Sunday time. Great conditions overall, especially with all the rain Friday. Course is in good shape. The greens are fast and firm but hold well struck shots well, some spots very thin and they need... Continue »

Sunday time. Great conditions overall, especially with all the rain Friday. Course is in good shape. The greens are fast and firm but hold well struck shots well, some spots very thin and they need to make sure they don’t lose any of them, not a ton of grass on a few. Fairways great and any bad spots were marked gur. Rough could be penal but really not a factor on majority of the holes. Bunkers great and good sand. Saw the cart girl multiple times and easy check in. Really like this side better than legends. Good times

Played LC Champions on 1/26/21. Played in a 4-some that wasn't particularly quick, group was on our tail the entire round, shocked to find out we finished in 3:45.

Course is in very good winter sh... Continue »

Played LC Champions on 1/26/21. Played in a 4-some that wasn't particularly quick, group was on our tail the entire round, shocked to find out we finished in 3:45.

Course is in very good winter shape. Tees are near perfect. Greens very nice, smooth and quick. Rough is good.

Only minor complaint is very tight fairways, made it very tough to hit wedges. Grass coverage is good, it is just cut short and laying right down on the ground. Great for driver roll, awful for chipping.

Staff is great as always. Highly recommended.

Played in the GK guru round 11/8/20. Second time playing this side and it helped a lot. Played the blues and it was a great golf test. Fairway's mostly green and in really good shape. Not much roll ou... Continue »

Played in the GK guru round 11/8/20. Second time playing this side and it helped a lot. Played the blues and it was a great golf test. Fairway's mostly green and in really good shape. Not much roll out, but they played fine. Greens were in very good shape and running at a little above medium pace with lots of subtle tricky breaks. Saw many putts break right at the hole after looking like they were going to drop. The Bermuda rough around the greens was tricky and required your full attention and perfect contact. Service was great. A fun and enjoyable test of your game.

Played last week with John, Chuck, and Perry teeing off a little afternoon and finishing in about 4 hours and 45 minutes with a little waiting on last few holes. Tee boxes were in decent shape, mostly... Continue »

Played last week with John, Chuck, and Perry teeing off a little afternoon and finishing in about 4 hours and 45 minutes with a little waiting on last few holes. Tee boxes were in decent shape, mostly level with good coverage. Fairways had good lies with decent roll out and nice cushioning. Rough was in good shape cut just a little longer than fairways. Was in three greenside bunkers that were all a little thin and on the firm side with one having wet muddy sand. Greens were in very nice condition, semi-soft, rolling medium/fast and smooth with an occasional bump. Overall condition were pretty good except for needed a little more sand in greenside bunkers.

Out for a GK Guru round teeing off just after 12 noon Monday 11/9/20 joined by a really nice group of guys Gary, Steve and Tim. 1st time playing this layout even though I have stayed at the resort a c... Continue »

Out for a GK Guru round teeing off just after 12 noon Monday 11/9/20 joined by a really nice group of guys Gary, Steve and Tim. 1st time playing this layout even though I have stayed at the resort a couple times with the wife. We had perfect weather low 60's with up to a 1 club breeze at times. POP was 4 hrs 35 minutes waiting on a group in front of us that were going sideways at times, backwards(lol) and were for sure having fun pounding some alcohol down. We enjoyed putting and chipping a few balls when we were finished with the hole we were just on and we still waited for them on every hole on the back nine. Really nice and accommodating staff at La Costa, nice resort and pro-shop. Driving range had mats with adjustable tees. Putting green was pure and in good shape. Really cool to have single rider carts with GPS.

Loved the greens. Just some minor bumps and old ball marks present. For the most part they were pure and quick. Soft like sponge on approach shots. Undulating greens where you wanted to be putting below the pin at all costs. Big enough greens for the staff to have several different hole locations. Subtle breaks right at the hole for sure yesterday. We had several putts in our group where we said nice putt right before the ball veered from the cup at the last minute. Green rating 7.5/10

Fairways had nice coverage, mix between lush and golden grass. CPO for our round due to recent storms however agree with some of the other reviewers that course probably could have opened up today for carts on the fairways. Fairway rating 7/10

Tees were mostly level(played Blue Tees) and mostly lush and in good shape. Rated 7/10.

Rough was 1-2 inches ball sank down some but decent lies just off fairways. Decent shape. 7/10

Fairway bunkers were nice and firm like you would want them. Was in 2 fairway bunkers. Course should address putting more sand in the greenside bunkers. Was in 2 greenside bunkers on 4 and 6. Was able to get out of hole 4 on first swing. Hole 6 greenside bunker was wet, cement like sand that was impossible to escape. This was the only part of the course I would change. Just add a little more sand to the greenside bunkers.

I loved the layout. Would give the layout a 9/10 on the fun factor. Loved starting out with some really cool dogleg lefts where you could rip it around the corner. The dogleg rights had a couple cool water features on the right hand side and some well strategic fairway bunkers that would catch a dead straight tee shot off the tee. I absolutely loved holes 1-6 and 13-18. Layout would never get boring to play and is strong with several water features, strategic bunkers, some OB and lateral hazards and some fun and tricky greens. Can see why the PGA and LPGA played here. Would not call it target golf but few holes where you could grip and rip.

Highly recommended! Hope to try the Legends one day.

