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Golf Course Review The Links at Summerly Lake Elsinore California

The Links at Summerly

Golf Course Review The Links at Summerly Lake Elsinore California

Reviewed by: gary00, san clemente

Golf Playing Conditions 5.21 GOOD
Golf Playing Conditions 5.21 GOOD

My rating came out lower than I anticipated more fairly 6.2. 1/29 using GK coupon $22 real friendly welcome and easy check in with directions to go when ready so started about 40 min ahead of 9 am time since it was quite open. Comfortable 340 POP with some delays hunting down a few errant shots in the sand and brush. Started out with about a 1/2 club wind that was up to 2 clubs by the back and finished the last 6 in 3 clubs. Most wind was cross with only a couple of holes where it was dead straight. As I heard quoted purportedly from some Scotsman “if its na windy its na golf” appropriate for the links design.

The Review

Fairways are patchy with some very thin areas a few bare spots and then some ok grass and some areas that were sodded seem to have taken hold. Still pretty dry and dormant this time of year. No rough except for some areas near the greens but fairly dry and whispy. Fairways are bordered by bare sandy/dirt which is adjacent to the brush or gorse.

Tees mostly level some thin some with good cover and some major divot damage on the 3s where it appeared the markers had not been moved on a daily basis.

Bunkers were in various conditions with some good some thin.

Greens played better than they looked with some having multi shades of green and some looking to be rather thin like having been mowed too closely and not recovering quickly. Speed medium fast mostly smooth. Some pins took advantage of the slope or were near change in level so a shot that was off by a foot left you 20 feet away.

Grass range, basic GPS but helpful info about distances to trouble.

Word from the pro shop is that more improvements are in the works.

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Recent Golf Course Review Links at Summerly Lake Elsinore California

The Links at Summerly

Lake Elsinore, CA

Reviewed by: JohnnyGK, Thousand Oaks
After all these years I finally played The Links at Summerly on Saturday 3/10.

Golf Playing Conditions 4.62 FAIR
Golf Playing Conditions 4.62 FAIR

It was a scramble format, in the rain, and we teed off around 8:30am. Finished in 4 ½ hours.

tbone127’s review from 3/2 was spot on so please read it as well. Thanks!

I never got to play this course in its glory days, I meant to then Lake Elsinore flooded the track and shortly after that the course came on hard times. It’s a long drive for me from Thousand Oaks and I wanted to experience the course when it was at least decent shape, well it’s in decent shape, certainly not great shape, but definitely playable. I really liked the layout with all the risk/reward shots and surroundings. It features some super fun greens which are the highlight of the course. I was fortunate to play with someone that knew the course very well so I was given the correct lines off the tee and what to look out for. I think had I not had that insight, and had it not been a scramble, I would have got in some big trouble off the tee, it’s not a grip and rip track.

What to Expect

They are doing a lot of work still on the golf course and they will be planting a bunch of new sod to bare areas of the fairways. On the perimeters of the fairways/rough they are cleaning them up more but it will likely be some time before those bare areas are addressed fully so make sure to keep your ball in play off the tee because a shot off the fairway can take some big hops into the hazards. They are going to plant new sod to some of the tee boxes that were previously closed. Not the way back tees although. As for the greens they rolled smooth, fast and held shots,You will find some invasive grass here and there on the greens but they are addressing it and it hardly effects play. Most bunkers I was retrieving my ball from were in good shape. But being a scramble I never got to hit a shot from them so don’t have good info for us there.

After golf had some very good food and service in the clubhouse. They brought back the previous chef and are going to be utilizing their high-end smoker more. I was impressed with the tri-tip sandwich, had cold beer to go with it, watched a little golf in the clubhouse, excellent service, great 19th hole.

Something to Consider

I’m going to make a prediction that THIS is The Links at Summerly’s come back year. I see the commitment with the staff, the resources are there, the place has great bones, I can’t wait to get back out there later this year to see the progress, catch a sunny day, and snap a bunch of pictures.