Posted on June 26, 2020June 23, 2020 by Vic Flores

Golf Course Review Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Oak Quarry Golf Club

Golf Course Review Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Reviewed by: aakes90278, redondo beach

Haven’t played here in a long time but finally did yesterday. We had a 7:30 time and got off right on time. There are MANY memorable holes at OAK QUARRY and it is easy to get a big number on them if you lose focus. Conditions are excellent right now the the best being the greens. The rolled real smooth and were about 10-11 on the meter. Everything is in top condition with the exception of the bunkers. They were inconstant and could use some more sand. We finished in 4 hours and hated to see our round end.

I can see the point of the last reviewer, there was only one person working in the pro shop and he was checking everyone in, taking payments, scooping range balls, and serving coffee etc. I could easily see how things could get behind as the day goes on. My only problem with the course would be the yardage markers or lack of them. I could not find any yardages on the sprinkler heads and the GPS on the carts were removed. With all the elevation changes here it would be nice to know the correct distance. I did have a scope but often it could not pick up the flag-stick for some reason.

Highly recommend playing here and the senior rate was $65

Posted on February 29, 2020February 24, 2020 by Vic Flores

Golf Course Review Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Oak Quarry Golf Club

Golf Course Review Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Reviewed by: FirstFlightFX-101, San Bernardino, CA

Played GK cup 15 match here with t8fish. My first time here, holy cow! Now I know why he recommended this track! Will definitely treat myself to more Oak Quarry in the future.

There were limited carts today, averaging 20-30min delays to the midday slots. The carts have really good GPS, a must need for better shot planning here. Winter in SoCal is still here, but Oak Quarry is fairing well overall. Tee boxes are healthy. Fairways are consistent and run out is incredible on some holes, downright dangerous on others if you don’t keep this in mind.

Thank goodness the rough is well maintained and thriving right now. It is kept short enough to not be penal itself, but just long enough to be your friend…a good friend!
AARG(areas around greens) are also well maintained, making good lies and confidence with your weapons(wedges).

Bunkers are just like what my buddy t8fish stated earlier, I found two fairway bunkers that day and they were on the thinner side.

Greens were mostly matching the overall speed and break of the two practice greens(lower more than the upper), so spend some quality pre-round time here and your lag putting will thrive. They are winter firm but still able to hold most of what you will rain down on them.

A visually stunning layout, but even better, it is stimulating to the real golf tactician in you. High value.

You have a golf trek planned through SoCal? Seriously consider this on your agenda…better than Disnyland. Recommended.

Posted on February 18, 2020February 22, 2020 by Vic Flores

Round Up: GK Guru Visit Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Oak Quarry Golf Club

Round Up: GK Guru Visit Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Reviewed by: JohnnyGK, Thousand Oaks

Played with 11 other GK Gurus (please contact me at golf@greenskeeper.org or message here on GK to learn more) at Oak Quarry yesterday (2/12). Postcard weather day in Southern California.

The main purpose of a GK Guru visit with a golf course is to help spread the word of current very good/great playing conditions. Typically Oak Quarry being predominately a summer turf course plays its best in May, June and July. Well they have the golf course dialed in beautifully right now for February which is impressive. Come March they will aerate the greens and during Late March through April depending on how warm it is there will be a turf transition where the green rye grass gives way to the warm weather grasses. Long story short, get out there and play Oak Quarry this month!

The Review

Greens are as expected firm for this time of year, smooth and excellent speed. Fairways are dormant Bermuda with full coverage, firm for lots of roll and plenty of padding under the ball to compress shots. Rough mostly lush, not too penalizing and beautiful contrast to the fairways. Tee boxes are in good shape, mostly level, well cared for. Bunkers are a mixed bag. I was in a lot of them (which is not good if you want to score well there). The fairways bunkers are very firm, with some occasional scattered small rocks here in there you want to pick away from you ball, however I much prefer fairway bunkers like that than too much sand. Makes them easy to escape from. On the flip side the green side bunkers had decent sand and featured very steep faces. It took me a couple shots at times to escape them. They are well positioned so to avoid them during your round is quite an accomplishment. Bring your high lob sand game.

