Played Mesa Linda on Monday, 6/12 as a threesome, teeing off from the blues about 2:15pm on a sunny and a gusty, windy day. Played behind a 5some, and had slight/moderate waits on most holes throughou... Continue »

Played Mesa Linda on Monday, 6/12 as a threesome, teeing off from the blues about 2:15pm on a sunny and a gusty, windy day. Played behind a 5some, and had slight/moderate waits on most holes throughout. POP ended up at 4hrs 30 mins.

Overall, I thought Mesa was in good condition, but a little short of Los Lagos' shape last week.

Though much shorter than Lagos, the smaller greens on Mesa Linda do present a tougher challenge due to their undulations and require a better short game. Wind strongly affected most approach shots in our group, often pushing the ball left, right, long or short of the smallish greens. The greens were in good (not great) condition, a few too many ball marks, a few bare spots, held shots fairly well and rolled medium-fast.

Tees were mostly level, a few divot-damaged areas outside of the par 3s. Fairways were generally lush and green, provided good roll-out, and bare spots were few. Rough was inconsistent, including bare spots and some longer (up to 5") uncut grasses. Was in one green-side bunker, recently un-raked, but with good, fluffy sand over a firm base.

Didn't see the refreshment cart nor a marshal come by in the afternoon. Still, a nice day out on a fun course.

Played a mid-morning round with a couple buds at Mesa Linda Sat., a course I've not played in years. Found it in very good muni condition and for around $39 walking on the weekend in the OC, not a ba... Continue »

Played a mid-morning round with a couple buds at Mesa Linda Sat., a course I've not played in years. Found it in very good muni condition and for around $39 walking on the weekend in the OC, not a bad deal. PoP as expected, dragged past 4 1/2 hours, acceptable for a W/E but the group behind us was consistently a hole back and more at the end. Kikuyu everywhere was in good shape, green and full but was not mown recently. Never had a bad lie in the fairway but the deeper rough was occasionally hit-it-and-hope. Putting greens were mown and rolled medium speed and true, nice to putt on. Bunkers a bit of a challenge: damp, some hard pan, and not well conditioned today. The Linda is a par 70 course, flat, and shorter than her sister LL ... most errant tee balls can be easily recovered, so it can be considered a real ego booster course if that's appealing. As Abbacat mentioned in her previous review, it should be moved into a golfers rotation for an occasional round rather than every few years. I know I'll be back again later this year. Add: they had a charity thing going on with attractive young ladies passing out beer and liquor to try. That made the day a bit more memorable :)

Played today, 3-19-17. With a GN hot deal + promo, $21 was a great price. I was paired with a couple and another single. The weather was sunny, breezy, almost chilly- quite a change from last weekend... Continue »

Played today, 3-19-17. With a GN hot deal + promo, $21 was a great price. I was paired with a couple and another single. The weather was sunny, breezy, almost chilly- quite a change from last weekend in the desert. The course was in really nice shape. The tee boxes were level with minimal divot damage. The fairways were beautiful with only a few having some brown areas in the middle. I never had a bad lie. #14 was CPO although we couldn't quite figure out why. The two bunkers I was in were both well raked with clean soft, damp sand. The greens played better than they looked. They were all very patchy looking with many scars around previous cup placements. They rolled smoothly, though, and pretty fast. This course is pretty short so I mixed up the tees I played from just for a little more variety and challenge. The beverage cart came by a a total of 5 times- pretty impressive. POP was unusually good at 4.25 hrs. This course is not far from home yet I don't seem to think of it very often. That may change now that I had such a nice time there today.

Grabbed a GolfNow deal for Friday, 18 March for $27 each x 2 at 1:53p. Played as a 3some with a nice guy from Missouri. Lot's of 2somes on the course today, POP was an amazing 4:05 hrs, even with wait... Continue »

Grabbed a GolfNow deal for Friday, 18 March for $27 each x 2 at 1:53p. Played as a 3some with a nice guy from Missouri. Lot's of 2somes on the course today, POP was an amazing 4:05 hrs, even with waiting on nearly every teebox, a St. Paddy's Day surprise.

Teeboxes were pretty lush and green and mostly level. The par3 6th is on a perpetual slant, the 13th a bit crowned, but the rest are near-perfectly flat. 7/10

Fairways are recovering from fair bit of water damage. Generally green and semi-lush, many have ruts running perpendicular across them, bare spots and areas of varying grass coverage. Thin and full lies available on most holes. 5/10

Rough was cut fairly today, some tough lies, 1/2 club penal. 5/10

Was in three traps. No complaints about the quality of sand; medium-weight, with a semi-firm base. However, golfers on the day were rake-averse, and twice was in footprints. 4/10

Greens were very green, a bit soft, with some bumpy foot traffic around a number of holes. Otherwise, lots of challenging undulations and slanted putts that make this course fun. They did putt nicely, my friend had 4 birds, I had 2, and our visitor had one, as well. All were nice putts from 6-25 feet, rolling well. 6/10

A great deal today, golf course was in decent condition, on a 70-ish degree, partly cloudy day. Brilliant! Cart girl was by 2x. Greens probably due to be aerated soon.

