Santa Anita Golf Course

Even with a lite rainshower the course played amazing and do to people being afraid of a little water, I had the course practically to myself! The course is always well kept and the greens were like always well manicured. Turned out to be a beautiful round.

Conditions could’ve be a little better but it’s a nice course

Always liked this course but not able to play it in recent years due to being out of town.

Finally got a time booked and had great weather.

Pace of play was excellent which is something we could thank COVID-19 for.

The greens were in good shape but a bit slow. No problem once you get a couple holes in. Unfortunately the downside was the fairways. I was able to hit more than half of them but a bit disappointed as they didn’t have a lot of bare spots.

Great layout for the money. Entire staff is friendly and helpful I have played here for many years and come every week.

Second time coming here, but first time playing post COVID. Did not know what to expect. You will need to make a reservation, they are discouraging walk on like most courses are now doing. There was a person sitting before you reach the starter asking for your name and if it was not on the list, she will not let you in or if you’re too early, she tells you to come back later. She stated practice area was close so you do not to be crowd/wait around till 15 mins before tee off. Was finally able to get in and tees off. Pace of play was good. They got groups out about every 10 mins. We were a 4 some and we eventually caught up to the group in front of us who were a 3 some by hole 12? Guess we were playing fast and did not stop of food. Only complaint was last hole layout is weird. Dogleg right but fairway on a mound in the middle. Go right and you wind up on the dirt cart path and close by hole 10. Go right and hole plays longer. People we were waiting to play hole say it’s challenging but I guess I was annoyed by then because of the wait to play. But overall, good day. Glad to be out. Recommend course and will play again

I'm grateful to get back out on the course! Thank you, Santa Anita!!!!!!!

Fairways and rough area are in poor shape. After the rains we had, after the Covid19 break, I was expecting this course to be in similar lush shape to other courses I’ve played over the past month. But no. There are bare spots all over the course, with barely any grass. Where there is grass, it’s inconsistent and patchy, some thick others fluffy thin. Very, very disappointing. I like the layout, it’s a fun course, but the conditions are depressing. The greens have also not been taken care of, thick and lush but sticky and extra slow, very, very slow and grainy. Thinking it about it, unless they took care of the course soon, it’s going to look like the other county course at Links at Victoria, also barren in many spots and poorly maintained. Won’t be back for a long long time, until I hear real reports that the place has come back to how it used to be from about 6 years ago.

My friends and I play Santa Anita 6-7 times a year. The speed of the greens has never been fast at Santa Anita, but on this day it was ridiculously slow. I would have to say Santa Anita consistently has the slowest greens of any 18 hole course in the San Gabriel Valley. I love the course layout and the staff are friendly.