Played all 18 holes at Oceanside muni for the first time since moving here nearly a year ago. My initial impression, seeing the course from the range when I first starting hitting balls here, was that it was a run down goat track that would NEVER get my money. I don't like spending big dollars golfing, but if I'm gonna play, I tend to lean towards playing higher end quality tracks. The range is grass and fairly decent to get some practice from, though the landing areas are poorly marked with mostly dirt areas. I broke down and took my 11yr old son around the front nine one time and was marginally surprised at the course. Today, took the course up on it's super twilight rate of ONLY $15 WITH CART by booking through the course's website. Figured that was a NO LOSE SITUATION so met a friend and gave it a go. What an INCREDIBLE DEAL. The service here is always very friendly, which I know from using the range many times as well as my boys taking lessons twice a month. As you can imagine, for only $15, I was willing to accept some imperfection from this muni, as long as the fairways were fair, and the greens weren't terrible. To my surprise though, the course was an absolute joy. The tee boxes were decent to fair, playing the blues, and presented none that were troubling. The fairways were more than fair, with ample lush grass, and they actually had a cut line distinguishing most rough areas. There were some spots on a couple fairways that were under repair, but they were well marked and seemed to be actually being improved. Most impressive though were the lush and receptive greens. We played so late in the day it would have been fair to expect the greens to be a little beat up, but amazingly they were gorgeous. Soft enough to get balls to check up but fast enough to roll a true line, even in the late afternoon. I could count the number of ball marks I encountered from my entire round that weren't repaired on one hand. Immaculate. If I remember correctly, there was only ONE green with thinning areas or edges. Now, as expected, the 'rough' was relatively rough, and there were many areas that had nothing more than large patches of dirt or weeds, but all in all, it was as expected from this level of course. As far as the overall course difficulty and creativity, it is STILL a muni. There were two holes that stood out as 'quirky' on the back nine, a short par 4 which plays up a STEEP hill, as well as the following hole, a short par 3 coming back down from the hillside. Other than those two holes, the course was laid out nicely with a fair mix of short and long par 4's/5's and several nice par 3's. Overall, I was either in the best mood of my life today, which after several forgettable holes is pretty much impossible, or this course was an ABSOLUTE JOY to play, especially FOR THE MONEY. To be fair, if I was paying upwards of the $35-$40 it can cost to play at earlier times of the day, I would likely take a pass, but if I'm only being asked to pony up less than $30, then I'm ALL IN with this course.