Played Nov 25. 710am tee time. Chilly 41degrees when we teed off. Play Blue/White combo 70.7/129 6254yrds.

Short Review: Course is in great winter shape!! FANTASTIC greens, and although relatively dormant, pretty good fairways/rough. Good POP if we could've kept our balls out of trouble (sorry group behind us). Worth the tee time!

Long Review: Arrived at 615am to a chilly 41 degree day. Made for a wet dewy start for course conditions except for the greens, they were cut or rolled in the AM. Course dried nicely as the day went on. The Carts were ready and staged for the day, and the range was already open to warm up. Clubhouse check-in was a breeze and the starter was very friendly. We grabbed our carts and headed to the range, pretty good condition of turf, little sandy but much better than hitting off mats. The putting practice green was very close to actual course conditions, so take advantage pre-round.

GREENS: If you follow my reviews, you know I love a good putting surface. These greens were EXCELLENT! Very green, no ball marks really to speak of, smooth, pretty soft, and not bumpy whatsoever. You could see that they were cut or rolled in the AM from the lack of dew, so it was nice not having to deal with putting through water.

FAIRWAYS/ROUGH: Didn't hit many fairways but they were in pretty good shape. Mainly dormant but still good lies overall. There were some approach areas that had lots of divots filled with sand trying to recover, but given its winter/dormant, I get it.

BUNKERS: Bunkers here use more dirt like sand, if that makes sense. But, they were excellent, I hit a few bunkers and there was no issue bottoming out. Fair amount of softness to them.

TEE BOXES: Green and Good condition. Some had more divots with sand than others, but the course did a good job moving the markers around to try and avoid it as much as possible.

Overall, very challenging but fun course. Bring your whole golf game repertoire as no two holes play the same. Looking forward to a redemption round here.

Played Nov 14, 1024am tee time. Even though this is on MCAS Miramar military base, the Public are welcome.

Short review: Come play for the AWESOME greens that you would normally have to pay big bucks for and don't take the fairways or rough too seriously. Easy, Flat course to have a good time at.

Long review: Check-in was easy, and the course was very busy (as expected) for a Saturday on base. We teed-off on time but were playing behind a slow foursome. Yet, We still finished in 4 hours 35 minutes!

Now for the course conditions.

GREENS: Miramar has always been known for their excellent greens, and they did not disappoint!! Arguably the best greens in San Diego. Super smooth, semi-soft, and quick but not too quick. Hardly any ball marks as well.

FAIRWAYS & ROUGH: This is always the downfall of Miramar, but its still not too bad in my opinion. The fairways have bare spots almost every hole but also very lush spots every hole. The rough gets a little more hard pan at times if you're way off line, but all still playable. Also a few spots where a little marshy but thats few and far between. I never really had a bad lie all day.

TEE BOXES: Overally, the tee boxes were average, some better than others, some a little un-level. Nothing that affected my tee shots though.

BUNKERS: They were in really good shape!! Looks like they were raked in the morning, and they all have fresh sand from what I saw.

I used to work here several years ago but haven't played it in several years so it was nice to be back.

Played a Twilight Front 9 round today, Nov 12. Walking rate $37 with City Card. The course is understandably in full blown prep for the 2021 US OPEN.

***CART PATH ONLY UNTIL AFTER THE FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN (Jan 25-31)***

Although a San Diego native, this was my first time playing here. Overall a wonderful experience, regardless how bad I played.

All the TEES are moved forward a tee box or two and look like they have not moved in a long time (See photo). A lot of divots, and basically burnt out. But in order to have a great US Open, I get it. Didn't really affect any shots for me or my playing partners.

The FAIRWAYS on the other hand are in GREAT condition. So is the ROUGH, and it's only getting thicker as they have reduced mowing frequency I believe.

The GREENS are definitely still recovering from the recent punching. It's not too bad as its on the later end of the recovery, but it's still bumpy and you can see where they punched, so it'll affect your putts a little more than I'd like. It will probably be fully recovered in a few weeks.

The BUNKERS are fresh sand, good condition. No rakes because of COVID.

All in all, a great time. No bare spots and a challenging course. I will be back to play the North course for a full 18 next weekend.

Played Nov 1. Teed off at Noon with Silver Tees (69.7/129). Haven't played here in years but always liked the challenge and setup here. Heard the course was closed for a few +months to redo their greens, so was excited to come out and play this again with fresh greens.

Fairways and rough were dormant but still all there, no real bare spots to speak of. Made for hard and fast conditions but overall good lies. The silver tees seemed to be playing a little forward for the day, especially on a few Par 3s. The winds were blowing as usual for Barona.

The greens were green and CLASSIC Barona Creek greens, FIRM and FAST. The greens were lightning quick, made for a lot of 3 putts and even a 4 putt when not below the hole. Not much checking up due to firmness but just need to adjust play to accommodate and play from below the hole. With that said, the greens were very smooth with hardly any ball marks.

Since the rough and fairways were dormant, I found my ball rolling out more and playing in the bunkers a lot more than usual but the bunkers were fresh sand, pristine. No rakes due to COVID.

All in all loved playing Barona Creek and cant wait to be back out again to give it another go!

Played 9/9, course was pretty wide open. Teed off in afternoon and finished in 3 hours 45 minutes. Greens were firm but still soft enough to have some check to them. The whole course was in great shape. Lush and green throughout the course with very few divots, very few ball marks. Rough was fair in length, not too long but still made it known that you missed the fairway. The course played very tough, probably toughest pin placements allowable for a lot of the holes. We played the Maderas tees which should be a Black/Blue combo but ended up being primarily Black tees so made for a long challenging day, but was still a great time.

Overpriced dog track.

Played August 8, 2020. Originally reserved a $45 walking rate but found the UnderPar deal and had $20 off UnderPar gift card so it brought it to $35 with a cart. Very glad I did not pay $45 plus a cart to play here. They probably list it as a walking rate on purpose, to drive more eyeballs/traffic to the bookings, but it still is not worth that. Greens have many, many ball marks. Even though it was a Saturday, you could tell some were old ball marks as well. The greens also have a lot of weed/fungus growing in/on them, resulting in a lot of inconsistent rolls. The bunkers are terrible, rock hard most times. Tee boxes had a lot of divots for the most part and were not particularly level. Hole #6 from the Blues, the tee box was not even mowed within at least a couple days or even a week, you were teeing up next to weeds that were as tall as your ball teed up. The fairways were dry, and inconsistent. The rough was the same and lots of bare areas as well. Shame that this course used to host the NCAA Western Tournament just several years ago and now it's in this shape.