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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7012 yards
Slope 142
Rating 74.1

The Links at Summerly borders Lake Elsinore, southern California's largest natural lake. The Ortega Mountains and the Cleveland Natural Forest are also the golf course's neighbors. Although it feels nicely secluded, the Links are conveniently just minutes from Temecula. The design tumbles across a rolling terrain that is accented with 3 miles of Scottish-style burns. The natural mounding was deftly incorporated throughout the golf course. The rugged landscape, reminiscent of courses in the British Isles, gives it the look and feel of a traditional links layout. It is a formidable test that features heavily undulated fairways and an abundance of kidney-shaped bunkers. Although there are some tricky holes, each one was designed to offer several different playing strategies. Thought and imagination are required, but you will also have to use every club in your back to navigate the twists and turns of the Links at Summerly.

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Course Details

Year Built 2008
Architect Cal Olson (2008)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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2.8
1462 Reviews (1462)

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Review of Links at Summerly

Worst course I have ever played. Cannot believe golf now sells green fees there. Had to play off dirt on all the holes. Greens had grass but greens were not in good shape.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

A Bomb went off

Course if you can still call it one was all dried up worst course I ever played

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Good time

Greens are premiere and roll true. Fairways look dormant, playing fast and firm. Staff are friendly, cart girl has ice cold beer. Will be back this week.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played

Save your Money

Worst condition to play on, dead grass expert the greens. Save your money and play somewhere else

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Worst fairways in SoCal

This course has no fairways, its like playing on a dirt patch from hole 1 to the end. It is so bad that I stopped playing at the 3rd hole and wanted a refund, they told me that they don’t give a refund or rain check. They don’t tell you about the course conditions when you go there, apparently it happened due to some fault because of which they could not water the fairways for months. I will not recommend playing here if you want to play golf. This place is not a golf course, its open field where you can hit balls.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointing Fairway conditions…

Sand fairways!

Greens ok !

Take water, no igloos to hydrate available.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 79
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

VERY BAD

Do not waste your money playing at this course. This is a golf course with NO GRASS . Feels more like playing a Golf course out of a desert apocalypse movie.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Bargain

I play here multiple times weekly for the fun, challenging play and the bargain green fees. Other courses around are double and triple the cost per round. The fairways are dormant and give you a lot of roll and tight lies. The greens are spectacular. Overall a lot of fun at an incredible value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

This will be your worst round of golf you ever played.

The course is in horrendous shape. Do not waste your money. Any other option is a better choice. It was very very bad.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens were in good condition, but there was zero grass on any of the fair ways.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Perfect weather
Used cart

Budget course

Fun track and budget friendly. The layout is unique and gives you a true links experience. Tee boxes and fairways have dormant grass, playing fast and firm. If you can handle tight lies with the long irons you'll have fun. Greens are in premiere condition and roll true. Green surrounds are in excellent condition. As long as your approach shot is on or around the green, you'll be in great shape. At $39 a round, I play here as much as possible.. Bar is open all week long and the cart girl makes her rounds on the weekends and has a good variety of ice cold beers to keep the buzz going.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Cheap price cheap course

I guess you get your moneys worth. I’ve played this course many times, and always in bad shape. Water drainage, a huge problem and many dry spots dead grass.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Ownership has given up

This use to be one of my favorite tracks when it first opened, but the fairway grass was spotty until recently. After all the rains this winter, the course had come back and was in decent shape when I played it a few months ago, but yesterday I was shocked how bad the conditions are.

Fairways and tees are 95% sandy dirt. Looked like they hadn't seen a drop of watering in months. Greens are still decent, but everything else is bad. Traps have zero sand in them, and are more like gravel pits.

Even the range is bad. There were a total of 4 mats on the entire range and they were so lumpy and uneven, it was hard to stop a ball from rolling around long enough to hit it. And speaking of the balls, you have to buy them in the pro shop (instead of the machine that used to be down on the range) and for $11 dollars, you get a medium bucket of balls in the worst condition imaginable. More than half of them had some sort of major damage that most ranges would throw them away.

At least the pace of play was good, as the only people there were also fooled by the green grass pics and the promise of a nice round.

Current ownership has run this place into the ground. So sad.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Mixed feelings....

I love the layout, but it is in terrible shape and poorly marked...sight lines are underwhelming and you ate really guessing off the tee...the greens are in GREAT shape...but it just makes it weird. Over watered and soft greens on an underwatered hard fast course is really odd....but kind of fun because you can throw darts at them...this course could be really great. Guessing the water bill is really holding it back. I will be back though. If you just LOVE golf like I do....3 hour rounds at the price point is great.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Dry Course

I was extremely disappointed at the DRY conditions this course has. There are no GREENS in ANY of the fairways at all, only when you reach your hole and put.

The lack of grass and only dirt hard as cement and small rocks everywhere would damage your clubs in an instant.

Based on the pictures that I saw on the internet, I was drawn to it, but it was just smoked mirrors.

I requested my money back after trying to play 6 holes but was not able to get it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 39
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Summery Desert

Couldn’t tell fairways from the dry rough; we wondered many times which was the actual direction to the holes - the greens where nice to be fair. Clubhouse folks were very nice. Quit at 13.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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