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3.7
840 Reviews (840)
5 Stars
183
4 Stars
347
3 Stars
182
2 Stars
71
1 Stars
57
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.7
72.2%
Recommend this course
635 out of 840 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.1
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.1
Value
2.8
Layout
3.8
Pace
2.6
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.2
42.1%
Recommend this course
8 out of 19 reviews
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Avg Rating
3.8
89 Reviews (89)
5 Stars
30
4 Stars
30
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.3
70.8%
Recommend this course
63 out of 89 reviews
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Course Highlights
Santa Anita Golf Course consistently impresses with well-maintained greens, forgiving fairways, and an engaging layout featuring notable elevation changes. Knowledgeable, welcoming staff and outstanding value make this a top local pick for golfers.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6412 yards
Slope 120
Rating 70.2
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Course Details

Year Built 1935
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $13.00 - $16.50
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.7
840 Reviews (840)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 8
This course/club is great for:
Locals 13
Seniors 9
Walkers 8
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 12

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Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Charged twice for cart I already paid for.

This is a decent course, not easy, but fair. Course conditions were decent given that greens were recently punched., Lots of unpaired divot marks on the green which I really don’t get since I find it a pleasure to fix as a reward for hitting the green.

Most annoyingly, I booked my round for 2 on a GolfNow deal which included the cart, but was told it wasn’t included upon check in. My reservation didn’t show it, but I double checked with my playing partner and he confirmed what I read to him when I was making the booking. Going forward I plan to screenshot my booking where it says “cart”.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 52
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Great course! Lots of undulations but FUN!

I played this course few years back but didn't like since the undulations were too much for my skill but playing again after improving my skill made this course FUN to play.

Great condition overall.

Will definitely come back to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

It's greens are a challenge and fairly large and protected by large mounds and bunkers ,fairways have some elevation.

Morning rounds are easily played at around 4hrs mmy drawback was the greens were aerated without my knowledge but i enjoyed the day.

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

Slow

The staff needs to work on keeping players moving along. We were backed up with three groups because there was one group of four that didn’t understand basic golf etiquette.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

had a perfect round!

had a biride,birdie,par,birdie on hole 7,8,9.10. amazing experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Nice round Great value

All of the above ….

Nice layout Great pace of play Challenging

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 40
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good value

Friday afternoon Good pace Nice course Some challenging Par 3s

I recommend

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

A good value for money

A well maintained public course with good service.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great greens that’s about it

Fun course, glad I tried it, pace of play was really slow on a Saturday, over 5hours, back 9 very crowded, constant carts and balls coming into fairway from other holes, hit by 1 ball and almost by several more.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course!

This was the first time I played this course. I was really impressed with the course conditions. The staff was amazing. Pace of play was outstanding. Overall it gets my second highest rating. I hardly ever rate this high. I'll definitely be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 70
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 70
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 259
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 39
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Best local pubic course, just be patient with the pace.

Santa Anita is one of the best kept public courses in the area with the foothills behind almost every shot. Pace is extremely slow, but as long as you're okay with that, it's well worth the cost.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great day golfing

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Pace of play is very slow

The course is is good condition. Both the fairways and green are pretty nice. The downfall of this course is the very slow pace of play. I had a 5:30 am tee time. I thought I was the third group, but there was a 5 some in front of me. They were very very slow. Why do they allow 5 sines is beyond me. Our group had to wait on every shot because the 5 some were so slow. They should have waived us through knowing we were right on them every shot, but they had no course courtesy. This is a nice course, it’s just too bad 5 sones are allowed to slow up the play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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