1025 La Bonita Drive, San Marcos, California 92078, US
(760) 744-0120
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About Lakehouse Hotel and Resort

The idyllic shoreline of Lake San Marcos is the draw for the Lakehouse Hotel and Resort outside San Diego. The property is home to a championship and executive golf course, multiple restaurants, a marina with electric and non-motor boat rentals, two saltwater pools and oversized hot tubs. The 1960s-era hotel holds onto its retro charms with hula hoop contests, board games, roasting S'mores and a lobby library. The semiprivate St. Mark Golf Club (6,400 yards) and par-58 executive course will please every level of player. 

Facts

Price Range$$, $$$
Property Class★★★★
Acres250
Year Opened1960
Number of Units100-300

Amenities

RestaurantsCasual, Bar
Room TypesRoom, Suite
Short CourseYes
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
MarinaYes
Golf School/AcademyYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

Kids ProgramYes
Room ServiceYes
ConciergeYes

Rules

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

Golf courses at Lakehouse Hotel and Resort

Reviews

3.8
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Reviews 3
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4.0
Previously Played

Depends on the price

Course is pretty beat up, but for under $40 on GN it’s still a good value. The staff is always friendly and pace is pretty good. For the rack rate of $60 walking on a weekday, go play somewhere else.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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Previously Played

Greens are rough

If you can get it for cheap it’s worth playing. Staff is friendly and pace is relatively good. Greens are just in really rough shape and have been every time I’ve played here. You can tell course gets a lot of play and greens never really have a moment to heal. Course is a bit soggy as well.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens

Greens are terrible. Tee box on 1 and 10 you aren’t protected from the range. Kind of odd. Fairways are nice, but the greens are unplayable.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Terrible greens

The tee boxes have been terrible for over a decade. Now the greens are in terrible shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Poor condition

It’s too bad that they have let this course disintegrate into the pathetic condition it’s in now. It’s quite possible there should be more ground under repair sections than actual decent fairway. The green all have significant bare spots.

It’s sad to see because I really like the layout. It’s a $40 course tops.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Links at the Lakehouse

Super fun course, I know it’s winter so most courses are not going to be like they are in Summer. Fairways were good, some of the greens have some type of fungus but not all and not bad.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Drainage needs improvement, fix cart paths

Been golfing here for 10 years and doesn’t seem to be any improvement of soggy areas and fungusy muddy greens. Cart paths have been torn up for years and need to be repaved. Aprons are always sticky/wet.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

New to the Neighborhood

We just purchased a vacation home on the 18th fairway and have been looking forward to play the course and get to know everyone. Luis, Cesar and Todd were Super Friendly and a Pleasure to deal with.

We were made to feel a part of the Family immediately which is exactly the atmosphere we were looking for.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor Condition

Greens were very poor

Overall not well maintained

Not a great value for the condition

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Round!

Always fun to play here. Has more par 4s then most executive courses

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow and those tee boxes

So slow

And please fix your non existent tee boxes

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 23
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course review

The pace of play was atrocious. There should be monitoring for it. Was stuck behind a foursome that spent more time on the green trying to put than teeing off and playing their ball. It’s a course for an older crowd so I guess patience comes into play. Carts could use some work, duct tape on the seat isn’t the prettiest feel.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Awful conditions

I played this course for years and I’ve never seen the greens in such such horrible conditions. I asked one of the maintenance guys why the conditions were so poor and he said that there were problems with the irrigation system. There was a lot of moisture and and the greens are a disaster. Do not play this course at least until summer of 25 in the hopes that maybe they will start to improve conditions. I will not be playing this course again for quite some time.

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