Played this course for the first time ever on Thursday. Despite my all-but-non-existent short game that day, this place ... » More

Played this course for the first time ever on Thursday. Despite my all-but-non-existent short game that day, this place has instantly become one of my favorite courses ever. An often challenging but fair layout, beautiful scenery, great staff, good pace of play, serious greens. Local knowledge is definitely worth a stroke or 2 per side as this is not the usual grip it and rip it public course. The greens are quite sloped and are a good ways back from being punched 10 days ago or so, but I never figured them out this first time around. The greens were soft, and I went from full-on plugging a ball on my tee shot into hole 2, to leaving putts 6 feet short, to having it run way past the hole. It may have been my highest 3-putt total on any round in recent memory, but that's mostly familiarity. I'll get it next time, and the deer didn't seem to laugh at me too much as they looked on. All in all, it was a great day at a great course. If it wasn't 130+ mile round trip from me, I'd play here at least once a month.
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Played Morro Bay last Saturday am, and it was everything I had expected. $75 to ride, and conditions were excellent. The... » More

Played Morro Bay last Saturday am, and it was everything I had expected. $75 to ride, and conditions were excellent. The course layout is pretty straightforward without too much penalty if you are offline as the grass is continuous over the whole hillside. I’m not a big fan of kikuyu, but fairways were excellent, and the rough was cut short enough that you could get out of it predictably.

270 degree views of the bay and the rock are a treat. However, the lush conditions made for a great breeding ground for mosquitoes! Bring your own repellent cuz the pro shop was sold out!
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First new club house built looks great new driving range redone. Made start time for a fivesome no problem then drove th... » More

First new club house built looks great new driving range redone. Made start time for a fivesome no problem then drove the treacous drive to course.
Review as follows other than sand traps course is a disaster. Wet muddy grass not cut even in fairways off fairways super long grass and muddy weeds everywhere. Tee boxes uneven muddy and weeds on tee block areas. Greens had been aerated but no one told us when reservation made. Then with 4 holes to play 2 guys pull out in front of us to play.
I asked don't you think you should of asked us to play thru. He comments who said you could play a 5som. I responded pro shop made time for a fivesome when we called in and asked if 5 some allowed. We were told yes. Not only that there were but 8 cars in the parking lot when we arrived and only on 14th hole did these 2 clowns showed up.
We have been playing this course for over 25 years and make a treturaces drive up the super curve mountain road to play. First time there in over 3 years do to comic.
My question do you go to courses to check them out or just a phone call about conditions.
We have normally 12 players so usually get 3 start times this time only 5 could play rest were working but we have no plans to return again were done with that course.drive is very tuff but since no one informed us how bad course conditions were was biggest issue
The weeds even in middle of fairways a joke. As far as areated greens should of told us when making start time now i know why so few cars there when we arrives for 10 10 start time.
Finally we used to play the course 5 to 6 times a season but no more..
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Played this AM. Course was damp to start with but dried out quickly. Great check in with Parker in the shop as always. F... » More

Played this AM. Course was damp to start with but dried out quickly. Great check in with Parker in the shop as always. Found the tee boxes all clean and playable. Fairways had good coverage decent roll and good lies all round. Greens were all in good shape. Held shots, released shots and chipped/putted with good speed all round. 10/22 and 23 aeration. Course seems to be getting more play recently?
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Always a treat to play in Coronado but what a bear getting onto the island on an early weekday morning. We were unfortu... » More

Always a treat to play in Coronado but what a bear getting onto the island on an early weekday morning. We were unfortunately following a tournament with many non golfing service personnel. Had we been told beforehand at the pro shop we would have set a reservation for another day. The 5 1/2 hour round kind of ruined the day for me. I always enjoyed this course and the scenery and very seldom get the opportunity to play here so I was disappointed the course was not in better shape. Next time will be not be very soon and will definitely ask about tournaments before making the long drive.
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Conditions are starting to slip a bit. The greens on the Front nine rolled fairly slow. The back nine was much improve... » More

Conditions are starting to slip a bit. The greens on the Front nine rolled fairly slow. The back nine was much improved, rolling at a medium fast pace. There were 2-3 greens that had sanded areas where they had done some maintenance work.

Fairways are starting to brown up here and there with more and more thin areas developing

Rest of the course is the same. POP was slow due to an older couple holding things up a few groups ahead. Often we had 3 groups on a tee box waiting for them

It’s hard to get mad at the Elderly but frustrating when there’s only 6 groups
On the entire course and 4 of us were all stacked up behind them. Course layout is still fun and unique with a good mixture of target golf and scoring holes
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A bit of a late review. Not a whole lot to add to the prior review. The best part of the course would be the greens. Bey... » More

A bit of a late review. Not a whole lot to add to the prior review. The best part of the course would be the greens. Beyond that, not a lot of positives. Tee boxes still not totally open, so had to "make my own" tee box areas. The fairways are rather shabby right now as is the rough. I hope this is temporary.

