Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course in El Cajon, California, USA

Rating Snapshot

All Time
Last 6 Months
Last 12 Months

3.7

1211 Reviews (1211)

5 Stars

217

4 Stars

545

3 Stars

252

2 Stars

118

1 Stars

Conditions

3.3

Value

3.9

Layout

3.9

Friendliness

4.3

Pace

3.7

Amenities

3.4

81.3%

Recommend this course

980 out of 1211 reviews

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Average Rating

Avg Rating

3.6

41 Reviews (41)

5 Stars

4 Stars

3 Stars

2 Stars

1 Stars

Conditions

3.2

Value

3.7

Layout

3.9

Pace

3.6

Amenities

3.3

StaffFriendliness

4.3

75.6%

Recommend this course

31 out of 41 reviews

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Avg Rating

3.7

105 Reviews (105)

5 Stars

4 Stars

3 Stars

2 Stars

1 Stars

Conditions

3.3

Value

3.9

Layout

3.9

Pace

3.7

Amenities

3.5

StaffFriendliness

4.3

80.0%

Recommend this course

84 out of 105 reviews

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AI summaries based on real golfer reviews

Course Highlights

Cottonwood GC consistently delivers strong value with well-maintained fairways, true-rolling greens, and an undulating layout that challenges shot control. The exceptionally friendly staff makes every round welcoming for both regulars and first-time visitors.

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Holes 18

Type Public

Par 72

Length 6736 yards

Slope 137

Rating 78.8

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Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe

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Satellite Layout

Tees

Tee	Par	Length	Rating	Slope
Black (W)	72	6736 yards	78.8	137
Black	72	6736 yards	72.0	123
White (W)	72	6413 yards	76.4	131
White	72	6413 yards	70.0	117
Gold	72	5668 yards	66.8	110
Gold (W)	72	5668 yards	72.3	123
Gold/Red (W)	72	5469 yards	71.1	120
Red	72	5154 yards	64.2	102
Red (W)	72	5154 yards	69.1	116

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Scorecard

Scorecard for Ivanhoe

Metrics:

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Black M: 72.0/123 W: 78.8/137	404	539	426	159	363	411	389	567	183	3441	429	370	170	364	341	486	439	490	206	3295	6736
White M: 70.0/117 W: 76.4/131	354	513	399	143	357	401	379	552	169	3267	392	364	150	351	335	476	425	456	197	3146	6413
Gold M: 66.8/110 W: 72.3/123	297	468	364	132	327	358	363	500	150	2959	286	350	80	325	294	420	385	427	142	2709	5668
Gold/Red W: 71.1/120	297	455	364	132	327	358	363	433	122	2851	286	350	80	318	278	420	330	404	129	2595	5446
Red M: 64.2/102 W: 69.1/116	244	455	307	122	262	320	321	433	122	2586	272	323	80	318	278	395	330	404	129	2529	5115
Handicap	13	15	3	11	7	5	9	1	17		6	8	14	12	16	10	2	18	4
Par	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	36	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	5	3	36	72
Handicap (W)	7	1	5	17	13	9	11	3	15		14	8	18	10	12	4	6	2	16

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Course Details

Year Built 1953

Golf Season Year Round

Architect O. W. Moorman A. C. Sears

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes

Golf School/Academy Yes

Teaching Pro Yes

Pitching/Chipping Area Yes

Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed

Metal Spikes Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

3.7

1211 Reviews (1211)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:

Drinks 10

Watching the Game 6

Course Challenges Include:

Undulating Greens 6

This course/club is great for:

Locals 25

Walkers 16

Beginners 12

This Course's Location is:

In the 'Burbs 12

Convenient to the City 7

Worth the Drive 7

Numbers based on reviews tagged with attribute.

