9200 Inwood Drive, Santee, California 92071, US
(619) 448-4242
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About Carlton Oaks Lodge, Ascend Hotel Collection

Carlton Oaks has a long history of tournament golf. Curtis Strange won the 1974 NCAA Championships on the course before Perry Dye redesigned the layout and stretched it to 7,400 yards in the 1980s. The Carlton Oaks Lodge, Ascend Hotel Collection, offers 51 modernized, Asian-inspired rooms just steps from the clubhouse, its Oaks Bar & Grill and the outdoor pool and jacuzzi. 

Facts

Price Range$$
Property Class★★★
Acres168
Year Opened1958
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities & Services

RestaurantsCasual
Room TypesRoom
Practice FacilityYes
Banquet SpaceYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?No
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Carlton Oaks Lodge, Ascend Hotel Collection

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Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great Tough Course

If you’re an avid golfer and want a challenge check it out. Course condition isn’t the best as they will be fixing the irrigation to help.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 1
2.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Carlton oaks

Nice course great layout wonderful staff keep it in your course inventory

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course review

We had breakfast before the round; food was excellent and reasonably priced. The course layout played well and the course was very fair, not too difficult. The greens were okay, not difficult to read.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
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Previously Played

Don’t waste your money

The only good thing about this course was the greens and golf cart. Other wise it needs a complete up grade, once an excellent example of Pete dye design.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good layout but greens are slow

Bunkers are in terrible shape with hardly any sand and water logged. They should improve the bunkers and increase green fees by 3-4 dollars

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Previously Played

Pace of play issues

Never played this course at a good pace unless it’s a tee time before 7am

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
2.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Alright for the money

Played off season so course was in poor shape

Would like to play it in summer with better conditions

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
2.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Previously Played

Thief

Absolute cow patch. I’m ashamed for having booked this round and angry to have wasted a Sunday morning on this track. Golf Now is stealing money offering tee times at this near death facility, headed for renovation. There should be alerts notifying the customer of the poor conditions. The pro shop, starter, and cart girl were friendly and only saving grace for this day. I cannot comprehend how anyone would play Carlton Oaks a second time. Maybe you got swindled like I did today as a first timer but why would you return? It was over 2.5 hours to play the front nine and I walked directly from a three putt par on nine to trunk slam and leave the parking lot in an attempt to salvage the Sunday afternoon.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Will avoid until further notice

I've played this course a few times and generally have liked it, but the condition of the course now is nowhere near conducive of the price they're charging.

Teeboxes were generally lush, but not at all flat and often riddled with holes and other imperfections.

Fairways were generally acceptable but again littered with animal holes and other things that caused them to be INCREDIBLY bumpy. It was almost impossible to drive the cart anywhere near full speed because you'd just bounce all over the place.

Anywhere off the fairway....forget about it. It was either bare dirt, again littered with animal holes and other craters, or some kind of "rough" that wasn't really grass but wasn't quite dirt. Particularly on the front nine. Back nine seemed to be a bit better, but not much.

Greens were ok. Long for my liking, but this was easily the best part of the course.

Pretty much the only saving grace of the course was the cart girl was a certified 10/10. But that had nothing to do with the actual course, obviously.

Until I hear it's improved, I'll be avoiding this course. Definitely not up to standard.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

So so place to play

Staff are friendly pace of play was slow should have finished all 18 holes with the time frame we had however we only got in 13 due to the pace of play. Greens need a good amount of work very bumpy and don’t roll well.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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