Talega Golf Club

Overall great experience. But surprised to find out there was no beverage cart on the course. Fortunately I bought a Gatorade from the snack shack prior to round and joked about a cart girl. The guy there said, oh, we don't have one today. He said it isn't busy enough. Just an FYI... when you check in and pay, they should inform you THEN so you can stock up on beverages and ice as it was high 80's, close to 90 degrees when the sun came out. And the cooler on the carts was empty. No ice in there. They really should inform golfers of this when we pay so you can prep your cart and beverages PRIOR to the round. Not when you are already dehydrated at the turn.

We love coming to Telega. Out of all the public courses in the area, it has the best quality course conditions and variety of holes around (for the money). The pro shop is decent, as is the driving range. There are bunkers and cabbage, and water hazards everywhere, so it’s easy to lose a few balls (plan accordingly). The staff is always friendly and the Marshall makes his way around the course to check-in on people. It’s our go-to course whenever we want to play 18 nearby. Now, for some cons:

The snack bar at the turn is really slow if you’re trying to get a bite, so don’t stop in there thinking you can get a hot dog in 20 seconds and you’re back to the cart.

The pace of play can be much quicker than you want it to be. I say this because we have sometimes had people behind us constantly hitting into us on the fairways and greens due to the multiple blind tee boxes where people are hitting over obstructed-view fairways, not realizing you’re still in their ball path. It can make for a very rushed experience where you aren’t taking your time to think about your swing and it causes a lot of stress and shanked balls. The last time we played there, it felt like the group behind us was breathing down our neck the entire time, trying to rush us off the course. We had balls landing around us while we were trying to swing our next shot.

Conditions were ok for a public course. We started at 6:50 am , they were watering fairways, hit , go to shot they would turn off sprinklers, wet and some mud. On the first three greens a man was watering and was oblivious to us trying to go to green . On the first par 3 , the worker left his cart in front of the green and was working on it. The second 9 had les workers and was more enjoyable.

Don’t play too early

5 hours and 15 minutes to play a round of

golf. Overpriced for what you’re getting

This is one of my favorite public courses in South County, it is in great shape and the course layout is much more fun than similarly priced course such as Tijeras Creek. (Cheaper than Tijeras too) My only issue is that the holes looked like they were cut with a butter knife 2 weeks ago, the way the edges were rounded. I am no tour player, but when a putt goes more then 180 degrees on a lip out on multiple holes for multiple golfers, it’s a bit of an issue.

That is my only gripe, everything else was great! Expect to wait 15 minutes for a hot dog and a beer at the turn. The guy working the snack shack at the turn may be the slowest working person known to man, really ruin pace of play if you have a group ordering food!

Quiet. Quick pace of play. Good track for the money. Wish they took better care of the high-traffic areas such as tee boxes. Some truly challenging holes and a few definitely crammed in.

We played on a Sunday afternoon. The course was had golfers in tee slots for at least the 4 in front of us. but there was no restaurant open, just the convenience counter. Hardly any staff around and not particularly attentive. I went in pro shop for a while but person there didn’t acknowledge me so left. No one at the bag drop.

Golf course needs some TLC and it’s obvious it hasn’t been getting any.

The course layout is wonderful!

Conditions are fair-to-middling.

Pace of play on a beautiful Spring Friday afternoon was slow.

Challenging course, definitely worth playing because of the design…. However, overpriced based on conditions… and outdated cart info system.

All of the staff were rude and it was my first time here I had high hopes for the premium price tag. Course was average at best. The staff were on a high horse and were on their phones while I was asking for directions to the off site driving range. Very rude.

The staff is abrasive and not accommodating. The greens are in decent shape but the fairways and tee boxes need a lot of work at this price point. The starter staff seems very abrasive. This course has decent layout of challenging yet playable holes if only the management would put money into the course vice their pockets..... HONESTLY NOT WORTH THE MONEY ID RATHER PLAY OTHER COURSES TWICE THAT PLAY HERE EVER AGAIN

Greens punching maybe 3 weeks earlier the punch marks were the biggest I’ve seen easy as big as a nickel