Every year, since 2022, I have scheduled two private course events at Bear Creek Golf Club depite it being limited to 88 players and it a 5 hour round trip drive for me. My reasons are always the same... Continue »

Every year, since 2022, I have scheduled two private course events at Bear Creek Golf Club depite it being limited to 88 players and it a 5 hour round trip drive for me. My reasons are always the same, it’s an outstanding golf course with beautiful playing conditions, great service and fantastic facilities for a golf event.

Yesterday, on 7/13, was another special day/event at Bear Creek Golf Club.

Teed it up with GKers Itslikeimsayin, sparky14 and briano1985. We had a blast.

Tee to green, Bear Creek Golf Club was lush. The greens were fast as usual, smooth and holding shots. The fairways were lush, ideally groomed, just perfect to hit from. The tee boxes were lush and well groomed. The rough was lush and cut to a forgiving 3 inches (thank you Bear Creek GC) because the course is already very challenging. We played it at times when the bermunda rough is in the 4 to 6 inch range, and that can make it tough to not only play your ball but find it as well. The bunkers were the only aspect of the course not at the level of excellence as other aspects of the course, but by no means in bad shape.

I highly recommend Bear Creek Golf Club on all levels from booking to event, being invited to play as a guest and to becoming a member. Check out the photos I posted!

Great day today in group 1B of the Golf Moose / Vivid Golf / GK outing here with JohnnyGK, sparky14, and Brian. Pace was fantastic for these events at just under 4:30. Cloud cover until the last coupl... Continue »

Great day today in group 1B of the Golf Moose / Vivid Golf / GK outing here with JohnnyGK, sparky14, and Brian. Pace was fantastic for these events at just under 4:30. Cloud cover until the last couple holes kept the temperature cooler than expected, but then also much more humid than typical for the area. Conditions are excellent! Greens were smooth, medium-fast to fast, quite soft and accepting of full shots. I suspect they’re putting lots of water on the course because the fairways are very lush and both the greens and roughs were somewhat wet/muddy underneath the grass. Fairways are the best I’ve ever seen them here – fantastic coverage, uniform cushion, consistent to play from – and I rated them a 9. Rough is a couple inches longer but not too thick nor penal. Blue tee boxes were mostly great, if I had to nitpick maybe a couple could use some leveling. I was in two bunkers and they were perfect. Kudos to the club for having the course in such great shape and thanks to Johnny, Golf Moose, and Vivid Golf for organizing these events!

Big TEN O – It was our tenth outing at Bear Creek Golf Club Monday 12/1 on a beautiful December day with the best playing conditions yet. Gorgeous overseeded fairways & tee boxes, meticulously kept bu... Continue »

Big TEN O – It was our tenth outing at Bear Creek Golf Club Monday 12/1 on a beautiful December day with the best playing conditions yet. Gorgeous overseeded fairways & tee boxes, meticulously kept bunkers with new white sand, somewhat dormant rough and best of all, smooth/fast/firm greens that require good reads and excellent touch.

Bear Creek Golf Club is a perfect place to host a 80 max players event. The entire staging area, large driving range (grass), practice putting, chipping/sand short game practice and clubhouse are conveniently located for your players. We set up our check-in tent adjacent to the putting green making it easy for players to check-in and run our Vivid Golf Putting Skill Challenge prior to play.

We play a lot of very nice private clubs with our events. Bear Creek Golf Club has moved into my Top-5. I wish they had more golf carts (although the course is walkable) so we could put on a full field 120 players event but even with an 80 players max, I’ll continue to book events here with more coming in 2026!

Huge thanks to rgm2525 & Itslikeimsayin for helping out with check-in, Vivid Golf Skill Challenge and photos/video. Great time teeing it up with these GKers and to be joined by Brian from Golf Moose. Great company on a great course. Love Golf.

