Pala Mesa Resort

I’ve played Pala Mesa many times, but this was the first in almost two years. It’s as pretty as ever, and fun and challenging. I lucked out and played as a single on a slow Wednesday morning. Finished in 3 hours. Affordable green fees, too.

Challenging course at times with doglegs and 500 yd par 5’s. Only lost balls on frustrating #11.

Snack shop is good, and their restaurant and bar are fantastic!

Planning to play again next week.

The course was in great condition but the rough was too long. It was just too hard to find the ball in the rough. I was constantly waiting for the group in front of me to find the ball.

a bit pricey but a good challenging course

the greens were a bit slow on the day played

The guy at the pro shop was an incredible man. I’m from Iowa so playing this course for the first time he treated me like I had been playing there for years. Will come back for sure!

The greens were a bit shaggy but the course was in great shape. We teed off right after a tournament which is why the game was a bit longer, and that is normal. :)

Started to work on a handicap which is high but will have this reduced before EOY.

Pala Mesa has a wide variety of holes, short, long, uphill, downhill and all are well framed by trees. The greens were good as were the rest of the course conditions. I played as a signle of a Friday afternoon and finished in about 3 hours (i played through 2 groups).

Staff in teh pro shop and the walkup restaurant were great.

I had heard about Pala Mesa probably 30 years ago and have wanted to play there since then - finally made it and was not disappointed. Not as nice as Journey at Pechanga, but about 1/3rd the cost

We were fortunate to have nobody in front of us the whole day. It was great playing on green fairways for a change! Only improvement would be if the greens could be a bit better. Overall, loved it.

Always a challenge. Great condition! Worth the drive

Lots of trees, narrow fairways and small greens. I really enjoyed the course and trees, i live an New Mexico and love the trees that we don't have on our courses.

Greens are small and well kept. Rolled well if perhaps a little slower than i am used to. Fairways were tight snd excellent]t condition.

Good variety of short and long holes.

I really enjoyed playing here.

This course was very nice. The fairways are tree lined and fairly tight and the greens are small. Course was in excellent condition. Only “complaint” was the ball almost always buried when hit into a bunker (yeah I know, don’t hit it in the bunkers - but I did 3 times and it buried into terrible lies 2 times).

Good variety of holes with uphill, downhill, short and long ones. Some local knowledge would have been helpful on a few holes, but it wasn’t critical.

Staff was great and 3 groups let me play thru (I was a single) so pace of play, for me, was excellent.

Overall I couldn’t believe how relatively empty the course was for the quality and cost.

Great narrow fairways with primary and secondary cuts. Stay on the short grass to par the hole. Greens are a bit fast and have some break.

I booked it on golf now at a discount but had a problem finalizing the booking so I called them to confirm. when I got there they charged me full pop - $115 each to play a course that I would never pay that much to play - just isn't worth the money and amenities are poor - the staff were not friendly. There was a huge gap in the tee times but were told NO! We could not go early. So then we end up playing behind a fivesome skins game that was slooooow.

They finished at least 4 holes behind, play was stacked up behind us - just a bad experience - Probably never go back

When you can get a Great Hot Deal for about $40 Pala Mesa is a bargain!! Beautiful course, nobody in front of us, start when we wanted, perfect weather…what else is there to say!! Very accommodating to allow us to use a different open tee time than the Hot Deal. Not all courses do that, even if they have open times. Wonderful golf day with my son!

First off, the course conditions are much improved since the change in ownership. Lush fairways and rough. Greens rolled well at a great speed.

Now for the the not so good. No water on the course, 6-8 in the bro group ahead on a single tee box seen multiple times and 4 carts on 18 fairway as we were finishing up. Slow all day with not a single marshall on course. Not expecting miracles on a Sat afternoon but for a "resort" course, it can't become a free for all like it was. Beverage cart showed up early in the round but never after that.

Good experience at Aqua Terra though afterwards. They've simplified their menu for now while undergoing renovations. But good food, good service.

These things are all fixable by the new management (Pala Casino) if they care to. I will probably give it one more shot before I recommend the course to others.