Kyle,
You have to remember that the O.C. is the Land of the Clueless. Did you see that Mike Judge movie,
Idiocracy? It's about a guy and a girl, who partake in an Army experiment that hibernates them for 500 years and are awakened to find a society that hasn't changed much other then the people are complete idiots. He and the prostitute that was hibernated with him are the smartest people alive.
Well, you don't have to go 500 years into the future. That existence is here today, in Orange County.
Try the following:
Goose Creek
Oak Quarry
Arroyo Trabuco
Oak Valley
Long Beach Recreation Park
or if you have 6 1/2 hours to kill, Los Verdes, which will blow away the Trump course, even with the wait. However, if you want some pretty decent grub, a pretty nice bottle of vino; etc. then by all means, go to Trump, or you could go check out the new Penguin Hill course(s) which have just undergone this massive 20 Trillion Dollar remodel.
Or you could skip it all and just go golfing at Rustic Canyon. that would mean your first instinct was your best!