Despite the short yardage, I always enjoy playing this course because the greens can be very challenging and even the approach shots in require some thought to leave yourself a decent putt. However t... Continue »

Despite the short yardage, I always enjoy playing this course because the greens can be very challenging and even the approach shots in require some thought to leave yourself a decent putt. However today was not a positive experience! Our group had the first time, but of course a group teed off in the dark ahead of us. Not a big deal as they played at a reasonable pace and I was not in a hurry. However as we walked down the 11th fairway, we saw groups of ladies on the 13th tee. Even finishing 11 and 12, they still had not cleared the tee on 13 when we arrived. The group in front of us said "they do this all the time, so they just went over to Los Lagos. It had only taken us about 80 minutes to play the first 12 holes, it took almost 30 to play the next two holes !!! We skipped over to #15 on Los Lagos and finished the round there. (Probably saved an hour?) The course was a joke. None of the fairways have been cut in who knows how long. If you were able to avoid all the muddy areas and could find your ball, it was like hitting from US Open rough in the middle of the fairways. The course is still soaked even now? Greens were decent, but all the foot prints from the people in front were very apparent, so needless to say the greens were very soft. The worst part was the attitude in the pro shop about it when my bride complained. They could simply care less! I feel they have an obligation to inform you when you book the tee time that they will be starting a shotgun mid-course directly in front of you. They never even mentioned anything when we paid out fees. I guess once they have the $$, you're on your own.

Played Costa Mesa Mesa Linda on Monday Dec 26th. Had a 7:06 tee time and got out about 20 minutes early. We walked and POP was good at 4:15. This was the first time I played this course and I was tol... Continue »

Played Costa Mesa Mesa Linda on Monday Dec 26th. Had a 7:06 tee time and got out about 20 minutes early. We walked and POP was good at 4:15. This was the first time I played this course and I was told that is was a short course. It is a short course if you can hit 270 to 300 yards off the tee (most people think they can but .... right....) Yes there were some short holes, but again it makes you actually think out there instead of just grabbing the driver and I like that. All of the tee boxes were good, level and soft enough to get a tee into the ground. The fairways were very wet, no roll out, so the course did play longer than it should have. I was not in any bunkers either fairway or green side but my friend was and truthfully they did not look friendly. Glad I avoided them. The greens were very receptive, had to fix ball marks every hole. They rolled good, maybe a little slow because of the wetness. Since this was my first time here I must say that I enjoyed the layout and the course. It is nice to play a course where your second shot is not always a fairway wood because the course is so long. I hope to play this course more.

Put a few Vokey wedges in the bag, so wanted to play somewhere I'd have opportunities to use them. As the prior reviewer indicates, greens have almost completely healed from the punching. Fairways w... Continue »

Put a few Vokey wedges in the bag, so wanted to play somewhere I'd have opportunities to use them. As the prior reviewer indicates, greens have almost completely healed from the punching. Fairways were still wet, so the course played longer than usual, which is not a big deal on this course. I played behind all the tee boxes, which made the course play even longer, so it turned out I didn't have as many chances to use the wedges like I'd planned for.

One of the things I like about this course is that it does not "come in" after nine, so I do not have to concern myself with "back-nine play". Plus, I there are quite a number of challenging shots into these greens, even given the shorter distance. I took me years of playing the Los Lagos course before I even considered the Mesa Linda course, but to be honest I always enjoy playing this course. I find it both fun and interesting.

Was able to grab a late $13.49 GN deal for Mesa Linda in the early afternoon, on Monday, 24th October, including cart.

Joined up with two other guys, one of whom I've played a number of rounds with... Continue »

Was able to grab a late $13.49 GN deal for Mesa Linda in the early afternoon, on Monday, 24th October, including cart.

Joined up with two other guys, one of whom I've played a number of rounds with there. Weather yesterday was supposed to be a 10-15% chance of rain and clearing in the afternoon, when we started at 1:00pm. Well, it started raining a bit on the 5th hole and after the 8th hole, it started pouring. We already had some lightening overhead while coming down the 7th. After waiting it out a bit, and seeing some clearing to the west, we eventually got the round in, albeit very wet, with the rain subsiding for only about 3 holes, as the clearing stayed in Huntington Beach and never really made it to the course. The course was already wet from the previous day's rain and became littered with casual water on every fairway and very soggy traps. The fairway on #14 was roped off and was a spotty sea for all 475 yards.

Given all that, I guess the main takeaways from this review is that the greens looked great and were very nice, and completely healed from the punching of 3 weeks ago. Putts rolled true, albeit a bit slower than normal even before the rain started. As the previous review noted, tee boxes have been reseeded, and we either teed from the very front or very back (both blues and white tees were together) in worn-out muddy patches, as the majority of the tee areas are still filling in. I am guessing another week or so before they re-open the tees for more full access.

One nice thing about playing here when the weather isn't great, or chance of rain (or worse, as it became), is that it does keep the major crowds away with mostly just us golf nuts venturing out. The course DOES NOT provide any rain checks after payment is made at the register for walk-ups, etc.

got out here on a friday afternoon with a friend. check in was quick and for once it was not crowded and got out right on time. many of the tees were moved all the way up, i think they were doing so... Continue »

got out here on a friday afternoon with a friend. check in was quick and for once it was not crowded and got out right on time. many of the tees were moved all the way up, i think they were doing some reseeding as the grass was long further back on the teebox. fairways were fine, there was generally a decent lie. a few wet and muddy areas in the rough, a few patchy areas as well but not too much of a hindrance. fairway bunkers were standard hard packed, i was not in any greenside bunkers. greens had recently been aerated but played fine. a bit slow and bumpy but you will get that in the afternoon. POP was surprisingly under four hours even with a six-some (yes 6) in front of us. course plays very short with a lot of short par 4s and an extra par 3 on each side for a par of 70. a good place to practice as long as it's not too crowded out there.