Singing Hills Golf Resort at Sycuan - Willow Glen

Played this course alot and always been a great deal but yesterday was terrible. Fairways are scorched (which I can deal with because of the heat) but it seems that since they are redoing Oak course, they dont care about this one- esp for $90.

What was worse was the staff. Snack shop at 10 was closed (even thoughh they told us it was open, groundskeeper was watering our green at 2pm for over 10min while we are on the fairway waiting to hit onto it and when we asked for ice at the snack shack for our cooler, were told they cant give us ice- despite spending money & buying drinks. 103 degrees out and they cant give out ice.

This course use to be one of the nicest in San Diego but unfortunately in the last year or so has been let go. They clearly have stop putting money into this course to maintain it. You walk in and have 4 people in the pro shop for no apparent reason. I'm sure with 2 is good enough, that allows them to have 2 more people as green keepers. The rough is way over grown, fairways soaked and muddy. Bunkers with hard sand filled with rocks. Greens were ok but clearly needed some work also. Overall a depressing feeling at this course, the Staff also seems to be upset with the conditions. They seem to maybe know this course will be sold or closed in the near future. It's sad because Sycuan casino clearly is doing well but they have chosen to separate themselves from this course.

It’s definitely one of the better golf courses in San Diego. Just wish it wasn’t as pricey but with the way things are going with the popularity of golf it’s excepted. But overall it’s a fun course to play.

Was a single on slow day and given my own cart, great for my situation as care giver to homebound in-laws. Upon first tee Rick said must pair up in cart. I explained my position was told this is policy! Told me Al said I must! It was very slow day even let other twosome hang back and play alone….. I would have appreciated extra health care consideration since they even issued my own cart to begin.

I checked in assigned a cart as a single all great! About to tee off and was asked by Rick to share cart with other single already in cart. I explained I’m elder care giver like to stay alone. Rick said no it’s policy or pay another $20. I asked for his boss, said it’s Al and he said no, that’s it! Place wasn’t busy just wanted more $$$.

Too bad I’m a senior who cares for homebound senior and no flexibility for the POLICY.

The course was is decent condition, but the pace of play was slow and not a marshal in sight to help. If you play this course as a single golfer, you will be charged an additional $25 if you want your own cart. This is a brand new policy and an obvious cash grab by the course management. It is too bad that a course already charging around $100 a round on a weekday also wants to soak you for another $25 for a single cart!

Just a fair course set into a little valley. Went with my 24 year old son. We had a blast. The carts must have the UC San Diego IT department programming them. This cart drove itself and ALWAYS made sure you were safe. Greens were a little soft and everything bit. I loved the long par 3 with the waterfall on the right.

I would play it again

Lots of course improvement taking place now however I think on only one hole we played a temporary green. Fairways good. Greens good. Greg value for the money, GPS carts with ball/club washer and ice chest are nice features. We’ll play again soon.

Grabbed a hot deal for $68 on a Friday at noon. We got sent out early and played in about 4.5 hours but never really waited too long to make it miserable. Greens were slow but in very good condition. Fairways were hit and miss just like most courses right now.

Nice course,. Been coming here for years. Love the GPS carts with attached ice chest and club/ball washer. Course is in great shape. I’ll be back again!

Course is rad. Been playing here for years. But the only way they will give you a cooler full of ice is if you buy a $46 6 pack of beer. We bought a few beers, water and Gatorade. They gave us 1 16 ounce cup of ice. It’s in the mid 90’s out there. Come on people. You own a casino. You don’t have enough money. Maybe when someone passes out from heat stroke they will change it. Also. No coolers on the tee boxes. Get it together people. We’re thirsty!

Willow Glen was a fun track . Required a variety of tee shots. Greens were very good. Staff could be more aware of what’s going on out there ….

Nice pro Shop!

Singing Hills has been one of my favorite places to play for over 20 years. However, their recent changes and complete lack of concern has led me to never visit again. Recently, they removed colored flags from the greens. I brought this up to quite a few employees at the course, and was eventually directed to the General Manager. When I spoke to the GM, I was told that is the way it is, if you have a cart you have the pin location information. I responded, what about walkers, and then suggested they create pin sheets, loan out rangefinders to walkers, or just put the colored flags back. I was told this is the way it is and if I watched golf on the weekends I would see that they do not use colored flags, a comparison I find ridiculous as I have neither a caddy to supply the information or the time to walk the entire course in advance of playing.

During my last round there, on Tuesday, June 28th, the following occurred:

I looked forward to refilling my water and getting something additional to drink at the turn, but the snack bar was closed. I gave the pro shop a call to request the cart, but also closed. Never did we see the beverage cart during our round. When it is over 90 degrees, it would be nice to have a way to get something to drink.

Finally, as we approached the final hole, the GPS in the cart of my playing partners shut down for the day. I guess you were trying to make the riders feel the same pain we walkers feel going without information.

I emailed the course to discuss my concerns once again and received this reply from the Director of Golf:

Our policies are our policies and they are not going to change we are looking to partner with patrons that not have patrons that do not complain at the first sight of change. We have made some changes and most likely others are coming. You have every right to play where you want to play and we have every right to manage our business the way we see fit.

We feel at the end of the day we will have some nice courses that offer players a completive and nice place to play. I think at this point it’s probably best you move on.

Regards,

Alan Vallecorsa

Director Of Golf Operations

Alan is suggesting that I am in the wrong as I complained about "changes" and has told me not to play there in the future.

It must be nice to have so much demand that you can alienate very loyal customers, but I guess that is the situation Singing Hills is in. If you do decide to play there, beware if you are a walker as they are charging the same rate as the riding rate.