Castle Creek Country Club

Highly encourage you to read the reviews before going to this course. The course is in horrible shape the fairways are garbage dirt. However the greens are in really nice shape. Staff said the pumps were down /broken and we’re unable to water the grass. This course would be amazing with some TLC landscaping. All the fairways on the entire course are brown/dead grass and are potted with gopher / squirrel holes. Many times we’d hit right down the middle of the fairway and lose the ball and a squirrel hole.
This course is not worth $50 on weekend, I would save the money and go to the driving range instead of this course.

Most people that live in our area North San Diego County know about Castle Creek. Golfers anyway. Great lay out and in the past a great course. Hands down. But not anymore. Sad how this course has lost its way. Not sure why. All the marshals blame the owner saying he's a complete idiot that doesn't know what he's doing. Don't know the owner, but from the course you'd have to say they're right. Either he's letting it go and going to build homes there or he truly doesn't know what he's doing. Either way it's in sad shape and it's sad to see it go.

Spend the extra $20 to play a decent course. Fairways are pretty much dirt. Super frustrating to hit off of. Greens aren’t horrible. Tee box aren’t level.

When I initially read though the reviews, I thought “oh come on. How bad could it be?” It was worse than I could have imagined. The grass was all completely dead. Gopher holes filled the fairways and tee boxes. It was not close to worth paying $45. Maybe $4.
I hate to be rude because the workers there were pleasant, but they’ve completely let the course go. There was clearly no upkeep on the grounds. 1/5 stars.

This course is extremely neglected to say the least.
Fairways are brown. No tee boxes. No concessions to speak of.............not even a cup of ice. Carts are from the 1960''s. Lots of gopher holes and even dead gophers in a trap. Poor critters. I hope they did not suffer from dehydration and heat.

The only two redeeming aspects of playing this course are pace of play and cost. Since we were the only two people playing, we finished under 2.5 hours. The cost was inexpensive. The saying: "you get what you pay for" certainly applies here.

The actual course layout was awesome!

Don’t be fool by the pictures provided . Worst course I’ve played ever .

Photos of this course are were drew by initial attention. Little did I know that they were actually outdated and did not reflect the true current condition of the course. I should have noticed the first red flag which was the “pro shop “. It felt more like walking into a convenience store with only but a pair of gloves to sell. A very limited selection of golf balls as well. The other sign should of been the overfilled dumpster by the golf cart pickup/return area . It’s seem like it had been weeks since it has been picked up as it was also overflowing out in the area nearby . Last sign was the poorly maintained and appearance of the golf course itself. Playing on dirt and holes is what I did not look forward to. Will never come here again.

By far the worst course in all of San Diego maybe California. Literally everything is dead. Paid for 18 left at 9 can’t get a refund for at least half my play. Said I have to contact golfnow. But you can’t contact them. It just sends you in loops when trying to find an email for them. Super upset I spent money here. They should be paying people to come play castle creek.

Pretty sure this is a money laundering front. All of the grass dead. Looks like you’re playing in the Sahara desert

Let me just start by saying this review has nothing to do with the quality of the course itself. I’ve played here a few times and I know it’s a total goat track, but truth be told, it’s a decent layout and fun place to crush 10 beers (as long as you BYOB because the proshop doesn’t sell anything, and I mean ANYTHING).

I called the proshop at 1:45 at ask if they were open. The manger said they were so I told him that I was on my way. While en route I made a teetime online for 2:30 (noting that online teetimes were open as far out as 5:30). However, I arrived at at 2:20 to find the entire clubhouse completely locked. No one was answering the phone either. I finally, ran down a staff member who informed me that the proshop had closed at 2:30. I told him that I made a teetime online for 2:30 and that teetimes were actually available through 5:30 according to golfnow). He was indifferent to say the least. Eventually, he called the “manager” and inexplicably put ME on the phone to explain the situation. I ended up just slipping the staff member $35 to play in some weird golf drug deal. Amazing that a proshop would just close without warning both in contrast to what was advertised online and EVEN AFTER talking to me on the phone and stating that they were in fact open. The whole thing was weird and unprofessional. And as said, the course is trash. It’s like a dying animal. Plus, our cart topped out at about 6mph which I guess was fortunate considering it had no brakes.

I would rather go to the range any day. Don't even show up here. It's basically a closed golf course .

DO NOT BOOK THIS COURSE! THE PLACE LOOKS ABANDONED AND THE COURSE IS NO LONGER VIABLE. WHOEVER OWNS THIS COURSE IS STEALING GOLFERS MONEY! THE ENTIRE PLACE LOOKS LIKE AN APOCALYPSE HAS OCCURRED AND THE COURSE IS LEFT FOR DEAD! IT USED TO BE A DECENT PLACE, BUT NOW THERE HAS BEEN NO IRRIGATION (SAVE A TINY BIT ON THE GREENS) IN A LONG TIME AND THE COURSE IS LITERALLY DIRT, STRAW, AND GOPHER HOLES!!! THE CLUBHOUSE, RESTAURANT AND BANQUET ROOMS ARE ALL ABANDONED AS WELL. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF REPRISAL FOR SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS!

There should be a warning on GolfNow about this course. There's no justification for charging $65 to play here. This place used to be generally ok, but not anymore. Every fairway was dead, and filled with gopher holes. The entire place looks like its on its death bed. Bathroom in the "clubhouse" has no running water and everything else is falling apart. The greens are the only things getting watered but they are extremely slow, likely because they haven't been cut in quite some time. You could maybe feel ok about playing here if it were $10 per person, but when I asked for a discount based solely on the view from the parking lot they wouldn't budge. Definitely avoid this place, I won't be going back unless someone buys it and completely revitalizes it....or if it only costs a few bucks. Only positive was that there was only one other person on the whole course and our twosome finished in 3 hours.

Zero water being used in the fairways, greens are ok , but haven’t been mowed in days.
We used GolfNow for a discount but won’t play again due to conditions.