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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6850 yards
Slope 133
Rating 72.5

Oak Creek Golf Course in Irvine boasts a course designed by Tom Fazio, who has been hailed as the best modern-day course architect. The layout features tapered fairways and multi-tiered greens that roll perfectly. Several sparkling lakes dot the lush greens landscape as well as a few mature eucalyptus trees, though the course is mostly open. The bulk of the challenges of this golf course are comprised of the bull-nosed carved bunkers that are strategically placed throughout. Vivid vegetation accentuates the course and the city gets more than 300 days of sunshine a year, providing the perfect setting for a round. Oak Creek Golf Course is also popular for its practice facility, which includes 65 natural turf tees, a nine-acre all-terrain landing area, two putting greens, and a large practice bunker. It is one of the most popular practice facilities in southern California.

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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Fazio (1996) Dennis Wise (1996)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Oak Creek Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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4.8
371 Reviews (371)
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Reviews 33
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Country Club for a Day

Oak Creek is a nice course. The day I played, the course was somewhat empty, and I got a great deal. The routing keeps it interesting with elevation changes, water hazards and arroyos. Choose your tees carefully as the blues and blacks play much tougher than the whites.

The course conditions were good, with a couple of exceptions. Some places in the fairways were cut pretty close, making for tight lies on approach shots. Same goes for some areas around the greens. Also, one bunker I found was wet to the point of being muddy. On the plus side, the greens were in great shape. Also, the sand in the fairway bunkers was not a fluffy as those green side, which gives you a fighting chance.

The greens are all large and have a lot of humps and bumps. Subtle, hard to read breaks abound. I had a couple putts that I totally misread.

Oak Creek is a nice track if you can get it for a reasonable price. Staff was attentive and friendly. They have a nice grill room. Overall, this is a nice place to spend a day.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not up to Par

Course needs work; unkept rough & tight lies off fairways with very little green grass. Not worthy of $120. Pace of play 5 hours

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great shape and beautiful

Got a great deal on a Friday morning before work. Got out at 7:17 and was finished by 10:25.

Fairways were dormant and a wonderful gold color... not a bare patch to be seen anywhere. Greens rolled well and true. Looking forward to playing again as soon as I can.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course but overpriced

Played on a Sunday morning, rates were very expensive given the sub par conditions. I will say the greens were very good, but the rest of the course was dormant Bermuda that looked dead. Tough to pay top dollar for these conditions. Better options around for my less $.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Friendly staff & great setup; conditions well groomed

Very enjoyable GolfNow deal, afternoon 18. True rolls on all putts. Great fairways! Perfect day off and 3 birds to boot.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Solid course

Oak creek is a well designed and well bunkered course. There is no silly holes, but at the sane time, no real memorable holes either. The greens are well cared for, all the greens are well protected. The players have a difficulty in raking the bunkers, shameful. Tee boxes were in good shape. The pace of play is slow. Like the course, but don't love it.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 138
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

Simply pleasant

Looked at other reviews before playing and I agree with most: course is great, perhaps a little dry but the greens are perfect. Full price is a bit too much, so look for a deal. Very nice facilities and good customer service. It was a pleasant place to play and is laid out in such a way as to insulate you from the busy roads and neighborhoods nearby. I would definitely play here again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course and managment

I really enjoy this course, but don't play it often because of steep price. However, I got a great deal yesterday on line . Usually when you get such a great deal, they are trying to fill up a single player tee time, etc.. When we got to the starter, he told us that he paired up 4 single players ahead of us, and my wife and I could play as a twosome. Even as a twosome we never had to wait to tee off and finished in 4 1/2 hours. great course and managed well .

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Course not in the best of shape

Course layout was great. I suppose all Tom Fazio course are like that. Pace of play was very slow and no marshals patrolling the course. Greens were perfect but tee to green not so much. Fringe areas were poorly maintained. $180.00 is way too much, I can play equivalent course pretty much anywhere for $50 to $60.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Happy I played

First time playing course. Got a good deal on Golf Now. Course was in good condition,. Course is wide open but difficult. Green were rolling really good. Enjoyed the course will play again on 1/14/18

In a Golf Channel Amateur tour.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Cart path only because of all the rain really slowed down play. The holes were volcano’s because they didn’t roll them. But I love the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging Course

Oak Creek is a challenging yet very playable course. While it’s not a long course, it does require accuracy off the tee on every hole. Greens are particularly challenging with many undulations and fast speed. All in all a very nice course for the skilled golfer.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Great deal on Christmas

Oak Creek is usually $150 per round but they did a Christmas special in the morning for $66/round and it was awesome! played in 4 hours!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course not in great shape for winter

Oak Creek is a well laid out and beautiful course. When conditions are good, Spring Summer and Fall, the course is great. Winter conditions are not so good. It is dry and not so picturesque. Not worth the $150-$180 Green’s fee in Winter. Should be more like $80-$90. At least they should give you a bag of free practice balls for that price. The GPS on my cart didn’t work. That made my experience worse. Would still recommend playing there if you can get a discounted t-time.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect winter golf

This is such a fair fun track. My son and myself made 8 birdies between the 2 of us because you throw darts into receptive greens that grab and reward the shot. Not common for most tracks this time of year.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens were Perfect

I really enjoy this course, and for the rare $70 rate you can't beat it! Course is in Great shape. The greens were punched about 5-6 weeks ago and were rolling really smoothly and fast (about an 11). Fairways were good as well, but the course was not as green as it usually is. Pace was good at just over 4 hours; not fast, but not slow either. Usually this course runs between $70-$135 so getting it for the low price of $70 made it an easy decision.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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