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Pala Mesa Resort
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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 | 6502 yards | 71.9 | 128 |
| Blue | 72 | 6131 yards | 70.3 | 125 |
| Silver | 72 | 5632 yards | 68.0 | 120 |
| Silver (W) | 72 | 5632 yards | 74.0 | 134 |
| Gold | 72 | 5096 yards | 64.3 | 108 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5096 yards | 70.6 | 128 |
| 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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Normally Great But Not Today Due to Course Maintenance
Pala Mesa is normally is very good shape with slick fast greens and well maintained fairways and tees. Tecent punch of greens and overseeding made this course very difficult to play and enjoy. Wish Golf Now would have made us aware. Especially since it was cart paths only. I expect that the course will return to very playable shape within the next couple of weeks but in the meantime beware!
Big Improvement
This course has improved substantially from what it used to be. The management seems committed to making this the most desirable course in the area.
Superb course
The well-maintained fairway and green helped me enjoy the beauty of the natural and artificial combinations. Once the overseeding is done, it would be a perfect GC in San Diego area.
Seniors at Pala
Was a beautiful morning for golf... Until we got to 1st tee and found out it was cart path only!!! We were a senior threesome all in our mid-70's !! GolfNow didn't mention cart path only. We found out from the starter. The course itself was in good shape, bunkers playable, and pace of play was steady. The reason we get carts is so we don't have to walk so much!!! One of our threesome only made it to the 12th hole because he had knee replacement last year. It was a chore fir us to finish. Then we got to snackbar fir our usual Hotdogs & beverages, only to find a sign that said "be back soon". If we had known before-hand it was cart path only, we would have made another decision. Thank you for letting me vent for our group.
Worth the Money
The price was cheap enough to combat the lack of condition due to seeding which was expected. The tee boxes still need to be leveled out the require you to hit off a hill. Overall potential for true beauty.
Reduced price for fall maintenance
Greens were under repair. Cart path only due to fairway maintenance.
Nice mid morning t time
in over seed, played long... can be a very high quality track once the winter grass is in....
Not a top 10 San Diego course by any means
Ok course great layout. Pala Casino purchased the course a couple years back and while some aspects are nicer its just not an inviting welcoming place like it used to be. It seems like they don't want people paying to golf there and I'm not sure why
Bonco57
The has a nice layout. But on this day the course had over seeded and greens were punched and sanded, and cart path only. Golfnow informed me on the day that I played! I didn’t see my email until after I was done playing. Other than that we had a good time and will return.
Just ok
For $80… a definite waste of money. It was messy. Patchy grasss on t boxes. Fairways sane.
Great last minute spot
Great course! Amazing views and layout. I have played this course a handful of times and really enjoy it.
David C
The course is in pretty good shape because no many play the course… prices are to high compared to courses around the area.
In addition, on the ninth hole coming down the cart path to my drive, I almost got hit by a driving range ball with high velocity. The range is too close to the ninth hole…. Pala needs to fix this!
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