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3.7
827 Reviews (827)
5 Stars
181
4 Stars
344
3 Stars
179
2 Stars
67
1 Stars
56
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.7
74.3%
Recommend this course
630 out of 827 reviews
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3.8
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.7
76.5%
Recommend this course
13 out of 17 reviews
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3.9
92 Reviews (92)
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
32
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.3
78.3%
Recommend this course
72 out of 92 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6412 yards
Slope 120
Rating 70.2
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Santa Anita Golf Course
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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.

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Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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3.7
827 Reviews (827)
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Reviews 15
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 7
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3.0
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Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
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Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 10/19/2020

Thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Santa Anita Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very organized

Loved the organization of getting to the first tee. This course is a little more difficult in general due to several elevated greens but the fairway was not the “short stuff” which made the approach shots tougher. That is why I’m giving 4 instead of 5 stars. Pace of play was great! 4 hour round on a Saturday early-mid morning. Don’t think many other LA County courses can say that.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Mow the fairways!

I’ve played this course for years and usually it’s good for the money. The staff is awesome. Golf is witnessing growth like never before with it being one of the only things you can do now, I played here a few weeks ago and it was ok. The greens were good and the fairways were longer and softer than usual but I didn’t really feel the need to criticize. Yesterday the fairways were like the second cut of rough at most courses. All of the fairways all the way to the green. The greens were not holding and harder than I’ve ever seen. I know it’s reaching aeration time etc but If they’re gonna charge full price they gotta now the fairways. The older gentleman that joined my son and I couldn’t even get his irons through the ball. Good course just needs a lot of work right now. With the popularity of golf right now and high school golf gearing up to play I hope they get this track into shape as we enjoy playing there.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/08/2020

Hi, Johnny! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 124
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

fun day

fairway were a little spotty, greens were bumpy, but overall a very nice course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice Day

Santa Anita is a great place to play. The staff are outstanding especially considering we are still under Covid conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 60
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/17/2020

Hello and thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Santa Anita Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course was challenging layout.

This course is so many undulations so challenging for everybody.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Horrible customer service

I booked a tee time on golf now and paid the fee. When I showed up at the course they had no carts available (on a monday at noon). They told me I could wait until a later time to play or walk (it was 100 degrees outside and i had no push cart). They said even when they have carts they will have to give them to others with tee times after mine and could only give me one when an extra is available. They would not refund me. They did not offer a walking discount. Horrible customer service. Never playing here again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 09/10/2020

Hello, thanks for the review. We see you rated the course 1 star. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course, and we always appreciate the feedback. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop. Thank you for playing Santa Anita Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Sneaky Good, Sneaky tough

My wife and I played Santa Anita for the first tile and we’re expecting a standard muni experience and the scorecard suggest a set of mostly straight holes winding along the track. Wrong! After 2 start, straight Pae 4s to start, the course gradually starts to show its teeth on the 2nd green and gets progressively harder on the back 9. The undulating fairways make for some tricky approach shots as well. Fun course, want to play it again to try to understand it a little better. Phenomenal value for the green fee.

Only knock would be the conditions were pretty browned out on some fairways (August in LA standard) and hard pan in a couple of relief areas next to the greens on a couple holes.

Overall, would play again And we had a great day at Santa Anita.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/02/2020

Hello, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/01/2020

Thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round? Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Santa Anita Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

the course needs to be watered

The fairways have not had enough water and on many of them, you are hitting off of dead grass or dirt. The sand traps need more sand.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/31/2020

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting us and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens

I was disappointed with the shape of the greens, divots everywhere. Hopefully next time I’ll play it will be better?

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/28/2020

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Santa Anita Golf Course. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

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