Strawberry Farms Golf Club

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.........

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.