Mountain Vista Golf Club - San Gorgonio Course

Good golfing on a beautiful day, accented by the natural mountain surroundings

Rode the Blacks (6669/71.9/128) with John, Donna and their adult grandscon Nate in 4.5H twilight using UP. The weather was clear, breezy and in the low 70's when we finished around 5pm.

The course is in super condition. Billy Casper designed Par 35-37=72 layout with five par 5's and five par 3's. The front is stacked with par 3's, 4 of your first 8 holes are par 3's. The back 9 averages almost 420 per hole from the Blacks, it plays long.

The tees were lush and well maintained. The Black tees had so few divots they almost looked like artificial turf.

The fairways are lush and very nice to play from.

The rough is super lush and punitive. Thick and just deep enough to make the ball sit down.

The sand traps were nicely maintained with good quality sand. They are thick enough to produce several "fried eggs" in our group.

The large greens putted nice, medium fast speed and firm.

Generous landing areas and the difficulty factor would make it a good choice for players of all skill levels. Some forced carries and water comes into play on many holes. Would be a difficult course to walk, many tees are a long way from the last green. No GPS on the basic carts. The customer service was good from everyone encountered. No drink cart today. Had lunch between rounds, good selection and reasonably priced restaurant. No driving range, you have to go 1/2 mile down the street where the sister Santa Rosa course has a nice, all grass driving range. Definitely recommended.

After having one of the worst experiences of the season at Shadow Mountain, Mountain Vista was a delight.

Beautiful course and in great condition. The only reason I did not give this course 5 stars was the pace of play was rather slow.

Will return to this one.

Was. Not advised by Golf Now this was a Shot Gun at the time of booking

It was fun

Played San Gorgonio a few times in the past but when I checked in for my 11:00 tee time I was informed it was a shotgun start. It worked out but unusual. Cart died on the back nine and had to be rescued. No beverages or food was disappointing.

As wet as it has been in the recent days the course was in excellent condition The fairways were good as were the greens. Hats off to Jeff in the pro shop. Very friendly and welcoming.

Would recommend this course for any player regardless of handicap, it offers a test for all.

Greens are as good as they get. Very very difficult to read with lots of undulation. But in fantastic shape. A pleasure to play on them.

This was our first time playing this course. We had read on Golf Now that if you want to use the driving range you need too go to the other course at Sun City first. We did that but it was really somewhat of a pain. We waited hoping someone would give us a cart but it appeared nobody was working the bag drop so we schlepped our clubs to the range. We had to buy 2 buckets of balls ($4/small bucket) and we warmed up. Then we had to carry our bags all the way back to the car and drive to the course we were playing. It seemed to be a bit of a mad house with dozens of people and a long line to check in. Turned out we were in a shotgun start where everyone would tee off at 1 pm from different holes. We teed off on 2 with a couple of very nice guys. The group directly in front was somewhat slow, but we were happy to finish the round in 4.5 hours (before dark - yay!). The biggest frustration was the speed of the greens. It seemed nearly impossible to hold the green with a shot from the fairway. Definitely a challenge; but overall the course was in good shape and we enjoyed out round.

Good track, great shape, could use some hard liquor on the beer cart!

Fairways are wide and well maintained. Just enough hazards to deal with but otherwise reasonable lay out. Did not lose any ball and shot within my 14 handicap- not bad for first time playing this course.

Very freindly staff and informative.

The pace of play was a little slow but overall it was a great experience.

The greens were very nice and the fairways in excellent condition.

Would recomend to anyone

The course is very well-maintained. Very enjoyable round . I will definitely be back to play again.

Was quite surprised when we got there that there was no range, no food or beverage at the course and that there was no beverage cart on the course. The course itself was in good shape but the "clubhouse (starter shack)" was a waste of time.

What a great fun course, great shape, bunkers, water, doglegs, and fast play. My wife and I can’t wait to get back there to play again.

Nice course. Pace of play was 4 1/2 hours. No marshals visible.

Conditions were good. Greens were undulating and fairways tee boxes were in fine condition

Rode the Blacks (6669/71.9/128) using Forelinx in 4H twilight, barely finishing before darkness. Was matched up with Roger, Luch and Bernardo as part of a twilight shot gun start. The weather was around 70 and sunny with a little breeze.

The course looks immaculate after over seeding. No GPS on the basic carts, no drink cart. Marshall out patrolling trying to enforce POP.

The tees were lush and well maintained.

The fairways were lush and excellent to play from.

The rough is just high enough to grab a longer club.

The sand traps were nicely maintained with good quality sand.

The large greens had a light top dressing, but still putted nice. Medium fast and firm.

Excellent variety of holes. Par 35-37=72 Billy Casper designed layout with five par 5's and five par 3's. The back plays 871 yards longer from the tips and has many more par 4's than the front because the front is stacked with par 3's. Better score on the front, because the back plays LONG @ 3770 yards. Some forced carries and water comes into play on many holes. However, generous landing areas would make it a good choice for players of all skill levels. Not a course to walk, many holes are a hike from the last green. Recommended.

The course was in excellent condition and enjoyable to play. Challenging holes but fairways wide enough so houses not an issue for errant shots. Staff were friendly and helpful. We really enjoyed playing this course. If you want to use the practice range you must stop at the Santa Rosa club house first which you pass on your way to San Gorgonio.

Course and staff very nice. Typical gated community course. No cart girl during the week only on weekends. Place of play a little slow due to cart path only.