San Dimas Canyon Golf Course

Every time I play here I keep hoping beyond hope that my experience will be different but it never is because it really is a fun layout with great greens. BUT that's where the good stuff ends. The pace of play kills any enjoyment that could be had. They were 45 minutes behind when we got there and we were 2 deep on every tee box (sometimes 3) all day long. And this is normal. It would have been a 6 hour round but we never even finished because of darkness. They overbook like crazy and allow 5-somesomes. Need I say more. We played here because my son was home from college and used to play a lot of his high school golf here so he wanted to revisit old memories. He was hugely disappointed. So, I can safely say I am done ever playing here again. There are to many other good courses out there that care about your overall experience. This one doesn't

The staff was excellent. It appears there was overbooking of Tee times. A 30 minute delayed start with a very slow pace took over 3 hours to complete nine holes of an 18 hole game.

I will say the reception is the best. She assign me to play second and no waiting.
I never see the staff is so nice to think about play's need.

Loved the greens, rolled well and were extremely fast, a couple of the pin placements were a little to tough for the speed of the greens, But i still loved them. The course had some interesting holes. The traps were in great shape. They had a tournament earlier in the day that was a little larger than expected and were very slow, had a tee tine for 12:22, didn't tee off till 12:40. The staff were nice, and were apologetic for the delay. They gave us range balls to warm up. Even with the delay enjoyed the day and the course.

Not recommended if you have been going to private courses (including the ones that used to be private)

I don't know why they still allow playing five somes there. Nine out of ten times end up we have to wait, wait and end up lost our phases and fun of playing golf there. Some of my friends already decide from now on no matter what kind of good deals they post in this course, they are going to avoid because it will end up standing and waiting under the sun and swearing and cursing again and again. Yesterday out of four somes in my group, two left after finish nine holes because of this situation.

I think if we where not in a water shorted the fairway would have been better.

I give 4 stars for the conditions because the fairways are dry. the rough is non existent, but the greens are very nice and fast. Some may be faster than others, but they are generally fast. Average pace of play because on beautiful days it is crowded. Today it was over 100 degrees so there was nobody out there. Pro shop staff has always been friendly. Never have tried the food. Driving Range is just 7 or 8 stalls with a giant net. Putting green is nice though. Very fun course, some holes require absolute accuracy, others let you grip it and rip it. Very tough collection of par 3's so birdie the par 5's and #2. Do not land your chip shots or pitch shots on the fringe unless you want them to stop hard. The fringes are very soft and tricky to gauge. Oh yeah there were five deer across the tee box on #10 so that was cool. There are a few gimmicky holes that require you to hit over fountains, trees, etc. But, the signature # 16 is awesome, watch the wind and just club up.

First off the staff is very friendly and even thou the course is a little burnt out it still is in good condition. Pace was great 3:20 for 18. I will definitely come back.

Not the best course for a novice as there are quite a few tricky shots to make. Fairways are pretty well kept even in the crazy drought and greens play about medium speed dispite some unexpected whooptie do's. Overall, great course to play but keep it in the fairway if you can!

The fairways were lush and plentiful.
The greens were in the best shape in more than 40 years.
The starter was nice and personable. The course was busy but fast. We were the first ones out but let a really fast 2 some ahead.
The 10th tee box had a female deer and it's fawn. Really a cute sight. The only other place you get that is Eagle Glen. We played in about 3 hours. We played really well and since the conditions were pristine that really helped. The special in the morning was 32.02. Really a fun and nice golf course!

Played 6/27/2015. Conditions were great even considering the drought in California. A few areas of dead grass here and there on the fairways. Greens were in excellent shape. Our round was quite slow - about 5 hours, mainly due to a lolly gagging foursome in front of us. Overall it was a great outing.

You might see some “weird” golfer in this course sometime. We played on June 21, and there were a four somes group in front of us. When we were waiting on the tee box for 10 minutes, another group were coming behind us, and the green was clear. The four somes were not trying to lay up to the green instead they were trying to retrieve their ball from the water….. just can’t understand.

Our threesome was booked for 9:16. We arrived with enough time to hit a few balls and use the putting green. On arrival we were told that we had been moved up to 9:08 and a twosome would be added to our threesome. The course was putting out fivesomes all morning. We had to argue with the starter to get carts to go to the driving range. He pointed out that it was only a short walk up the hill (about 500 yards). We waited on every tee and on some tees there were three groups waiting ahead of us. We avoided the extra two people so we were a threesome and we played as quickly as we could and ended with a six hour round. I would not recommend this course to anyone on a weekend.

Pace of play was agonizing. My foursome took five and a half hours to complete our round. I liked the setup with plenty of challenging fairways and fast sloping greens.

This was my second time playing this course and I love everything about it except in both visits the back nine was terrible with regard to pace of play. The front nine we got through in 1hr 45min but the back 9 took 2hrs just to get to hole 16 and we had to leave from there. Very disapointed because I really like the course.

Friends and I have been here before and had the same, painfully slow experience. I know they've had complaints before about 5somes and pace of play but this is the worse I've ever experienced and absolutely not go back.

Very clean course. Greens are kept and so are the fairways. Staff was very friendly and even offered to order my breakfast burrito. Driving range is small but don't need a big one when u have such a beautiful course. Carts are kept clean. Sand bunkers use fine sand and plenty of rakes.

No mention of course being airated. also gps was wrong! said flag was in back of green when it was actually in front!

First time playing this course...overall the course was in good shape and a good value. Only complaint was the pace of play...we had two five somes in front of us and it was slow...we actually skipped ahead two holes on the back to get going. I expect a 5 hour round on the weekend, but not at 9:30 on a Wednesday...