Golfed at Salt Creek Golf Club last week at Chula Vista, just east of San Diego. Using the "search" function on this site doesn't uncover too much information about the course, so I'm wondering who out there has played there and what your thoughts are on it? Conditions were dry there, other than the greens as seen in the photos below. Teeboxes were exceptionally dry, with fairways almost as dry, creating firm and fast conditions. I'm surprised there isn't more mention on the site of this course. I enjoyed it. Yes, it's cartball. But, I found the routing to have a nice flow, there were interesting green complexes, creative and strategic bunkering, and a fun ground game created by those dry fairways. Green fees were cheap, $30 each (twilight rate at 2pm) including cart. Not sure who designed the course. It seems to have gone through at least one ownership change. Improvements were being done to the course, including the use of a temporary green on hole #2 (the actual green itself looked good to these untrained eyes). There were some "suits" having lunch in the clubhouse while we were there, so perhaps more ownership change is in the works. Long story short, I'd play it again if in the area.
A few pics, with yardages stated from the back tees of 6,855 yards and 73.4/132 rating/slope...
On the tee, opening hole, par-4 396 yards
Approach on #1, note the dry conditions
This guy casually walked along the left side of the fairway on #2 as we played down the right, Par-5 532 yards
Temp green in front of the 2nd green
#3 par-3 163 yards
4th hole 441 yards
Looking back on #4
Approach on #5, 367 yards par-4, after a blind tee shot
From behind the 5th green
7th hole par-3 224 yards
8th tee shot 347 yards par-4, slight dogleg right around the bunkering
Attention getter
9th tee, big uphill, 404 yards par-4
