Strawberry Farms Golf Club

Very disappointing. Not the top rated golf they want you to think. Average at best. Price is very high for a mediocre course. Golf course condition bad. Pace of play bad.
Public players treatment is poor. Layout below average. Nothing WOW about Strawberry Farms. Just barely ok. Clubhouse and food are above average to great. We go to play golf not eat. Save your money and play at least 2 rounds somewhere else. Over priced and rated.

Nice course
Played slow. One thresomeslowed down for 3 groups.

Played the Blues (6276/70.9/128) using my final monthly Forelinx round. I have been more impressed with the course and liked the layout more with each round played. Matched with Jeff & Jennifer for a fun round. POP was slow, 4 1/2 hours in partly cloudy, breezy conditions in the mid 60's..

Many tees had large amounts of unfixed divots. Fairly lush with good coverage overall, except for the divots.

The Bermuda fairways are dormant winter thin but still have good coverage.

The rough was fairly consistent for dormant Bermuda with good coverage. More penal that you would expect based on the length because the ball usually settled down.

The traps were very nicely maintained with good sand.

The greens were EXCELLENT. Smooth, putted medium fast to fast speed & held approach shots well.

The customer service was excellent, quick & efficient check in. The starter was especially helpful. Beverage cart was out patrolling several times. Nice clubhouse & restaurant/bar area. The conditions and difficulty are both above average. 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. Matched with Sean here on business from Ireland, we were 1st out and played in 3H, 5M. Ran into Sixpez, I was more impressed with the conditions than Keith was, especially the greens.

Most tees were fairly lush, but many tees had large amounts of unfixed divots.

The dormant bermuda fairways are winter thin but still have decent coverage. I like to sweep my irons back low on my take away, and was frequently getting them caught on these fairways.

The rough was more penal that you would expect based on the length because the ball usually settled down. Fairly consistent for dormant grass with good coverage, tough to play longer clubs out of.

The traps were very nicely maintained with good sand.

The greens were very nice. Smooth, putted medium fast speed & held approach shots well. After having seen these greens twice, I had an exceptional putting round today.

The customer service was excellent, quick & efficient check in. The starter was especially helpful. Beverage cart was not out this morning. Nice clubhouse & restaurant/bar area. I had breakfast after the round in the restaurant. Both the quality and quantity were good and the prices were about what you would expect. I like the course & layout, the conditions and difficulty are both above average. I enjoyed the course more today after playing it twice before last month. Recommended = Definitely IF you can get a deal, but I would not pay $100 a round here.

The fairway is not a good condition to play also rough around the green is not too easy to chip. overall it's a fun to play but scoring is not the one you expected.

Played the Blues (6276/70.9/128) using Forelinx in 3H, 45M. I like the course, the layout, conditions and difficulty are all above average. However, SF does not rise to the level of being a great course that would justify paying their rack rate (at least to me).

The back was the tighter, more interesting 9 IMO. Par 71 with an extra par 3 on the back. To me, SF has the feel of more like a 6500 yard course, not slightly less than 6300 yards from the Blues. Many holes have trouble down both sides with no bailout. For that reason, I thought the 128 slope rating from the blues was lower than I would rate it.

The tees had good grass, but many tees had large amounts of unfixed divots. More than I would expect for a higher end course.

The bermuda fairways had good coverage with a few well marked GUR areas. I usually like hitting off bermuda fairways, so I like their fairways.

The rough was not overly penal unless your ball settled down, which it did often. Then, it was short iron get it back in play time. Fairly lush and had good coverage.

The traps were very nicely maintained with good sand.

The greens were mostly smooth, putted medium speed & held approach shots well. Tougher than most greens for me to read, many had subtle breaks and crowns running down the middle where depending on your angle, balls started slightly one way or the other could break in completely opposite directions.

The customer service was excellent, quick & efficient check in. The starter was especially exceptional. Nice clubhouse & restaurant/bar area. Beverage cart was around several times during the rounds. Recommended = Definitely IF you can get a deal.

The course was in excellent condition. Could use a few more directional signs to the next tee box. Staff was friendly and professional. Some of the holes are quite challenging. Cart had a gps but signage at each hole did not include a picture hole layout.

Played the Blues (6276/70.9/128) with RGM2525 using Forelinx on 11/6. We played 36 and were done before 2pm. The 1st 18 in 3H, 30M, the 2nd 18 in 3H, 45M with a short break in between waiting on the tee to clear, so the POP was excellent.

My 1st time here, enjoyed the course. Agree with Mark's earlier review, many holes have trouble down both sides with no bailout. For that reason, I thought the slope was perhaps rated too low. Definitely tougher than average for a course less than 6300 yards from the Blues.

The tees had good grass where the golfers had not chewed them up with divots. Many tees had large amounts of unfixed divots, much more than I would expect for a higher end course. Ron & I went through probably 6 bottles of divot mix and repaired probably 200 divots total in 18 holes, and could have fixed 200 more.

The bermuda fairways were neither lush or thin but had good coverage with a few well marked GUR areas. I like hitting off bermuda fairways, so I thought they were good overall.

The rough was fairly lush and had good coverage. Not overly penal unless your ball settled down, which it did probably 1/3 of the time, then it was short iron only time.

The traps were very nicely maintained with good sand. Inconsistent on the depth of the sand, I was in 5 total, 4/5 I could blast, 1/5 it was thinner. Even on the 2nd round, a few were still wet from watering overspray, so that had to be taken into account on how far behind the ball and how hard you needed to swing on blast shots.

Even 2 weeks after aereation, the greens were only a little bumpy, putted medium speed & held approach shots well. Tougher than average to read, many had subtle breaks and crowns running down the middle where depending on your angle, balls started slightly one way or the other could break in completely opposite directions. These greens are going to be excellent, maybe even exceptional in about 10 days. My overall rating will probably be lower because I only gave the greens a 6/10, they will likely be a 7 or 8/10 soon.

The customer service was excellent. quick, efficient check in, the starter was exceptional. Nice clubhouse & restaurant/bar area. Beverage cart was around numerous times during our rounds. I liked the course, definitely above average. I look forward to playing here again via Forelinx. However, I agree with the majority of people I have spoken to about Strawberry Farms. Layout, conditions and difficulty all above average, but not a great course that would not justify (for me anyway) paying anything remotely close to their rack rate.

The main defense for this golf course are the environmentally sensitive areas that surround the holes (played as 1 stroke hazards). Unfortunately the architect uses this a bit too much in the form of forced carries off the tee. On the back 9 you get the feeling that you're playing the same hole over and over again.
The price is also too high - better value available in So Cal.
Kudos for the finish on 18 - It is stunning.

I felt the course was not in great shape compared to other courses I have played in So Cal.

With sun all the time and cheap labor in Cali, I don't think there is any reason for the course to not always been in great conditions.

Strawberry Farms is a tough course with lots of lateral hazards. You need to bring your A game or it's going to be a long day. The fairways and tees were in good shape, the greens were excellent. We teed off early and played in under 4 hours. The restaurant serves good food too.

The layout of the course is good but the condition is not very good. Too many dead areas in the fairways that they are trying to grow back. Lots of collars around the greens have new sod and are marked as Ground Under Repair. Biggest complaint is the cost. Defintely not worth the $160 they charge on a weekend. Equally good courses around at half the price.