Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club

My reflections on the day may be tempered by my first hole-in-one on the 150 yd par 3 17th (Los Lagos).!

Pace of play is an absolute joke here, not sure what the course Marshalls are getting paid to do here. No way a 5k yard course should take 6 hours. If you don’t mind waiting 20 minutes in between every shot then it’s a fine course. Doesn’t help that they started sending out groups of 5. Tee time was scheduled for 9:30am, didnt tee off until 9:55am.

Great golf course that is well maintained. Slower pace but for me I don’t mind as I am in no rush. People at the shop are nice and good at keeping the flow of check in.

Los Lagos was a fun challenge to deal with some added length compared to other local courses. It was fairly well maintained, though fairways do have some bare areas. Greens were good and fair with some challenge due to contours. Generally a well designed course. BUT, the pace of play was terrible with at least 5 minutes of wait time on every tee box. Started at 1:00 and didn't finish till after 6:30. Eventually lost interest in the round as the cold ocean air moved in and the sun started to set behind the cool ocean clouds.

They jam t-times and it’s always a 5 1/2 hour round. If you play in the afternoon, you never finish. The staff knows it and they don’t care!

The other here is are correct, this is a very slow course. Took five hours to finish.

AVOID

I have never been more frustrated on course. I know there are jokes about a 6 hour round, but when you have OVER 4 groups waiting on a par 3? Something is wrong. Our round took 6 FULL hours. Some of you may be thinking, what about a marshal? Oh no he was there, he drove by as fast as he could and tipped his hat every time I tried to wave him down to ask. But it’s not the marshals fault, rather the 8 minute tee time separations, and the poor management.

I understand courses can be difficult and slow down pace of play, but how does a course like costs mesa take 6 hours. Absolutely waste of money….

Oh the conditions were ok. The grass was green and for a 6 hour round I guess that’s all you can except.

Best part is I went in and the staff told me, oh we don’t have this problem with weekday pre 9am tee times. Really… really? Great help buddy.

Absolutely so disappointed and just frankly ruined the Saturday.

Do not come here on the weekend if you can, it’s the worst experience on a golf course.