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3.7
846 Reviews (846)
5 Stars
205
4 Stars
405
3 Stars
141
2 Stars
54
1 Stars
41
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.2
79.5%
Recommend this course
714 out of 846 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.9
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.3
82.4%
Recommend this course
28 out of 34 reviews
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Avg Rating
3.8
101 Reviews (101)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
52
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.4
80.2%
Recommend this course
81 out of 101 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private/Resort
Style Traditional
Par 71
Length 6398 yards
Slope 129
Rating 71.7

Formerly known as St. Mark Golf Course.

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Course Details

Year Built 1963
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Lodging

Lodging Available

Available Facilities

Spa

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis

Reviews

3.7
846 Reviews (846)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 26
Patio Dining 25
19th Hole Specials 11
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 21
Elevation Changes 17
Narrow Fairways 15
This course/club is great for:
Locals 36
Seniors 24
Walkers 13
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 22
Convenient to the City 18
Worth the Drive 11

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
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Previously Played

Good amenities, awful shape, not worth the price

Course is super muddy still with standing water even though all other courses are pretty dry. Pace of play was awful. A round with carts took 5.5 hours and no marshal out there. Clubhouse and amenities are pretty cool but course is in bad shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very Wet and unplayable in spots

The course was very wet and unplayable in many spots. We constantly had to move the golf balls out of standing water and we frequently walked through standing water to get to the golf balls. Also - this was a 5 1/2 hour round of golf on a course that took 3 1/2 hours to play the last time we were there. Many times there were 3 groups at a tee box at one time. Clearly too many people were on the course and the tee times were too close together. We will not be returning.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Slow Mud bog

First time playing this course since the Name change. 3 1/2 hour front nine. The course was cart path only which was absolutely required. The course had standing water on almost every hole. I walked, and it was just soupy as heck. Almost lost my shoe in a mud hole in the fairway. Rough was uncut (to be expected) but lost 3 balls just off the fairway. Couldn't find them. On the subject of slow play, if they would just spread out the start time by a couple of minutes, that would be much better. There were 3 groups at each tee box on the front nine. With the mud and standing around waiting to play your next shot, I would wait at least a couple of weeks before spending money on this course.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good value for the money

This course like many in the area is extremely busy but they are are efficient and got us out in time. The course is a good test of golf. The area has has a tremendous amount of rain so the course was as expected incredibly wet in places so cart path only. I would play it again under drier conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Shockingly Muddy Mess

Have played here in previous seasons and was shocked at the deplorable conditions! Majority of fairways had standing water -ducks included or creeks running thru with no way to get to your ball without getting wet and muddy; IF YOU COULD FIND IT! Bring lots of balls, wet cloths and wear old shoes. Would have been nice of the pro shop staff to advise it was cart path only and there was RUNNING water on fairways. Should be closed down to allow for drying out!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Mud

Course had drain issues due to all the rain so many fairways had huge amounts of muddy areas that swallowed your balls beside ruining your shoes. Pro shop should warn and/ or offer discounts. Cart path only was exhausting. Course will be fun when drier. Clubhouse and staff were great!

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Horrible playing conditions

The course IMHO was unplayable. The fairways were soaked and almost all holes had standing water. It will take a week or so with no rain to dry out. Previously when I played home 12 can experience drainage issues, but yesterday was a war zone.

Look forward to playing in the future when the water has drained off.

Rico

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 38
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The water did not drain

All the mud and water in golf course. It is not good to play here after rain.

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

Water logged

Always a fun course to play, but obviously with all the rain the course was wet and many areas were overgrown since it's too wet to mow the grass. Unfortunately without major improvements to the drainage, it's just the way it is. The greens were in great shape, and the staff was solid per usual.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

VERY poor conditions. SWAMP

It was absolutely awful conditions. The whole course is a swamp, literally. 12 of the 18 fairways had an inch or two of water and mud and were essentially unplayable. It was irritating that they didn’t mention any of this and are still charging full price as if the course is in normal shape.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 29
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mucho Agua

Very wet. Not a dry spot on the course. At least 1” of water everywhere. Can’t believe it was open. But when it’s dry, very fun course. Great staff. Great food. Great atmosphere. Terrible drainage. Luckily, we do not have to deal with that too often.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wet AF

Do not play here if it has rained in the last week. Very wet and doesn’t drain well.
Other than that, this course is always fun and challenging. Staff is always great and friendly. Food is good.
Greens were wet and sandy, so rolled slow. Usually really nice.
In a month or 2, I will be playing this course a few
times a month

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

One word DRAINAGE

I did NOT play well that day but the grounds have little or no drainage.really.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 33
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Poor drainage

Even a week after the rains, this course remains wet Wet WET! Very poor drainage conditions. Not a dry spot in site. Unfriendly check in staff if you’re a GN patron. 2some, 3somes sent out causes SLOW pace of play. Club members using their carts zig zagging across all fairways destroying the course even more. Cart paths only idiots! Stay away for a while!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

don't play here unless you want to wait the whole round

As we were going to be vacationing in the Carlsbad area and wanted to play golf, we read reviews before we booked at St Marks (now called The Links) and they seemed to be good other than only a couple of bad ones. But it was awful. Not only was it cart path only which they hadn't informed us, but worse, was that the greens had recently been sanded and we weren't told about that either. Usually there is price break if the course is undergoing maintenance such as seeding but that didn't happen.
Unfortunately, the real issue was the long, long wait every time to hit. The GPS in the cart was letting us know the elapsed time and how far we were behind pace. By the third hole we were already behind. The fourth hole was 28 minutes behind and we were always right up to the guys in front as they were to the groups before them. They just had too many people booked on the course! We left at the end of hole 15 as by that time we were at 4 hour and 24 minutes with 3 more holes to go and behind pace by 55 minutes. So, we gave up as if we continued to play the full 18, it would have taken around 5 1/2 hours.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Walked

Sandy and Soggy

Course was very soggy due to recent rains. Fairways were largely unplayable. Greens has been punched and sanded. Sand had not settled, so we were basically putting on sand. Very disappointing course shape and should have been offered at discount.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Muddy, but Enjoyable!

Welcome to post rainy season golf play!
I enjoyed my early morning start time on the course on 03/04/23.
It was following a month of rainy weather in Northern SD County and the course was mostly playable, but some fairways were just too saturated.
The drainage system was working great, but there was still too much standing water in some of the longer, flatter fairways.
I’ve played this course many times over the last 8 years and I will continue to in the future.
Come enjoy and be glad you did!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Followed an epic winter storm/hurricane

We played the day following San Diego's epic 2023 winter storm and the course was VERY soggy - cart path only - and the greens were punched and heavily sanded...but the course has a great layout and we had a fun in spite of all of that. SO, .when the course gets cleaned up I'd come back and highly recommend it.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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