Pala Mesa Resort

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.

This course is in excellent shape from tee to green. The driving range, restaurant , and snack bar were great. The corse is very difficult with narrow fairways, very fast greens and many trees. Bring your A game here and choose your tees wisely. The staff us friendly and accommodating especially Jared.

Only one spot when I made reservation so I thought there were 3 others. They said no you’re good to go only a single ahead of me. Turned out there was a really slow foursome that would not let me pass. Finally on ninth hole I made sure that I could pass and go onto tenth hole. After that everything was great course was in great condition but rough was very thick. Nice course I would play here again.

Driving range is mats. Practice Putting green decent size. Lots of sand traps that can get ball plugged. Pace of play terrible. Didnt see a marshall enforcing any rules. 5 people and 3 carts attempted to jump in front of us on back 9. Wasnt letting it happen. Same thing on17. Bring lots of balls bc you could lose a-lot if not hitting straight.

Haven’t played the course in several years, but always liked the course layout & conditions.

Great day 4/27, calm to slight breeze, temp in the 60’s, fastest pace-of-play in years, conditions excellent & green, rough a little long but playable (too much cut grass in many places), greens not perfect aesthetically but rolled fast & true.

Very enjoyable day on the course. We’ll be back! 😎