Willowick Golf Course
About
Opened in 1929, Willowick Golf Course in Santa Ana is Orange County's oldest public golf course. It is a challenging layout that has garnered a quite a following over the years. The course features wide fairways and large greens that offer ample room. There aren’t any water hazards a few strategically placed sand traps come into play and there are also mature trees lining the fairways. Golfers will get to practice a variety of different shots on this course. It is player-friendly enough for high-handicappers but there are still some challenges for low handicappers. The excellent condition of the greens and fairways are inviting no matter what your skill level. In addition to the golf course, Willowick also offers a grass driving range and three practice putting greens.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 71 | 6061 yards | 67.7 | 110 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 5742 yards | 72.3 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 68.4/113 W: 74.4/124 | 327 | 195 | 502 | 155 | 387 | 463 | 183 | 281 | 375 | 2868 | 520 | 541 | 154 | 388 | 330 | 397 | 286 | 178 | 399 | 3193 | 6061 |
| Green M: 66.5/109 W: 72.4/119 | 320 | 190 | 481 | 144 | 349 | 444 | 149 | 267 | 367 | 2711 | 510 | 532 | 147 | 381 | 323 | 382 | 270 | 157 | 329 | 3031 | 5742 |
| Handicap | 11 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 12 |
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Photo submitted by Caljuju on 02/14/2024
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Our scorecard... Photo submitted by Peter3419502 on 06/11/2020
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Players
Course is decent. A lot of holes and mud. You will wait 15 minutes just to hit if you are behind a 4 some. No one fixes their holes on the green. People will not let you play ahead, depends if they are nice or just arrogant.
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Not Augusta, Not Nearly As Bad As The Hate Given
What do you expect? This is a muni with very, VERY fair rates. Pretty solid greens and a nice staff. Carts were clean. I will be back at this rate.
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Terrible Golf Experience
This was our first attempt at playing Willowick and it will be our last. Homeless people wandering around all over the course. Literally while we were on the 10th tee box someone was tagging (graffiti) a wall behind us staring us down. Course was muddy and in bad shape. Homeless camped out in the only bathroom on the course. They ran out of range balls by 8:30am. Overall a very tight course where tee boxes are literally 10 yards from greens. I got hit in the mouth with an errant shot. Avoid this place at all costs.
Great course for the money
Super cool, easy course with tricky protected greens by bunkers and some longer trees. Super straight and wide fairways. Recommended course for the money and for beginner golfers.
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Playable
Course is playable, but not much more than that. Tee boxes were decent, greens were ok, but often times, swampy, cart path goes off into mud/dirt/just stops. Unintentional sand traps in the middle of fairways (very dead grass), etc. freeway construction immediately adjacent to the course is very noisy. This would be close to my last choice in OC.
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18 Holes of Golf in OC for a reasonable rate.
This is an entry level 18 hole course. They got 2 Tee boxes and they are pretty close to each other. Majority of the holes is dead straight. Course needs a lot of TLC. Driving range was on wild grass. You can't beat it for the price with Cart which was under $30 bux.
Willowick Golf Course
The course looks and plays like the oldest course in OC. The tee boxes are terrible, maybe a 2, the fairways are bare and grass is most crab grass. The greens are very nice, roll true and friendly for a first time golfer. Strong 7 and would be higher if the golfers would fix their divots on the green. It’s cheap $ and the course plays that way. Easy and wide open for beginners
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Pay Full...play Half
I had been to Willowick once about a month ago and I liked the course. It has some nice long holes and if you can hit fairly straight you will enjoy your day. There is no clubhouse do to Covid, so no big deal there. We had to wait 25 minutes to get golf balls to hit on the really beat up driving range, but again no big deal as long as I can hit. They appeared to be very short staffed on this day for sure. Many golfers gathered in the parking lot to complain about this part...We paid for 18 holes and when we got to hole 10 we were told to finish the hole and go turn in the carts as, because it was Labor Day, they were closing early. I have no real problem with that, but why not have us play 9 holes instead of letting us pay for 18? Especially when we had to wait for group of 5 in front of us at each hole. The groups behind us only golfed 9 and 8 holes. The golf course, I like, but I will never go again later in the day. I thought that I would get over it, but hours later that's still all that I am thinking about. I just got a text from the 3 friends with me and they are even madder than I am. :(
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Charles Barkley Turrible
Don’t waste your time here . Never seen a course this bad. I get Covid and all but my god this place has turned into a dump.
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Easy course but poorly managed
This is a very easy course compared to others. However there is a ton of trash on fairways, graffiti at every hole, fairways that are mud pits or could be considered a rough. The only redeeming factor is this course is mostly straight and wide fairways. Golf somewhere else.
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