Oak Creek Golf Club

I try not write about the conditions of the course because there are many seasons and course maintenance throughout the year, but this review is an exception. Oak Creek's facilities and staff are amazing, but the course needs to be closed and refurbished. SInce the Irvine Company owns the property, they need to close the course and complete some major repairs. If you want to charge $100 - $200 per round, the conditions need to be really good.

Now for the specifics:

1) There are tree roots coming out of the ground that stretch 50-100 feet from the trees and have made several tee boxes very uneven. The roots are also growing into the fairways,

2) The grass between the barranca and the fairways are mostly uneven from really bad drainage. I play a lot of courses in Southern CA and Oak Creek has become similar to Green River and El Prado in that you can't drive the cart at full speed because of the bumps. I would caution walkers because you could twist an ankle almost anywhere. I would not complain unless it was pervasive.

3) The greens were OK. They are trying to maintain them, but 4 were recently punched and sanded. It would have been nice to know that beforehand.

Had lunch prior to our round, great service , good food. Clubhouse staff treated us like regulars, made us feel like we were on our home course! Hit a small bucket on the range, nice facility, well run. Played the back nine at twilight, Mike got us off early, very polite. Grounds crew are paying attention, tee box to greens. Fairways are wider than I expected, greens are fast , the ball rolls true. We were warned about a couple of greens that had been punched and sanded...no worries we've played sanded greens before! Sand traps looked good, only found one, easy out. Come play here, you'll be glad you did.

Played this course last year = No drought here! Very Lush - great conditions! Now - maybe they received a BIG fine, whatever, course conditions now our Poor/average at best. Gopher holes, dry, poorly managed, etc. Greens were fast though. Driving range - POOR! Tip to course - change the location of where you can hit from more frequently, I (and others) were hitting off of dirt! Range balls way too expensive!!! Never saw a Marshall during 5 hour round! Other players we encountered were rich snobs! Better to play somewhere else until changes are made - fairly well greatly over-priced based upon todays conditions.

I simply love this course. Great layou,t fantastic pace of play, and challenging especially from the tips. Highly recommend!

Found a great deal online for $70 and had to take Monday off work to play. Course is well worth the price. Challenging, open fairways but difficult shots into elevated and uniquely shaped greens. Course plays very fair if you hit the fairway. Some beautiful holes and easy scoring ones. Had one of my best rounds in 3 hours and 30 minutes. 70 from the tips. Highly recommend to anyone looking to avoid crappy muni’s!

Best course around for the price only at twilight you pay the price in the morning but you get good pace of play well worth mental health. Starters and staff are A+

The course was nice but was not worth the $180 green fee. The greens themselves were just ok. There were fans running on many of the greens during play and was quite loud. The grounds keepers were mowing and cleaning during play. The 18th tee box was being redone so you had to hit from the fairway. My GPS stopped working on the 10th. The fairways were in good shape and the beverage cart was visiting us regularly. It was definitely a nice $75 round of golf.

Had us tee off on the back, took 2.5 hours for 9 holes on a Wednesday at 10:30 AM. 4 groups backed up on 17, just ridiculous, no marshalling of the course. I left after 9 holes, could not take it.

Staff friendliness was a ten from bag drop to after round drinks, all were great. First time I played here, I needed to pay more attention to sand and water could have play better. Course layout was great with alot of bunkers and a few lakes and stream to deal with. Greens and fairways were in excellent condition. Greens were running true with our group draining a few long putts and a couple from the fringe. Really enjoyed my round here, will back soon.

Good course and thank goodness no houses around it. Gives it an out in the country feel. Good round here.

Golf course is in excellent shape. Pace of play was exactly what you want it to be and the staff was very friendly. Overall I had a very positive experience.

Great course fantastic staff. When you can get a discounted rate here definitely snag it. Really fun course that rewards good course management

The course was overall in great shape. The greens rolled very true and fast. The fairways were in great shape and rolled out for longer than usual drives. My only disappointment was the uneven tees and the aggressive price of $9/small bag of range balls. The staff was very friendly and welcoming especially Mike the starter whom tried his best to get me out early. Pace of play was okay at 4:30 for a Monday afternoon. Par 3's are very challenging and some great holes to run up your score.

First time and wont be the last. Staff was friendly, course from the tee box to the fairway to the greens was in great shape. So far my favorite in OC and much better than strawberry farms hands down.