The Hodges Golf Improvement Center — Local services in San Diego

Was rather annoyed when I went to practice at the range recently. Upon arrival saw kids taking up about half of the mats, now I’m not against kids playing golf by any means but there’s no order to how it’s ran. Should be limited to a quarter of the mats even that’s generous in my opinion, maybe the first three should only be used for lessons. It’s not a huge driving range where there’s 50 mats. I had to leave because I couldn’t even get an open one. Manager no where to be found, I get it’s the weekend but come on a little more attentiveness could be used. Gave it two stars I would have put none but I’ve been going here for a while and everything’s been great. Please fix this issue and I’ll gladly bump up to 5 stars which I believe it is but for this particular situation it’s...

Decent enough practice facility. Pros on staff. Very small selection of used clubs. They have separate putting and chipping practice areas, but they are not free. The chipping area is actually really neat - more realistic than others.

Driving range is huge, so never a problem finding a spot. They have a couple of shaded picnic tables, which you will appreciate about halfway through a 100 balls in a sunny day. Staff is very friendly.

Right across the street from the Escondido Mall (my MO is drop off the wife there, hit the range,...

The golf center is not what it used to be. The grass hitting area seems like uneven patchy weeds and grass you would not see on a fairway. Ground is super hard which makes it tough to take divots. The balls are in bad shape which makes it difficult to get proper yardage for the course. The short game area and sand traps are terrible. This used to be a nice practice facility but now just seems neglected and has been moving in that direction for...