Played the course the first time in March 09. Beautiful location and layout. HOWEVER, the wind plays havoc on the game. We teed off at 11:30 and wind was a factor all day. All but 2 holes run east-west orientation, so you either were loving the downwind shots or punching low under the wind (if you were lucky). The facilities were convenient, although more water coolers would be nice. The pro shop had a thin supply of goods and the starter failed to call us to the tee. The driving range is on the far west side of the course and is acceptable as a warmup area. The putting green and sand bunker near Hole 1 is an excellent location and feel for what I would encounter on the course. Overall, I would play this course again, even at the higher price than I normally play for a Sunday golf round.

OMG! This new course kicks your butt! Very challenging for all skill levels. Accuracy and club placement is key. Anything off center will go into an ecological preserve where it is illegal to retrieve your ball. Expect to lose a couple of sleeves on this course. The course is built into the canyons in Carlsbad near the Palomar Airport, so there are some distractions with planes taking off directly overhead. The driving range is good. Staff is very helpful and accomodating. The carts has an excellent GPS system. DO not expect to walk this course. The drive from hole 11 to 12 will take 10 minutes in the cart alone. This course is worth the money to play and the drive to the course.

For an 1130 am teetime, there were several fivesomes on the course, which slowed down play in the front 9. Hole 9 had 3 groups waiting at all times. Back 9 was faster. It was my first time playing the course and I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of hills on the course. It gave me lots of practice on sloped lies. The sand was in good shape. The recent rains have greened up the course rather nicely. You need to plan 6 hours to play this course - and that's midweek at noon! Imagine what it would be like on the weekends or twilight!

Played on Friday afternoon. Greens were very fast and smooth - a very pleasant surprise. Hole locations gave an unexpected challenge. Light crowd was another pleasant surprise.

Recent aeration has made a noticeable improvement. Rough not too difficult. Greens are somewhat bumpy and slow.

I played ElDo on Tuesday Jan 9 on one of our beautiful summer-like days in the winter. The course is in great shape. It was lightly traveled and we had to only wait for 1 fivesome group at holes 9 and 12. The greens started fast (we teed off at 12:30) and slowed down later in the day. Trees are always an issue for errant shots (you get lots of punch out practice!). The rough was recently cut which made it easy to get my first sub-100 round in the 18 months I've been playing. Overall a great day at ElDo.

A challenging course with the occasional sidelight of military plane takeoffs and landings. Moderately challenging greens and adequate amount of hazards to enhance the experience.

A great deal for the course condition and challenge.

Played Fullerton for the first time the day after some good rain. The greens were wet, but didn't adversely affect putts. Some of the greens were poor with much sand. The narrow fairways gave me quite a challenge to not slice the ball. I did lose 4 balls, so I recommend using balls you're not emotionally attached with. Good use of hills and variety of hole layouts. I had some issues with the ambassador, but they were trying to do their job. However, it took 6 holes for them to push the party 2 holes in front of us and realize that our party was not causing any delays. The party is back of us hit into us and the ambassador got right them to knock it off. The price (green fee and cart) was quite a surprise. I'll do this course again very soon.