This course is in an excellent condition! The fairway is nice and the green is good shape. Unfortunately, many of the tee boxes have severe divot damages. If you are paying the special rate under $2... Continue »

This course is in an excellent condition! The fairway is nice and the green is good shape. Unfortunately, many of the tee boxes have severe divot damages. If you are paying the special rate under $29 (weekend rate), this course is highly recommended. Customer service is excellent.

My experience at San Dimas Canyon is a tale of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

First the good: The course is in great condition. Fairways and tee boxes are lush, and the greens are firm and fa... Continue »

My experience at San Dimas Canyon is a tale of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

First the good: The course is in great condition. Fairways and tee boxes are lush, and the greens are firm and fast. Players actually fix there ball marks. The course layout is also nice. Narrow fairways and tough greens are this courses' defenses. Also, three of the five par 3s were about 200 yards from the blues.

The Bad: GPS system wasn't working on our cart and had to get the cart replaced. Staff showed up within five minutes to change the cart. However, the replacement cart ran out of juice on the back nine, and customer service took 20 minutes to show up with a replacement cart. So we walked a hole and a half without a cart. Two customer service issues, one handled quickly, the other not so quickly. Based on the staff's quick response the first time, I'll give them a mulligan for the second one.

The Ugly: My score that day. Scored about 10 strokes above my handicap. A player with local knowledge will definitely have a huge advantage on this course. Especially of the greens. Most of the greens were multi-tiered, and because of the fast speed of the greens, shots that landed in the wrong tier had a good chance of becoming three putts. The pace of play was also pretty slow as mentioned by others. It was 5.5 hours, though the back nine was much faster.

This golf course requires a repeat visit from me in order to redeem myself. The conditions and challenge of the course were great. Staff was friendly, and the GPS system was great. They have the Parkview GPS system, which is the Mercedes of GPS systems. Price was also fair for the course and conditions. Defintiely would recommend this course.

Arrived at around a quarter past 2pm on 05/11 after playing 18 holes at Indian Hills. There was a mini-tournament going on but the staff was very nice and helpful. They got us on without any wait. ... Continue »

Arrived at around a quarter past 2pm on 05/11 after playing 18 holes at Indian Hills. There was a mini-tournament going on but the staff was very nice and helpful. They got us on without any wait. We played at a pretty brisk pace (6 min. ahead) according to the GPS on the cart, until we ran into the group two holes ahead of us. It wound up taking over 5 hours to finish. The overall conditions (fairways, roughs, bunkers, greens and landscaping) was very good. My friend played here a while back, told me that the conditions have improved dramatically. I really like this course and would recommend it to anyone. It's inexpensive, the service is great, conditions are great and close by - so I have to give it an "A".

Hadn't played here in about 15 years.

The course has really grown up physically and aesthetically since then, but the greens fees are still modest. The course plays a bit longer than the scoreca... Continue »

Hadn't played here in about 15 years.

The course has really grown up physically and aesthetically since then, but the greens fees are still modest. The course plays a bit longer than the scorecard indicates, and if you're even just slightly off your game here, you will find that it is a bit more challenging than the slope and rating indicates.


Played today. 7:16am tee time with my Dad. We got paired up with another twosome. We took a cart and paid $42 each, $28 to walk and $14 for the cart. Pace of play was fairly swift although I felt that we as a group could have moved a little faster. 3 hours and 45 minutes tops. It wasn't bad for a Friday morning.

The greens are some of the fastest I have seen in recent memory. I mean these were some really nice greens. If the fees were $50 more it would still be worth putting on greens like these. I did see a fair amount of unrepaired ball marks, or rather ones that were not fixed correctly. But whatever, I fixed 'em.

Everything is in great shape here. Like a country club, really. The only thing this course lacks is a big huge practice facility. The course alone is worth every penny. The small forty-yard netted practice area is still good for hitting a small bucket to just warm up the muscles and get loose and stretched. The practice putting green is quite sloped and undulating, but is in pristine condition. Regarding speed and pace, I found it's surface similar to that of the greens out on the course.

The only staff member I came in contact with was the starter. He didn't say much, but he was straight to the point. He got me checked in, paid up, hooked up with a golf cart in less than one minute. He let me know that he'd be calling us to let us know when it was time to tee off. Great Service!! I got the tee time through American Golf's website the day before, Thursday. It was the last tee time before a huge tournament, so I figure I got really lucky to get the time.

All in all, it was a great day playing a fantastically conditioned golf course, a great value and an interesting layout.

BTW.... for the first time around in 15 years, I shot a pretty good score of 74 from the back tees. I'll be back to make the puts that I missed.

Between San Dimas Canyon and Santa Anita, the golf is great, living in Duarte!!

However they are still very receptive to approach shots.

Course is in great shape fairways are tight but watch out for snakes we spotted two foot long rattlers, one was on the green,
which made putting out a little nervous

Course is in great shape fairways are tight but watch out for snakes we spotted two foot long rattlers, one was on the green,
which made putting out a little nervous

Played @ 7:00am and walked this morning and fininshed a little over 4 hours. I think the course is in great shape right now for the price. Don't want to be above the pins. Great value, even on a wi... Continue »

Played @ 7:00am and walked this morning and fininshed a little over 4 hours. I think the course is in great shape right now for the price. Don't want to be above the pins. Great value, even on a windy, warm day!

I played today 5/2/07. this course is in very good shape. I have not played it in almost 10 years. I will be going back... the greens rolled nicely and the fairways were cut. Rough was just enough to... Continue »

I played today 5/2/07. this course is in very good shape. I have not played it in almost 10 years. I will be going back... the greens rolled nicely and the fairways were cut. Rough was just enough to let you know you were not in the fairway. Very well taken care of.

I played here April 21. I made a reservation a litte late time. around 3 pm. however, I waited for 1 hr until 1st tee shot. I doubt this golf course accept overbooking. I hope they do not.
Exce... Continue »

I played here April 21. I made a reservation a litte late time. around 3 pm. however, I waited for 1 hr until 1st tee shot. I doubt this golf course accept overbooking. I hope they do not.
Except tee times delay, it's okay.

It's difficult to be objective on a course that you just don't care for and when you don't play well, but I'll try. The course looks great, it just doesn't play as good as it looks. The greens and fai... Continue »

It's difficult to be objective on a course that you just don't care for and when you don't play well, but I'll try. The course looks great, it just doesn't play as good as it looks. The greens and fairways are in decent condition, not great, but OK! The course has a well maintained feel to it and the rest of the foursome thought the course was in great shape, so maybe I'm just being too harsh? I will admit that it's better than it was the last time I played here in March 2005. so kudo's to the maintainence staff!