Golf Course Review Eagle Glen Golf club Corona California
Reviewed by: coronagolfman, Corona, CA
Played Eagle Glen on July 8.
Golf Playing Conditions 6.06 GOOD
Greens: fast and smooth.
Fairways: holes from recent punching still showing and overall were very firm. Firm to the point that on several holes drive hit into center of a sloping fairway could run off that fairway into lateral hazard area.
Tees: very inconsistent with roughly half of them in very marginal condition.
Bunkers: fairway bunkers very firm and green-side bunkers had some sand in them which is rare for courses in IE these day.
Pace of play was 4.5 hours. A bit of strangeness in getting round started as starter was putting outgoing groups to the 10th tee with explanation of a tournament being underway.
There was plenty of wind which helped cool things down on the course even though the temperature was in the low 90’s at 3PM.
Golf Course Review Cypress Ridge Golf Course Arroyo Grande California
Reviewed by: Nickesquire, Cambria, CA
Rode the Blues (6443/71.3/128) mid day in 4H, 15M with Mneilson and Sal. Sunny, fairly calm in the mid 60’s.
Golf Playing Conditions 7.34 GREAT
COVID-19: 1 rider to a cart. Doodles in the bottom of the cups. No on course services.
Tees were the weak link. Okay coverage but far too many unfixed divots.
Fairways have lots of undulation. Usually good to play from with occasional brown patches.
Rough close to the fairways was mowed down and maintained in the 2-3″ range. Usually good to play out of. Rough farther from the fairways was 1-2′ tall straw like that was a probable lost ball.
Sand was okay to play from. More fine dirt than sand.
Large greens were firm and medium speed. They looked quicker than they were. I like the greens here, the ball rolled very well.
Customer service was good from all encountered. Busy driving range and they have a putting and chipping practice area. Carts are basic, no GPS. Nice layout, fun course to play in good condition. Recommended.
sparky14 Posted: 07/09/20 7:51a Member Since: Mar 26, 2003 From: San Clemente Played July 9 with Gurus JohnnyGK and Gary00. First time back to Enagic / Eastlake in 20 years. Some really nice views out here. Nice breeze made it very comfy out there, an easy course to walk.
Something you don’t see much of these days, a course actually making a serious effort to improve. They are adding bunkers, adding some length with new tees, increasing the size of some greens. Grass range is decent. Two large putting greens and a chipping green.
The course layout is a nice mix. Although it runs through a housing tract, there is a ton of space and the fairways are much lower than the houses and both sides slope towards the fairways. The result is the houses rarely come into mind at all, you’d have to be 50 yards offline in the air to risk a house.
The Review
Golf Playing Conditions 7.52 GREAT
Generally, the course is in good condition. Greens were nice, generally soft but you would get a firm bounce once in a while. Fairways are good, very nice grass coverage. The rough can be penal in spots with very thick grass. Bunkers were nice. There are many areas being worked on, so you will get a bad lie once in a while.
In all, I really enjoyed the layout, and this definitely looks like a course on the way up. The SD county rates seem reasonable to me and if I was in county I’d add Enagic to my rotation. A bit to long of a drive to get there from San Clemente to pay the much higher out of county rates for me though. But I do hope it is not another 20 years until I return. Recommended!
Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 1
Enagic GC at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 2
Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 6
Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 8
Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 9
Enagic GC at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 10
Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 11
Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 15 with BCB in attendance
Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 16
Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 18
Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake Chula Vista California Hole 18 Green-side
ROUNDUP: GK Guru Visit Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake, Chula Vista California
Reviewed by: JohnnyGK, Thousand Oaks
Out with GK Gurus on Wednesday 7/9 1:45pm to play Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake for the first time. Very enjoyable. Thank you everyone that came and my group Gary (gary00) and Steve (sparky14).
Since launching Greenskeeper.org back in 2002 I’ve followed Eastlake (former name) with curiosity in the beginning reading mix reviews and eventually with sympathy as reviews about the overall playing experience greatly deteriorated over time. A sad story to be honest with you. The place has great bones.
Then about 18 months ago I heard of a new owner, this now being Enagic USA (drinking water company) with lots of money being put back into it. Could they seriously turn this place around I thought? After over 15 years of significant neglect? Answer a resounding yes already with still much more to do to. This October the Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake will host PGA caliber players as the revival of the San Diego County Open.
The Review
Golf Playing Conditions 7.52 GREAT
We played the golf course under summer turf conditions Wednesday and enjoyed it. It’s important to know this course is going to over-seed with rye grass in September which impressed me. You know an owner is serious about maintaining good conditions year around when they dropping that kind of money on rye grass seed. I’m already looking into booking a GK Plays outing there for November. Anyway for summer turf conditions and knowing they still have work to do to I was very pleased with the conditions.
Greens were in good shape, rolling 10.5 according to a sign posted, held shots and were mostly smooth. We seemed to catch the most popular pin placements that day as the surface around the holes certainly had many more ball marks, new and old, than most other areas of the greens. Also on many greens you can see the completed enlargement of the surfaces that had me scratching my on how they could have been so small to begin with. Good work there. Great improvement.
