, and nicely green. Other than having a foot in a divot or two on the short par 3s, don't recall any un-level tees.

Fairways were really nice and lush, with no bare spots that I recall. A bit longer than I would prefer, mostly good lies and decent roll prevailed. Rough grass along the fairway and near the greens were pretty consistent, about 2-3 inches and were only a bit penal. One of my playing partners did lose a golf ball in it, however.

Was in one green-side bunker on the 3rd hole (hidden behind the green) and the sand was just fluffy enough, and made a sandy - miracles do happen.

Greens looked great and were very green upon approach. Held shots well. They are about 93.7% healed from whenever they were punched recently (GK has a 'good to go' green rating on them), with fairly inconsequential hole remnants still visible. Greens looked faster than they were. Other than hole#2's pin placement on a slippery crown near the front of the green, the rest of front-side greens were mostly 'slow' to medium-slow. On the back nine, the greens were a bit faster, I'd say mostly 'medium' speed. I think the elevations and undulations on the back help the greens drain quicker.

Overall, I highly recommend the course right now, given the $ value and overall conditions. if the greens were a bit faster, I've give it top marks overall. Really is a fun layout.

POP was 4hrs 15mins, with the front 9 taking only 1hr 50mins - the cart GPS system warned us that we were not on pace, we should've taken 2 hrs!?! I found that message funny. The group in front of us bogged down on the back 9 for 5 holes - they were playing the blues and should've been playing the white tees. They did pick it up on 14th hole after they noticed two holes in front of them were wide open, so it could've been worse. Only saw a marshal on #16, and by then they were moving OK.

Played the Vineyard sunday, 7:45am and was walking off 18 around noon. I know some people have complained about pace of play, but lately, we haven't had an issue, and I'm a gigantic complainer when i... Continue »

Played the Vineyard sunday, 7:45am and was walking off 18 around noon. I know some people have complained about pace of play, but lately, we haven't had an issue, and I'm a gigantic complainer when it comes to PoP.

That being said, the greens are in great shape. Excellent job to the grounds crew. Everyone seems to be repairing pitch marks for the most part - but I have to say, they are doing a great job at keeping the greens in almost excellent condition.

Fairways are ok, and we haven't encountered any issues with bare spots or mud. We did play the day after rain, and the course seemed to have drained quite well. Tee boxes are in good condition, and can probably be attributed to the wideness the crew has spaced the markers.

All-in-all, good value.

Terrible conditions. Greens are atrocious. Fairways chewed up. Bunkers hardpan. Do not recommend right now.

Terrible conditions. Greens are atrocious. Fairways chewed up. Bunkers hardpan. Do not recommend right now.

4/3 using customer appreciation voucher(free round after purchase of $45 green fee last December--net 22,50 per round) on a nice balmy am occasional 1 club breeze from the whites 6160 69.4 122 par 70.... Continue »

4/3 using customer appreciation voucher(free round after purchase of $45 green fee last December--net 22,50 per round) on a nice balmy am occasional 1 club breeze from the whites 6160 69.4 122 par 70.
Fairways have good cover overall a little on the longish side but still generally giving decent roll with some random thin areas and rarely a bare spot none of which came into play for me--did find a couple of mostly healed divots but other wise good lies. Rough cut down but thick and wirery impeding roll and being tough to play from as making ball 1st contact was a challenge.
Tees level with wide set markers--par 3s have a lot of divot damage mostly filled and repaired--other tees have good cover.
Bunkers are well placed often leaving a longer shot--with consistent well groomed sand that has a nice firm quality--that should have provided a good base for execution--however I could not adjust and came in too shallow resulting flyers to the back of the green.
Greens were medium fast rolling smoothly and quite consistent hole to hole. Front 9 layout is generally flat and the greens reflect the terrain having less slope and contour--though some pin placements can sneak up on you. The back has more elevation changes and many of the greens are above fairway level--greens tend to have more slope and breaks. POP just under 4 with only a little waiting.
Staff members are cheerful golfer oriented and are very motivated to provide really good customer service. Mark at the desk made check in a breeze and John the starter was very helpful to plug us into a slot with another 2some to get out 30 minutes early.
Also according to Mark the scheduled maintenance been cancelled