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Destroyer at Seal Beach Navy Golf Course
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The Navy Golf Course Seal Beach is a 27-hole facility that includes the championship Destroyer Course and the nine-hole executive Cruiser Course. The 6,780-yard Destroyer Course presents a challenge even for low handicappers with a slew of hazards coming into play throughout. The small greens have challenging slopes ranging from subtle breaks to dramatic drop-offs. To make them even tougher, you'll find strategically placed bunkers lurking along the edges. The tricky doglegs, which are mostly par 4s, will force you to think carefully about your club selection, and to top it all off, water makes an appearance on almost every hole. It's a long golf course that feels even longer due to the rolling terrain, but it is more forgiving than it seems with long, wide fairways that won't penalize you for being slightly errant.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6780 yards | 72.8 | 129 |
| White | 72 | 6463 yards | 71.3 | 125 |
| Red | 72 | 5847 yards | 68.5 | 117 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5847 yards | 74.5 | 131 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 72.4/129 W: 79.1/141 | 371 | 332 | 532 | 375 | 366 | 570 | 407 | 391 | 182 | 3526 | 371 | 180 | 368 | 516 | 422 | 167 | 444 | 221 | 565 | 3254 | 6780 |
| White M: 70.8/125 W: 77.2/137 | 361 | 289 | 506 | 359 | 359 | 550 | 387 | 380 | 152 | 3343 | 355 | 164 | 347 | 493 | 410 | 160 | 435 | 207 | 549 | 3120 | 6463 |
| Gold M: 68.1/117 | 338 | 284 | 457 | 344 | 351 | 497 | 334 | 357 | 122 | 3084 | 346 | 135 | 280 | 448 | 395 | 108 | 377 | 196 | 478 | 2763 | 5847 |
| Red W: 73.6/129 | 338 | 284 | 457 | 344 | 351 | 497 | 334 | 357 | 122 | 3084 | 346 | 135 | 280 | 448 | 395 | 108 | 377 | 196 | 478 | 2763 | 5847 |
| Handicap | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 16 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 12 |
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Photo submitted by GolfJaime on 07/11/2025
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Photo submitted by GolfJaime on 07/11/2025
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Photo submitted by GolfJaime on 07/11/2025
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Photo submitted by oZWjBrm877ES8dkB0pqY on 02/25/2025
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Photo submitted by Mikesta1 on 04/21/2023
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Photo submitted by u314159904067 on 09/13/2021
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Photo submitted by u314159904067 on 09/13/2021
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Photo submitted by rodneyd1 on 12/24/2019
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2nd hole Photo submitted by beautifullife on 12/18/2019
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Navy Golf Course Seal Beach (Destroyer), hole 5 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 10/11/2019
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Navy Golf Course Seal Beach (Destroyer), hole Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 10/11/2019
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Navy Golf Course Seal Beach (Destroyer), hole 16 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 10/11/2019
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Photo submitted by u000002732645 on 07/25/2019
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Photo submitted by u340515415 on 06/28/2019
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Name Sake Photo submitted by u272841062 on 06/01/2018
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1st Tee is Beautiful Photo submitted by u272841062 on 06/01/2018
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Now Thats A Waste Bunker Photo submitted by u272841062 on 06/01/2018
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9th hole, 185yards. Blue tees. Photo submitted by believeme2 on 10/20/2013
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The 9th Hole with pond and Destroyer model Photo submitted by AirFed on 06/15/2013
Not like it use to be
Greens are sandy and unkept, fairways are not what they use to be, slow pace and worst of all don’t get ice from the snack shack on destroyer. Was in a dirty bucket in ground thet was lined with cheap trash bag. It had dirt and smelt like plastic. Ruined my drink I out in it. Not satisfied which is a shame cause I loved this course
Hello, kook92683. Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback on your recent round with us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and we apologize if we missed the mark. Please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop with any additional concerns. Thanks for choosing Destroyer at Seal Beach Navy Golf Course.
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Problems
Maybe my favorite regular course. Always in great shape. Ive never seen it this bad EVER! I dont know whats going on but i would avoid for the next few months at least. Greens are 50% dead, fairways are butched with multiple dirt and dead lies. Figure it out quickly.