Fairways were all Bermuda/Kikuyu with remnants of some thin spots as result of recently transitioned rye grass. Look for the fairways to fill in more as the summer goes on. Bet next month they are going to be in excellent shape. Still I had good mostly lush lies all day.
Rough is a mix of Bermuda/Kikuyu that can get thick at times green-side. Overall not very penal through the green and adjacent to the fairways. Mostly lush.
Bunkers, already 9 new bunkers (as in were not there before), looked to have good quality sand. I found one fairway bunker and no green-side bunkers so don’t have a lot of firsthand experience with them. COVID-19 no rakes as expected but you can tell they make sure to rake them all before each day of play.
Tee boxes, we played the blue tees, by far the most popular with some thin areas and divot damage I only noticed on the blue tees. The black tees looked to be in much better condition and those new gold tees coming will look even better once installed. Got a sneak peak at the new scorecard for the gold tees … 6961 yards. And get this, for the San Diego County Open, hole 9 (525 par 5) and hole 18 (510 par 5) will be playing as par 4s! – next time teeing up here I want to try the black tees. No thanks to the gold tees.
As for the layout I really liked it especially as a first time player there. Never do any holes parallel each other, lots of elevation changes, doglegs in both directions, beautiful water features, risk/reward holes, well protected greens, some nice views on the back nine and great variety of short and long par 4’s. Rather than go on about the layout I snapped a bunch of photos so please check them out.
Service all day was very friendly and professional. I really like that they have someone out there in addition to the on course food/beverage service offering free Enagic water and refills on divot mix.
Final Thoughts
I live in Ventura County so this golf course is special travel treat for me but if I lived in San Diego County I’m for sure getting over to play this track it multiple times a year. How cool it is for San Diego golfers to have a comeback golf course story unfolding like this. Go check it out. Highly Recommend.
Golf Course Review Marshall Canyon Golf Course La Verne California
Reviewed by: abbacat, Trabuco Canyon
Golf Playing Conditions 6.45 GOOD
Teed it up this morning with Kassper7. It’s been a couple of years since I last played here. Although they don’t offer a senior rate on weekends, it’s still very reasonable at $38.50. I walked the front nine but took it easier on the back with a cart.
The conditions were disappointing. Visually, it was very nice- green and lush. The bad part was that there was some serious over-watering happening. The fairways were good other than several deep muddy areas, but the greens were downright spongy. There were many spots of water pooled under the grass creating big bubbles that moved to the side when stepped on. I got the feeling they would erupt if punctured with a repair tool. The tee boxes were uneven and the bunkers thin on sand, but considering how poorly I was playing, it really didn’t matter.
The good part was this is a challenging and really fun course. When it dries out a bit, I’d like to give it another go.
Golf Course Review Eisenhower Golf Course BLUE Colorado Springs Colorado
Reviewed by: 24hourgolf, San Marino
Played here in a tournament during my reunion at the AFA, last week. Course is in beautiful shape. Glad to see my tax dollars doing such good work.
Golf Playing Conditions 9.48 IMMACULATE
Tee boxes wonderful (almost hated to put a tee in the ground).
Fairways were in beautiful shape and provided great lies/roll all round.
Traps here are huge around the greens and can take their toll. But they were at least clean/playable (with rakes).
Rough was different lengths and the short stuff was OK but the long rough was murder.
Greens were running at 12 and thank goodness we were playing a scramble.
A beautiful course in a beautiful setting. It is now available for public play if you are in the area.
Golf Course Review Strawberry Farms Golf Club Irvine California
Reviewed by: sbarajasjr, San Diego
Played here today (6/26) on a 9:00AM tee time with GK member Jon P. on what turned out to be a warm but very comfortable Chamber of Commerce day in Irvine. First time playing here and I’m glad I did. I had been dissuaded by some to try and play here as either the layout wasn’t to their liking or 6 hour round horror stories, but what I found was a great course with some quirk to it, though nothing you’d shake your head at. Pace today was also dictated entirely by our playing partners (members at Strawberry Farms) who played as fast as I have ever seen in my life and forced our way past an incredibly slow foursome ahead of us.
The Review
Golf Playing Conditions 6.86 GOOD
Tees: Played the whites and got lucky as most people played the blues and I’m sure those tees were more worn than ours. No real bad lies and even on par 3’s I was able to find a nice spot to hit from.
Fairways: I’d say good shape overall with ample coverage (carts did have divot mix) and fair roll all day. Visually it was nice to have the colors easily indicate good/bad shots.
Rough: I can’t recall it being overtly penal, however I attribute good play today to my lack of further information about the rough.
Bunkers: The ones I was in all had good fluffy sand and even limited footprints! It was a nice change of pace from others courses that seemed to let the bunkers go.
Greens: Wonderful, albeit a bit slow especially early on; left plenty of putts short today. No major trickery on the breaks and I found the roll to be true.
Final Thoughts
ETC: Staff today was friendly, check-in a breeze with the prepayment online. Carts have good GPS and enough giddy up. Pace as mentioned today was good due to our partners (got around in 3.5 hours!) however outside of that I’m sure it would have been closer to 4-4.25. Conditions are good, and the course IS overpriced but on a good deal (>100) you should come out!
