Played 12/30/2020. Tee time for 0748 but was delayed due to frost. The 3 of us ended up teeing off on a modified shotgun start at 0817, started as fir... » More

Played 12/30/2020. Tee time for 0748 but was delayed due to frost. The 3 of us ended up teeing off on a modified shotgun start at 0817, started as first group on Hole 3. We ended up being a part of the men's club tee times. POP would have been sub 4 hour but ended up being just under 5 hours due to poor tee sheet management by the golf course (More on that below).

This was the only tee time we could find for the day in all of San Diego County. But, I've played twice here now, and I am still not a fan of the course for 3 reasons. Course conditions, annoying golf carts, and a TON of unnecessary OB. For the same drive and similar price, I would much rather play The Golf Club of California that is around the corner.

1: The conditions are a low-to-mid level muni course, but they call themselves a resort. Full coverage of grass in the fairways and rough, but no defining area between the two, and lots of bad lies in the "fairway" due to a hodgepodge of grasses/weeds. The rain a few days ago still made for some soggy areas and a lot of lift, clean, replace. The course had more than average GUR areas as well. The bunkers, especially green side, are in pretty good shape. The grounds crew did their best to rake what was playable that day, as there are still bunkers that had water puddles in them. The greens were the best part of the course. They held a lot of shots due to the softer conditions but were still pretty quick, especially once the dew dried. Overall they were slightly bumpy at times, but rolled pretty well. The tee boxes could use a mow, but due to the rain and frost it was more than likely delayed and understandable. Majority of the tee boxes had you searching for a level spot and/or lower grass spot.

2: The golf carts have GPS and speakers, but are overly annoying due to the geo-fencing they place on them, yet they are inaccurate with the geo-fencing and messaging. Leaving the tee box, they wont alert you if its cart path only (except a few holes did) but then if you try and drive in the fairway, you'll make it halfway into it, only for the cart to tell you "restricted area" cart path only and you have to reverse. Something to keep in mind that really affects the enjoyment of the round when it happens so often.

3: Out of Bounds. The amount of unnecessary OB on the course is ridiculous. Some of it is very much needed as they don't want to encourage you to cut the corner or "let it rip" near houses off the tee. But there is a lot that could be changed or removed. I'm not the most accurate, but I'm also not the most inaccurate either, but I still was overly penalized.

As for the shotgun start....The modified shotgun ended up being an absolute Charlie Foxtrot when we came back around to hole 1 to finish our last two holes. We had to wait 40-50 minutes to tee off on #1 because the course was attempting to interlace our shotgun tee times with the regular on-time afternoon tee times, instead of pushing everyone back or doing another modified shotgun start. This was especially frustrating since we were on pace for a sub-4 hour round, and had a match for money going on. My dad ended up leaving early and not finishing because it was taking so long. My friend and I eventually convinced the starter to let us tack onto the group we were originally following as a 5-some for our last two holes, instead of playing as a 2-some two tee times later. After talking to the Head Professional about our displeasure with how it was handled and providing proven frost delay alternative solutions done by other golf courses, hopefully they make some changes.
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Played Saturday Dec 19 945am with some buddies, Blue tees. $75pp. POP was slow 4hours 45min.

Short Review: Place is hit and miss all over t... » More

Played Saturday Dec 19 945am with some buddies, Blue tees. $75pp. POP was slow 4hours 45min.

Short Review: Place is hit and miss all over the course. Some fairways or parts of fairways are very nice 8/10, while some other areas are average 5 or 6/10. Same with the greens. Some were great, and some were not so great. Not typically a fan of courses winding/surrounded by homes and its a little on the pricey for the conditions. Would maybe play again, but at a cheaper rate.

Long Review: Our hands were tied for trying to get a Saturday tee time at some other courses, so we decided to give Eastlake a shot since it was wide open when we booked. Pretty short course, a little difficult with some blind shots if you've never played here before like me. Staff was good. Golf carts seemed new, very good shape, but slow-er. They have GPS and speakers but ours never turned on, so I just used my Garmin watch no problem. I also will say, Hole #1 is very interesting being right along the driving range with no netting. Also, a lot of holes, if not all holes, had some kind of soggy spot or multiple spots, we played lift, clean, replace out of the soggy spots. Didn't seem like it was from rain.

GREENS: The greens are difficult to rate. The practice green was excellent so we were excited. Probably a solid 8/10. But that was only replicated on the course for a handful of holes, mostly on the back 9. The first several holes the greens were about a 5.5/10, some bare spots here and there, lots of marks and very "thin". Hole 9 green was probably in the most need of some repairs for the bare spots. All of them were firm.

FAIRWAY/ROUGH: Pretty average, some areas on the lush side, some on the thin side. Good coverage though. Some areas were roped off to limit cart traffic to recover, so if you were inside that, it was a great spot.

TEES: Pretty good, some spots had more divots than others. Mostly lush with a few exceptions.

BUNKERS: Very good condition. Fresh sand. No rakes due to covid.

In my opinion, I believe this course was a little over priced for the conditions. Prime time on a Saturday I feel like should be no more than $60-65, cart included.
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Had the opportunity to play this Private Country Club as a part of an online golf deal for ~$75pp - The course called it Member For A Day. 10am, shot... » More

Had the opportunity to play this Private Country Club as a part of an online golf deal for ~$75pp - The course called it Member For A Day. 10am, shotgun start, we played the Blue tees, and the forward Ladies tee, and started on 13.

