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4.9
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Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7105 yards
Slope 143
Rating 75.6

Course Details

Year Built 1986
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Robert Muir Graves (1986)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities, Spa

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Golfers' Choice (2022 #4)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Friendliest Courses in the U.S. (2022 #3)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Value Courses in the U.S. (2022 #15) (2017 #19)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Courses for Layout in the U.S. (2022 #15)
  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in California (2022 #1) (2017 #25) (2016 #8)

Reviews

4.8
166 Reviews (166)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 11
Watching the Game 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 37
Elevation Changes 37
Undulating Greens 37
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 45
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 36
Locals 28
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 43
In the 'Burbs 7
Near Local Attractions 7

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging

Great course, challenging for sure. Greens are in great shape and not played like the city courses.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always an adventure

This course is always a fun day. It's a difficult layout with many challenges. Beautiful scenery. Nice people who work there. Nice driving range.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens were disappointing

Very challenging course. Fun layout. Was disappointed with condition of the greens this time around.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day

Always fun to play La P. Tough course great layout. Greens were punched so they were bumpy, slow and hard for the ball to stay on line. Give it a few weeks and play it. Lots of sand on greens still

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Left satisfied but expected more

I came to La Purisima as a midway point between my drive from the Bay Area to LA. It is certainly remote but in my opinion a great place to stop if you are making the drive. Weather was perfect but some locals told me if the wind is bad the course is borderline unplayable so definitely check the weather.

This course is very well respected among golfers as a strategic and challenging course. It is used as a qualifying course for the PGA and it's layout is perfect for that. The layout is unique with rolling hills and rewards you for great shots while punishing you for bad ones. There are very few holes where you can see the pin so you need to do some research before to make sure you hit the right spots. Often a few feet can make the difference between a lost ball and a great shot.

The scenery and overall views of the course are fantastic. Rarely in the Bay Area or LA do you get this much space with virtually no parallel fairways. The greens were also in spectacular shape.

With that all said there were some very disappointing negatives. I will give them some slack as it is winter time but the fairways were in pretty horrible shape. Dead spots everywhere even within a few feet of the greens. I lost several strokes getting stuck on dirt or dead grass on good tee shots. Perhaps different time of year it is better. Also there was no marshall the whole round which could have prevented an annoying pace of play issue.

The started told me that they packed the course and would take 5 hrs to play the round and said that if I booked on golfnow they wouldn't let me out early even if there were spots. I got there early as a single and refused to let me out early even with another single which basically artificially created odd numbered groups. The group in front of me was a single which was stupid with us being a threesome, the group behind was also three. A foursome in front of us were clearly the golf to drink type and made us wait 10 minutes every hole to hit each shot with no marshall in site. Luckily they let us pass at the turn so they could reload on swing oil.

Overall while I feel like it was a good value I definitely was underwhelmed given the prestige of the course. Very simple things like letting me out earlier and having a marshall would have made a huge difference which are all decisions management makes and completely solvable. The course condition can get some slack due to it being winter.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Windy but fun.

This time of the year it get windy. Those who play this course throughout the year know this. But he course is fun.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Love La Purisma

Arguably the best course in the tri-counties. They were punching some fairways the day we played but the greens were excellent. My local favorite course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Sunny day

Greens were stellar but Sandra's were bare...covid

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very Nice Layout

Picturesque. Interesting holes that require some thought off the tee. Mostly forgiving, but some places where it gets tight. I recommend the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great round

As usual, great round, always the case. Would play here every day if I could.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

always a treat..

great round...tough greens very fast...but lots of fun..

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/28/2020

are they allowing carts? or just walkers?

Played On
Reviews 157
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Texas Advisor
Top 100 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Real pretty and challenging!

What a beautiful course! As beautiful as it is, it is also very challenging. It has a lot of elevation changes, which if you don't drive it straight, you'll be facing tough lies. The bunkers are strategically placed as well. I was lucky to be paired up with local regulars, who gave me great pointers on where to aim my shots off the tee. This course has been one of the most if not the most nature scenic filled courses I've played on. For those playing for the first time, don't forget to look up and look around and enjoy God's creation. The design of the entire track is perfect, no hole plays the same. I played the combo tees (blue/white) and it was quite challenging, from the tees, to the approach, to putting. The putts rolled pretty fast and true and heavy laden with undulations to make it challenging. I definitely recommend this course to all, maybe for except the high handicappers.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

No Wind

Played and there was no wind for Nearly the entire round. Beautiful course and friendly staff. Will be there a mot

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Gre

It was great to play La Purisima again. The course was in such a superb shape. And it was a gre
at clear sunny day with temperatures below 70. And no unfavorable wind

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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