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3.2
1120 Reviews (1120)
5 Stars
187
4 Stars
387
3 Stars
241
2 Stars
146
1 Stars
159
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.3
Layout
3.5
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.2
64.4%
Recommend this course
750 out of 1120 reviews
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2.7
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
6
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.1
Layout
3.3
Pace
3.3
Amenities
2.7
StaffFriendliness
3.8
57.9%
Recommend this course
11 out of 19 reviews
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3.2
48 Reviews (48)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
13
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
8
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.2
Layout
3.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.2
64.6%
Recommend this course
31 out of 48 reviews
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Course Highlights
The staff consistently earns high praise for being genuinely helpful and welcoming from check-in through the round. Boulder Oaks offers a uniquely challenging layout with solid greens and a smooth pace of play at great value.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 73
Length 6363 yards
Slope 127
Rating 73.0

Formerly known as Meadow Lake Golf Club.

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Course Details

Year Built 1965
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2016 #6)
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Reviews

3.2
1120 Reviews (1120)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 12
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 22
Bunkers 20
Narrow Fairways 19
This course/club is great for:
Locals 27
Seniors 17
Beginners 12
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 14
Convenient to the City 9
In the 'Burbs 7

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Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Played a course that cost 3 times as much but wasn’t nearly as enjoyable as playing Boulder oaks

Really like how the owners have improved the course

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

Stolen Rangefinder

I accidentally left my rangefinder magnetically attached to the side of the golf cart after playing my round yesterday. I called left a voicemail, with no response. Called in today (day after) and was told there was nothing found but to come and look anyway. I arrive, and met Frank, the cart attendant who was in charge of the lost and found. I ask him if they found anything, and he told me they did. He looked around, and acted like he didn’t see anything, and told me to look for myself in the boxes, which was confusing. While I was rummaging through the boxes, knowing that he just looked inside, and didn’t see the range finder, he leaves, goes to his Prius parked in the parking lot, and returns with my Bushnell Rangefinder in hand… he even had already put it in his own case of some kind. I confronted him and asked him why he decided to steal my belongings, he claims he didn’t steal it, only that he was keeping it “safe”… I then told him off and he replies “I don’t give a ****.” I went to the clubhouse and told the guy at the bar what happened, sure enough, Frank come speeding up trying to cover his *** only to look guilty as charged.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is in great shape! Greens are fast and fresh! Fairways are green and lush Rough is rough ! Love this track

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great layout

Although parts of the course aren’t in the greatest conditions, it is a superb fun layout!! It’s worth the money, pace is always good and the clubhouse has all the goodies you need for your round!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Fun Course

Definitely worth playing. Cart paths are confusing, and judging the distances to the pin was tricky , because there are no range-finder reflectors in the pins and very few ground markers. Also, the signs at each hole had inaccurate distances to the pin. The course could definitely use some upkeep, but if you’re looking for a challenging and fun round, definitely put this course on your must-play list.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hidden gem

The scorecard doesn't tell the whole story. Challenging layout with sneaky quick and deceptive greens. Great place to work on shotmaking and thinking your way around a course. Will definitely play again and again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Pleasantly surprised

Played this course today for the first time in a few months and was pleasantly surprised with how far it has come. Course was in pretty good shape. Greens were good, tee boxes outside of just a couple were even and in good shape, and the fairways were excellent. They have done a lot of maintenance work since the last time I came and the prices have stayed relatively the same which is a great value with the current conditions. If they could just get the bunkers in good shape the course conditions would be awesome. Only complaint aside from the bunkers is the confusing layout, but once you figure it out there are many fun and challenging holes.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good value for money

Staff really friendly course a little scruffy but given how cheap it was to play it was good value for money. Greens ran true if a little slow

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Layout

The layout is confusing.

My Bushnell GPS was even confused and I could never get yardage.

It's priced right, just don't expect much.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good value to play at least once

Decent course with greens and fairways in good condition. Loved that no one was in front or behind us and the starter let us out early so we were able to play 18 in under 3 hours. The course layout is a bit confusing with limited signage (there are 19 holes). Definitely recommend getting a cart, was very hilly. Overall a good course to play once for the value, but there are nicer courses in the area.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great value and nice coarse - don’t agree with other reviews

I’ve been coming here for a few weeks now and don’t understand the negative reviews. The greens, tee box’s and tee boxes are well maintained. I love playing here. It’s great value and not too far out from SD. I would def recommend to play here.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tee markers are very confusing and hard to follow! Two separate #4 tee boxes. Directions to next tee box really needs to be up dated. We and several other players were driving around just to find the next tee box. ADD MORE DIRECTION SIGNS!! NO SIGN FROM PARKING LOT TO FIRST TEE. Called to verify tee time and was told cart fee was $25. When we checked in the young girl said she had miss quoted me on phone and the weekend cart fee is $30. She called her manager and he said to charge us $30. Very poor public relations and not admitting they had made a mistake!!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 6
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Getting hotter so the ball is now holding the fairwayw

The heat dome is making the ball really roll. There are many blind shots with heavily sloped fairways. We had a few shots that seemed perfectly played off the tee that we could never find. The course simply would not slow the ball down and the steep slopes on many of the fairways don't help.

That said, we found as many balls as we lost and just kept chugging away.

I would not walk this course this summer, but bring a gallon of water if you do. I still went thru 54 oz of water from the cart (and got 10000 steps). Drank another 64 oz when I got home.

Stay safe, stay hydrated and have fun. Haven't seen any rattle snakes, either.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not a good experience

It’s a shame, this course has potential, but it needs a lot of love. Apart from being poorly marked (we gave up when we couldn’t find the 13th hole), the fairways are in terrible condition. The greens are okay, but there were a lot of unrepaired ball marks, especially on the par threes. Overall, it was a pretty crappy golf outing, and we won’t be going back with so many other courses to play around here.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Target Golf Only

Greens in decent shape, tee boxes not, nor are fairways. Course was good before they sold 9 holes to Residential Home Developer. Owner obviously does not have the $$$ to do better which is too bad as location and topography are made for much better. Would favor Castle Creek which is nearby over this and the Welk Exec Course is far superior to both.

Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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