Mountain Vista GC - Santa Rosa
A view of a hole at Santa Rosa Course from Mountain Vista Golf Club.
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4.4
748 Reviews (748)
5 Stars
410
4 Stars
264
3 Stars
41
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
19
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.1
92.7%
Recommend this course
694 out of 748 reviews
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4.6
25 Reviews (25)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.8
Value
4.5
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.6
100.0%
Recommend this course
25 out of 25 reviews
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4.6
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
96.8%
Recommend this course
30 out of 31 reviews
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Course Highlights
This desert course consistently impresses with pristine fairways, fast true-rolling greens, and a layout that blends accessible and challenging holes. Friendly staff, quality practice facilities, and strong value make it a compelling choice for repeat visits.

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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6720 yards
Slope 127
Rating 72.1
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Mountain Vista Golf Club - Santa Rosa
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Course Details

Year Built 1992
Golf Season Closed: September 26 - October 23
Architect Billy Casper (1992) Greg Nash (1992)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Catering

Available Facilities

Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.4
748 Reviews (748)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 14
Patio Dining 12
Brunch 7
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 35
Water Hazards 26
Undulating Greens 24
This course/club is great for:
Locals 31
Seniors 30
Advanced Golfers 16
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 34
Worth the Drive 15
At a Resort 14

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Reviews 19
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 Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Great bang for your buck

Course was in great shape, it was extremely hot but the greens were immaculate, the fairways were clean and the rough was in great shape as well.

Would definitely want to play this course again. The staff was also super kind and helpful when we forgot our water bottles.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mountain Vista looks plays and feels exactly as advertised. Plush well maintained fairways with beautiful views all around.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course. Best condition in the valley

Slick greens in June. What a fun course in fantastic condition. Course needs more drinking water stations

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 32
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place to play

Great shape lots of tee boxes for all levels of players

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course has a great layout

We enjoyed playing this course. Well laid out. Friendly staff. Great condition. Would play it again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course fairways were aeriated

Greens were slow

Holes were rounded from overplayed

Must not of changed pin placement

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Shabby rental clubs

I called ahead to make sure the rental clubs were decent. They said yes, but they were not.

Dirty mismatched mid quality clubs missing a 9 iron is what they gave me. No one in sight to correct this problem when I noticed it on the first hole.

Premium courses should have premium clubs or at least be honest about what they have.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course - pain to get to.

Always in nice shape and generally a good value with GolfNow. Front gate entrance to get to it is getting worse and worse. Not unusual to be backed up and take 20 minutes to get through. You’d think you were entering a top secret military base and not just a residential community with a couple golf courses. Colossal pain in the butt.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Consistently Great

Beautiful condition, consistent greens, decent pace of play and helpful friendly staff. Discounts available on GolfNow make it a great value. Rack rates are a little high but everything in the Coachella Valley this year is a little on the high side. Lots of courses holding high season rates while their tee sheets are almost empty. Definitely recommend Santa Rosa and sister course San Gorgonio.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/03/2024

Thank you. Were all the holes open for play? Earlier reviews mention 2 holes not open for play.

Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Makes for a nice day

Nice course with beautiful view of the snowcapped mountains and desert. the course is well maintained and the greens are in great shape.

people are friendly and the pace was good, we did not wait on most holes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice Friendly Course

Overall very satisfied. Yesterday we got behind some slower players so play was 1/2, hour longer. No cart girl yesterday either.

I enjoyed the scenery very much.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 66
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

No Transparency

I found Mountain Vista Santa Rosa on Golfnow and at $82 seemed like a great price. So I booked it. What they did not disclose was that holes 4 and 5 were closed, so you were only playing a 16 hole round. There was notice on the counter as you checked in but no one directed you to the hole closures or mentioned it. It was only when we were playing it fully registered what the notice had meant. In the end, this was not a huge issue, I just think the course was less than transparent as to the restrictions. The course itself was in great shape and very playable. I would definitely return, and if the price was still so low, understand some holes are still closed.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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