Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course

Excellent day of golf. Course in great shape. Greens are impeccable. Terrific value for the money $. Pace of play was good. Finished our round in just over 4 hours. I’ll be back and soon

It had been 7 years since I played a round of golf, so maybe I've missed some changes in etiquette and protocol, but when is it ok for a group of 10 to play together?

I was in a twosome and we eventually caught up to a group of 7. They let us play through, but shortly there after we caught up to a foursome who was stuck behind 10 people playing together.

And it sounded like there were additional large groups ahead of them!

The marshal drove around and asked how we were doing, and we pointed out the slow pace due to these groups. He just kept on driving after that.

Funny thing is, we get to the 18th tee (a par 3) and the group ahead of us was down to 7. We walked up to the tee box to check our distance, and the marshal drove by and told everyone we would have to split up and play in groups of 4! He tries to get everyone to split up into 4's when we were on the 18th?

Horrible management at Cottonwood. It's a shame :(

Golf course in excellent condition the only bad it’s that the greens are very slow, you don’t want to get use to it if you don’t play here often

Our cart died on us ar the 12th hole. lol furthest spot from the proshop. We had to call and have the bring out another cart, which they did very quickly. The group behind us didnt pass us because it was taken care of so quickly. Thank you :-)

I like to play here as much as I can. If I dont get on to play I will eat and practice for couple hours ;-) Can never have too much practice. Ive made some new friends out there playing. Great place to go.

Great people working there at the desk and starter. Best french fries in town. Needs to get sand in bunkers, make Cottonwood, primo.

The overall course conditions are very well maintained.

The greens are now looking good.

The pace of play was on point,

overall very good day.

Call me a clown who can’t hit the ball straight but I personally think they need to invest in staff to trim the trees. i’m a fairly average golfer and usually have no problem hitting the ball straight but I found on a lot of holes there would be large tree branches overhanging the fairway. Maybe that’s course design and maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be but I personally did not enjoy seeing my ball drop from branches when i was hitting good balls.

The local men’s club plays Saturday AM. Meaning that the course is ALWAYS backed up that afternoon. Plan on delayed tee times and no carts available in the PM. Also, take a free drop if you hit your ball in a bunker. They’re unplayable.

First, I rated the Off-Course amenities as Fair, just because right now there is no driving range available. There are some decent short game areas for practice and warmup. Overall, it's a very good round for the money, and Kevin and his staff are very good. The course itself is a pretty nice layout. I have been playing here occasionally since the mid-1970s and have seen it in better shape, but for an affordable round on a very walkable course, it's as good as anything in the San Diego area. Greens are above average. There are some areas that are in need of TLC, such as some of the tee boxes and some patches of fairway, but they're not a major problem.