Santa Anita Golf Course in Arcadia, California, USA | GolfPass
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3.6
746 Reviews 746 Reviews
5 Stars
151
4 Stars
315
3 Stars
166
2 Stars
60
1 Stars
54
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.5
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.0
Amenities
3.5
71.9%
Recommend this course
567 out of 746 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.2
41 Reviews 41 Reviews
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.2
Layout
3.7
Pace
2.4
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
4.0
58.5%
Recommend this course
24 out of 41 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.6
93 Reviews 93 Reviews
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
25
3 Stars
23
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
9
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.4
Layout
4.0
Pace
2.9
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.1
69.9%
Recommend this course
65 out of 93 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6412 yards
Slope 119
Rating 70.0
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Santa Anita Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1935
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $12.00 - $15.00
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.6
746 Reviews (746)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 8
This course/club is great for:
Locals 13
Seniors 9
Walkers 8
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 12

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Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

terrible service and ground conditions

We have a friend who can't make it because he's daughter but they ended charging us full for 4 people even only 3 of us play.
The have to work more on keeping the grass in playable condition especially close the green. So many 5 people groups that make the waiting time longer.
The prices on drinks are very high compare with other courses.

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Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 49
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Great course, terribly managed pace.

Course is fun and in great condition. It’s forgiving off the tee and has interesting approach shots into greens that make you think - whether it’s deep, high-walled bunkers that protect the pin or slopes that’ll leave you with elevated chip shots if you miss the green. The issue is a lack of the enforcement of rules (mainly pace of play). There were multiple groups of 5 ahead of us with people playing from the wrong tees. If you’re teeing off with a driver on every par 3, I’m not sure why you’re playing from the tips.

At multiple points there were NINE people on a single hole (see picture).

If you have a tee time here, expect to tee off 15-20 minute past your tee time. Which is absurd considering people might pay a non twilight fee, yet tee off during a twilight time.

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Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 71
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not worth the time!!

This course was a major disappointment. The tee boxes all the way to the greens were in very poor shape. You could not tell the difference from the fairway and the rough on most holes. Everything looks green when you arrive but its thin lies, dirt, weed grass until you get to the greens and then those were as hard as concrete. Forget about sticking an approach shot.... you can hit the middle of the green thinking you are on and ready to be putting for birdie and instead your ball would be 20-30 yards past the hole in a horrible position. No need to fix divots here because you cannot put a dent in these greens!!! There are way better courses with similar prices to play then to subject yourself to this place.

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Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great if you have 8 hr to play golf

The course was fun however their tee time intervals were 5 min apart from each other. This caused consistent waiting of up to 5 min each hole to tee off. There’s more when approaching the 8th hole expect a huge traffic jam. My group approached hole 8 and had 3 groups ahead of us waiting for one group to tee off. We noticed these traffic jams caused the other golfers to become agitated where every was throwing smart remarks at each other and there was even 1 altercation with 2 groups. I would not recommend this course to anyone not until they fix the overbooking issue.

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Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

70 minutes to complete first THREE holes

Ridiculous pace of play. No marshals to hurry people along as groups wait too long to tee off. Finished the third hole 70 minutes after our tee time. We completed the round 5.5 hours after teeing off.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of Play

Pace of play was terrible. Started at 11:30am and finished at 5:30pm. No golf outing should take 6 hours. Definitely not ever going back to this course

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Cold weather
Used cart
Pace Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Good

was able to finish 18 holes although the pace is slow and it's dark when finish at 5:45PM.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0

Worst pace of play out there.

You'd think a round wouldn't take 7 hours. Go ahead and play this course to find out what that's like....

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 49
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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