Played Strawberry for the first time last week late in the afternoon with a buddy. Arrived early, and asked during check-in if we could tee off early and was told no due to other tee times. Multiple foursomes teed off during our brief warm up, and while we loaded into our cart, we asked if we were going to play with another twosome, but were told the twosome we were due to pl... » More

Played Strawberry for the first time last week late in the afternoon with a buddy. Arrived early, and asked during check-in if we could tee off early and was told no due to other tee times. Multiple foursomes teed off during our brief warm up, and while we loaded into our cart, we asked if we were going to play with another twosome, but were told the twosome we were due to play with went early!
Carts are very basic and had empty sand bottles, no cooler, or ball/club washer on them. It did have GPS though. Front nine is completely forgetable, while the back nine is more imaginative and requires strategy. We were both underwhelmed by the course conditions and pace of play for this South OC course. When the best thing about your course is the quality of sand in the bunkers, something is wrong.
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Played in another RPGC tournament this weekend and was very excited to get back out to Mountain Meadows in Pomona. I played in the B flight and had an 11:40am tee time on a hot, but survivable summer day.

If you've never played MM before, it's a tale of two nines, though not quite as dramatic as a place like Tijeras Creek for example. The front nine has fewer dramatic... » More

Played in another RPGC tournament this weekend and was very excited to get back out to Mountain Meadows in Pomona. I played in the B flight and had an 11:40am tee time on a hot, but survivable summer day.

If you've never played MM before, it's a tale of two nines, though not quite as dramatic as a place like Tijeras Creek for example. The front nine has fewer dramatic elevations but no shortage of tricky and narrow up-and-down holes, while the back nine has much more unique holes like the stretch from 11-15. It's a good test of both accuracy and length, and the par 3s are all unique and fun.

Overall conditions are very good - definitely doing great work to beat the heat. The greens were very nice - rolling fast, holding shots and rewarding good lines. Some of the greens are quite small which adds to the challenge, but the other ones do have plenty of subtle breaks to keep you honest. The fairways are in good shape as well - solid lies all day long in good spots. The rough? Mostly playable and easy to hit from so no drama there. Bunkers were a bit of a mixed bag with the early ones on the front nine playing very nicely, then the latter ones (like greenside on hole 16) being thin, crusty and difficult. Tee boxes were not all level but the coverage was good ... could definitely improve that.

Cart service came around numerous times but was not very efficient as she had to input the credit card number and all details each time - even for just a Gatorade. I'm hoping that was just a glitch for the day and not the standard procedure. It simply takes too long to grab a quick snack and keep the POP moving. Speaking of POP, were were one of the last groups in the tournament and it did not run super smoothly, finishing at just under five hours.

Really fun course though in very good shape and at a reasonable rate - get out to Mountain Meadows right now if you can and it's going to be a good day.
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Best thing I can say about this course is the weather is nice in the summer. In pristine shape, would be a fantastic track. Layout is kind of a parkland and links hybrid. Lots of potential…

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Greens in awful shape. No one has bothered to mow or roll them in ages. Fairways mostly green, but still plenty of visible burn spots. Tee boxes probably the nicest g... » More

Best thing I can say about this course is the weather is nice in the summer. In pristine shape, would be a fantastic track. Layout is kind of a parkland and links hybrid. Lots of potential…

But…

Greens in awful shape. No one has bothered to mow or roll them in ages. Fairways mostly green, but still plenty of visible burn spots. Tee boxes probably the nicest grass on course.

Pace of play was 4 hours even. Locals must be catching on the course is in rough shape since it was pretty wide open.
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Walked the golds this afternoon 7/14/25 teeing off just before 2pm with my buddy Mark. Pop was 4 hrs 10 minutes under beautiful skies on the front nine around 70 degrees turning to a colder damp foggy back nine with a nice marine layer.

Sandpiper remains in good shape with just a few blemishes from the last round out here 2 months ago.

Fairways still in very n... » More

Walked the golds this afternoon 7/14/25 teeing off just before 2pm with my buddy Mark. Pop was 4 hrs 10 minutes under beautiful skies on the front nine around 70 degrees turning to a colder damp foggy back nine with a nice marine layer.

Sandpiper remains in good shape with just a few blemishes from the last round out here 2 months ago.

Fairways still in very nice shape. There are several sections that have dried out in most Fairways but would say 80% nice and 20% dry. Rated 7.5/10

Greens were in fabulous shape. Quick, pure holding shots nicely. Perfect combination. Rated 9/10.

Rough in great shape just off the fringes and fairways at times overwatered near the greens. Rated 8.5/10

Was in no Fairway bunkers and in 2 greenside bunkers. Sand was a clay like wet more hardpan surface. There is sand in them but they need to be raked to get a fluffier texture. Poor link of the course.

Rated 5/10

Tees mainly all level with some usual divot damage on the par 3s.

Good test of golf from the golds or blacks. Course plays fair and had added length with the lingering marine layer today.

Highly recommended!
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Played Sat 7/12, 7am. nice day, a little chilly, 1-2 club wind and heavy air most of the day. Greens running pretty true, probably a 11. Course in great shape. Always enjoy the views, complain about the greens. Though this course is growing on me the more I play it. And playing in pebble beach is never something to complain about. 4:45 hr round. I hear they are closing ... » More

Played Sat 7/12, 7am. nice day, a little chilly, 1-2 club wind and heavy air most of the day. Greens running pretty true, probably a 11. Course in great shape. Always enjoy the views, complain about the greens. Though this course is growing on me the more I play it. And playing in pebble beach is never something to complain about. 4:45 hr round. I hear they are closing the course soon to redo the greens... So i'll look forward to that. Had a great time.
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