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3.5
1924 Reviews (1924)
5 Stars
402
4 Stars
829
3 Stars
379
2 Stars
169
1 Stars
145
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.7
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
3.7
Pace
2.6
Amenities
3.6
71.6%
Recommend this course
1463 out of 1924 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.3
129 Reviews (129)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
48
3 Stars
27
2 Stars
17
1 Stars
16
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.4
Layout
3.9
Pace
2.2
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
3.7
64.3%
Recommend this course
83 out of 129 reviews
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3.5
285 Reviews (285)
5 Stars
62
4 Stars
103
3 Stars
61
2 Stars
33
1 Stars
26
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.6
Layout
4.0
Pace
2.5
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
3.7
68.4%
Recommend this course
195 out of 285 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Municipal/Public
Par 72
Length 6567 yards
Slope 126
Rating 71.2
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Los Lagos - Costa Mesa Country Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1967
Fairways Kikuyu Grass
Greens Kikuyu Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William F. Bell (1967) Ron Fream (1992)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $24 - $30
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

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Comfortable clothing; no strict dress code but no tank tops allowed.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.5
1924 Reviews (1924)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 18
Watching the Game 9
Brunch 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 26
Undulating Greens 23
Water Hazards 20
This course/club is great for:
Locals 27
Walkers 25
Beginners 19
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 30
Near the Airport 19
Worth the Drive 8

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Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Great conditions... horrible POP

The course is in fantastic shape, however the pace of play continues to be awful! 5 hours minimum even during the week! Reminder.. women's league on this course on Fridays around 8-9am. The rest of the day will be incredibly slow. They cram as many people as possible onto this course! Tee times always start late and they even had the nerve to cram a 2some in front of us that wanted to cut in front of us. You'll see a cart girl out a few times which is nice, but you won't see a marshall moving things along. It's the wild wild Mesa!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 179
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mesa Linda - Average Public Course

Decent public course but always very slow play!! Layout is nice!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Previously Played

Seriously

On the first tee there where 4 groups of 5 somes going out in front of us. I asked the starter if this was a policy now and he said “ if he knows the players ( meaning his friends) he will let them out as a 5 some. “ They really don’t slow up play”. My normal 5:15 round went up to 6 hours. This is ridiculous and completely disrespectful to the other golfers that game to enjoy their day.

This is out of hand and the GM needs to be held accountable for this!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Solid course but terrible pace of play

I like this course a lot. Would play here more often but it’s a little a little tough to get a tee time without being a member. It’s a solid value and course conditions are always good. The one issue I have here is pace of play. Ive played here around 10 times and I can’t remember if I’ve ever had anything under a 5 hour round. They’re usually backed on the first tee and the pathetic thing is that they have a starter. I played yesterday and it was a disaster. They were 30 minutes behind and 4 groups waiting on the first tee. Inexcusable imo. Other than the staff not being on top of things and more organized, the course itself is very enjoyable.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Sloooooooowwwwww

3 hours to play the first 9. 3 foursomes waiting to tee off at 2, 3, and 4. Took 20 minutes to play the first Par 3. Ridiculous. Will NEVER play again. 4 hours to play 12 holes then it got dark. They need to get their business together.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

👍🏼 Get your moneys worth

Great round for the price. Tee off early to beat the back ups that cause long rounds. Course Marshalls could do a better job controlling traffic. Tee’s off a little after 7 and was done in 4 hours.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of Play VERY Slow

Too many beginner players playing as fivesomes. Course needs Marshalls to help move play along.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Pace of Play

It seemed like there could be something done in getting the foursomes in front of about 8 foursomes' . They ere the ones holding up play . Or perhaps just puting groups to close together. I've been playing this course for 40 years, this was the worst. I would only recommend this course with the caveat , very slow play.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/09/2023

Hello, ConradPark. Thank you for visiting us at Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

To slow and dirty rental clubs

Rental clubs: when looking through clubs it showed 2 fw3, 2 9irons but no driver and no 6iron. After some confusion this was fixed. Driver off first tee and picked up 6iron. I have not in many years seen a dirtier club. Looking through all clubs the only clean club was the putter. No towel on bag to clean clubs. Both me an my party/wife had dirty clubs. This was not what I expected when paying for rental clubs.
Pace of play: we waited at every hole, and many times during the holes also. We shere a party of 4..This was sell below expectation.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/09/2023

Hello, eOMkt7iOY8BcvZ8EaalR. Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback on your recent round with us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and we apologize if we missed the mark. Please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop with any additional concerns. Thanks for choosing Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/07/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Horrible pa e, no Marshall presence

The group in front of us was taking 20 min per hole AnD no help from the Marshall if there was one. The group in front of us didn't understand playthings and by the time they got to the turn the two holes in front of them were empty. Good course otherwise. Here's a shout out to the cool guys in the pro shop who endured a horrible rant by the starter wearing a red jacket who pulled his cart up the window and for 5-6 long minutes gave an obscenity laced shout out through the proshop window with F bombs and more, in ear shot of 30 people. He even came back for a 2nd beat down 15 min later. Totally inexcusable, and really showed bad for a pretty well organized operation minus NOT having a Marshall fix slow play in front of. My group ran out of time and patience and left after 8 holes and wasted a lot of money, and time. We couldn't endure 10 more holes of getting ice cold between swings.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
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Commented on 11/09/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u314162338864. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Overbooked

First, thanks to the pro shop for getting me into an earlier slot than my original 2PM time. I chose to walk because I read previous reviews about pace of play. I don't know why anyone would bother paying for a cart when walking is just as effective. Course management is booking way too many tee times. It took nearly 3 hours to finish the first 9 on Mesa Linda. I quit after 14.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 11/09/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u221528807. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slowest course, didn’t mention greens were punched

5 1/2 hour round, greens were punched but had no idea till the first green. I really do love both courses here but the pace is just to slow. Marshall wasn’t doing anything to help. Really should consider more adamant spacing for tee times instead of focusing solely on the dollar. Really is a shame

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/09/2023

Hi coonyo,

Let us first say that we are so glad to hear you enjoyed your visit. We work hard to create an enjoyable experience so you can focus on enjoying yourself and let us do the rest. We also want to thank you for your honest and constructive criticism of the course.

We are going to escalate your review to our team in charge and do everything we can to improve before your next game.

Thank you for visiting and playing at Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 10/23/2023

Hello, pooldog. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.

We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
4.0
Previously Played

Great course, terrible pace of play

Takes at least 3 hours to move through the front 9….if it want for that would play much more often. Every round her takes 5 hours, other than that this place is awesome. Wish they would do something about pace of play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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