Thank you for taking the time to review and leave feedback on your recent round with us, brettly714. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience you experienced. Your feedback is extremely important to us. Our utmost goal is always to provide our golfers a fun and enjoyable time and apologize if we missed the mark. We will take your feedback and use it as a chance to improve. We hope to see you again soon, and thanks for choosing Destroyer at Seal Beach Navy Golf Course
Hi, u000003820564. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thanks for choosing Destroyer at Seal Beach Navy Golf Course.
Worst Course Condition Ever
I have played this course for over 20 years & have loved it. Recently they raised their rates to what I believe are too high so I will probably now only play at twilight rates. But first the course condition needs to improve.. The course condition is generally great but this round was horrible. On quite a few of my shots that actually hit the fairway I was hitting my next shot off of dirt. The greens have always been great but there were multiple times in the round that I could not putt without going over multiple dead spots. 75% of one of the greens looked dead.
I generally love this course but was VERY VERY disappointed in the condition for this round. It will be a while before I try to play here again & this is said because it's the closest course to my home.
Hello, Robin1291636. Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback on your recent round with us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and we apologize if we missed the mark. Please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop with any additional concerns. Thanks for choosing Destroyer at Seal Beach Navy Golf Course.
What happened to this course?
This course used to be a nice course. Greens used to be the best in Orange County. Not sure what happened. Looks like they cut a lot of water. Every green has several dozen bald spots. Fairways are patchy at best. Lakes/ponds have completely dried out. Challenging/fun layout, but I would probably pay $20-30 at most to play here. They are charging $70. Which is absurd for a course in this condition.
On top of that, pro shop employees both looked like they hated their jobs and were irritated with ppl coming in to pay and play. Big sighs, and uninterested in being friendly.
Save your money and play elsewhere. Long Beach public courses are much nicer and way better value for the money.
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Need s Repairs
Use to be a good course. Now just paid $70 to play on dirt fairways
Hi kjahlvin, thanks for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry your experience didn’t match your expectations. It was an uncommon instance and we’ll do better in the future.
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Used to be a gem
I can't count how many times I've called this course my favorite course in the area, but that all changed today. The conditions at heartwell or costa mesa CC are better. The greens are being eaten by fungus and have turned to dirt on every hole on the destroyer course. The tee boxes have thin grass on every box. You can see the dirt. I don't mind the dry lake beds because we can play out of them, but I am blown away by how horrible this golf course has become. I was here a month ago and the greens were at least in good condition. You can't even putt them. No reading these greens. It's embarassing. This course was lovely when Trump was directing this governments troop amenities. I wonder what's changed?
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, devinfalk. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Destroyer at Seal Beach Navy Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Drought conditions
This course is in desperate need of water. Fairways are rock hard, dry and bare. All water hazards except one on hole 5 are dry lake beds. Greens are bumpy and full of imprints and un-repaired ball marks. Bunkers have little to no sand consisting of hard pan under a thin layer of dirt. Tee boxes are hit and miss with grass. Course was in much better shape in winter.
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Not worth what they are charging
Not sure what is happening here but fairways are bone dry with bare spots in between dry patches of grass. Bunkers have more hard packed dirt than sand, Dry lakes on all former water hazards and hard, dry, bumpy greens. Foursome of Asian men in front of us were painfully slow. Our group waited for five minutes on every shot and 10 minutes for them to putt. No one enforcing pace of play.
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u314161023119, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Destroyer at Seal Beach Navy Golf Course.
Hello Jsyang0505,
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star!
Hello, lakers23. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.
We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.
Hi, lakers23. Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback.
Starters was confused
The person who was running the tee times looked lost. It was unorganized and too many tee times together. I hope Corona courses get maintained better again so there are more options than this course.
Hi lakers23, thanks for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry your experience didn’t match your expectations. It was an uncommon instance and we’ll do better in the future.
Please feel free to reach out to us with any further comments, concerns, or suggestions you wish to share. Thank you for playing.
Greens was tricky
Usually have good experience but 50 year old white marshall was horrible. The tone he talks to players and not just one group but overall was rude. He gives off a bad vibe not inky for himself but he just has bad aura. He needs to watch his tone especially for someone making minimum wage. If he is so mad at his own life, he should actually do something with his life. Be happy brokey and enjoy your free perks of playing for free once in while.
Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback of your recent round with us. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience you experienced at the course with us. Your feedback is extremely important to us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and apologize if we missed the mark.
Marshall is a bitter person haha
Enjoyed but marshall could learn some manners. He seemed mad at life which is a bummer for him. Golf is fun.
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Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u314162326786! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Destroyer at Seal Beach Navy Golf Course!
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