The Vineyard at Escondido

It’s end of summer so I know courses get a lot of play and get beat up, not to mention it’s been crazy hot in SD…but Vineyard was in the roughest shape I’ve seen in a while. Patchy greens with weeds growing through or dead grass, several areas no grass in the fairways, bunkers were basically clay. Feel as though it wasn’t worth the $100 they charged given the conditions.

The extreme heat is being unkind to the Vineyard. The conditions have deteriorated significantly over the past two months. There is no sand but rocks and dirt in the bunkers. The greens are so soft, my ball plugged 5x on 5 separate greens. The front pace is always good, but the back nine is a log jam. They send golfers out the back to play 9 holes. They need to stop this. We finished the front in 1.45, and the back in 3 hrs. Thats double the time. They’re charging the public over $100 for a weekend round. It’s not worth half of that. There are better courses in San Diego for that price.

Course should be closed, unplayable on most holes due to the need for many repairs. The sand traps & fairways have mostly weeds. Save your money, there’s so many great courses in the San Diego area.

3:50 start is too late. Some of the fairways are a little beaten up. Sand was pretty hard, treat it as a chip off dirt. Staff is all business, but starters were very friendly.

30 minute drive from pacific beach was worth the trip. Great experience. Course in super shape. Loved the views. Topped off a great experience at the vinyard winery after gold. Highly recommend both.

Played the back 9, wish we could of played the full course the course was beautiful, some holes had some stubbing views ands great layout! Would love to come back soon!

Condition of tees is very poor.Greens are good. Fairways need a lot of work.

Pace of play on back 9 is awful

The course gas an excellent layout and the various holes are challenging. The course as of Aug 2026 is in terrible condition. There is no sand in the bunkers, no clear grass species, weeds taking over the course everywhere. The layout is great but this course need s a lot of love in the maintainence department.

Course is thrashed, unacceptable playing conditions.

Never again. Thank goodness for greens. Bunkers and fairways are a joke.

Not sure what has happened in last couple of months, but seems as if they stopped watering the course. Almost half the holes have many bare areas. Hole 10 has almost no grass. Bunkers are packed dirt (although no change there). Usually a reliable play, but won't be back or recommend until things get turned around.