Strawberry Farms Golf Club

Staff was courteous and helpful.

The fairways needed work and reseeding.

Good course in Orange County, very friendly staff all around.

Fairways are in rough shape due to the drought but the greens were in great shape to make up for the fairways.

Tough but fair course that helps after playing multiple times.

Fairways in poor shape, ground under repair everywhere. Fairways roped off in some cases 150 yards from green, makes extremely difficult for senior player. Many fairways roped off for no reason, have played one other time encountered the same thing. Was assured that the roping off of fairways would not be an issue. It was an issue before the end of the first hole and continued through to the last hole. No worries - never playing again.

The course was fun to play. It played fair, not to difficult but it had some tough tight par threes. I will come back and play again.

Fun and challenging course in good condition. Staff always friendly. They moved our time up which was nice. Finished in 3 hours for 3 golfers. I consider this my home course. Also. Great food and considerate golf cat people.

Man, there's nothing more frustrating than booking a round at a nicer course, driving an hour and then only finding out about the punched greens as you walk on to the first green.

Since this is the third or fourth time that GolfNow (and the subsequent course) has failed to use their "Aerated Greens" alert, maybe it's on me for not calling ahead to every course I'm interested in booking to check the status of the greens. Seems like we should be able to address this issue since, you know, it's 2016 and we have the technology.

The course itself was in decent shape but dried out, which is to be expected right now.

Course was recommended by a local friend. The greens fees here are pretty steep for a public course so we were expecting it to be in spectacular shape. We were sadly disappointed. Let me be more specific...

Tee Boxes:

Green and lush and mown to a correct height. However, several were uneven and worse several were sloped. Basically prepare to start from uneven lie on several tee boxes.

Fairways:

The fairways are fair in generous in outline. Anything good about the fairways stops there. I literally felt like I was in a cow pasture. I don't think they had been but in days. There were several areas under repair...and worse, several that should have been so marked, and weren't. Uneven, bumpy, dissimilar or invasive grasses everywhere. Shame. This course could easily be a Top 25 So. Cal public course if the fairways were in good shape. They weren't even in "fair" shape. They were downright horrible.

Bunkers:

Sand is thin and compacted. Hard to hit true bunker shots here. Play them more like hardpan shots, no splash shots.

Greens:

SUPERB! Great design, wonderful tiered effects on many and true roll on every green we played. Fantastic greens were the saving grace of this course the day we played. Considering everything above it was comforting to know that once you hit the green you were going to be rewarded with consistent speeds and accurate roll.

Amenities:

Range, Pro Shop and 19th hole are all adequate here. Certainly will get all you need out of all three.

Staff:

Friendly, attentive and helpful.

Pace of Play:

Was good. It wasn't fast, but for a public course, it was better than many.

I decided to give Strawberry Farms another chance. Paid $250 for greens on a Friday. This does not include range balls? We spent $250 dollars and have to buy range balls.

The course was in poor condition. Many fairways were roped off and they were in terrible condition. If this is how public golf is in Orange County. It is a sad statement for Orange County. Beverage cart stop by couple times- $18 for 2 turkey sandwich and water. Incredibility overpriced! I felt like my experience at Strawberry Farms was very poor. Will not play here again. Very poor value for what you are paying-

I have heard so much about this course, that it is a must play and you will thoroughly enjoy it. I look back and wonder who came up with this. It is a challenging course, which is fine, but the course was it rough condition. Fairways were marginal and in places almost dead. I am not sure if this has anything to do with the California drought and water restrictions, but I was informed that they use recycled water. Since this was the first time playing this course, based on the fact that I was informed that you would have plush conditions, especially when there prime time rate is $170.00 a round, I was quite shocked when I saw the course conditions. Thankfully due to the great rate I was able to obtain through golf now, I only paid $80.00, but I still think this was overpriced. The only positive. We played in under 4 hours. Kudos to the course for that element.

Course is in rough shape. Fairways are baked out, there are large stretches where they appear to have just given up maintenance, large sanded areas.

At least greens are in decent shape.

Heard from someone that ownership changed a little while back, it would appear that new mgmt needs to pay more attention to turf management.

With these conditions, hard to justify the spend vs other options around.

It is beautiful course in the city of Irvine.

Very cozy and calm.

The course is challenging but very playable. My only complaint was some wet spots that caused some mishits; but overall the course is in great shape. I played early in a "3- some" with two other gentlemen and had a good day, even getting to see a hawk dive down into the lake area and come up with a fish.

