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4.3
759 Reviews (759)
5 Stars
350
4 Stars
312
3 Stars
69
2 Stars
12
1 Stars
16
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.0
94.7%
Recommend this course
716 out of 759 reviews
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4.1
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.0
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.3
94.4%
Recommend this course
17 out of 18 reviews
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4.3
70 Reviews (70)
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
29
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.7
97.1%
Recommend this course
68 out of 70 reviews
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Course Highlights
This well-maintained executive course delivers a fun, challenging layout with notable elevation changes and eagle opportunities that reward players of all skill levels. Friendly staff and outstanding value make it a consistently rewarding choice in San Marcos.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Executive
Par 58
Length 2700 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A

Previously known as "Lake San Marcos Executive Golf Course" and "St. Mark Executive Golf Course".

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Course Details

Year Built 1980
Golf Season Year round
Architect David Rainville

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Lodging

Lodging Available

Available Facilities

Spa

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Short Courses in the U.S. (2019 #22)
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Reviews

4.3
759 Reviews (759)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 17
Patio Dining 13
19th Hole Specials 9
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 29
Bunkers 22
Narrow Fairways 10
This course/club is great for:
Walkers 39
Locals 35
Beginners 33
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 25
In the 'Burbs 13
At a Resort 7

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Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Best value

This course is a great confidence booster! Greens are great, tee boxes were beat up in spots. This is a great executive course. Holes are not overly challenging but also not too easy either.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

fun day

took friend to play 9 holes....he enjoyed the course and daay

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun course ....

Staff are always friendly and helpful... Tee times always on time..

great redo of Proshop/Travern....awesome.. great prices!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cold but fun

Course was in good condition. Good pace of groups in front of me. Enjoyed the day

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Glad I Came Back

Played about a year ago and enjoyed it. Finally had an opportunity to return. Aprons were deep and trim, inviting you to putt. Greens were great. Fairways in good shape. Lost only one ball--due to a hook. Never hit off dirt. Some bunkers are strategically placed but only found one. If you walk, as we did, there are more elevation changes than any other executive course I've played in San Diego County (a little hard on my wife's knee). Loved it!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course has a private club feel

Course was excellent. Well maintained and challenging. The initial check in could be improved. If you haven’t been there before it’s confusing where to go.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Walked

Great Par 3 Executive Course

Played this course with my wife. Had a great time. The pace of play can be a little slow as most of the holes are par 3's, but it wasn't too bad. We finished all 18 in under 4 hours.

The greens were in excellent conditions. The holes that had fairways were in average, maybe slightly better than average condition. The rough areas lived up to their name, and had some patchy dead spots. The grass in the rough was that Hawaiian grass that grabs your club and twists it making missed shots a severe penalty. My knock on the course conditions is the tee boxes. Granted it is a par 3 course so most are taking irons from the tees, but the tee boxes were not large enough to take that abuse (so they could spread the tees around) and none of them were level with most having mounds and domes on them. It would be nice to see the course re-do the tee boxes making them 2-3 times as large, and leveling them off.

The "clubhouse" is a nice setup. Kind of reminds me of a micro-brewery, but without the brewery. But has that kind of feel. Had a bar, nice patio spaces, overlooking #1 tee and #9 green. The inside also has a simulator where you can hit your driver (there are few holes on the course that you can do this, and really none if you can drive >275yds). The bathrooms were also clean.

I enjoyed playing this course and will probably play it again, but I would look for a GolfNow "Hot Deal". The $23-29 I paid represented an average value IMO.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 74
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

We played St. Marks executive as a threesome at

noon and finished in about 3 hours.

It is 18 holes, mostly par 3's with some level and

some hillside greens.

The greens were in good condition, fairways had

typical California spotty.

This is a great course for sharpening your short

game.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

North County Favorite!

St Mark Exec is one of my favorite courses to play in North County San Diego. The course was in great conditions.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Had a fun time!

It was a pleasurable day at golf. No waiting. Noticed that there were water issues with piping. Some of the grounds were extremely wet.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Where is all the water coming from?

As usual this course is generally in good condition. However, this time there were several places that were very wet. My new shoes now have a high water mark on them. :(

Other than that and getting behind the slowest three-some ever the day was very enjoyable. We skipped NO. 6 to bypass the threesome since they were three holes behind when they started No.4. A marshal was needed to move them along.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect weather fun course

Had a great time on a chamber of commerce day. 80 degrees with cool soft breezes. Course is fun size.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good course for value

A great day to play golf. We played 18 holes in two hours without any problems. For a public course (par 3) the greens were in excellent condition! A great value for money. If you enjoy walking, you can cut your green fee in half.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenges your short game

Greens are in excellent condition with enough variation in surface topography to make them fun. Fairways and rough are well maintained.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Great Greens

First timer at St. Mark and I will be back. For an executive course, well maintained property with great putting surfaces that receptive, fast and smooth.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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