Santa Maria Golf Club

The course is playing hard and fast. The new work on the bunkers is a definite upgrade.

No one in front of us to slow us down and no one behind us pushing the play. The course was in great shape I wish we could play here more often

The title says it well. I am vacationing here and selected this course due to recent other reviews and location.

The layout was pretty good. Having travelled from Pa I don’t know if it was the sun glare that I’m not used to or the grass colors, I sometimes couldn’t see the hole layout. That’s a positive though since the holes did change up a bit.

The greens ran very true. They were consistent and the practice green matched the holes. I appreciate when this occurs and if I miss it’s on me.

Sand traps where absolutely wonderful. But that’s partially because new sand had been placed in most of them. Fluffy and white, and they eat the ball. Those that weren’t done yet were really bad.

I’d say this is a good decent course. I’d have no problems recommending it so I did. Enjoy !

Course was in good shape. Bunkers weren’t in good shape, but that’s because of all the rain. Really enjoyed the round

Mid morning on a Monday meant quick playing, not many people there. Day before so much rain and the course was wet but good condition. Greens rolled true.

Greens roll great and challenging layout. For the price hard to beat.

care of all their courses like this one and Beaver Creek, that'd be great!

Easy to get on as a single and staff are great and helpful.

This course has beautiful straight always lined with amazing houses, and some blind dog leg holes that you have to be able to hit perfectly to stay out of danger. Some easy par 3’s to some difficult par 5’s it has it all.

We played in extremely cold conditions but the course was fun to play. It is not a very long course but the greens have some challenge to them and the course has trouble on quite a few of the holes.

This is a course that you can score low if you keep the ball in play and can make a few putts. The course has good bunking but they were under repair when we played so I really couldn't tell if they would impact scoring.

They have a very nice set up for practice and the speed of the practice area is similar to what we saw on the course.

Pretty good course for a city run public. Layout is nice, nice mix of easier holes with hard ones. The biggest problems are course drainage... the course was a soaked mess after it had rained days ago... and the bunkers are absolutely atrocious. Honestly all of their bunkers should be marked ground under repair they are so bad. Most of them are unplayable. Also the driving range was closed which would have been nice to know beforehand. Apparently this is a common occurrence according to locals. Overall it was a fun course but really needs new or significantly repaired bunkers. Greens were in good shape and challenging.

The only problem was that the course did not have record of my tee time that I booked the night before @

The greens are extremely fast during the winter months. The fairway bunkers are undergoing improved drainage and the work on the bunkers has been complete on only a few holes. This bunker project has been on going for nearly six months now and the bunkers that are finished are very nice. With water potentially coming into play on 9 of 18 holes this course demands and accurate tee shot. Challenging layout for sure yet my favorite course to play in Baton Rouge. If visiting BR it is a must play. Santa Maria does offer a senior rate (over 55) for $42.00 and GN will offer some great hot deals if you book the same day you play. Otherwise the walk in rate for non seniors is $55.00 which includes the cart and green fee. Once the bunker project is complete this course will be worth every bit of $55.00.

Nice layout. Course conditions are improving. Bunkers need work (lack of sand). Greens were nice.

Greens were excellent, bunkers not so good. Overall 8 out of 10.

Whenever I’m in Baton Rouge I will play this course!