Meadowlark Golf Course
About
Meadowlark Golf Club in Huntington Beach is a player-friendly layout that is a popular choice amongst locals. Like most classically designed layouts, the course is short and tight but that also makes it easily walkable. The pin placements on the greens can be tricky and there are also some challenging water hazards that come into play on several holes. The golf course will test your short game skills but there are wide, player-friendly fairways that balance the trickier elements. Beware, though, numerous trees on the golf course make many of the tee shots tight and narrow. It is not an overly difficult layout but it is an enjoyable round that players of any skill level will enjoy. Meadowlark also offers affordable rates that make it doubly appealing.
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Golfer Photos
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Teeing off on Hole 5 from the white's Photo submitted by AtHeart1CaliGurl on 06/08/2026
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Photo submitted by soldieroverhere on 09/13/2025
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Photo submitted by soldieroverhere on 09/13/2025
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Photo submitted by jhjoe on 09/24/2022
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Photo submitted by chungb22 on 12/04/2019
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My best club is my wood--bat. Photo submitted by u109284362 on 11/02/2014
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Photo submitted by nsims42 on 03/15/2013
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Photo submitted by nsims42 on 03/15/2013
Golfer Reviews
5hour, 15 min. round
Beautiful Thursday February afternoon. Course in pretty good shape, including the greens. However, the bunkers were mostly soaking wet. Practically impossible to blast out of them. 5 hours and 15. min. to play this 5600 yard course. Unbelievable! Not a marshall in sight to improve the pace. The 90 degree rule on many fairways and the 'use cart path only' rule on some holes costs us about 45 minutes.
Suggest using the 'waving up' rule on the par 3's.
First time out.
Looking forward to playing it again although it was slow.
WEEK DAY WONDER
This course is in good condition right now and the greens roll true and smooth. Accuracy is a bonus as many of the holes have narrow fairways with trees on both sides. There is water to contend with on a few holes that require stategy for the risk/reward benefits. The back 9 is the longer and more difficult of the course and has rolling hills and some elevated greens that are challenging.
Fun track!
This is a great course for begginers looking to play par 5s after they have been getting used to par 4s. Love the layout.
Good Value
First time playing. Great deal for $15. Not sure I would play it for the usual rate of $40+. Pretty wide open but lots of trees to make it challenging. The roughs are indeed rough. Club up twice!
Slow play anyone?
Teed off at 11am, played the last hole in the dark? This is like torture for a course under 6000 yards.
A twosome was befores us while I played in a threesome, maybe we should have combined?
Watch out for ball stealers, I called for my ball, they hit it anyway, leaving a cheaper ball.
Greens are a bit bumpy.
I played this course years ago, what happened, american golf?
Fun for the average player
I enjoyed the golf there very much. The staff was very friendly. I've played there several times in the last few years and I think it's in better than usual condition right now.
Customer friendly accessibility and layout
This was my first time playing Meadowlark and couldn't have enjoyed it more (unless I would have played better). The weather was great for January! The course was in excellent condition. My biggest complaint was that the mats on the driving range had no rubber tees.
Best "Bloody Mary" in SoCal
As the title states, the bartender makes the best "Bloody Mary" in SoCal. The food is always good and the waitstaff very friendly. The tee times generally run about 10 minutes late and they have since I started playing there. It's a nice place to tune up your game and enjoy a round with friends.
Play here
great course and even better people. Always helping us out and making sure we get out on time.
Pace of play was perfect, no waiting on any tee.
Hate the slow play
I like the course in general, but the grass condition on much of the course is pretty bad. Especially behind the greens, some lies are unplayable due to rock hard soil conditions. In addition, the huge amount of leaves on the course make it tough to find your ball. The greens were in good shape and the rough well managed. The play was so slow that we started at just past noon and played the last two holes in near darkness.
Over Crowded
I used the Golf Now App to find an early twilight time to go with a good friend on a rare Saturday we both had off. Golf Now booked us at 1:18pm without any issues. When we arrived, Meadowlark had 4 groups waiting at the 1st Tee, there was a 20 minute wait for a golf cart, and we finally tee'd off at about 1:45. Once we hit the course, we were 2 twosomes in 2 carts following 3 walkers. Then we would arrive at the next tee to watch two groups in front of us tee off, averaging 15 minutes waiting a tee. We never made it to the 7th hole, there were 4 groups waiting at that par 3, so we turned around and played 1-6 again, just to get our moneys worth, and barely squeezed in those again by nightfall. So that was 1-6 two times, in 4.5 hours!
OK course for the price
Course was ok for a public course. Staff was friendly and the course moved. I thought It would be a little better for an Orange County Course in Huntington Beach, but it was fine.. Slater's 50/50 on Beach Blvd and Adams sure hit the spot after!
Overcrowed
Got there on time and was told they were 30 minutes behind...then had to walk on 1st hole as they had no carts. Waited at every hole and ended up only finished 12 holes...terrible. Won't go here again.
Meadowlark Runs The Gamut
This is a good course if you have a few things to work on in your game. Lots of ways to recover from wayward shots, and you'll hit just about every club in your bag at least once.
You'll want to play winter rules as the fairways can be a little dry, patchy, and sometimes muddy (from watering). There are a few elevated greens, turtle shell greens, and those holes can change from a 3 or 4 to a 6 or 7 in a hurry.
Be advised...this IS a muni course, so expect some slow play and errant shots. When it's crowded, they might run out of carts, or let five-somes play. The course can be fun to play, or be extremely aggravating, depending on the day.
The course was fun and offered a challenge as well.
Our round was very enjoyable. We checked in with the golf shop with ease, and didn't experience any issues throughout our day. The course was in great condition, and the greens were in great shape as well!
Fun course for spur of the moment golf. Great Value and better than average conditions
Fun course for spur of the moment golf. Great Value and better than average conditions
Bring your hard hat, and a book to read.
I've never seen a course so busy. We went out 20 minutes after our tee time and our two-some went out with 3 others as a 5 some. We waited on every tee box for the 4 some in front of us(sometimes the group infront of them were on the tee box still!#. It was like LA rush hour traffic on the golf course. This short course crammed on a small piece of land that has fairways adjacent to others, you will be hearing #and maybe saying# "FORE!" a lot. We had to call it quits after the 12th hole because of darkness #4:40pm), and we had a 12:20 tee time! Took us 4 hours to play 12 holes! Don't know how the course justified sending so many groups out. Saw other 5-some groups sent out in front of us, and behind us. Guys we played with said the course isn't usually this busy, and that it was probably due to the holiday, but course shouldn't have booked so many tee times. Disappoointed, and wouldn't play again.
course needs a marshall !!!!!!!!
took almost 6 hours ,teed off just after 10am, 1st group after the last group of a best ball tournament.saw 3 of the groups waiting for the greens to clear on par 4s before teeing off not one marshall on course to do anything about it.a friend of mine teed off at 1115 took him 3.5 hours to play NINE holes, not acceptable