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2.6
1032 Reviews (1032)
5 Stars
90
4 Stars
307
3 Stars
280
2 Stars
166
1 Stars
189
Conditions
2.1
Value
3.1
Layout
3.5
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.1
Amenities
2.9
47.6%
Recommend this course
609 out of 1032 reviews
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2.9
11 Reviews (11)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
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4
1 Stars
0
Conditions
2.2
Value
3.7
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.2
45.5%
Recommend this course
5 out of 11 reviews
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2.7
47 Reviews (47)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
15
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
11
Conditions
2.1
Value
3.2
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
4.0
48.9%
Recommend this course
23 out of 47 reviews
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Course Highlights
Friendly staff and an affordable, challenging layout make this no-frills municipal course a rewarding option for value-focused golfers. Greens are rolling true and fairway conditions continue to improve with active renovation work underway.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 73
Length 6759 yards
Slope 130
Rating 72.6
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Course Details

Year Built 1961
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $13.00 - $23.00
Pull-carts Yes
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 Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Catering, Restaurant
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Reviews

2.6
1032 Reviews (1032)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 15
Brunch 9
Watching the Game 9
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 30
Bunkers 26
Plays Long 16
This course/club is great for:
Locals 39
Walkers 31
Seniors 22
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 47
In the 'Burbs 10
Worth the Drive 9

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Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Good course for all skill level golfers

Not a great course, but not terrible either. Most holes offer wide fairways, giving you good scoring opportunities. Battling the wind is the biggest challenge at this course as most holes play into the wind. Pace of play can be a bit faster, but overall it's a decent course for all skill level golfers.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

My review

this course has slowed gameplay the fairways are kind of tore up the greens are in decent shape but the staff is friendly

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Overview

Overall, the course is fine. I hope that the grass will grow in around the greens as well as the fairway. The greens were perfect. Just more green grass would be perfect.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

course was in good shape

The fairways where good,the pace of the round was consistent. The greens where easy to put on.

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

nice layout

fairways are a little rough. But our group is allowed to bump the ball a few inches so that's not a problem.for a first timer it can be difficult to find the next hole.better signage between holls would help. Overall we like the course

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

You get what you pay for.

I will never play this course again. I've never seen so many dirt spots on fairways in my life. If you don't care about your lies then play it. Greens are in good condition and the food was good at the turn. Pace of play is t terrible. My round took 5 hrs and 15 mins. Too slow for me.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Chula Vista

Great to be on the green side of the grass...early tee time was great...pace of play was good. A nice value...will play again soon....

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good Course, Very Bad Pace of Play

Course overall is in fairly good shape, fairways could use some work but the greens were relatively nice. I have played this course a handful of times, it is a fun course but the pace of play is always slow. Prepare for a 5+ hour round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Good layout, poor conditions

The good:
Greens were well maintained and rolled smoothly.
Sandtraps had good sand and were easy to play out of.

The bad:
The fairways were pretty horrific.There were huge patches with no grass.
The rough was also burnt out. It was like playing off dirt.
The pace of play was horrendous on the front 9, but it seemed like people quit at a certain point and the back 9 moved quicker.
There was an extreme lack of visible yardage markers.

Conclusion:
I'm not really sure how Yelp and Golfnow had decent ratings for this place unless it just fell into disrepair recently. If I'm going to play in the suburbs of San Diego I'd much rather go to the Vineyard in Escondido for the same price.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Walked

Rough course, needs lots of work.

Played Chula Vista Thursday, we paid $16 to walk, which is normally a great price but after playing we did not get any bargain. Chula Vista is in rough shape, LOTS of bare spots, LOTS of ground under repair (but no repairs being done). Greens a in decent shape no complaints' there. I appears that the current management is only interested in rounds played and is not investing any money to improve the course.
Bottom line $16 to walk is a fair price but no bargain!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

5 and a half hour round of golf. Course is in horrible shape

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1000
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Top 1 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
California Advisor
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Chula Vista

Played the blues (6520/71.5/127) on a GolfNow hot deal for $32.48 including a cart. The POP was brutal even for a Sat. afternoon. 3H, 5M to play the front 9! The back was better, but it was still a 5 1/2 hour round. Teed off @ 12:15 and finished in almost total darkness @ 5:48.

First time playing here, I liked the layout. It has been awhile since I played a par 73 course. Some fairly tight holes, but not overly tight. Many holes with a boundary fence or a water hazard down one or both sides. All five par 5's were potentially reachable for longer hitters. While the course layout was good, the condition for most of the course was poor.

The poa annua greens were mostly humpbacked with a decent pitch from back to front. You could expect severe breaks toward the front of the green if you were putting/chipping from pin high. They were firm, medium fast and generally putted well in spite of being a bit bumpy.

The sand traps were decently maintained with good sand. So far, so good, but from here the course really goes severely downhill.

The fairways were mostly thin with LARGE areas of hardpan. It has been a long time since I played a course that had this many large areas of dirt with no grass in their fairways. Numerous areas on many holes were 10 yards by 10 yards and should have been marked GUR. Hopefully they will improve, it looked like they had tried to transplant grass in many areas within the past few months.

The rough actually had better coverage than the fairways, but it too had a decent amount of hardpan, dirt areas. It was mowed down and not very punitive.

The tees were far from lush and pretty chewed up. The definitely needed more maintenance and regular divot repair.

The customer service was a +, they were almost on time in spite of being packed on a Sat. afternoon. The cart gal came around several times.

I liked the layout and would come back and play here again IF the conditions were better. However, under current conditions, your golfing time & $$$ would be better spent elsewhere.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beginner Course

Course is a beginner layout with straight lines holes. Has a river that runs through which can be tricky for some. Very poor quality when it comes to the grass. A lot of dirty patches that doesn't make it fun to hit from. In the upside, the greens were decent to putt on.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice for the price

This was a decent municipal golf course for the price we paid. Fairways are in poor condition, but greens are nice.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Unbearable

The course Was in very poor shape... most fairways were mainly hard pack dirt and the pace of play was essentially 6 hours. We quit after 9 holes due to the incredibly slow play and we were refused a refund for the second nine due to having received a "discount" round through GolfNow - not sure how refunding half of any payment for playing only half a round is a loss given the fact that they accept the price discount through the service. My advice - AVOID THIS COURSE AT ALL COSTS!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Too much for a poor course like this

The course really looks like a slum. I would not ever play here again

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not a lot of grass

Chula has always had a fun layout. Unfortunately the drought seems to have taken its toll on the conditions. There is little to no grass in the fairways, and most of the barren areas are muddy. The greens are in good shape. It's still worth playing if you get a good deal.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Pace of play

The pace of play was a joke!! 5 hours and 10 minutes to play 18 holes at 8:00am. This is not a top notch golf course and should take no more than 4hrs to play this course. The course conditions were pathetic. I have never played a course in such bad shape as this course. The pace of play was joke. Will never play here again.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect weekday golf course

I always enjoy this course, the staff is above average! They even put lemon in the water on the course!!!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Playing at Chula Vista Muncioal Golf Course

Had a wonderful round of golf at the Chula Vista Municipal Golf Course. The pace of play and the course conditions was good. (Except for a few brown patches but that was fine considering the drought conditions all courses in Southern California are dealing with daily) Thanks GolfNow for helping make this happen. (Only lost one golf ball but found another so I broke even) Craig Juleen

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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