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Pala Mesa Golf Resort is situated between Temecula wine country and the beautiful countryside of San Diego's North County. The course was carefully carved from the surrounding hillsides, providing rolling fairways and undulating greens throughout the layout. Towering oaks, sycamores, and elms blanket the course's landscape, providing the perfect complement to the stunning mountain views. The fairways are tight and lined with trees, demanding a fair amount of accuracy. The greens also play fairly quick. The golf course does provide a challenging round but it is seemingly much tougher than it actually is. Beginners should still feel comfortable taking on the course. The versatile layout in combination with the consistently good conditions have earned Pala Mesa acclaim as one of the best golf courses in San Diego County.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6703 yards | 73.5 | 134 |
| Black (W) | 72 | 6502 yards | 72.6 | 131 |
| Blue | 72 | 6138 yards | 70.9 | 126 |
| Silver | 72 | 5640 yards | 68.6 | 120 |
| Silver (W) | 72 | 5640 yards | 74.2 | 133 |
| Gold | 72 | 5104 yards | 66.1 | 113 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5104 yards | 71.0 | 126 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament M: 73.5/134 W: 80.4/148 | 407 | 540 | 396 | 189 | 312 | 397 | 183 | 525 | 440 | 3389 | 480 | 304 | 528 | 403 | 173 | 416 | 163 | 351 | 496 | 3314 | 6703 |
| Black M: 72.6/131 W: 79.1/144 | 407 | 473 | 396 | 189 | 312 | 397 | 183 | 525 | 418 | 3300 | 480 | 304 | 501 | 403 | 173 | 416 | 155 | 351 | 419 | 3202 | 6502 |
| Blue M: 70.9/126 W: 77.1/139 | 391 | 461 | 378 | 166 | 290 | 372 | 159 | 495 | 378 | 3090 | 464 | 292 | 473 | 376 | 151 | 401 | 150 | 334 | 407 | 3048 | 6138 |
| Silver M: 68.6/120 W: 74.2/133 | 351 | 451 | 357 | 145 | 255 | 342 | 145 | 458 | 347 | 2851 | 430 | 276 | 439 | 336 | 136 | 340 | 141 | 316 | 375 | 2789 | 5640 |
| Gold M: 66.1/113 W: 71.0/126 | 325 | 410 | 310 | 124 | 255 | 342 | 125 | 405 | 275 | 2571 | 393 | 276 | 390 | 310 | 99 | 327 | 132 | 231 | 375 | 2533 | 5104 |
| Handicap | 3 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 |
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Pala Mesa
Good course. But their carts are a pain. They have numerous areas of the course where carts aren’t allowed. Problem is these areas aren’t marked and you don’t find out until you’re in the area and the cart stops. These aren’t obvious areas and they’re not marked which creates a big guessing game. It’s not just around the greens. The carts won’t go within 100 yards of the greens. It’s almost random. But it really delays playing time while you back out of these areas. It’s really ridiculous.
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The course was in great shape. The only knock was it took 5 hrs to play with no marshall in sight.
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Thank you for reviewing us, marcgressingh. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Pala Mesa Resort, and we hope to see you again soon.
GRUOPED W/9'S
COURSE IS WALKABLE BUT THEY CHARGE YOU TO TAKE A CART. I GOT GROUPED WITH A FEW SENIORS WHO ONLY PLAYED 9 IN A GROUP OF 3 PLAYERS. SO I WAS LEFT BEHIND 3 GROUPS OF 4 AT THE TURN. BACKED UP AND LET 2SOME BEHIND ME JOIN ME. SHE PLAYED THE SHORT HOLES OR HALF WAY ON PAR 4'S. GREENS WERE NICE, BUT NOTHING LIKE THE PHOTOS SHOWED ON THE THIS WEBSITE.
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Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, cindymoon123! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Pala Mesa Resort!
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Nice course
This is course is nice. A little pricey for the size, but none the less had a great time. Staff was friendly, course was in good condition. Wish we could have seen the Bev Cart more than once. Will definitely play again.
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5 Stars-From Service To Swings
Highly recommend. Greens are quick and responsive/challenging. Narrow fairways force you to grow your iron game or learn to play a safe drive. Awesome clubhouse staff!!!
Hi, goingfarr. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Pala Mesa Resort.
Got gyped
I tried to alter my tee time reservation from 3 players to 2 due to illness and the app would not let me do it. Very disappointed !
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Good value for a challenging course
We played this course years ago. Always enjoy the setting despite the proximity to a freeway which makes for some noisy holes. Pace was quick, course was not full. Conditions were quite good but bunkers were inconsistent with some being very hard. The first few holes seem different than the back nine particularly as the front is quite flat and trees impinge more on the fairways. The course seems to open up after a few holes & by the turn, I I wondered if the back nine were a newer design.
Carts with GPS were included in the price which seemed very reasonable for a difficult course. The course offers much natural beauty in the surrounding countryside, colourful vegetation & birdlife. Now if I hadn’t visited so many bunkers, maybe the outcome would have been better. As others have mentioned, the carts are set to redirect you back to the path earlier than needed but worth another visit nonetheless.
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Great shape
Great course , tee time 6:40 was done just before 1000. Pace was fast . Greens were beautiful and fast
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Great course, great shape, silly cary restrictors.
Course in great shape, record setting heat the day we played. Only complaint is the restrictors on golf carts. On many holes the carts just shut down and you had to drive in reverse to get back in the approved "zone", On many holes, this was a 100 yard walk cart to ball and another 100 back to cart. Never seen anything like it. Will definitely play again, but be prepared to do a lot of walking with a handful of clubs.
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Good Day at Pala Mesa
I played with 3 friends on 4/6/22. POP was great nobody in front of us and the group behind was a little faster than us so it made us move a bit faster which was great as some of the members in my group thought since it was Master's week they were playing for the green jacket. Rating 1-5
Fairways 4--good condition only a few bare spots.
Rough 4--long enough to penalize but still find your ball
Tee boxes 3-- were moved up quite a bit so that degraded the challenge some.
Greens 5--Excellent; medium fast (speed 10) pretty firm.
Traps 3--Need some more sand.
Overall a great day on a fun course and a beautiful location
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Carts
I enjoy the layout of the course. But I very much dislike the carts!!!!
They do not give you the freedom to move around the course. It made the playing very frustrating.
This will not be a first choice place to play.
And I would not recommend this course.
Sorry…not sorry.
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