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1.6
1100 Reviews (1100)
5 Stars
58
4 Stars
222
3 Stars
215
2 Stars
170
1 Stars
435
Conditions
1.3
Value
1.9
Layout
2.8
Friendliness
2.7
Pace
3.3
Amenities
1.3
17.7%
Recommend this course
461 out of 1100 reviews
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2.4
8 Reviews (8)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
2
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1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
1.8
Value
2.9
Layout
3.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
1.4
StaffFriendliness
3.6
37.5%
Recommend this course
3 out of 8 reviews
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1.6
25 Reviews (25)
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0
4 Stars
2
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2
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1 Stars
17
Conditions
1.3
Value
1.9
Layout
2.8
Pace
3.3
Amenities
1.1
StaffFriendliness
2.7
16.0%
Recommend this course
4 out of 25 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout offers an enjoyable and affordable round for golfers who appreciate a relaxed, self-paced experience. Friendly staff and an exceptionally smooth pace of play consistently stand out among recent visitors.

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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6688 yards
Slope 132
Rating 72.0
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Castle Creek Country Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1948
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

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

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Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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1.6
1100 Reviews (1100)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 40
19th Hole Scenic Views 22
Watching the Game 19
Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 64
Bunkers 46
Water Hazards 42
This course/club is great for:
Locals 61
Seniors 35
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 30
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 45
In the 'Burbs 26
Convenient to the City 22

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Worst course in San Diego County

NOT A COUNTRY CLUB.

Like previous statements, this place was terrible. Checked in at 1045, can in on the turn and departed the round about 245. Every time I found the pro shop attendant (if you can call it a pro shop, couple of sleeves and a glove with way over priced "food" and beer) sleeping. Worst experience ever. The only good to this place was....a stretch...the greens are actually green, other then that tee boxes full of holes and dirt.

Don't waste your money, pay the extra $10-$30 and play somewhere else. More enjoyable.

Heck, to be honest, anyone can walk on grab a cart and play. No one will know.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 09/23/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions and we are working on making improvements to the course. We will make note of your feedback. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Horrible conditions

I have played this course numerous times in the past. I was living out of state for 3 years and just moved back to San Diego. Met a friend for a casual round. Looks like no water has been applied to fairways in months. I drove 30 minutes north and my friend 30 south to play, so we went ahead and tee’s off. Dead fairways, weeds in “sand” traps, I use “sand” loosely, dirt traps is better. Greens were very green and spongy. Only redeeming item. Save your money, play anywhere else.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/24/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions and we are working on making improvements to the course. We will make note of your feedback. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

It had apparently not been watered for months fairways were dead and rock hard, greens were fine.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/19/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions and we are working on making improvements to the course. We will make note of your feedback. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

No good

I hate to say it but this course has gone way downhill from what I can see. The greens are the only thing green at this course. Dirt fairways and gopher holes everywhere. I hope GolfNow takes this course off the app. I was completely misled and wish I had read more reviews. I only made it to hole 13 before I had enough. If they can get the fairways fixed this has potential to be a decent course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/24/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions and we are working on making improvements to the course. We will make note of your feedback. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
1.0
First Time Playing

Get this course off of GolfNow

The course is dead. Don’t even bother. We booked, thinking it will by playable, but upon driving up, it looked like an abandoned field. Fortunately the dude that worked there gave me a number to call for GolfNow. To get a refund.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/18/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions and we are working on making improvements to the course. We will make note of your feedback. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 42
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 08/22/2022

Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.

Played On
Reviews 42
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Horrible horrible condition

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 08/08/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions and we are working on making improvements to the course. We will make note of your feedback. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played

Definite improvement

Played today. Had not been there in a couple years. Course is much improved over that time. Greens are better than I have seen them before at Castle Creek. Fairways are trimmed. Only lost one ball. Definite improvement.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/24/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions and we are working on making improvements to the course. We will make note of your feedback. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Hope it gets better

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/03/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions and we are working on making improvements to the course. We will make note of your feedback. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 07/28/2022

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thanks for choosing Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Don’t waste your time

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 07/26/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions and we are working on making improvements to the course. We will make note of your feedback. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/15/2022

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Castle Creek Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing

Couldn’t be worse

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/29/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions. We will make note of this and escalate this feedback to our team. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Burnt Fairways

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!

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 06/29/2022

"Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions. We will make note of this and escalate this feedback to our team. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club."

Is this a BOT making all the same replies to a bad review???? WTF!

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Commented on 06/29/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions. We will make note of this and escalate this feedback to our team. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Upgrade your pictures

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

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/22/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions. We will make note of this and escalate this feedback to our team. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/21/2022

Hi, Paul. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thanks for choosing Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/21/2022

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thanks for choosing Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Never again

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/21/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions. We will make note of this and escalate this feedback to our team. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Worst course in San Diego

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/15/2022

Thank you for your review. We understand your frustration with the current course conditions. We will make note of this and escalate this feedback to our team. Thank you for visiting Castle Creek Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 4
1.0
First Time Playing

Never come to this place

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

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/13/2022

Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve and are working diligently to improve the course. Thank you for playing.

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