Meadowlark Golf Course

Tee Time Scheduled through Golf Now: 12:26pm
Actual Tee Time: 1:30pm
It took 4 hours to play the front 9. On the 10th we had a threesome with a young kid cut in front of us. We complained to them, nothing happened. We called the front desk. They said they would take care of it, nothing happened.
Started at 1:30pm, left a little before 7pm.
This place is an absolute circus and you can tell there is no management in place, or that knows how to run a business. This was the last time I will play at this joke of an establishment.

We had a fivesome on a sunday. The course conditions were nice. The fairways we're excellent. The tee boxes were good and the greens rolled true. It was a little cooler since it's near the beach. Good place to play...

Only play during the weekday. The course is too slow on the weekend given the tough par 3's and short par 4's where people wait to hit.

I've played Meadowlark many times over the years, so the course layout and difficulty did not surprise me. What did surprise me was the extremely wet conditions. Mind you, it was summer, warm and dry elsewhere.

There were quite a few muddy spots on the course that hampered play. The tenth hole was cart path only, something I had never experienced before on this course.

The other thing that bothered me, and my playing partner, was a lack of yardage markers. There is no GPS on the carts so we had to depend on the course markers. Many simply no longer existed. Many others were damaged.

There were seemingly new flags at each hole, but they were checkered using black and blue, yellow, and I think, red. Problem was, from a distance, it was difficult to see the flag, especially the flags in shadows.

I do not think I will play Meadowlark for some time since there are other courses with better conditions, that cost less. It is a shame because Meadowlark is located in Huntington Beach, which is cooler on hot days, like right now.

There are some wet spots but not really an issue. Tee times need to be spaced appropriately to players ability and group size. Overall a great coarse. Only saw food and beverage cart once in 4 hours.

Pace was fine through nine. But a 20 min wait between holes after the turn.We found out there was a large bachelor party group in front of us. You could follow their trail of empty beer cans. We didn't see any Marshal.

The course was in fair condition; a lot of wet areas. Greens were small and fast but fair.

This is a great course without breaking the bank. It plays reasonably well for lefties (especially given my slice) and has good fairways/greens. There isn't much separating the holes so you do have to keep your head on a swivel sometimes. The nice part about that is you won't lose many balls.

Overall I like playing this course. Pace can be slow sometimes but it isn't unbearable.

Game play is very slow! I counted 6 players paired up playing together....took them forever to finish one hole! Very crowded! We couldnt play thru because there were way to many people on the course! We were screwed and ended up playing 9 holes in 5hrs! Yes almost 5 hours! Never again will i go there, i wish i could get a refund or a free round of golf for this inconvenience! Play at your own risk or if you have a complete day to spend at the course

We had a great time and met some wonderful people !!

It is very comfortable to play here in the summer because of the nice breeze

The tee boxes were slanted and the greens very small . The greens themselves were at least green, but if you do not find the flag, forget about it. Pace was alright, but it was a Tuesday afternoon and it should be a good pace. Fun if you no other than to play golf in the sun, which is never a bad thing,

The course was short, but the greens were good and fairways were ok

Grest course!! Awesome weather! ! Reasonable prices, look for hot deals!!

We decided friends and I to play at the last minute, so for last decision it was a good place to play , greens we re and good condition, the pace of play no bad, good times!

Had a great with an 84 year man named frank. Bartender was on point

Hard to play when there is a wait at every hole. Quit playing golf years ago because of slow play and this was a reminder.

The pace was horrible. They really need a starter on the first tee or at least a marshal on the course. We got paired up as a 4 and there was at least 3 groups playing as 2's ahead of us. Slowed everything down. Golfers were yelling throwing golf balls at each other.

The course itself was in decent condition, it was overly wet too.

I like the course. the price was right.....it played pretty slow most rounds 5 hours......no marshals and people were just starting on there own on the back nine with no one to stop them.....had a few jump a few holes.......I didn't appreciate that they don't regulate people better but I enjoyed the course......they seem to over book a bit maybe that's why it's so slow....but they really need marshals to watch that people don't just start on the back nine because the first whole they have to wait.....I will play there again but they need to fix some problems to make it better for everyone

Teeing off at 10:50 on a Monday would seem to make a long round unlikely, but not at Meadowlark. 5 hrs. and 15 mins for a round of golf is just too long for my tastes. Waiting 3-5 minutes for each shot makes it very difficult to get into any kind of rhythm; normally, I'd spend a round like that drinking as many beers as possible, but I needed to save my drinking 'til later in the day that day--had a date with my wife that night, and didn't want to be hammered. So, I was forced to stay sober and, thus, endure a painfully slow round of golf.

Other than several uneven and quite destroyed-by-unfilled-divots tee boxes, the course was in pretty good shape. The greens were occasionally peppered with unfixed ball marks, but I blame the idiots in front of us for that. I've never seen such a high concentration of bad golfers other than last Monday; my playing partner and I joked that helmets should be issued in the clubhouse, as balls were whizzing right past us from all directions with too few audible "fore!" warnings the entire round!

I don't mind bad golfers--I acknowledge that we've all been through it at one point or another, so poor play doesn't bother me. However, SLOW bad golf DOES annoy me. Bad players must be conscious enough to realize when they're creating a back-up, and do something to expedite the process (fewer practice swings, less time lining up putts, dropping a ball 150 out and playing from there, etc.), otherwise everyone suffers. Unfortunately, this concept is clearly foreign to some players, so I believe it becomes the marshall's job to get those players moving, and that is one of the ways in which Meadowlark fails. A tendency to pack too many players on the course coupled with an ineffective or non-existent marshall leaves Meadowlark golfers feeling cheated, or, at the least, disappointed. We saw our "Marshall" only once, and that was only after a twosome jumped in front of us on the 9th tee box, citing that they were "in a hurry," causing some kind-hearted soul behind us to call the pro shop. The "Marshall" (in quotes because he was some 18 year old kid who didn't even take out his ear buds to apologize to us about the twosome's faux pas and the 3 hr front nine...not doing much "marshaling") conversed with the offending twosome right in the middle of the fairway (where I was planning to land my recovery shot) for a good 3-4 minutes. When I whistled to get their attention, the kid yelled back, seemingly irritated at ME for some reason, "Hang ON...I'm trying to get everyone back in LINE!" On the next tee box, they let us play through (ironically though, they started the day several groups behind us, so it was strange to thank them for "letting" us through). I only mention this because it was an ironically stupid way to attempt to reconcile the situation, and seems indicative of how things are run at Meadowlark; not blatantly offensive or obviously bad for business, but the staff there handle things in ways that are just a little obnoxious, likely ineffective, and delivered with a slight tone of condescension (or at least a lack of gratitude/professionalism when interacting with customers). I'd say it's about 5% overpriced, too...there are much better courses with better staffs for same or lower green fees In the area, so I'd recommend you keep hunting.....

Good burgers and bloody Mary's, though!