Steele Canyon GC - Canyon: #3
View of the 3rd green from the Canyon course at Steele Canyon Golf Club.
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4.4
1012 Reviews (1012)
5 Stars
520
4 Stars
375
3 Stars
80
2 Stars
26
1 Stars
11
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.0
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
89.4%
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921 out of 1012 reviews
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4.4
28 Reviews (28)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
92.9%
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26 out of 28 reviews
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4.4
74 Reviews (74)
5 Stars
38
4 Stars
26
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.0
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
87.8%
Recommend this course
65 out of 74 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6781 yards
Slope 138
Rating 73.5

Steele Canyon Golf Club is a 27-hole layout designed by Gary Player that is hailed as one of southern California's best courses. The holes are divided into three nines that are played in different 18-hole combinations. The Canyon, Ranch, and Vineyard nines each offer a different set of challenges. The Canyon/Ranch Course starts in an expansive canyon, climbs across dramatic elevation changes, and then wraps around an operating ranch. Free-roaming cattle wander all along the back nine. Although there are no blind shots, golfers will be faced with uneven lies and elevated greens. Steele Canyon's signature hole is the Ranch's par-4 third hole. The tee is perched 175 feet above the fairway and plays into the prevailing winds that blow from left to right. It is one of San Diego County's most memorable holes.

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Course Details

Year Built 1991
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gary Player (1991)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, MasterCard, Amex & Discover are welcomed.
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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4.4
1012 Reviews (1012)

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Reviews 119
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tough day on the course

First time playing course and found it to be one of the toughest layouts I've ever played. Most of the holes require correct positioning of drives with many being of elevated tees. Not my best day scoring. The greens were quite fast but in good shape, however, the fairways were in very poor shape somewhat due to the lack of water. However, I played some other course in the area and although they showed the effects of the drought the fairways were relatively consistent with the same type of grass.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Over 5 1/2 hour round

Unbearably slow. Took almost 51/2 hours to play. Two groups on every teebox and no sign of a Marshall or anyone to monitor pace of play. No one greeted us when we arrived. We had to keep asking people where we go how to check in, how to get range balls. Not worth the price.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

First time back in 20 years…and disappointed

Didn’t remember how oddly designed this course was, and whatever fondness for layout I held in memory is gone now. And k ind of a locals only vibe. Don’t see coming back here in my plans.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Always a great place to play

This is my favorite public course in San Diego. The staff has always been friendly, the course well kept, and the greens are true.

The greens were running at a 12 (fast!). Pace of play was a bit slower than usual, do to a tournament ahead of my group.

A bit of advice: spend some time on the practice green.

Had a great time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course

Always a course to play when coming in from out of town.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

WORST EXPERIENCE EVER

Both of our groups cart broke down. Waited Almost 6 hours to finish a round because the pace of play is the worst I’ve ever experienced. NOT worth what you pay. Never coming here again. They lost my business and I play 4x a week at all different types of courses and price ranges from $20-$280.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
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Previously Played

Would not refund when I tried to cancel 1 week in advance.

Would not refund when I tried to cancel 1 week in advance.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Sorry to hear you had difficulty cancelling your tee time. We do allow tee times to be cancelled up to 24 hours in advance of the playing time for those booked online. Please provide your tee time confirmation information to teetimes@steelecanyon.com and we will look further into your case.

Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Steele Canyon

I have played and enjoyed this course many times in the past. At this point, based on the below average of the tee boxes, fairways and greens, I could not recommend playing this course. I am not sure if it is a water issue or possible frost issues, but tee boxes and fairways are in poor condition. The greens were too firm (rolling probably at a 10) and for the average golfer, this is not enjoyable. I am not sure why they set them at this level, but to be fair they advised the greens were very fast.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great layout, but groups of 5?!

Beautiful vista's through the canyons, but very disappointed to see THREE consecutive groups of 5 golfers in front of us.

Apparently they let members do this.

Not really fair to us tourists playing in a twosome or threesome.

Luckily we were steered onto the Vineyard 9 for the back 9 and saved an hour at least..

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice golf course

Interesting layout ,greens in nice shape but severe ,well layedout

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Steel Canyon is remodeling the clubhouse and therefore minimal facilities. The driving range was poor.

The course -Vinyard had very minimal grass in the fairways.& the Canyon course wasn't much better.

We had 6 players on our CA trip & played 4 courses.

All courses were great with the exception of Steel Canyon. We were very disappointed and will not play this course again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great day at Steele Canyon

Have played it before and have always had a great time

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

4 1/2 hours for 15 holes! We had to leave and couldn’t finish round because of the slowness of play. It didn’t help having the beverage cart out on the course slowing down the play too. Like scenery and challenge of course but hard to get in a rhythm when having to wait to hit practically every shot.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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