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3.7
842 Reviews (842)
5 Stars
184
4 Stars
348
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
72.5%
Recommend this course
637 out of 842 reviews
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3.2
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.0
Layout
3.8
Pace
2.8
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.2
47.6%
Recommend this course
10 out of 21 reviews
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3.9
87 Reviews (87)
5 Stars
31
4 Stars
29
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.3
72.4%
Recommend this course
63 out of 87 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
842 Reviews (842)

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 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Pretty Good Value

While the fairways could be in much better shape, the course holds up for a muni. Greens were in good condition and rolled pretty true - while the pace of play was very good for a Sunday afternoon. Tee boxes were a little banged up, and the patrons don't seem to fix their divots/ball marks - but what it is what it is.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

horrible, terrible, nightmare

I can't find right word to describe this.

I arrived at check in dest at 2:25 to check in for my tee time 2:42. A guy (his name is Davis) said "you can't go out until 3 PM because we had kid's tournment".

I said "oh my good, what's is going on??? this is not right".

He said, acutually yelled at me "what did I do???""

I was stunned and shocked.

My friend standing next to me was so upset (his name is terry) said to him "we did not mean that you did something wrong but you can't talk like that" He almost got into a fight with davis. And we said we wanted to talk to the maneger.

The guy working at check in dest (Davis again) said that "here is her business card you can call her"

We pick up the business card and tried to call the manager (her name is Loura I believe) but she didn't pick up the phone. Luckly She just stepped in the office with name badge so that I know that she was the maneger and could talk to her. And the guy (Davis) changed his attitude in front of manager.

This is not end of it...He said there was no reservation under my name at 2:42 from golf now. I had to show him the confrimation email on my phone.

We had to wait until all the kid's tournemnt team done and could go out arond 4 PM and played 9 holes...

I know the golf now is one of the best and reliable golf reservation site and I've been a customer for years.

Hoperly this will get to the managiment step and something like this will never happen again.

Sinscerely.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Will play there again

had a tee time for 10:30am but didn't tee off Until 10:45am do to 2 Groups of 4 In front of us hitting 2 balls but overall had a great time

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Aweful pace

Course caters to golfers who don’t exercise course etiquette nor understand ready golf. Walkers and riders side-by-side who have no clue about pace of the game. Fivesomes, just unacceptable especially when some are walking and others riding!

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great challenge

The course presents some great challenges on nearly all approach shots in the small, tightly shaped and well protected greens.

Nearly all greens were elevated which penalized inaccurate shots.

While not the longest course, this was a true test of your all round skills and certainly a course that I will visit again soon.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful Course

The greenest course I have seen in some time. Overall conditioning was pretty good. The greens were tough with a lot of break and relatively small. Don't expect to improve your GIR percentage. Otherwise, a very enjoyable day out.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play

I like the course but the pace us always slow. No marshals to police the course. A cart girl would make it more enjoyable.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Too slow

Decent course for the price, Only complaint is that there was no Marshall to help with place of play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 115
3.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Used cart

SLOW PLAY RUINED EXPERIENCE

I have played this course many times over the years, but probably won't ever play this course again. Our Sunday 11:08 AM tee time turned into 5 1/2 hours of waiting on every single shot. There were several times when we arrived on a tee box to find we were the second group waiting to hit. This translated into a round of playing the first hole 18 times. Not golf. And the worst part was that there was NOT a marshal on the course, and the guy in the pro shop told me that 5 1/2 hours "IS NORMAL" for a weekend! It won't be normal for me, 'cause I won't be playing this course again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

No Mashall through out the course

Good fairway condition through out the course considering drought season but, no mashall was found to push slow players at all.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course!!

I love the course and the staffs!

However last Sunday , they let 2 minors go out with out adult supervision to keep the pace and Golf etiquette be observed at round! Every one pays the green fee to enjoy a good Sunday Golf . They should learn little more about Golf etiquette first!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play

I’ve played here before when the pace of play was terrible (lots of fivesomes). Wasn’t horrible this time. Completed the round in 4.5 hours. Love playing Santa Anita due to being close to my home.... will

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Needs a starter if they intend to use split tees

Course in very good condition. Still a few places on the fairways that need help. Over all, however, very good condition. Played the front 9 in about 2 hours. When we made the turn, we were amazed to find another group on the tee box. Seems the clerk inside had started this group on the back 9, since the front 9 was backed up. I’m told they do this all the time. Unfortunately, they do this without regard for any group making the turn. This slowed down our back 9 and to a less enjoyable experience. They really need a starter if they intend to start groups on the 10th Tee.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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