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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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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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3.9
87 Reviews (87)
5 Stars
30
4 Stars
30
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
4.4
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
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 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great fun course

Love to play at this course, get to use lots of driver shot and really not to worry about losing ball lol.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Worst place ever.

They let people play 5 with 7 minutes in between tee times. Worst course management ever. Played there 3 times every time it’s back up at least 2 tee times. Never again

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Here comes winter golf, bah!

Many tees and sand traps were in poor shape (bare tees and traps needing sand). Some were in the process of being repaired.. Pace of play was right at 4 hours for a foursome. Greens were not very true. On a scale of 1 to 5 overall the grade was a two. Staff were very friendly and very helpful by being flexible with a late player on a busy day. Thank you.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0

Horrible pace just like everytime

Santa Anita has been overbooked and horrible pace for a long period of time. Didn’t play there for few months but same old. Guarantee a 15 mins late starts as usual and took 40 mins for first three holes. Guarantee at least two to three groups jam on those two par 3s on front nine. Condition is not bad in general so if you have a 5 plus hours to spare and not in a hurry sure. If you have only 4:30hrs, you will not finish the round

Conditions Good
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Something Needs to Change

So sick of these city courses not monitoring pace of play. Took us 4 hours to get through 12 holes before the sun went down.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Decent- fun though.

A decent fun little course. Not very long overall, but the par 3s are the more difficult holes here which I think was cool, anywhere from 150-230 yards from the tips. Not too much trouble, wide fairways not a bunch of trees- but enough to where you’ll be in them if you miss hit it. Greens are in good condition. Still need to hit good shots to go low. 5 hour round starting @ 10am. The fun thing about this course is you can let the big dog eat on a bunch of holes with very little consequence.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 23
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

Slow old people in front of us.

Loved the course. Moguls everywhere. Every fairway was lined with trees.

The pace of play was awful. There was a foursome of old fellows two groups ahead of us and they took an incredible amount of time on every green. By 15, there was no one ahead of them. No presence of a marshal. We had to skip around them to finish our round.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worst pace of play I've experienced

Pace of play was terrible. Some par 3's there were FOUR groups waiting. No Marshall to hurry up the slower groups. Plus first time ever a course has ever charged me for a no show fee. Course was decent condition and greens were good. But couldn't enjoy the course since I was waiting Majority of the time. Started at 1PM and had to finish the 18th hole in the dark. Ridiculous... wouldn't recommend coming here

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 210
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played

Senior Discount Day. 5 HOURS 30 MINS.

We teed off around 10-ish. The start was a bit of a confused mess. A whole bunch of old timers had gone out within the prior hour, and then a couple 5-SOMES ahead of us, sprinkled with some 3s and 4s. Never did I imagine it would take 3 HOURS for the front, and then 2 AND A HALF HOURS for the back. We suffered. It was TORTURE. The Senior Hackers were out in numbers, and that’s fine. But the course has to help with the pace!!! It’s a MONDAY!!!! Not a weekend!!! If you don’t educate these people this horrendous pace behavior will continue to be a problem. You have got to tell people that after 10 stokes they have to pick up and move on, not continue to try to putt out!!!

I don’t know why we put up with it.

The course was fine. Tee boxes need work, but the place is putting in the effort to revive some of the fairways, and there was decent sand in the bunkers and they were raked.

Greens were a bit shaggy but we all know what kind of jagged grass is there. At least they were cut and mostly rolled OK.

Help us with the pace……

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Santa anita 9/26/24

For the most part the fairways were pretty good. Had a few areas under repair but it was good. Round took 5 hrs which is typical. Tee boxes are in good condition.

I had a great time , shot an 84.

I'll be back for sure!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 213
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Course under repair

Some holes' fairway are under repair, one hole in the back 9 doesn't have tee boxes

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