Goat Hill Park

Playing at the newly reopened Goat Hill was a Valentine's gift par excellence! Can't wait to get out there again, and not waiting for another Valentine's Day to do so!

The revision of Goat Hill Park needs to be walked to be appreciated. You can't really compare this golf experience with other country club courses. Be sure to make time to hang out at the club house, have beer, and watch golf at the end of your round. Now, is it Torrey Pines? No. But it is unique, and you need to come out and see what they've done with the place.

Lot's of clever, creative renovation going on here. The property is literally being sculpted into a course that will make Oceanside proud and golfers happy.

5 stars , not for what it is, but for what it is becoming.

This course is under a major renovation and is almost entirely torn apart and mostly dry dirt. We were told to play 9 holes twice as follows: 10, 12, 4, 6, 7, 14, 5 and so on. No markers as to which direction to go. Needless to say we quite after 4 holes. This course should not be open for play until renovation completed. It's a disaster. I would not recommend this course.

First, i had to start on the back 9 because their course signs werent updated.

Secondly, the course is so torn up by construction that atleast 60% of the course is covered by dirt or some type of machinary

I wouldnt reccommend this course to anyone who is looking to enjoy a fun and relaxing experience

This course has been getting some much needed maintenance. The greens are always nice and the staff is working hard on the fairway grass. This course is in better shape now than it has been in a long time. The staff is always friendly but the groundskeepers will keep working if you're hitting your ball towards them, just give them a heads up and play on... Well worth the money

Course is slowing getting better, since I am a horrible golfer I am not the right person to pass out grades.

I played this course about 4 years ago and vowed never to play it again. It was in terrible shape, full of gopher holes, little grass, and poor greens.

After hearing a change in ownership happened and they were fixing it up I decided to check it out. They have made great improvements from years ago. The greens are in pretty good shape, some of the fairways look like fairways but some still need a lot of work.

Perhaps in another year they will get it all together. If you're looking for a nice lie on every fairway this is not the place for you. If you want to be challenged by small greens and changes in elevations and don't mind having to place your ball often then is will work.

My only real beef was the quality of the cart paths. There are full of potholes.

Course is getting better everyday. New staff/owners are getting this course back to where it should be.

You need accuracy with narrow fairways and constantly changing distances and elevations. Fun course to test your game.

Will play it again soon!

Fun Challenging Course -- Must be able to drive WELL!! Challenging and fun. Not good for Whiners!!

The greens absolutely have improved so much compared from the last time I played, good work, keep it up. Thanks.

I was very critical of this course in a prior review, but when I played "The Goat" the other day for the first time in a while, I was delighted with the progress the new management has made toward improving this place. If it's your first time playing there, you might not appreciate how much better this course is getting, but if you've experienced it any time in the last 6 or 7 years, I'm sure you'll be as impressed as I was.

It seems prices went up a little, and does still have a way to go, but it's charm and quirkiness is a lot easier to appreciate and enjoy when more of the tee boxes are nice and there's some grass in more of the landing areas. And the clubhouse remodel makes it a comfortable place to stick around and relax on the patio after you've survived your round.

If your looking for that highly groomed country club feel, this probably won't be your course. But, if your tired of fairways lined with houses and every other hole looking pretty much the same, and instead want to be challenged with a completely different look pretty much every shot, then you might want to go play a round at Goat Hill Park (formerly Center City). I'm betting you'll discover why the likes of John Ashworth took such an interest in this fun and unique local course.

Great Course - lots of fun. Glad to see they are upgrading

Read about the history of the course before I booked on Golf Now. It was what my wife and I expected. Young lady at the pro shop was great at explaining what we we had ahead of us. About half of the holes were in pretty good shape...the others not so much. For what we paid it was still a great deal and a lot of fun. It might be a bit difficult for a beginner as you need to keep your ball in play. Did I mention we were given a free bucket of balls since it was our first time playing the course. You need to take a power (electric!) cart because of elevation changes. Good luck to the people who are working hard to keep this course open.

Course was in terrible shape and it was cart path only. We knew that it was recently purchased and would not be in top shape but worse than expected. Holes were not marked very well and had no idea where to go. We had 5 guys, who were EXTREMELY RUDE, jump in front of us on the back 9 on hole 11 I believe. We were held up by a couple in front of us and they finally let us through and then let the other guys through and they decided to jump in front of us accusing us of being slow. We finally left after this incident occurred. The staff was very nice about trying to compensate us. I would not recommend this course at this time.

Has historic value but still needs lots of work. Greens were bad. Layout routing is confusing. No landing areas on par 4's due to severe slopes. Didn't like disc golfers sharing the course.

You can see the progress they're making at Goat Hill. Play there for what it is. An inexpensive way to work on your game, and get out with friends. No, the fairways don't always have grass, so, move your ball. We got through 18 in 2.5 hours, as a pair. You can see where the greens will be better by next summer, and the grass is filling in elsewhere. Hats off to the new owners. I like playing all sorts of courses, from Torrey to The Goat. Just take this course for what it is. Good fun.

They look to be working hard to upgrade and repair this course.

This was the worst golf courses I've been to. The upkeep was horrible and just the overall build of the course was unsatisfactory. Would highly suggest paying a few extra bucks to go somewhere else.

This course is "one big hazard". The fairways are non-existent. They are literally - DIRT. And hilly dirt. Try hitting golf balls off that!

The woman working there was very nice. But, that does not make up for the fact that this course should, in no way, be OPEN.

While one understands the need to do major improvements.. being open for golf is ludicrous.