Played in the late morning on Thursday, 12/9/10, on a perfect day for golf – warm, sunny, and almost no wind. I found this course a few weeks ago and played only 12 holes due to STL, so wanted to get ... Continue »

Played in the late morning on Thursday, 12/9/10, on a perfect day for golf – warm, sunny, and almost no wind. I found this course a few weeks ago and played only 12 holes due to STL, so wanted to get back and see the whole enchilada. Hooked up as a single with 3 local regulars who helped a lot with course knowledge and were a lot of fun to play with. Great conditions again – greens firm and fast, fairways dormant but with good (tight) lies, rough not too heavy but can grab your club. Some unfilled divots in fairways, and a few unrepaired ball marks on greens, but generally better than many public courses. Course is visually very pleasing and the last few holes play through a neat escarpment/arroyo and are both visually stunning and very difficult. Plenty of water available. Minor problems – tees were shaggy and needed to be cut; the snack phone on #9 tee wasn’t working and snack bar didn’t answer when I called thru the main number; groups in front of us were VERY slow and there is no ranger; too many holes were cart path only, with no apparent reason. Course apparently changed hands last year and there are some ongoing ‘issues’. I would play here regularly if the darn place wasn’t so hard to get to. Highly recommended.

Wow, what a find. Played ST after 5PM Wednesday, 10/13, and loved it. Very scenic with wetlands, coastal sage lining fairways, elevation changes. First time in a long time I'd give greens a 9 - firm, ... Continue »

Wow, what a find. Played ST after 5PM Wednesday, 10/13, and loved it. Very scenic with wetlands, coastal sage lining fairways, elevation changes. First time in a long time I'd give greens a 9 - firm, fast, held shots, looked great - no evidence of aeration as shown on Greenskeeper.org , so they haven't started or greens have healed up already. Fairways cut close and in great condition. Sand good. Only regret is that I ran out of light after 12 holes and missed the closing holes, which look challenging. Highly recommended - too bad it's so far out of the way and hard to get to. Saw two of the biggest coyotes I've ever seen adjacent to the 3rd hole - made sure I had a club in my hands at all times after that!

Played 1pm twilight. Much cooler in Oceanside than IE but had to stop play after 5 holes due to lightening strikes all around us. After an hour break, resumed on 10th hole due to persistent drizzle/... Continue »

Played 1pm twilight. Much cooler in Oceanside than IE but had to stop play after 5 holes due to lightening strikes all around us. After an hour break, resumed on 10th hole due to persistent drizzle/rain and wanting to finish before dark. Course in great shape. Tee grounds are somewhat hit and miss but the fairways and greens were great. They say 1/2 the greens were aerated a week ago but we didn't notice. Course is also visually very appealing as every hole offered different look and challenge. Sorry we had to miss few holes on front 9 but I'm sure we'll go down and play it again soon.

Played 07/20. Course is in very good shape all around. The only complaint, as previously mentioned, is the occassional abundance of ball marks on the greens. Still, most are repaired and roll smooth. ... Continue »

Played 07/20. Course is in very good shape all around. The only complaint, as previously mentioned, is the occassional abundance of ball marks on the greens. Still, most are repaired and roll smooth. But in general, the condition is outstanding for the price.

Good course for the $, but the greens were disappointing. All of the greens had ball marks that had not healed properly and therefore made putting, on the already slow greens, that much more difficul... Continue »

Good course for the $, but the greens were disappointing. All of the greens had ball marks that had not healed properly and therefore made putting, on the already slow greens, that much more difficult. You could make the case that these were poorly fixed to start with, or not fixed at all my the perp, but I have not seen anything like this is quite some time. Honestly, and I hate to say it, but it looked like lazy maintenance / lack of attention to me.

played July 1 for $40 twilite rate with Platopar as a twosome. First time here, but will return again. Friendly staff. The course plays longer than the score card as the downhill holes are generall... Continue »

played July 1 for $40 twilite rate with Platopar as a twosome. First time here, but will return again. Friendly staff. The course plays longer than the score card as the downhill holes are generally into the wind. Conditions were excellent. Last three holes are a stern test of golf. Will play again.

This is my favorite course in North County. I play there all the time and it is always in great shape. The quality of the course/condition for the price is unmatched anywhere in the area. Staff is alw... Continue »

This is my favorite course in North County. I play there all the time and it is always in great shape. The quality of the course/condition for the price is unmatched anywhere in the area. Staff is always friendly and pace of play is great.

Everyone freaked out when JC Resorts managment left in Jan 2010. I was worried as well having had a JC card for 4 years and this was the main course I played. Since the change there has been nothing negative whatsoever. The rates are the same as JC players paid before and the quality is exactly the same if not better.

I played this course for the first time on Saturday 1/23/2010. So Cal was pummeled with rain all week so I was expecting the worst.

The course drained pretty well. Alot of the course was dry consi... Continue »

I played this course for the first time on Saturday 1/23/2010. So Cal was pummeled with rain all week so I was expecting the worst.

The course drained pretty well. Alot of the course was dry considering the amount of rain we received. I think the bunkers received the worst of the damages. They were almost unplayable.

The rough around the greens were cut very thin and patchy at times but didnt bother me too much.

Tee boxes were in good shape but you could tell werent shaved in a couple of days.

The greens were in good shape but far from perfect. As long as the putts roll true I cant complain. People need to fix their divots tho.

Tough course to play for the first time.

Pro shop was very friendly. We had a 12:08 tee time (twilite starts at 12) but they let us out at 11:35.

Saw the cart girl about 4 times and finished 18 holes in 4 hours.

Playing again this Sunday.

Played in the afternoon (late twilight $30) and played the first 9 in about 1:40, unfortunately the 2nd nine took a little over 2 hours... Fairways, rough, bunkers, are all in really good condition. T... Continue »

Played in the afternoon (late twilight $30) and played the first 9 in about 1:40, unfortunately the 2nd nine took a little over 2 hours... Fairways, rough, bunkers, are all in really good condition. The greens were punched about a month ago by the look of it. They are hard and it looks like the grass is having some trouble filling back in... They roll well but do not break as much as you'd expect.

Definitely worth the late rate. Don't know about the weekend day rate though...

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