Highly Recommended

Played in group 1B of yesterday’s Golf Moose + GK outing presented by Vivid Golf with JohnnyGK, rgm2525, and Brian. We caught an absolutely ideal weather day with perfect temps, a little breeze, and g... Continue »

Played in group 1B of yesterday’s Golf Moose + GK outing presented by Vivid Golf with JohnnyGK, rgm2525, and Brian. We caught an absolutely ideal weather day with perfect temps, a little breeze, and gorgeous clear skies, which made it feel extra special to play this beautiful private course. POP was typical for these outings at 5 hours.

Conditions are very nice, highlighted by excellent, fast greens. They ran smooth and were more firm than soft. They accepted full shots well but it was difficult to get shorter shots to check. I would’ve liked to see fewer ball marks on the greens that were clearly from fellow participants in the outing – if we don’t take great care of these courses, they’re not as likely to invite us back. The overseeded, vivid green fairways were quite lush and maybe could’ve used a tighter mow; they didn’t provide much run-out on drives. The rough wasn’t deep but definitely made things more challenging than hitting from the fairways. White-sand bunkers were all quite good, even if my sand game wasn’t. Blue tee boxes were mostly great.

This is a really fun, challenging course with some beautiful holes set in what appears to be an amazing, active community. It feels special being out there. Highly recommended if you get a chance to play it.

It was a super fun day at Bear Creek Golf Club last Monday 7/21. I love having outings here. They have enough carts for max 80 players, which is a great fit for excellent pace of play on this very cha... Continue »

It was a super fun day at Bear Creek Golf Club last Monday 7/21. I love having outings here. They have enough carts for max 80 players, which is a great fit for excellent pace of play on this very challenging Nicklaus Sr. Signature design. It was my first event with the Vivid Golf tent and having a Skill Challenge contest. The large well organized event staging area was ideal. We were able to pitch our tent center of the practice sand/pitching, grass driving range and large practice putting green. Golf carts were lined up in front of the range plus the clubhouse conveniently located. The snack bar is detached from the clubhouse but it’s a short walk to it from the staging area. Worked out fantastic.

Overall, despite the fairways about halfway through their winter-spring to summer-fall turf transition, playing conditions were great. The greens were smooth, medium fast and firm. Fairways firm with tight yet full coverage. The rough was very tame for The Bear but if temps go up it should become thick and unbearable in no time. LOL. The bunkers had typically soft quality sand greenside and mostly firm quality sand adjacent to the fairways. Tee boxes were all in very good shape. Level, lush, tight and fun to play from.

Reach out to Tim Gardner if you’re looking into booking an event or membership. Super person to work with. Thanks!

Thanks RGM2525 & Sparky14 for helping out :)

Highly Recommended!

Mid morning five hour round on a cool cloudy Thursday. The staff and practice facilities are great. The carts are large and comfortable and also in nice condition. The tee boxes are all level with ... Continue »

Mid morning five hour round on a cool cloudy Thursday. The staff and practice facilities are great. The carts are large and comfortable and also in nice condition. The tee boxes are all level with total coverage and well kept. There are many boxes to choose from which is good for all skill levels. The rough was in perfect shape and just thick enough to slow down your shots before they disappeared. You could put a good swing on it from the rough which was nice. The fairways were probably the best conditioned of any course I've played in many years. The lies were perfect, the grass was lush and green cut at the perfect length. The marshal said to not be concerned with divots as the grounds crew filled all of them during the last two hours of their shift. I asked if they were hiring! The deep sand traps had plenty of well prepped white fluffy sand that was really great to swing from. The large greens were the best with plenty of roll total coverage with no ball marks and extremely quick. The pin placements made attacking them not in the best interest for scoring. Well struck shots would hold but if you came in low you found yourself off the back quickly. The layout and setting of this place with top notch course conditions make it a pleasure to play.

Another great time at Bear Creek Golf Club on January 27th. Played with GDR23, barkydog and friend Brian from Vivid Golf/Golf Moose.

We lucked out with our location and weather in that the majorit... Continue »

Another great time at Bear Creek Golf Club on January 27th. Played with GDR23, barkydog and friend Brian from Vivid Golf/Golf Moose.

