Meadowlark GC
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3.7
1126 Reviews (1126)
5 Stars
172
4 Stars
523
3 Stars
259
2 Stars
100
1 Stars
72
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.7
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.9
77.9%
Recommend this course
881 out of 1126 reviews
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3.4
24 Reviews (24)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.6
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.4
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.3
62.5%
Recommend this course
15 out of 24 reviews
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3.5
39 Reviews (39)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
8
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1
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5
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.6
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.3
71.8%
Recommend this course
28 out of 39 reviews
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Course Highlights
Friendly staff and well-managed pace of play make rounds here consistently enjoyable for golfers of all skill levels. The course's proximity to the ocean keeps temperatures comfortable, and fast greens provide a satisfying challenge.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 5568 yards
Slope 128
Rating 73.3

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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Course Details

Year Built 1922
Fairways Bermuda/Kikuyu Grass
Greens Poa Annua Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William P. Bell (1922)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Lounge, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.7
1126 Reviews (1126)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 40
Watching the Game 19
Brunch 13
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 46
Elevation Changes 34
Bunkers 33
This course/club is great for:
Locals 64
Beginners 37
Walkers 35
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 49
In the 'Burbs 16
Near Local Attractions 15

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Reviews 5
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Like Meadowlark

A friendly suburban GC; lot's of family and teenager action.
Play was a little slow, but it was Saturday after some rain.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

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!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

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?

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

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!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
2.0
First Time Playing
Average weather
Walked

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!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good greens

First off the girl at the desk was very friendly. I was a single and she said go out with any foursome you want when your ready. So I went right out. They seeded areas of the course and the whole course was over watered. The fairways were soaked with puddles. So it was cart path only. The pace of play was very slow with no ranger in sight. The only plus were the greens were in great shape.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cheap round? Call first to find out why!

We grabbed $25 rounds for Fri., 11/8. Usually we enjoy this course, but it was 100% cart path only, soaking wet and full of huge puddles and mud and the delightful manure smell..that's right...course was over seeded !

Bleh. Smelled awful all day long, clothes were mud splattered and it was slow because of cart path only.

Buyer beware.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Course, too slow of play

The tee times were too close together for this course. The course is pretty easy so pace of play should be quicker. It doesn't take long for this course to get backed up. It did have some nice features such as extra putting greens around tee boxes. This helps to keep one occupied while waiting to tee off.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
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