The Vineyard at Escondido

I scheduled a round mid day Sunday and course was pretty open due to weather ( rainy), so pace was good ( finished in 3:45), and played well!

This has always been my goto course when im looking to play within a few days. Its always been in great condition and always fun to play. The layout is very challenging but fair and not real long. However, this round was extremely disappointing. The greens were punch what looks to be a day or two prior, with large holes and lots of sand. There was no mention of this on the website and still charged full rate. The course itself was also very poorly maintained and bunkers had little to no sand. I will give it another chance but not until they get their act together. Don't recommend playing it until then.

Whenever I play here, there’s always something less than ideal. This time, the sand was like concrete—it’s been that way for at least a year now. The fairways were great, though. Greens were being aerated, which is understandable but they should have given a discount due to that. The layout is a good one, though.

Overall solid for the price. Course staff and layout were positives. Pace of play was great for a Friday morning.

Due to warm “winter” the course was shabby and greens were punched pretty late in the season. Staff did not tell us this while booking so it wasn’t a pleasant suprise on hole 1

My entire group was unaware that greens had been punched and sanded, making putting extremely frustrating. Also, as is typical at this course, bunkers devoid of sand and ball washers devoid of water. Shows a lack of caring by management...

Bunkers, as always, need work/sand...

Also, small things like empty/dry ball washers and divot fillers are easy fixes that always seem to be neglected.

Proshop staff was super rude, but everything else was great!

We initially had 6 and only 5 show up and they wouldn't refund or even offer a credit, bucket balls or nothing for the extra player. I also had to show them my phone just to prove that i tried call 3 times in advance to notify them and the response as "Ive been here all day and never got a phone call". Straight out lied to my face as i showed him my phone history.

Then later we got stuck behind a twosome so ended up with 5 players (Which i understand is frowned upon). However, we were still held up by the twosome in front of us and they had an issue with our 5 instead of the two holding u the groups.

Such a nice location with great surrounding (Wineries, views, etc...) to bad our day started off so bad!

Course was good, greens very good. Pace of play slow.

The Vineyard is a fun but challenging course. The greens are well maintained and fast. The fairways and roughs are in pretty decent shape most of the time. Some narrow fairways with some wide open ones, and most have some undulation to them. The only thing I’d say is not up to par would be the sand traps. Although nicely maintained, they’re always hard. But, who cares about that? Hopefully you’re not playing out of them too often. Again, this is a fun yet challenging course. I do recommend giving it a try or two, or play it often. It will challenge you.