Boulder Oaks Golf Club

I was curious how it would go because my tee time was before sunrise. Had to wait a few minutes to pair up with someone because they were going to be busy. That worked out because there was more light by then. Had a blast. Greens were good. Pace was awesome

Uncrowded. Greens have been punched a few days ago and are not terrific. Rest of course no problem.

Tried this course again... not any better. Course conditions fair to poor with lousy greens and patchy fairways. This is a glorified executive course with little challenge, other than oddities and poorly placed bunkers. Don't waste your time until they decide hope to manage their course and it's layout. No matter what the price!!

The course is in fair shape. The greens were real bumpy. They punched the recently so thats understandable. Overall it's a fun course to play. Nothing fancy, just a fun course.

I've played this course for many years, before and after the renovation in 2016. I have to say that it's become one of the strangest experiences for golf in the area. First, the good: With a couple of exceptions, the fairways and greens are in the best shape I've seen them since the reopening. The greens, in particular. Very well maintained. That was a really nice surprise, especially for the price. As for the rest of the course: All of the nice aesthetic things they did in the renovation with white sand bunkers and decomposed granite areas has been completely let go. No maintenance on any of it, and it looks like crap. It's not unlike what happened at Carmel Mountain Ranch with their turf reduction before it closed. Courses think you can just put this stuff and not maintain it. You can, but it doesn't make for a very pleasant golfer experience. Also, the older bunkers here at TERRIBLE. Most of them in our round today either had no sand or were mud holes. Basically, you should treat them all as ground under repair and get to take a drop. It's just an experience of really mixed impressions. If you keep the ball close to the fairway and on the greens, it's great. If not, it's not so fun. As for the layout, it quirky in some spots, but generally fun. They've switched the routing a few times, and I liked seeing No. 12 converted back to a par-5 instead of a sharp dogleg par-4. Would I recommend the course? Yes, but understand that it's probably going to be very different than most of your golf experiences in the area.

I would recommend this golf course for any level of golfers enjoyed best keep secrets in San Diego

I had not played here for a long time, maybe 15 years or more, so was thrown by the new layout. Some of the new holes that have been created are really short and if you haven't played the current layout then it can be tough to find your way through the first several holes.

The greens were in great shape, I felt, and the rough was long enough to make me wish I hadn't ended up there, which is fair.

We went out first so as a twosome we just flew but I cannot comment on how the pace of play is ordinarily.

Overall OK. Nice views, very friendly staff.

The Course is very fun to play. Its on the easier side. The starter should do a better job and group people together better. There was a group of 3 followed by a single followed by three groups of 2 followed by a single and another group of two. You can see how this would have a negative impact on pace of play. Usually waiting on every tee box since it is a shorter course. Overall it was fun and I would play it again. Just be warned if you need a consistent pace to play your best then you may be frustrated here. It didn't bother us that much since we had all day.

Played here 7 or 8 years ago.

Found it on Golfnow and had never heard of it.

So realizing on the way it was the course at which I had played.

Great deal,great customer service . I had a lot of fun. Lots of blind and challenging tee shots. And I liked it. Played the whites and next time the blues. Good solid fairways, Excellent greens. perfect weather.

Tho my friend Bob and I didn't take you up on the beer.

We will be back.

Steve R.

A fun golf course to play, and pretty friendly staff. I recommend this golf course.

Nice course. Super friendly staff. Tricky little course I was really surprised. Shot my personal best, (an 82) as some of the holes were very forgiving. There is one,,tho, that had me totally confused as to the direction. Just remember: there's a reason they call it Boulder Oaks. (lol). Really dug the tricky layout as it was a treat for me. As with most: Need to hit straight at this course. Next time I'm playing the blue or black tees! Great value!

We have played this course 3 or 4 times in the past year. Unique layout, with four par 3's on front nine (32) and four par 5's on back nine (38). Despite its short length, we still find it challenging at times.

Greens are in good shape, but a little slow. The variations in slope on the greens makes up the difference, with some difficult pin positions. Fairways are spotty in places, but good. Biggest complaints I have are the tee boxes (in need of mowing as they are almost as bad as the rough). Also, if you get off the fairways, there many instances where you are hitting off of hardpan, with lots of crevices.

Played 08/19/2018, Was totally dissatisfied with the course conditions. Actually it is probably one of the worst courses I have ever played. Here is a breakdown of the shape it was in.

1. Cart paths are potted dirt & gravel for many of the holes.

2. The Tee Boxes are uneven, dug up, unmowed. The worst I have played.

3. The grass in the fairway is the length that is normally used for the 1st or 2nd cut of rough. When your ball disappears in the middle of the fairway because it is sitting so deep in grass it makes you wonder if they cut it. The ball wasn't plugged into the ground, just sitting deep in grass. Not what a fairway should be.

4. The greens have not been rolled or cut in at least 4 days or more. You could not get the ball to roll. A few of the greens actually had clumps of cut grass piled up in various spots. Slowest greens we have ever played.

5. Bunkers, 50% of the bunkers looked to be gravel pits, the bunkers that did have sand have not been raked in quite some time.

6. The golf carts themselves were not cleaned or at least the one they gave us, old cigarette butts in the cup holders is not what we wanted.

The course does have potential to be a nice course but it will take a lot of work to get it up to even a standard level. Most definitely NOT a "Hidden Gem"

On the positive side, the Staff was friendly.

I don't normally review courses here but I had to leave some comments here because the comments that I read about the course are extremely inaccurate. I just finished the round today, We were the first off the tee box this morning. The course is in absolute terrible shape. 1st, the Tee Boxes are extremely poor, chopped up and uneven with a few of the black tee boxes closed, 2nd, the cart paths do not even follow the course and are useless on a few of the holes. 3rd the fairways are cut to the length of grass you would see the first cut of rough cut too. It is pretty bad when you are laying in the middle of the fairway and your ball is sitting down below the grass, again this is in the middle of the fairway, not plugged but sitting down into and covered by grass. 4th, the greens could not roll true because I don't believe they have been rolled for easily over a week, they were extremely slow because it doesn't even look like they have been cut for the last few days. There were actually piles of cut grass laying on a few of the greens. The reviews that I read before making the tee time gave me high hopes for the course, it was an average 4 star rating on GolfNow and people were calling it a hidden gem. Well it does have the possibility of becoming a nice course but it will take some serious maintenance to get it up to standards let alone a "Hidden Gem" On the upside, the staff is extremely friendly and nice. I will not be playing this course again and can not recommend the course to anyone.