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KFranzese

Played On 09/13/2021

Reviews 150

Handicap 10-14

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

Top 250 Contributor

Previously Played

Perfect weather

Used cart

Conditions Good

Value Excellent

Layout Good

Friendliness Good

Pace Good

Amenities Good

Difficulty Moderate

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for the 4-star review!

pleigh

Played On 09/10/2021

Reviews 96

Handicap 20-24

Skill Intermediate

Plays Once a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Hot weather

Used cart

Conditions Good

Value Good

Layout Good

Friendliness Good

Pace Good

Amenities Good

Difficulty Moderate

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for the 4-star review!

jeffbutler55

Played On 09/09/2021

Reviews 21

Handicap 10-14

Skill Advanced

Plays A few times a week

3.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

Update the GolfNow course description!

There's only one course. Driving range doesn't exist. Judging by the weeds covering both, there are not recent developments. Reality is, it's a tired facility. Greens are large and in decent shape, except for the ballmarks that no one repairs. Pace of play was okay. Played here only because I was staying downtown San Diego and wanted something nearby. Given the same circumstances, I would try another course in the future.

Conditions Fair

Value Average

Layout Good

Friendliness Good

Pace Average

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Hello, We do have a driving range, a small one, but a driving range. It is irons-only. We are sorry that your experience was not as expected.

xwicked1

Played On 08/28/2021

Reviews 2

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Hot weather

Used cart

Good value

Great staff and value for the course. Course wasn't bad and greens were pretty good.

Conditions Good

Value Excellent

Layout Good

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Average

Amenities Fair

Difficulty Moderate

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for the review! We hope to see you again soon.

carybordieri

Played On 09/05/2021

Reviews 8

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Conditions Good

Value Excellent

Layout Good

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Excellent

Amenities Good

Comment

pleigh

Played On 09/02/2021

Reviews 96

Handicap 20-24

Skill Intermediate

Plays Once a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Used cart

Conditions Good

Value Good

Layout Good

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Excellent

Amenities Good

Difficulty Moderate

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for coming out to play Cottonwood!

u314161102512

Played On 08/26/2021

Reviews 9

Skill Intermediate

Plays Once a week

5.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

Conditions Good

Value Excellent

Layout Excellent

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Excellent

Amenities Excellent

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for the 5-star review!

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KFranzese

Played On 08/23/2021

Reviews 150

Handicap 10-14

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

Top 250 Contributor

Previously Played

Perfect weather

Used cart

Great Condition

Best condition in years. Only a few bare fairway spots.

Conditions Good

Value Excellent

Layout Good

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Excellent

Amenities Average

Difficulty Fairly Easy

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for the great review and playing Cottonwood! When will we see you again?

Drad329

Played On 08/12/2021

Reviews 6

Skill Intermediate

Plays Once a week

3.0

Previously Played

Conditions Average

Value Average

Layout Average

Friendliness Average

Pace Average

Amenities Fair

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for playing Cottonwood. We hope upon your next visit, we may earn a 5-star review.

richadams43

Played On 08/14/2021

Reviews 7

Handicap 5-9

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

1.0

First Time Playing

Conditions Fair

Value Poor

Layout Fair

Friendliness Poor

Pace Poor

Amenities Poor

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for making your first visit with us. We are sorry you didn't have a better experience. We hope you will try us again in the future.

richadams43

Played On 08/14/2021

Reviews 7

Handicap 5-9

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

1.0

First Time Playing

Horribly overbooked, very rude starter, 5 1/2hr round

Had to wait 30mins for a dirty golf cart. Starter(Amin?) is the rudest employee I've ever encountered at a golf course. 2:45pm tee time couldn't finish(darkness) after 5 1/2hrs due to overbooking. STAY AWAY!

Conditions Fair

Value Poor

Layout Fair

Friendliness Poor

Pace Poor

Amenities Poor

Comment

u653452182

Played On 08/06/2021

Reviews 1

Skill Advanced

Plays Once a month

3.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

Conditions Average

Value Good

Layout Average

Friendliness Average

Pace Fair

Amenities Fair

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for playing Cottonwood. We hope upon your next visit, we may earn a 5-star review.

u7661523

Played On 08/12/2021

Reviews 35

Handicap 20-24

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

2.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Perfect weather

Used cart

Very slow pace of play

This course has no Marshall’s to assist in speeding up play. Over a 5 hour round today ruined the enjoyment of golf play for all of us. This course needs marshals.