The layout at Oak Quarry can be best summed up as a bold statement. The unique visuals and setting set the golf course apart. It is a bucket list golf course for every golfer in Southern California. Extremely challenging, especially if the wind kicks up and loaded with scenic fun holes.

During the whole experience the customer services was excellent. Friendly professional staff.

Highly Recommend.

BTW – fresh photos coming soon.

Posted on March 23, 2019March 14, 2019 by Vic Flores

Golf Course Review Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Oak Quarry Golf Club

Golf Course Review Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Editor’s Note: Check out the previous review. Click HERE.

Reviewed by: t8fish, Altadena
This is late, but I wanted to back up and point you to Caligolfer1031’s 3/10 review of the course from our match play there vs. Greg and Alex on Sunday.

The Review

I generally agree with all his observations with only a couple of minor additions. He mentioned minor issues with uneven tees. The 14th definitely required you to find the peak of the hump to tee your ball but, otherwise I wasn’t conscious of any issues with the other teeing grounds, so that may be different levels of discrimination. Maybe I was preoccupied with how badly I was driving the ball, but that was all me.

He also mentioned the bunkers and he was completely accurate. I would only add as someone who has played there numerous times before, that the lack of soft sand is, unfortunately, normal and expected at Oak Quarry once you’ve been there.

I actually made decent or better shots out of a couple of firm fairway bunkers and a good green side bunker shot on the 14th hole, which did have adequate sand in it. I seem to have a knack for picking the ball in the firmer ones so, again a subjective response and not a contradiction to Gregs review, which I thought was excellent.

Final Thoughts

Overall, I always love getting out to Oak Quarry and thought the conditions were very good with no surprises based on my previous experience there. Really stunk up the place with my game, but truly enjoyed the company of the the two Gregs and Alex. Everyone was fun to play with and on an even keel regardless of how their game was going, including the luckiest drive I’ve ever seen in my life. After the expectation of a rainy day didn’t come to fruition, it turned out to be a gorgeous day. Good times.

Posted on December 10, 2018December 5, 2018 by Vic Flores

Golf Course Review Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Oak Quarry Golf Club

Golf Course Review Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Reviewed by: dconnally, Mission Viejo, CA

Played Oak Quarry (OQ) with my brother at 8:52am on Friday, 11/23/18, after recovering from Turkey Day. Weather was overcast and cool after the rain on Wednesday night, and overall the course was pretty wet after coming out of over-seeding November 1st. The look is clean and trimmed, but Oak Quarry is not in fighting trim yet as greens are still pretty fuzzy, although with a firm base. They rolled only at medium-slow speed and were bumpy, and the fuzzy grass caused putts to wiggle left and right. Fairway lies were OK but could sit down. Rough ranged from thin to very juicy. Traps were damp, with fairway traps being thin and firm, and green-side having only slightly better material. All traps had lots of small rocks. Tees were OK.

No cart girl, but snack shack was open. The course should put a divot mix refill rack out by the snack shack. Many of the par 3/par 4 tees were set forward one tee box or more (we played Blue), shortening the course card by hundreds of yards.

Posted on April 13, 2018April 4, 2018 by Vic Flores

Golf Course Review Oak Quarry Golf Club Riverside California

Oak Quarry Golf Club

Riverside, CA

Reviewed by: colby022002, Fontana, CA.

Played here Monday 4/2/18. Got paired up with 3 other guys who all were friendly. Pace of play was 4 hours for us.

Course is in great shape. Very green and clean. I didn’t see many dead spots at all and everything looked to be watered. I fixed all divots and scuffs on the fairway to keep them looking amazing.

Staff was friendly and I always love playing this course! I paid $50 but would have paid $75 for this.

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