I enjoy playing this course, now more than years ago, perhaps because it lacks all those "big" par four holes I can no longer reach in regulation. Still enough of a mix a holes to make it fun, and the green complexes just add to the enjoyment
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Mostly, this course offers great value. Executive length and pretty open. There are a few ponds to watch out for, but if... » More

Mostly, this course offers great value. Executive length and pretty open. There are a few ponds to watch out for, but if you spray the ball you can often advance from an adjacent fairway, though you do have OB left on most of the course. Greens are a bit slow but roll true. Fairways and rough dry out quite a bit in the summer, but stay very playable. Bunkers in good shape. Expect slow rounds late afternoons and on weekends. Very solid, affordable municipal course; great for learners.
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Played wonderfully. Only knock on it was the type of sand, and the slow service at the restaurant before the round…seemd... » More

Played wonderfully. Only knock on it was the type of sand, and the slow service at the restaurant before the round…seemd like they were horribly under staffed.

Absolutely pristine playing conditions. Don't know if any course is worth that much to play but it came close.
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Only one redeming quality…its a great layout. With a little love it could be a great play. BUT..

-Tee boxes are... » More

Only one redeming quality…its a great layout. With a little love it could be a great play. BUT..

-Tee boxes are squishy/muddy mid afternoon on a hot summer day, crowned on the middle so finding a flat lie is impossible
-Fairways are muddy in areas, with crabgrass and other weeds and grass types making up 50% of the playable area..some areas not mowed, so its a 50/50 shot of catching a flier in the middle of the fairway.
-rough is the same story..thick with encroaching clover and crabgrass, bermuda, zoysia, you name it youll find it. Areas that are just flatout muddy from lack of drainage and way too much watering.
-bunkers are just stone mixed in with a thick clay, except for a few which arent packed on the faces, so all the way to the lip of the bunker its powdery…
-greens feel like a kitchen sponge. Thick layer of poa on top, but it didnt seem like theyd been rolled in years, and the root layer underneath the grass surface is a half inch to an inch of rootbed. The result is an incredibly bumpy surface that plays relatively fast, but can result in overspin on wedge shots. A sharp wedge shot is bound to skip once and rip off the green, whereas a chunk and run tends to stop relatively quickly…kinda backwards.
-driving range…they boast a grass driving range. In reality, its mostly sand/bark, with half rooted patches of grass mixed in there. On top of that its kind of a moonscape, so finding a flatish lie is impossible. Expect to find 1/3 of the balls to be in poor condition (cracked, chunks missing/no dimples)

I played with a local who said on numerous ocassions “ooo you got windsor’d on that one” when a ball would bounce wildly from its line on the green while putting or chipping.
Normally i would just say “well its a public course”. But charging $80+ with cart….with such a lengthy list of issues…thats not acceptable
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Rode the Greens (6537/71.3/137) in less than 3H. 100, clear and calm. Fazio layout that is fun to play. Only a few holes... » More

Rode the Greens (6537/71.3/137) in less than 3H. 100, clear and calm. Fazio layout that is fun to play. Only a few holes with water but native hazard areas on both sides of most holes make this a penal course if you stray. Depending on tee selection, there can be almost no forced carries or forces carries on every hole on your tee shots. More holes play downhill than uphill. Numerous greens run away from the golfer, which creates challenges when they speed them up.

Tees mostly lush/level but are less maintained than normal. Scruffy is my adjective for the way they keep the tees this time of year.

Fairways are lush and play firm. They are cutting them down so that you can again roll down hills instead of stopping. Which is often more bad than good here.

Bermuda rough is lush, thick and often penal.

Greenside sand traps nicely maintained with plenty of thick, soft white sand. Fairway bunkers firmer and not as well maintained.

Large Bermuda greens are firm with few ball marks. Smooth and they have cut they down recently, speed back up to medium fast. Getting to where once the fringes are mowed tight again, aggressive putts toward the front may end up 20 yards down the hill off the green on numerous holes.

Nice GPS on the carts. Excellent all grass practice area that includes multiple chipping and putting greens. Friendly customer service is always very good here. On course services only on weekends in high season, but snack shop @ the turn and a nice restaurant onsite. Recommended.
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Rare Monday off to play golf, but friend had a tee time and I had a light day of work.

They are overseeding the... » More

Rare Monday off to play golf, but friend had a tee time and I had a light day of work.

They are overseeding the tee boxes, so everything is moved up. Greens were good as they usually are here despite heavy volume of play. They were running at 9, remember the Rose Bowl break. Fairways had good coverage and sand traps had average amounts of muni sand. Rough was very spotty and they are doing construction on some of the holes on the back nine so lots of tractors and construction fences. Customer service was good and beverage cart roamed around but never came by to our cart. Happy Hour available now 3 pm to 6 pm Monday to Friday for your post round shenanigan's. Pro shop was well stocked and had a bunch of new TravisMathew swag. POP was 4.20 which was excellent for Brookside. Will return again since they do not do 5 somes still, which is a great idea!
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