Oceanside Golf Course — Local services in Oceanside

This is a classic full-sized tree lined Par 72 course that meanders through a small river valley of creeks and ponds. It can play tighter than it looks due to the firm fairways, short grass, and many lateral hazards so accuracy of the tee is at a premium. The course borders Camp Pendleton providing a scenic backdrop of foothills. There is an ambudance of bird species to see inbetween shots if you like that sort of thing. It is a very flat course with the exception of Hole 12, a short Par 4 going up steep little foothill, and Hole 13, a short Par 3 coming down the same hill. The course has a nice variety of dogleg lefts and rights as a nice mix of Par 4 lengths - short, medium, and long. There is one Par 5 on the front 9 and one on the back 9 and whilenthey can be easily reached in 3 getting there in 2 is not easy. The greens.are small with the exception of a few long and narrow ones. They run pretty quick and a little firm in some places and soft in others depending mostly on sun and wind exposure. The green complexes are trickier than they look so pay close attention if you want to go low. Like the many crows in the area, if you don't pay attention and underestimate them they will eat your lunch. There are no fairway bunkers. The bunkers around greens are medium depth and lack enough sand. So if you open up face too much you will skip off the hardman barely covered in spots and skull the ball. Less bounce and a steeper attack is definitely needed to extract yourself from these traps. There is usually very pleasant weather year round and a reliable prevailing wind in late mornings and mid afternoons that will effect your distances. If I had to label the course theme with one word it would be subtle. Nuances cannot be overlooked, in the slope of fairways, greens, and/or wind conditions. You can have a fun easy walk birdwatching or dig in and challenge yourself this course will accommodate...

Made a tee time for 730am on Tuesday Jan. 19. I was excited to play this course as it was my first time! When we got there it was severely backed up with groups going off the front and back. I get it happens, sometimes it gets overbooked no big deal. Unfortunately for me I worked around 130. So I went in to ask for a refund. After a little back and forth the man in the shop, he finally agreed to give me a refund. As he was doing it he told me, “Don’t come back, we don’t want your business here”. I was shocked as I was very respectful to the man. Honestly wish I hadn’t been. I hope he owns the place because I would think any public golf course owner would want business! I believe his name was Fred Wood, at least that’s what it says on my receipt ... I will definitely be taking his advice though, will for sure take my business elsewhere! In fact I played Emerald Isle which is about five minutes away from here! It’s a par 3 course but was a blast to play! The staff actually greet you and treat you respectfully! Definitely think about Emerald Isle over Oceanside...

I moved back to Oceanside recently, walked into the pro shop at O, side Muni and asked for lessons. I am 51 and back into the game after a 7 year break. I was introduced to Zach, a teaching pro and scheduled my first lesson. Zach was right on time and paid attention to every one of my shots. There is a special going on for 3 one hour lessons for $100.00 (you can't beat that). Zach helped me gain confidence and consistency. Zach gradually introduced higher level points onto my swing. After one set of lessons I went from shooting a 104 to a 92 and have continued to improve with practicing and good instruction. There is a real grass driving range, two putting greens and a chipping green at O, side Muni. Awesome! Go schedule a lesson with Zach and get back into golf. You will be glad you did. PS. If you are a hacker like I use to be, you will be so glad you spend money on instruction learning how to swing correctly instead of practicing how to swinging ...