We lucked out with our location and weather in that the majority of SoCal was trenched the night before but Murrieta, although cold and damp, presented us a rain free day and beautiful golf course. I’ve played Bear Creek Golf Club now 5 times with this being the first time the fairways were overseeded for the winter. I enjoyed playing the dormant (still full coverage) bermunda turf winter fairways but loved playing the overseeded fairways instead (its my understanding BCGC will be overseeding in coming years as well for the winter). Although the ball did not roll out as much now, making the course longer, the ball sat up better. Best of all, it was the first time seeing the course with the dormant rough defining the overseeded fairways. Check out the photos I posted!

The greens were fast, smooth and loaded with tournament pin locations. ONE DAY I will have good putting round at The Bear, Monday was NOT the day. Wow, were those greens tough to read BUT A BLAST to play.

The bunkers were gorgeous. White, well maintained, perfect consistent medium/solf texture from hole to hole (can you tell I'm a bogey golfer/bunker connoisseur).

Its a pleasure running outings at Bear Creek GC. The staging area for 80 players max shotgun events keeps all your players nearby. The driving range (grass), practice putting, practice sand/pitching and clubhouse make it easy for our players to enjoy the experience. The Bear Creek GC staff are great to work with from reserving your event to the day of play and follow up.

Thank you everyone that comes to these events!

Rode the blues this morning 1/27/25 for the Golfmoose event with buddies John, Matt and joined by Bryan who was a pleasure to meet. I think our POP was around 5 hrs under cold damp 48 degree weather w... Continue »

Rode the blues this morning 1/27/25 for the Golfmoose event with buddies John, Matt and joined by Bryan who was a pleasure to meet. I think our POP was around 5 hrs under cold damp 48 degree weather with at times maybe a one club wind. I enjoyed their grass driving range, seperate larger chipping and bunker area and massive putting green..should have spent more time there, lol!

First time here and really enjoyed the layout! For sure a second shot golf course where there is ample room to bomb drives but if your wedges or putting is off expect some challenges to some smaller raised green complexes. The course flowed extremely well with some doglegs, straight forward holes, some holes with force carries on the second shot but nothing tricked out or unfair about the layout. I loved hitting tee shots on this course! The beautiful homes lining the golf course really don't come into play. Jack designed some awesome strategically placed greenside and Fairway bunkers everywhere.

Greens were in good shape rolling medium to quick pace and holding irons very well. Boy did I have a hard time reading the undulations in the greens today. Many potato chip swales that made lag putting or just holing putts in general tough. Rated 8/10

Fairways were bright green and in good shape with a tighter firm base. Rated 8/10

Tees were mostly level with the usual divot damage on par 3s with the rest of the tees in good shape. Rated 7/10

The fairway rough was a dormant light brown color which visually contrasted beautifully with the emerald green Fairways. I felt the rough just outside the fairways to be easy to hit off but the greenside rough was very wet, muddy and very tough to chip off of. This is not the courses fault as it is winter and they did get some rain but would like to come back when there is grass in the grass bunkers and chipping areas and not muddy dirt. Rough rating 6/10

Was in 1 Fairway bunker and 1 greenside bunker that had the most beautiful white powder material and a pleasure to play out of. I wish all courses took a page out of Bear Creeks bunkers. Rated 8.5/10.

Highly recommend this course and would like to come back on a normal temperature day with the chipping areas in better shape.

First Time out here in probably 10+ years. I don't have a lot to add to the other reviews from a few weeks ago. That being said the greens were fast and had medium firmness. Tough pin locations all da... Continue »

First Time out here in probably 10+ years. I don't have a lot to add to the other reviews from a few weeks ago. That being said the greens were fast and had medium firmness. Tough pin locations all day made for adventures on the greens. Fairways looked like they were verticut but the ball sat up nicely all day. Sand Traps were firm and a bit difficult to play from. They just need to rototill them and they'll be fine.

I loved the layout which being a Jack course it plays well to my fade!. If you have an opportunity to play I would not pass it up. I hope to get out to the next Golf Moose/Gk outing here.