Thanks to Johnny and GK.

11/9 guru play with Gary Steve and Tim an enjoyable and fun group in a pleasant setting. 1st time on the Champions which I found to be more interesting with more water in play and visually more sti... Continue »

11/9 guru play with Gary Steve and Tim an enjoyable and fun group in a pleasant setting. 1st time on the Champions which I found to be more interesting with more water in play and visually more stimulating. Fairways have good cover and good roll sometimes into harms way. CPO but in my opinion not really necessary as there was no evidence of standing water and due to the slopes drainage was quite good. Rough cut short with the ball tending to sit up. tees level with ok coverage. Bunkers need help as they were often thin over hard pan making for many improbable outs.
Greens were soft and receptive fairly quick with more breaks than were apparent and for me difficult to judge. Greens being soft and with the type of grass are fragile with many ball marks in evidence so there could be some pockmarks to navigate.
Quality customer service.

Played on 11/09/20 with the Gurus - another fun day on the course.

First, my sympathies to the individual who was responsible for pin locations. I can only assume you had a horrible night before. B... Continue »

Played on 11/09/20 with the Gurus - another fun day on the course.

First, my sympathies to the individual who was responsible for pin locations. I can only assume you had a horrible night before. Based on those pins, I am guessing your spouse yelled at you, your dog bit you, and perhaps your chili dinner kept you up all night. I hope the rest of your week is better.

For my first 10 years here in SoCal in the 90s, La Costa was one of my least favorite places to play. I must say they have made a remarkable turnaround, and it is now one of my favorites.

Greens were nice, smooth and quick, but not too quick except for the 5 or 6 pin locations right at the bottom of large slopes. I hope you weren't above the hole on those, I was. Greens were softer due to the weekend rains so it was easier to hold greens and attack pins, except for the 5 or 6 pin locations that were on the very edges of the greens. Don't short side yourself, I did.

Fairways and rough were in good fall shape.

Bunkers were a mix. Some were low on sand, and with the rains, compacted mud. If you got in a deep greenside bunker like that, it was disaster.

Outstanding practice facility, and the staff is extremely helpful. Highly recommended!

Played Omni La Costa Champions Course yesterday 11/9 in Carlsbad as part of GK Guru and GK Cup Match. Good times with fellow GKers. POP 4 ½ hours.

This is my favorite of the two golf courses at Omn... Continue »

Played Omni La Costa Champions Course yesterday 11/9 in Carlsbad as part of GK Guru and GK Cup Match. Good times with fellow GKers. POP 4 ½ hours.

This is my favorite of the two golf courses at Omni La Costa Resort. I was impressed how green the golf course still was this late in the year given its predominantly bermunda turf. Granted light green and likely turning blonde dormant color over the next 4 weeks but right now the golf course is looking beautiful. I’ll have photos to post later today.

Super fun layout with doglegs in both directions, water hazards, tricky greens, mature trees, some risk reward par 5’s and tough par 3. You can certainly see why the golf course hosted PGA and LPGA tour events in the day.

Overall conditions great with exception to the greenside bunkers that were thin of sand, firm and at times muddy. That makes for some tough escapes given how deep the bunkers are. The fairways bunkers were in better shape than the greenside bunkers with a little more sand. Bunkers are a big part of the design and challenge of this golf course so be prepared to consider pitching out of the bunkers instead of trying to splash your shots out.

Greens holding shots, running medium fast and smooth. Fairways excellent coverage and surprisingly not that wet considering all the rain the day before. Rough was essentially the same as the fairways but a little longer with a blend of mainly bermunda, some kikuyu and at times I think poa around the greens. It was sticky, grabbing my club which resulted in quite a few fat shots. Tee boxes level and lush.

Service at Omni La Costa was excellent start to finish. Easy check in, friendly attitudes and nice to see the on course service many times for a Monday afternoon.

Highly Recommended

Played the Champions course at Omni La Costa on 11/9 with GK Guru's. It was a pleasure to play some out of town golf and meet more GK'ers. Great weather to start the round, following the needed storm ... Continue »

Played the Champions course at Omni La Costa on 11/9 with GK Guru's. It was a pleasure to play some out of town golf and meet more GK'ers. Great weather to start the round, following the needed storm fronts that came through over the weekend.
Tees were good, I played the whites.
The fairways were still in very playable shape with dormant color coming in. Post rains, it was CPO. I saw a few areas staked as GUR and some areas that were marked for maintenance that will need it.
Traps, to be fair, we experienced some post-rains puddles and mud(silt leach down) in some bunkers. However, the ball always sat up in today's firm sand.
Greens were firm, fast and fun for me. Anything I legitimately threw at them, they held. The practice green matched the course greens for speed and break. Foam spacers in the cups.

No less than 8 staff members here, asked if I needed assistance, or they offered their services. Needless to say, customer service here is 'spot on' in my book! The pro shop was open, we saw the drink cart once per 9, the putting green was open, driving range was open(mats with adjustable tees), and the front and back 9 restrooms open. Good accurate GPS on carts...pay attention to the creeks and runoff channels that the GPS presents to you; I wish I had, as I donated 5 balls to water hazards today! As the sun was setting on our round, the temps were dropping and I wish I had layered my duds better...November has arrived. I would definitely play here again.
Cheers,