San Dimas Canyon Golf Course

We were asked by the Marshall to let the group we skipped pass us because they were part of some “tournament”. We skipped them because they were extremely slow. The group in front of them were a hole ahead of them and we right behind them. They would take forever to tee up even when no one was on the fairway or green. The Marshall saw all this and did not tell them anything.

I have been playing at San Dimas occasionally for the last 15 years, and I like the course, and the conditions have always been decent. However, my most recent round there may be my last.

While I expect Friday late morning rounds won't be lightning fast, the pace was horrifying. We started by teeing off 20 minutes on a perfectly sunny day. Hole #1 and #2 generally play slow on this course, a short Par 4, followed by a short Par 3. After the late tee-off, we slowly worked through both holes, arriving at #2 with a group in front of us in the box waiting to hit.

#3 is a Par 5; in experience, this is where groups space themselves out, and the pace becomes normal. That didn't happen this round. We again had to wait as the group in front of us waiting for the group in front of them to clear. This repeated itself on #4, where we caught up to the horror of seeing three groups waiting to hit on the adjacent Par 3, #5. There were 16 golfers, four hitting when we worked past them on #4. We then waited 30+ minutes to hit on #5, realizing we had played just four holes in about 80 minutes after teeing off 20 minutes late.

Pace did pick up slightly, and we completed nine holes in 2:45 minutes, but none of us bothered to continue when we saw three groups waiting at #10. The kicker was when we approached the staff at the temporary clubhouse only to be told this was normal.

San Dimas has a burnt-down clubhouse, portapotties, and 5+ hour "normal" rounds now, and won't ever get my business again.

Excellent weather and sunny contrary to forecast. Play was so slow ppl just quit at Hole 7 ish. Took us 4 hours to get to Hole 14 and had to quit.

A couple of Filipino guya just jumped past us at Hole 8. They eventually quit too. Rude.

No feast rooms, only porta potty’s. That are full of poo poo. They have not empty in 3 days. No water to wash your hands also.

The winter grasses are now in on most courses. The fairway grass is short and firm. Very few bald spots around the course.

The greens are lightning quick- rolling around a 12. If you get on the wrong side of the hole- good luck stopping your putt.

The General Manager worked with me to resolve an issue- and I thank him for that !!!

The coarse was in good condition, it was a little crowded which slowed things down some. Saw a mother Bobcat and one of her kittens.