I think the layout has some great holes and pretty good challenge. The greens were in great condition. The sand traps have little sand so no explosion shots different sand shots. The course condition has been obviously challenged with water conditions. Fortunately the fee was under $100 with Golf Now the course wanted over $100-not worth it.

practice green was fast even uphill lie, but NOT course greens.. Not worthy of visit for money

Played the Blues (6276/70.9/128) as a 2some with 140ver using Forelinx in 3H, 50M. The weather was 70ish and clear with little wind. Most over seeded tees were lush, but several could use leveling. Even most par 3 divots had already been properly maintained. The Bermuda fairways have been previously sprayed green which provides some contrast with the dormant rough but are below average overall. Definitely winter thin with decent coverage and some GUR spots. The Bermuda rough has decent coverage for a dormant grass and weed mixture in the winter. The traps had not been raked today but have good sand. The greens are firm, putted fairly smooth, medium fast & held approach shots well. Both Tim in the Pro Shop & Rich the starter provided excellent customer service. Beverage cart out making the rounds by the end of out round. Nice clubhouse & restaurant/bar area, both the food and service are good. GPS on carts to the front, middle and back of the green only. I enjoy the difficulty factor of this course, tough but not overly tough. You have to keep it on the short stuff here. Recommended = Yes if you want to be challenged by quick/firm greens and many penalty areas.

I always have thought that this was an elite Orange County Course. I played it several years ago and at a charity tournament be fore that. The staff was awesome. The course condition was marginal, maybe due to the draught. The pace of play was a bit poky for the price.

I played Strawberry Farms for the first time on a Saturday afternoon. $85 rate on GolfNow. The Driving range was really chewed up, and it was hard to find a clump of grass here and there.

We started right at our tee time, and the place seems to be well organized. The pace of play was good, as we only had to wait on the group in front of us a few times. Finished in about 4 hours 20 min.

The course was in fairly good condition, especially given the ongoing drought here in Southern California. The greens were in good shape, not great. We played from the blues, and it is not too long. It is located in some low rolling hills, and some holes are tight, but most of them provide a decent landing area. Some very pretty vistas.

Even though you are pretty much in the middle of urban Orange County, you feel that you are out in the country, and it was definitely a pleasant day. For $85, I felt it was a good value. Not sure I would go over $100 for it however.

Played the Blues (6276/70.9/128) using Forelinx. Matched up with Kerry, John & Mark for a fun round in 4H, 30M. The weather was partly cloudy and breezy in the 60's.

Most tees were fairly lush, but several could use leveling. The par 3's had large amounts of unfixed divots.

The dormant Bermuda fairways are winter thin but still have decent coverage. They are sprayed green and have a good pad underneath and are spongy. The grain often seems to run against you, which can catch you club on takeaway.

The Bermuda rough was fairly consistent for dormant grass with good coverage, tough to play longer clubs out of.

The traps were nicely maintained with good sand but several could use more sand.

The greens were smooth, putted medium fast & held approach shots well. I putt well on these greens for whatever reason, I see the lines better than most greens and the speed is consistent from green to green.

The beverage cart was out and came around multiple times. Nice clubhouse & restaurant/bar area, both the food and service are good. The starter was starter was very helpful and the check-in was quick and efficient. GPS on carts to the front, middle and back of the green only.

I like the layout, condition and difficulty of this course. Recommended= Definitely IF you can get a deal, but I would not pay $100 a round here.

Played the Blues (6276/70.9/128) using Forelinx. The weather was partly cloudy and breezy, started in the 40's, ended up around 60.

The customer service was questionable with their handling of a frost delay. SF's policy is that if there is a frost delay, your tee time is canceled if scheduled during the delay period? They offered a bunch of affected groups two options:

A) Go onto the waiting list and get worked in. With a full holiday tee sheet, that was ? even for a single, much less for those there with 3-4 players.

B) 9 holes on the back 9 for a reduced rate.

I had a prepaid, non cancelable tee time later that I would have missed if I went on the waiting list for any length of time, so option A was not viable for me. Considering my early round was already prepaid for 18, I did not consider option B equitable, but it was the best of poor options.

It took some doing, but I managed to make Option B work out and get a full round in.

Matched up John, Anthony & Sam for 9 holes in 2H, 40M after the frost delay. Very fun guys to play with. Had to come back and play 9 as a single right before dark in slightly more than an hour to finish my "round" in slightly less than 4H total.

Most tees were fairly lush, but several could use leveling. The par 3's had large amounts of unfixed divots.

The dormant Bermuda fairways are sprayed green. Winter thin but still have decent coverage. Good pad, fairly spongy, my irons often get caught on my takeaway.

The Bermuda rough was good to hit out of unless the ball settled down. Fairly consistent for dormant grass with good coverage, tough to play longer clubs out of.

The traps were nicely maintained with good sand. One trap I was in was nice, the other a little thin.

The greens were very nice. Smooth, putted medium fast & held approach shots well. I didn't make a ton of putts but had an excellent lag putting day. I like these greens more with each round here.

The starter was very helpful. Beverage cart was out and came around multiple times. Nice clubhouse & restaurant/bar area, both the food and service are good.

I enjoy this course. The layout, conditions and difficulty are all above average in my opinion, which is what I primarily look for in a course. Recommended= Definitely IF you can get a deal, but I would not pay $100 a round here.

I had not played Strawberry Farms in 8 years. Time (and the drought) have not been good to the course. Staff was friendly explaining frost delay has caused back up. The real problem was too many groups put off too close together. Each tee we arrived to, had a foursome waiting to tee off. The fairways were very thin and hard. Greens are pretty beat up. The sand traps are mainly dirt. Overall, course conditions are not up to par for price of round. I'll try back in the spring.........