Carlton Oaks Lodge & Country Club

In my opinion, this is the best layout in San Diego county next to Torrey South. Yes the course is rough around the edges but here’s why: Three winters ago the torrential rains flooded the whole course. The super and his team having been rebuilding it starting around the greens and tee boxes - which are both good now. They’re doing an excellent job for how extensive the damage was. I recommend playing lift, clean, and place unless you specifically want to practice playing from bad lies. Just find decent grass and make the course play like it has better conditions. The ground is bumpy to drive on so just stay on the cart path and use 90 degree rule to minimize that inconvenience. The greens are generally probably like a 9.5 speed and roll really true. It’s absolutely worth it if you know what you’re getting into and how to manage the damage that was done by the floods so that it minimally affects your experience. This is a gem of a layout that demands good ball striking and offers many holes that can be played in a variety of ways.

Pace of play was slow, fairways a mess, rough badly overgrown. I’m newer so expect to lose balls but not because of poor overgrown roughs. I was not alone.

Overpriced play for quality of course.

Each hole is unique designed by a world class course designer but the heavy rains have left the fairways in average condition. One of the most challenging courses with more band diversity than any course I play

Tight course. As expected with all the rain it was wet

Stay in the fairway or it can be troublesome. $75 included the cart, easy to get a tee time, conditions are great on the course, if you hit off course at all, you're looking at tough terrain. Great course for a casual round.

The greens were in great condition, fairways practically non-existent. Having the good greens made the round worthwhile.

After 15 holes we had been on the course for 5 hrs already. We stopped playing and grabbed a beer and wings which was the best part of our day. The Marshall drove by twice but he didn’t even say Hello to us. They really need to speed up terrible golfers. This course is not worth the money.

Once you got to the green, the greens are great, but getting to the green the course is not in good shape.

Gopher holes everywhere on the fairways!!!!

Disappointed that the high green fees did not reflect the bad condition of the course.

I’ve played almost every single course in San Diego Carlton Oaks has a nice layout. But the course is in rough shape. It’s not worth more than $40 to play with a cart. But with that being said, you won’t find a full 18 with a cart for $40. If you are new to golf this is a good bang for your buck.

Great course for the cost during the weekdays. Too expensive on weekends for course conditions. Plays pretty long so is a challenge but fun water features and some tight hole designs.