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4.3
761 Reviews (761)
5 Stars
351
4 Stars
313
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
94.8%
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718 out of 761 reviews
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4.1
20 Reviews (20)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.3
95.0%
Recommend this course
19 out of 20 reviews
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4.3
71 Reviews (71)
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.7
97.2%
Recommend this course
69 out of 71 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

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Reviews

4.3
761 Reviews (761)

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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Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Nice

Nice course, but there are yardage information at the tee of each hole.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

great little course

Fast pace fun little course. Great Value nice staff

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Walked

This course has a little of every thing, got to use all my clubs.

For an Executive course this course has it all. Used all my clubs. Price was right. Online purchase, great deal.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Short but interesting, with decent greens

When I want a quick round, this is a good option. The greens are in decent shape and have plenty of challenging undulations. Most holes are short, but there are a couple where you can pull out a driver, if you dare. Lots of trees make it a nice shady setting. It's typically uncrowded, so no problem if you play a couple balls and even take some extra practice putts on the greens. Better than hitting a bucket of balls at the range, for about the same price.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very fun course

We had a great time! Very fun and well taken care of course

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Quick an Easy

I've played this course a couple times. The greens are always that great but if you want to play a quick and Easy course it's great.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

The course is in excellent condition

Great course to improve your short game. 3 of the 4 PAR 4's are challenging and fun. Long drivers have an opportunity for an Eagle on 18.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Walked

Executive Course - St Marks

Lots of improvemtns being made on the course (new bunkers), removal of brush area adjacent to course is ongoing. Greens very bushy, not recently cut or rolled. Once done they will be very nice and fast.

Slow play, no marshalls on the course to speed up play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Short game fun.

Good to go out with the bros for some relatively easy golf. Great trees/lots of shade/greens in decent shape/tee boxes average. Usually pretty quick play, Back 9 tends to backup though. It's always fun to end by driving the green on 18! Nearly eagled again. Recommend the $4 hot dog + soda deal at the turn. The (younger) dude working the 'pro shop' is very cool.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Good course for begining golfer

My wife and I play this course once in a while. It's been worked on since last time we played had couple of improvements. That's always good to see.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

Great practice round value

For $10 you can't beat it. Alot of folks scoff at this course because it's not very long but I use it as a warm up for a longer course. Play all my shots without tee's and it makes for a good practice round.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Improvements a plenty

Looks like a lot of money is being spent to improve this old course. I cannot wait to see it shine again. For a while it has been an average to below average condition. I already see brand new carts, ball washers and more landscapers working than I've ever seen there. Looking forward to my next round there.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

price

When I booked the t time it said it was 18 dollars per player, when we showed up we were charged 30 dollars per player. This course is definitely not worth 30 per player. I will never play their again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great little Par 3 course!

This is by far one of my favorite course to hit when everything else is jammed up. Everything is in order and the course is well kept. My only complaint is when I played on two Sundays back to back the pace of play was atrocious. 4 hours for a par 3 course is embarrassing! It all could of been alleviated had the course management not allowed a group of 6 go out ahead of us and of course the group that was drunk and we're more intent on playing dodge ball rather than playing golf.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

Great executive course

Great course to walk with your friends. challenging holes & you can use your driver at least on 3 holes. Great course to work on your short games & greens were fast & great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Love the Renovations

This little big course is very fun, challenging and a good workout if your walking. We are intermediate players and use all the clubs in our bag, even the driver on 3 of the holes. They have made some marvelous improvements, cart paths, brand new cart paths, really nice ball washers and trash cans. The greens are kept up nicer than some fancier courses and you can't beat the price. Love this course

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Golfing on 12/17

My son and I had a great time playing 18 holes. Perfect day for a game of golf. No one rushing you through the course, everyone was friendly and took their time playing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

A Nice Walk

St. Marks Executive is a comfortable low stress course. A nice walk with 2-3 hours of golf mixed in. I have played here twice and the course is receiving some attention from the grounds crew on several tees, fairways and greens. San Diego County has begun to receive some Autumn/Winter Rain, so it was a bit damp on the occasions that I played (Winter Rules in effect).

All said a good place to play/practice

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Slow Play

I'm not sure if this a normal thing at this course, but slow play was certainly a big problem on the day that I played there.

After starting my tee time, I walked up to the tee, took my shot, putted in, and when I got to the 2nd hole (just out of view from the pro shop), I realized that there were 3 other groups before me who were all backed up at the second hole... yep, that makes 4 groups waiting to tee off. There was a group of three men who appeared to be teaching their children how to play. Nobody on staff said anything as this group proceeded to take 20-30 minutes per hole (on par 3's!) while tons of people just sat around waiting for them to move... at every. single. hole.

So... I was literally an hour into play when i got to the 4th hole. it was stupid. They didn't let us play through, they just told us to pass them by skipping a hole.the moment I passed them, the speed of play was immediately better, which got me to the end just as it got dark outside. so, overall, i got to play 17 holes in about 4.5 hours.

Of course, I realize that this particular group probably made slow play unusually bad that day, but staffers should keep an eye out for that stuff.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course to work on your short game !

I will play this course again !
I will play this course again !

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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