Santa Anita Golf Course

Golf Course Review Santa Anita Golf Course Arcadia California

Reviewed by: larryq2001, Brea

A little late with this review but still wanted to do so. A good friend and I went out on Friday 2/8 to play SA and had an 8:22 tee time. Got paired with a couple of cocky guys that frankly wish we hadn’t but that’s a story for another day. It was a beautiful day but there was a lot of rain the days before so I expected a lot of golfers. I was right, it was packed.

Got out about 15 minutes late following a slow 5 some. Finished in about 4:45. The fairways are still winter brown but did notice green starting to come about on many holes. I guess they weren’t able to get the mowers out yet so some of the fairways were thick and therefore not much roll out. Made the course play longer. Some bad lies out there but we were playing LIFT CLEAN PLACE (LCP.) Not much rough to speak of. The bunkers however were hard. The rain I’m sure led to this but never seen this before at SA. Usually, they’re soft. Hopefully, they will address this when the rain stops.

The greens were better than I have seen them here before albeit grainy as usual and on the slow side. They were also hard and not holding.

Overall good conditions but I’m expecting better conditions in the upcoming spring time resulting from the rain.

Santa Anita Golf Course

Golf Course Review Santa Anita Golf Course Arcadia California

Reviewed by: dconnally, Mission Viejo, CA

I played Santa Anita Golf Course at 10am on Saturday, 1/12/19, with my monthly club. We generally play here every January. It had rained early that morning, but the weather looked like it might clear around 9am. But, oops, it started sprinkling on #7 and pouring on #9. About half of our tourney group bailed out at the turn, but by the time we reached #11 the rain had stopped and we had clearing weather afterward. The course was not very crowded as a result of the earlier rain, and the many defections during the storm resulted in a very light crowd in the afternoon.

The Review

Greens very firm but with few ball-marks and rolled at a medium+ pace (they slowed down during and just after the deluge). Fairways with pretty good coverage everywhere. Rough could be very thin and playable or deep and juicy – we played lift/clean/place so lies were generally not a problem. Traps appeared to have adequate sand but it was obviously packed down by the rains.

Tee boxes were generally OK but #18 (we played the blue tees) is badly uneven and sloping to the left rear – this is a long dogleg right with a huge tree just to the right of a tee. A fade is almost the only play available here, but it’s hard to hit that shot off an uneven tee with the ball well above your feet!

Hole 3 doesn’t have a very well-defined fairway area – it seems like you are on deep, soft Kikuyu everywhere! There are a couple other holes where the fairway definition is “vague” or where the mowers had not been in a few days.

Final Thought

Overall good conditions for a casual round.

Santa Anita Golf Course

Arcadia, CA

Reviewed by: weber, coto de caza

As my senior discount card is nearing its expiration, wanted to get out to probably my favorite LA County course – Santa Anita. Love the setting, the nice mix of holes, rolling contours of the fairways.

Golf course is certainly not perfect, but for $16.50, what a deal to play this course. Greens were good, not as quick as I’d like, but they never are. Most of the fairways have good coverage, with some bare areas. The one bunker I found was just fine. I’m always surprised how easy it is to get out early mornings, staff is very friendly and accommodating.

Santa Anita Golf Course

Arcadia, CA

Reviewed by: ggonzales, Anaheim

I had an 8:30am tee time on a nice Tuesday morning. Check in was smooth and first tee went with no issues.

Tees were level with good coverage.  Fairways were still in winter condition and rolled out on drives. Bunkers had good sand and were well groomed. Greens are lush and soft with few unfixed divots. Greens rolled smooth but were very slow, could not get used to the speed even on downhill putts.

Pace of Play (POP) was 4.5 hours with no marshals. Overall, this is a good municipal with a variety of holes that will keep your interest.

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