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Conditions
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Value
3.9
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
3.8
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.0
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6801 yards
Slope 138
Rating 73.6

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 06/2019.

Diamond Valley Golf Club is an easy drive into Hemet Valley from a number of locations including San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles. Though it's easily accessible, the course is tucked away in the San Jacinto Mountains, offering a feel of peaceful seclusion. The layout encompasses a variety of terrain, from scenic waterscapes to lush, rolling hills covered with native plants and grasses. With dramatic elevation changes from tee to green, this course isn't walker friendly, which can easily be overlooked if you're looking for a truly formidable test. The sloping nature of the landscape lends a different character to each hole and the elevated tees provide panoramic views of the surrounding mountains. One of Diamond Valley Golf Club's most memorable holes is the par-3 17th. It's as scenic as it is challenging, requiring a short iron to wedge shot over a cascading waterfall.

Course Details

Year Built 1999
Greens Bermuda grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bill Martin (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Jeans, denim, cut off shorts, sweatpants, T-shirts and tank tops will not be permitted during any phase of the competition; Hats are to be worn forward at all times

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

3.6
403 Reviews (403)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 19
Patio Dining 17
19th Hole Scenic Views 10
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 59
Water Hazards 58
Undulating Greens 50
This course/club is great for:
Locals 60
Advanced Golfers 48
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 41
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 59
In the 'Burbs 16
Convenient to the City 15

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played

Improving

After having severe water problems. Efforts are being made to bring the course back. Fairways are still brown, greens are in good shape

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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Previously Played

This is a good course in fair to bad condition

Lack of water has left the course dry and brown. Once again Golf Now did not mention the course was recently cross-cut and the greens were slow and bumpy and there’s a lot of dry areas you have to play out of ☹️

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

On the Comeback Trail

My group has played Diamond Valley since it has been opened. We love the layout and the different golf shots you have to hit on this course. The course is on the right path to get back to where it was. Although a little slow right now the greens are all over seeded and full and lush. The landing areas in the fairways are full of grass. They are watering all the right areas on the course. We all need to get out there and support this course before it disappears. The staff is working their tails off to keep it alive.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/09/2018

This is not right, course is in terrible condition/

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Such a shame!

This is my last time ever playing Diamond Valley Golf Course! This course used to be great, great layout, scenic back drop of the San Jacinto and Big Bear Mountains, tough enough to play a great round, and beautiful water features. Unfortunately the current ownership has run this place into the ground! The greens are rock hard, the fairways are more dirt than grass, the water has dried up and the course looks more like a post apocalyptic wasteland than a golf course! I would Golf at Hemet Valley Golf Club for a better experience at a better value!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

When An Old Friend Dies

This used to be my favorite course. Great layout, diverse playing experience, beautiful and challenging holes. I would brag to anyone that would listen, and tell them the experience was well worth the drive.

Something has happened. The course is suffering from severe neglect.

If the management is serious about returning the course to it's old glory, then they better do it now before it's too late.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 105
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

What happen

Wow this course is on life support. They have one groundskeeper running around with a hose watering the greens and another mowing what grass is remining on the fairways. This course used to be fun even though they had the worse staff in golf. The staff thought they were working at Pebble Beach and were very rude. What drinking was available on the course was hot and there wasn't much. I predict this land will be a housing development in another year.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Worse course I have ever played

Sad that a course that a couple years was a fun place to play. The course is dried up and dead, dead, dead. Even the trees. And to top it off they have the most irritating carts ever with the location GPS. We quit after nine holes because it was so depressing. Pace of play was excellent due to no one else wasting their hard earned cash to play this dump. No fun at all, made me sick to my stomach. I imagine the course will be closed soon. A blessing for the golf world! I wouldn't play if it was free. This place deserves no stars, none......

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 07/19/2018

For those of you keeping complaining the summer condition of our course, please take a look at Scottish Open and the Open and you will find out some similarity between our course and those courses, the dryness and fastness of fairways as the tour pros said due to the dryness of summer, but still in playable condition because we got the best Bermuda grass bed on the fairways. Please do us some justice before you say our course is dead. Please come back and play in fall and winter if you prefer seeing the mostly green color of course. The Management

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very poor

Course was a dead dried up crusty sandbox
Poorly maintained could have been nice at one point but the place has to be going out of business for the conditions this place was in, maybe if they spent less on the annoying GPS golf carts and spent more on watering the place it wouldn’t be half bad
Definitely got ripped off paying $37

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 53
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Needs water

Greens were fine Fairway some no grass would play it for another $15

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice layout. Water shortages hurt.

Somewhat challenging course, but very dry, Fairways and greens are in decent shape, but it just "feels" dry because of lack of water at the edges.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

This is a great value for the course layout. It was in fair condition, greens where nice and rolled true . Could use a little more water on the fairways . Play from the tips or blue tees for a more challenging game. The driving range still needs help and the course should invest in some range balls and baskets. If you haven't played here yet, then you should get out and play this course and see if you can keep it in the fairway. It's always a good time out here .

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course layout is fun. Fairways are in ok shape. Very dry, but that goes with the territory of a desert area course in Southern california.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cutting too many corners...

It is your business to do as you please ... so don’t mind this post DV ownership. This course is driving golfers away, I just visited this once gorgeous course for the final time, at least while the current owners remain in place. Hemet and surrounding area lost a diamond in the outskirts. The great layout and beautiful wide open views will be missed. Just to give you a little reference point, I am a 6 handicap and play 1 to 2 times a week. I left this course, never done that before, after hole #12. The first dissapointment occured on hole #9 Ownership butchered a fun par 5 into a par 3 ... reason... to conserve water. They tried to compensate by converting hole #5 from a challenging par 4 to an easy 480 (from blues) par 5 ( less grass to water). The second strike occured on the back nine... The flag was missing on the #10 green and I gave the course the benefit of the doubt, even placed a rake in the cup for the benefit of golfers coming behind me. Driving up to the green just to locate the hole and returning back to the ball is no fun and puts a damper on the golfing mood. Anyway, I reapeated this dance for two more holes before calling it quits and driving off the course. And ofcourse, when I returned to the clubhouse to express my displeasure, no one was around to file the complaint. Yes ... this place was being run by one person on a weekend, in fact when I first arrived, I missed my starting Time because the one man crew spent 10 minutes making sandwiches for golfers purchasing food on the turn. Time to sell ... when cutting corners to save a buck is affecting the enjoyment of your customers, it might be time to sell. Hopefully to another owner interested in bringing the course back to it’s glory days, but really sell to anyone, a home developer, a rancher, a whatever!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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