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4.3
762 Reviews (762)
5 Stars
351
4 Stars
314
3 Stars
69
2 Stars
12
1 Stars
16
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.0
94.8%
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719 out of 762 reviews
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4.1
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.0
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.2
95.2%
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20 out of 21 reviews
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4.3
72 Reviews (72)
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
31
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
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.7
97.2%
Recommend this course
70 out of 72 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
762 Reviews (762)

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 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great course. great price

tee boxes are well maintained, staff is very friendly,, and the course is beautiful

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This is a great Course always has afternoon tee times

I highly recommend this course. The Manager and his staff are very friendly and accommodating. The course is well manicured and has enough challenges to make it worth your while. The couple of PAR 4 holes are just enough to allow you to unleash the big guns and the PAR 3 holes allow you to really work your short game.
LSM South is one of my favorite Executive courses.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

GREAT FUN

GREAT VALUE FOR THE MONEY AND THE OWNERS ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE COURSE, CARTS AND CLUBHOUSE

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value!

This is your typical exec. course. Nothing special except the great price!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice variety of holes for an execytive course. Plenty of large trees to provide good shade on hotter days.

Lots of good golf packed into inexpensive three hours

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Needs some TLC

Nice greens, course needs a lot of TLC - poorly maintained tee boxes and fairways. This could be a really fun executive course if it were better maintained.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Ok value, but needs some repairs

I had played this course a few years ago, but couldn't recall the conditions. I've played full courses lately and have seen the spectrum of care.

This course needs some work. The tee boxes are absolutely horrible. Because so many people use them before the grass is able to grow, they are mostly large divots. Also, they are very small ... so sometimes you just had to hit out of the grass.

The cart paths were buckled in spots ... due to tree roots that have grown over the years - clearly. I walked and found it easier to just avoid the path.

The greens are in "ok" shape, but clearly there are people playing that have no idea as to how to repair ball marks (or even that they are supposed to do so). I spent much time repairing the marks of others while waiting for the group in front of us.

The guy at the counter was "ok," certainly not as warm and friendly as the staff at St. Mark just around the corner. I was hoping the smaller club would be cozier.

It's a fair course, but definitely not one I intend to play soon - Reidy Creek is FAR better maintained and about the same price. It's shorter, but at least it has a rating for use in my handicap.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

This course is a perfect place to play and practice skills.

This course has a lot of shade trees. There are quite a few sand traps. Due to time, I only golfed the front nine. One hole is 240+ yards. From the tee, you are unable to see the flag. It was a fun course to play and much cooler than courses more inland.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course, four par 4's so it's a little longer than most executive courses.

Great little executive course with four par 4's and just enough variation to their holes. Not in pristine condition but definitely worth the cheap price to play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not enough bang for the buck

I kinda like this course but for the price I would rather play a different par 3 course like tecolote

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Needs Signage For layout on the scorecard and at the tee box.

Not bad overall ,but cart paths are a wreck and fairways are lean.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Sad,sad,sad.........

Had not played this course in many years. Use to really enjoy it. This executive course has the potential for greatness but it is so poorly maintained that, at present, it's not worth a plum cent.

Prepaid foursome tee time for noon. Arrived early to discover that a tournament was going off almost immediately. Had to rush to get on course before the tournament. Even skipped first hole. That's not the way to begin any golf game. Scheduling needs to be addressed.

The golf cart path here has always been treacherous, now it is dangerous. Pot holes, cracks and loose gravel make attention to navigation imperative. Yet, you are supposed to keep cart on path at all times.

There is enough broken tees and debris on Tee Box ( all two of them) to build a wooden ship. Footing is precarious. Can't get a good stance between the bare ground and sparse grass. Fairways also brown with bare spots. The greens are well kept. Over hanging trees need trimming.

The initial course set up and convenient North County location give this executive course the keys to being a favorite of the locals but in current condition the outlook is bleak.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great par 3 course

I play this course regularely. It is a great course for tunning-up your short game. It also has 3-4 short par 4's. Great course for the price. Great deals found on golfnow (under $10/round).

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

One of the best Exec courses in north San Diego county

This is one of the most challenging exec courses in the county. It provides three opportunities to use a driver or fairway wood. The fairways are somewhat narrow and thus challenging.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great greens

'Course is getting back to where it use to be. Fairways need
more attention. I always have fun and enjoy playing here.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Has 4 par 4's which is nice for an executive course.

The greens are in decent shape, but fairways, what few there are, are not so good. Overall, for the price, this is a great value and that is why we play there. With coupons, we paid $5. each green fee's plus $10/person for the cart. You can't beat that!!

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

very nice greens, fairways and cart paths need attention

All of the green were maintained very well.
the fairways varied from good to flat dirt which the ball does not play well off of.
the cart paths were very rough to drive on, if you had a soda in your drink holder you should expect to have it spilling in a lot of areas.
there were several foursomes that were playing extremely slow with no marshall in sight to speed them along.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value for an executive course

The tee boxes need a little care. With that said, most average players will tee up the ball a little so that helps.
This course is a good value, I love that it has 4 par fours may be not long enough where driver is a must, but 3 woods and 5 woods are a better choice.
It really is a nice course to walk.
The greens are in good shape, not great but do not compromise fairness and the speed is very nice (a little fast for most avg. player).
As most executives, the goal is to hit most greens so if you land close by, you'll find fair playable conditions. If you are chunking the shots or way off line, you'll find bad poorly maintained areas.
Keep it in play and close to or on the greens and you'll get an excellent value.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0

Could be better

Since's its only 5 min from home, I have been to this course quite a lot during the last 2 years. The course has certainly improved after the new management especially the greens. But for the fairway and other areas, it would take some time. The basic infrastructure such as Hole Number course map is either not existing or partial.
Hope to see the completion of the improvement.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Easy on and easy off; and it moved well.

This is fun course with a great variety of holes. The pace is good and the greens are in great shape.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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