Mesa Linda at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club

Played the course for the first time in about 20 years. Tee boxes and fairways and event the rough are in excellent condition, greens decent but a little patchy here and there. The layout is deceivingly difficult. It's flat, but the trees come into play and bunkers are tricky.

Here's the issue, depending upon your patience... We had a 10:15am tee time on a Wednesday. The place was packed. Didn't end up teeing off until about 10:45am due to backup on first tee, Overall, the round took about 4:45. Once we started, we had to wait on most tee boxes,. The pace was fairly consistent though, evenly slow on most holes. Just bring the right attitude and you'll be fine.

Definitely walk this course if you can. It's flat and you will probably have to wait on many shots anyway.

For the price, you will not find a course in better shape. It was shocking how nice it was, tee boxes great and fairways were fairly plush. Rough was also in good shape.

Overall... excellent for the price, slow pace, bring positive attitude.

I always enjoy playing at Costa Mesa. Value for money is exceptional. Greens are always in great condition. And this time fairways and tee boxes were excellent as well. The Mesa Linda course isn’t that long but it is protected by very small and undulating greens. I’d prefer bigger greens and/or friendlier pin positions if I’m being picky but still had a great morning out on the course.

Very very slow, waiting every single hole 5-10min
Take 6hrs to finish 18 holes

It took over 3 hours for 9 holes. No ranger around at all. Seems to be a nice course. Seems to be mismanaged based on the people I spoke with. We left after 9 . Should get a refund

T time at 11 to almost 4 hours to play 9 had to quit.

It’s such a shame they can’t figure out 6 hour rounds aren’t acceptable. I saw 5 groups of 5 on los Lagos. I played on a Week day 9 am and didn’t finish til 245. I honestly only stayed just to see what the end time would be. It’s an amazing track with great layout and greens but not worth it. If they implemented a proper spread of tee times I’d love to come back but not in the near future

One of OC’s best value courses, although that means word is out and it is often crowded. Pave of play was slow with up to 4 flights waiting on some par three’s. Very friendly staff and well maintained course, especially the sand in the bunkers which I visited a few times.

The cold in Southern California is unusual. But cold yesterday it was cold. Played 9 holes only.
The pace of play was very slow. Had to wait for many holes.

Love this course. The people are fantastic and enjoy the layout. But and this is a big but, forget getting your money’s worth on a full round unless you have at least 6-7 hours to spend playing. Today we found ourselves 2 hours past our tee time having only played 3 holes. Three groups were ahead of us waiting on hole 4. I suspect many people dropped out on the back 9 as it got slightly better but it was still quite bad. I understand there was a slight frost delay however this course is notoriously super slow regardless. When I went to grab a drink on the turn someone shared with me that friends are let in without proper tee times that cause the pace of play to be horrendous on weekends. No idea of the legitimacy of the statement but that would make sense. Book with caution.

I only finished nine holes in four hours. I waited for groups to finish on every hole. This is my local course and I enjoy walking it and taking my time but I think 10:30-2:30 having played only nine holes is ridiculous. I’ve complained on a couple of occasions and the staff was nice enough to comp me nine holes but it is consistently slow.

Played a Wednesday at 10:30. Was sent out thirty minutes late. Round took over 6 hours. Waited at least ten minutes on every tee box. If you play here bring a novel with you.

On a packed Saturday people are allowed 115-ball buckets on the driving range. No chance of warming up. Chipping area the size of a postage stamp with people allowed to chip 20-30 balls at a time. On putting green people turn up with eight balls. No discipline by management. When I raised the issue with the man behind the mic he told me to go play Pelican Hills. What a stupid and rude person.
Stopped after nine holes because we were 12 waiting on the tee for every hole.

It’s challenging to book tee times since the course website opens at 6:00 a.m. and sometimes has bugs that interrupt a booking long enough that you lose the time slot. Please improve the online booking process.

enjoyed playing, but it got cold about 3:30 pm and then had to abondon playing about 4:00 pm after 12-13 holes, even when I used a cart.