Conditions Average

Value Excellent

Layout Average

Friendliness Good

Pace Poor

Amenities Poor

Difficulty Fairly Easy

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for playing Cottonwood. We hope upon your next visit, we may earn a 5-star review. We will review this with our team.

u314159845872

Played On 08/11/2021

Reviews 6

Handicap 10-14

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Hot weather

Used cart

Conditions Average

Value Excellent

Layout Good

Friendliness Good

Pace Average

Amenities Average

Difficulty Moderate

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for the 4-star review!

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u314161922496

Played On 08/11/2021

Reviews 10

Handicap 15-19

Skill Advanced

Plays Once a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

Hot weather

Used cart

Conditions Good

Value Excellent

Layout Good

Friendliness Good

Pace Average

Amenities Average

Difficulty Moderate

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for the 4-star review!

kyledicentra

Played On 08/09/2021

Reviews 1

Skill Intermediate

Plays Once a week

3.0

Previously Played

Horribly run

Course was backed up all day. Starter had no idea what he was doing. Sending out singles and doubles and triples instead of combining groups to maintain pace of play. No course Marshall to be seen. Girl at cart stand was hammered drunk at 2 in the afternoon and almost fell down and hurt herself twice while bringing my key 15 feet to my cart. Guy behind the counter where you pay wasn’t friendly. Bar was closed by 5pm. By the time we got to the 10th tee box there were 4 groups waiting to tee off. I guess you get what you pay for, but I can play mission trails with the players club for $27 with a cart and 18 holes. Guess I shouldn’t have jumped at the earlier tee time lol. I won’t be back for a while.

Conditions Fair

Value Average

Layout Average

Friendliness Fair

Pace Poor

Amenities Poor

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for playing Cottonwood. We hope upon your next visit, we may earn a 5-star review.

u7661523

Played On 08/09/2021

Reviews 35

Handicap 20-24

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

2.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Perfect weather

Used cart

Very slow pace of play

This round lasted over 5 hours due to extremely slow play This course has no marshals pushing play along at a reasonable pace. Made the golf round unenjoyable.

Conditions Good

Value Excellent

Layout Average

Friendliness Average

Pace Poor

Amenities Fair

Difficulty Fairly Easy

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for playing Cottonwood. We hope upon your next visit, we may earn a 5-star review.

meno619

Played On 08/04/2021

Reviews 7

Skill Beginner

Plays A few times a week

5.0

Previously Played

Conditions Excellent

Value Excellent

Layout Excellent

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Excellent

Amenities Excellent

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for the 5-star review!

u000003339114

Played On 08/06/2021

Reviews 3

3.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Conditions Average

Value Good

Layout Average

Friendliness Good

Pace Fair

Amenities Average

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for playing Cottonwood. We hope upon your next visit, we may earn a 5-star review.

akent

Played On 08/05/2021

Reviews 130

Handicap 10-14

Skill Advanced

Plays Once a week

5.0

Verified Purchaser

Top 250 Contributor

Previously Played

Perfect weather

Used cart

cottonwood

What is happening after all these years? Cottonwood is close to Sycuan and Steel Canyon. Wow Still excellent french fries. Keep improving the course. Thanks

Conditions Excellent

Value Excellent

Layout Good

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Good

Amenities Good

Difficulty Moderate

Comment

CottonwoodGM

Commented on 09/15/2021

Thank you for the 5-star review! Please check out our monthly Food and Beverage specials!

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FAQ

What is the address of Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course?

Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course is located at 3121 Willow Glen Dr, El Cajon, California 92019, San Diego County.

Is Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course open to the public?

Yes, Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course is open to the public.

What year did Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course open?

Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course was built in 1953.

Who designed Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course?

O. W. Moorman and A. C. Sears are the architects of Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course.

What is the par of Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course

The par of Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course is 72.

What is the length of Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course

The length of Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course is 6736 yards.

What is the rating of Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course

The rating of Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course is 78.8.

What is the slope of Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course

The slope of Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course is 137.

What are the course conditions at Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course?

Based on reviews, other golfers are saying that the course conditions at Cottonwood Golf Club - Ivanhoe Course are good.

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