Welk Resort San Diego - Fountains Executive Course

As visitors from the UK we didn’t recognise the term Executive course, so we were disappointed when we arrived to find it is a short course of mainly par 3 holes. However the course is in good shape & we really enjoyed the company of our playing partners. Pace of play was slow. If you want to practice your short game & have plenty of time, then this is the course for you.

Love this course. Great conditions and friendly staff and played my best being my 3 some. I will be back.

Have played here many times over many years...always in great condition....and it's always a challenge.....greens are fast and being on the side of a mountain, they're challenging to putt.....great staff.

Not a single par 5 on this short course. No need to bring along the driver. Even though some holes are 300+ yards, you rarely have a shot at the green from the tee box. Greens run a little slow. It is a great little course to get the irons working for you though. Expect most holes to play 130-160 yards from Tournament tees to the pin. Course was in great shape for both of my rounds.

There really is nothing like walking onto a course with fog still hanging in the deeper valleys and swales. Like always, the Fountain course was perfectly maintained, and just challenging enough to make birdies a thrill and bogeys just waiting for you. After an hour on the course the fog fully cleared and the sun warmed just enough.

Good first time experience using golf now. Course in good condition. Pace of play very slow. Many novice players taking too much time. Did not see a marshal during our 3 1/2 hr. round.

We were paired with a first time player and novice teacher who was unfamiliar with rules or etiquette of golf. The pace of play was maddening due to "try overs" , on course instructions and 4 & 5 put greens. This was on a busy Saturday morning.

We allowed 3 groups to pass us and another group skipped a hole to pass us. A ranger should have showed up and advised the couple to speed up. The starter may have been aware of a beginning player as he made a comment that we would enjoying playing with the named individual.

Great course to work on your short and mid irons. Only par 3s and 4s but I think that's what makes it fun. My only issue was the pace of play. My dad and I got stuck behind a very slow foursome that would not let us pass. We were waiting 5-10 minutes on almost every tee box. On top of that, the threesome behind us kept catching up to us and yapping at us for being slow when clearly it was not our fault. Other than that, I love playing here. Just watch your misses off the fairways and greens. It's a tight course surrounded by residential buildings.

I have played this course many times, we own at the resort and we spend two weeks a year here in March and May. The nice afternoon weather brings out a crowd of people to enjoy the course -- enjoy meaning yack, take pictures, take ten strokes to hit the green followed by eight putts -- each of which has to be lined up first and generally keep ten or more parties waiting behind them: you know who you are. There is no reason his course at 400 yards needs to be played in five hours. Watching them makes me tired and they won't let people through either. The course needs someone to get them moving, but that's probably not going to happen. All that aside its a nice course -- just get out early as a twosome and you can play it in 2 1/2 hours, take a few extra putts and still really enjoy yourself.

The course is an excellent executive course layout the recent rains in San Diego has the course in great shape. The annual green aeration is happening on most JC Player courses in the area right now.

Overall great value and very nice executive course.

Great snack bar and service by the staff very reasonable prices on concessions.

Our first time and won't be the last. Short course, well maintained, beautiful scenery, nothing bad to say about this course. We had a great time, perfect way to improve your short game!!

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Last time I will play there, there are other courses with better conditions for money I paid.

We played after over a week of rain - The course had drained amazingly well. Greens were GREAT - This course is a very fun layout - great to work on your irons, and rescue clubs. There were very few people playing as everyone was thinking it would be too wet - NOT THE CASE - We had a very fun morning - it took a little less than 3 hrs to play 18 holes....

The tee times changed when we got to the course we had to wait 35 minutes. Barely had time for the last hole.

The view is awesome. The greens are so are kept up so nice. Really enjoy playing this course.

A fun executive course with a bit of water, rocks and trees to make it interesting. Inviting resort feel and all the amenities. It' was a hot day but there was enough breeze to make it bearable. Our new favorite course!!