Short review: Course was in okay shape, especially for a "Private Country Club" I was not impressed. Lots of divots everywhere in the fairways and tee boxes. Greens and bunkers were very good. Random areas throughout the course had soggy wet spots as well. For the price we paid, didn't really fit the course, felt more like a muni.

Long Review: Given the COVID stuff, and this was more tournament-ish (shotgun start), check-in was a breeze. They took our temp and checked our names as we drove into the parking lot. There is no driving range, only a few hitting mats into a net/cage, but it was closed for COVID. They had all the golf carts nicely arranged and labeled by hole for everyone. The golf carts were in great condition, no GPS. Good weather, mainly overcast and probably 68deg. Our POP was 5 hours, but that was mainly us taking our time as we had some games going on, but we never had anyone behind us or in front of us all day, so felt like the course was all to ourselves. Not sure where the bottleneck was, but that probably means it was way over 5 hours.

GREENS: Greens were in very good shape! Much faster as the day went on. They had some sort-of weekly dressing on it (fertilizer?) but it never affected putting. They were relatively firm, but with playability. No ball marks or bumpiness to speak of.

FAIRWAYS/ROUGH: Mainly dormant and dry, but man-oh-man, LOTS of divots. Divots that had sand, divots that were starting to grow back, and just lots of divots.

TEES: Again, LOTS of divots. Very level tee boxes and fair amount of lushness to them, some holes had a lot of selections for tees, but there were divots everywhere.

BUNKERS: Fresh sand but kind of shallow compared to some courses I've played recently. Still no problems with playability though.

Also, Not sure why, as there has not been any rain at all recently, yet there were random spots all over the course that were very soggy and wet, most times roped off but not always. I would understand a few leaks, but there was A LOT.

Overall a tough course, need to make sure you're good at your yardage and targets.
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First time playing here. Played 9 Holes 1:54pm Tee Time from the Brown Tees. POP was SLOW. Finished 9 in just under 3 hours. We all walked but heads ... » More

First time playing here. Played 9 Holes 1:54pm Tee Time from the Brown Tees. POP was SLOW. Finished 9 in just under 3 hours. We all walked but heads up, CART PATH ONLY.

Short Review: Course is recovering nicely from punching. Only a few signs from it on the greens. Greens are hard and fast. Rough is super long. Fairways in good shape.

Long Review: Check-in was no problem. The starter did a good job of consolidating some tee times so we had a foursome, instead of a Single, single, pair all back to back. Even so, we were constantly waiting on every shot, and I think some of that could be attributed to lost golf balls due to how deep the rough is. We encountered it ourselves. Bring extra balls. We had strong Santa Ana winds blowing so it made for a beautiful day.

GREENS: Not sure if they were purposely so dry, or if it was due to the Santa Ana Winds and low humidity. They were very quick and very firm but seemed to roll very smooth. Hardly any ball marks to speak of, fixed a few here and there.

FAIRWAYS: They were very good. Pretty lush throughout and a little on the dry side but not bad. There were only a few common approach spots that had a lot of divots.

ROUGH: Oh the rough....lush but might as well be US Open length, if you miss the fairway, you will be searching for your ball. We were constantly looking and hoping to find them, even lost a few as a foursome. But, that being said, it seems they are starting to cut them, as we progressed on the course, there were some holes that weren't as long. Be careful though, if you're near the hazard, they seem to have cut them first, so your ball probably won't stay up.

TEES: Most tees are not bunched up anymore like when I played the South course a few weeks ago. A lot of the tee boxes are in good shape. Little bit on the thin and recovering side here and there.

BUNKERS: Good fresh sand in the bunkers, but not as deep as it seems. Still very good shape though.

All in all, had a great time. Can't beat a 70deg December day walking a course with ocean views like Torrey Pines. Will play again soon.
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Played Nov 25. 710am tee time. Chilly 41degrees when we teed off. Play Blue/White combo 70.7/129 6254yrds.

Short Review: Course is in great w... » More

Played Nov 25. 710am tee time. Chilly 41degrees when we teed off. Play Blue/White combo 70.7/129 6254yrds.

Short Review: Course is in great winter shape!! FANTASTIC greens, and although relatively dormant, pretty good fairways/rough. Good POP if we could've kept our balls out of trouble (sorry group behind us). Worth the tee time!

Long Review: Arrived at 615am to a chilly 41 degree day. Made for a wet dewy start for course conditions except for the greens, they were cut or rolled in the AM. Course dried nicely as the day went on. The Carts were ready and staged for the day, and the range was already open to warm up. Clubhouse check-in was a breeze and the starter was very friendly. We grabbed our carts and headed to the range, pretty good condition of turf, little sandy but much better than hitting off mats. The putting practice green was very close to actual course conditions, so take advantage pre-round.

GREENS: If you follow my reviews, you know I love a good putting surface. These greens were EXCELLENT! Very green, no ball marks really to speak of, smooth, pretty soft, and not bumpy whatsoever. You could see that they were cut or rolled in the AM from the lack of dew, so it was nice not having to deal with putting through water.

FAIRWAYS/ROUGH: Didn't hit many fairways but they were in pretty good shape. Mainly dormant but still good lies overall. There were some approach areas that had lots of divots filled with sand trying to recover, but given its winter/dormant, I get it.

BUNKERS: Bunkers here use more dirt like sand, if that makes sense. But, they were excellent, I hit a few bunkers and there was no issue bottoming out. Fair amount of softness to them.

TEE BOXES: Green and Good condition. Some had more divots with sand than others, but the course did a good job moving the markers around to try and avoid it as much as possible.

Overall, very challenging but fun course. Bring your whole golf game repertoire as no two holes play the same. Looking forward to a redemption round here.
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