I had fun today in this golf course. Fairways and greens were in good condition except for divots. Golfers, please fix your divots!!!

I had fun today in this golf course. Fairways and greens were in good condition except for divots. Golfers, please fix your divots!!!

this is a great executive course. I still like it more than a few surrounding full size courses. This course is usually well kept with nice fairways and greens.

this is a great executive course. I still like it more than a few surrounding full size courses. This course is usually well kept with nice fairways and greens.

Saturday afternoon, Golfnow.com, $15, uncrowded conditions due to hot weather. Greens look lush. There has been several greens with repair areas and those repairs are healed in nicely. Hardly any bare... Continue »

Saturday afternoon, Golfnow.com, $15, uncrowded conditions due to hot weather. Greens look lush. There has been several greens with repair areas and those repairs are healed in nicely. Hardly any bare spots on this course. Big problem with people not fixing ball marks on greens. I probably fixed 5-10 and my playing partners each fixed as many on most of the greens. With the right tool and technique, it is so easy to fix ball marks properly. The ugly: sand traps. Several had wet, muddy conditions, and many others had hard, dusty, and crusty sand. I remember the conditions of the sand to be better very recently, but not now. They just need a spin with the sand pro machine to loosen it all up. Overall, o.k. with a discount. I wouldn't pay full rack here with all the other courses available within a 45 minute drive.

Played in the morning 5/23/09 The course was crowded, I noticed driving up watching the groups of the first few holes and their were fivesomes out there. Big mistake, especially on a start of a long w... Continue »

Played in the morning 5/23/09 The course was crowded, I noticed driving up watching the groups of the first few holes and their were fivesomes out there. Big mistake, especially on a start of a long weekend. AS it goes, we waited on 16 of 18 holes. Ridiculous.
Course was in fair condition overall. Greens were very lush and good color, some bumps and not too fast of a roll but they were nice to look at. It is a shame to have such beauty and not fix your ball marks. A lot of beginners out at this course, they need to know how to take care of their course.

Hats off to the crews working here, greens look great and the Geese droppings are minimal, large, but minimal.
Tee boxes are a mess, too many bad divots. Was only in one fairway bunker, it was descent. Hole #1 bunker had deep casual water.
Look for discounts if you must play here, because several groups of five not so great players will hold up the show, and make for a long day, that should be a short and satisfying round of golf for the price they charge!

May 23, 2009: Got a discount rate through Golfnow.com ($15 incl. cart) for 2:14 Saturday afternoon. I usually avoid this course, especially on weekends. It was unusually and pleasantly quiet here. Ver... Continue »

May 23, 2009: Got a discount rate through Golfnow.com ($15 incl. cart) for 2:14 Saturday afternoon. I usually avoid this course, especially on weekends. It was unusually and pleasantly quiet here. Very few golfers on the course and breezed through in about 3 hours, including waiting on the first 6 and the last 2 holes. Problems with overwatering (posted by the last 2 reviewers) seemed to be nonexistent. In fact, the whole course looked lush, but not overwatered. Most of the tees were fine if not a little over-divotized on some of the holes. Being an executive course, many people tend to just drop and hit, making huge divots on the tee boxes. Fairways and rough looked as good as it can get here. Bunkers were fine, except for some goose footprints in the big trap in front of 4 green. Speaking of geese, there seemed to be considerably less goose turds than this course is known for. Greens were medium slow and lush. The people in front of me must have forgot their ball-mark repair tools, because I fixed about 5 to 10 marks per green, thanks to my Smartee.

What a waste of money to play this course, for 10$ more on a Saturday I could play lost canyons ($45 for an exec course + a $5 cart key deposit,what a freakin joke). Ok here is the review:

Course c... Continue »

What a waste of money to play this course, for 10$ more on a Saturday I could play lost canyons ($45 for an exec course + a $5 cart key deposit,what a freakin joke). Ok here is the review:

Course conditions:
Fairways - Soggy and muddy, covered with duck crap in most areas. Cart got stuck on 5 holes total through out the day.
Sand traps were basicaly clay bowls, I hit out of one and had a sand clump stuck on my wedge.
Greens were ok - nothing consistant - one was fast, next was very slow, next was pot marked to.. well you get the picture.
Rough was diffrent on each hole, and alot of it unplayable unless you can figure out how to hit out of mud.

Overall this course is in very poor shape and the customer service is right on par with the conditions:


1st hole starter make me tee off while the group ahead is in my range, I tell him I can hit em, and he says its 6:30 in the morning, you aint hitting them, I drove 10 yrds past the carts, and anyone who know me, know thats about 190 yrds, lol. StartBADexp@VVnow.

6th hole while we are teeing off, the cart girl goes screaming up the cart path, only time we saw her all day.

Like I said, we got stuck in the mud about 5 times, I had a handicap flag on my cart and an 85yr old passenger, so I was pushing us out each time. The Course Super comes by at one point and simply laughs at us then drives on - no asking if we need help, no nothing. So after the round I go into talk to the manager - who I am told is not in, so I relay the issue to the starter, and he starts laughing and says yea, lots of people been stuck today. No appoligy, no nothing.

Will not go back to this course again.

I golf Vista Valencia every Wednesday and the golf course is getting in such bad shape I'm thinking of finding another course to play. First, the course is way over watered, most low areas of the cou... Continue »

I golf Vista Valencia every Wednesday and the golf course is getting in such bad shape I'm thinking of finding another course to play. First, the course is way over watered, most low areas of the course are muddy. Second, I don't know what they're doing with the greens, but it seems they are punching holes and sanding on a monthly basis. Third is the goose and bird problem, it's getting to the point where it's becoming unsanitary, also the water around the 17th island hole is really getting disgusting.

American Golf.......Please take Note: The course has gone down hill in the last two months, but let's get to that in a second. Something MUST be done with the Geese/Ducks at this course. The sme... Continue »

American Golf.......Please take Note: The course has gone down hill in the last two months, but let's get to that in a second. Something MUST be done with the Geese/Ducks at this course. The smell ruins a round, you need to get s&%t off your shoes and cart wheels. They are all over the place!!! Geesh! As for the course....played 1/31 and got out at noon. Round took ~ 4.5 hours (for a par 61 course) greens were a strength 2 months ago, today they were very inconsistent. Some I would rate as good, some poor. Many greens had excessive divots and large areas of unmarked GUR. Typical winter/muni fairways. Tee Boxes were generally poor to fair. Traps were sad! The rains passed thru 1 week ago, yet some traps were muddy and the others were hard packed. These traps have not seen a grate in weeks. Excellent customer service from the front desk to the starter to the marshalls. Saw the cart girl 4 times on the front nine (OBTW...cart girl rating was a solid 9!) but zero on the back.

12/21/08: Got a decent rate on Golfnow.com for a last minute tee time. Course is in o.k. shape, but could be better. It was better a few short months ago. Some repair areas on several greens, most not... Continue »

12/21/08: Got a decent rate on Golfnow.com for a last minute tee time. Course is in o.k. shape, but could be better. It was better a few short months ago. Some repair areas on several greens, most notable on 11 and 16. Not really sure of what happened here, but new sod is healing in. Many tee boxes seem to be a bit beat up; however, those areas do have fresh seed and sand, so they are trying to rehab. Sand traps were alright. They looked hard packed, but the two I hit (greenside 5, fairway 9) were o.k. When I got home, American Golf sent me a "Thanks for playing." Never got that before.