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3.6
1954 Reviews (1954)
5 Stars
415
4 Stars
840
3 Stars
379
2 Stars
172
1 Stars
148
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.7
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
3.7
Pace
2.6
Amenities
3.6
72.1%
Recommend this course
1486 out of 1954 reviews
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3.5
129 Reviews (129)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
50
3 Stars
18
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
15
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.7
Layout
4.1
Pace
2.5
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
3.9
72.1%
Recommend this course
93 out of 129 reviews
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3.5
285 Reviews (285)
5 Stars
68
4 Stars
99
3 Stars
57
2 Stars
34
1 Stars
27
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.6
Layout
4.0
Pace
2.5
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
3.7
68.4%
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195 out of 285 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Municipal/Public
Par 72
Length 6567 yards
Slope 126
Rating 71.2
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Los Lagos - Costa Mesa Country Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1967
Fairways Kikuyu Grass
Greens Kikuyu Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William F. Bell (1967) Ron Fream (1992)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $24 - $30
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Comfortable clothing; no strict dress code but no tank tops allowed.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.6
1954 Reviews (1954)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 18
Watching the Game 9
Brunch 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 26
Undulating Greens 23
Water Hazards 20
This course/club is great for:
Locals 27
Walkers 25
Beginners 19
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 30
Near the Airport 19
Worth the Drive 8

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Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of Play VERY Slow

Too many beginner players playing as fivesomes. Course needs Marshalls to help move play along.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Pace of Play

It seemed like there could be something done in getting the foursomes in front of about 8 foursomes' . They ere the ones holding up play . Or perhaps just puting groups to close together. I've been playing this course for 40 years, this was the worst. I would only recommend this course with the caveat , very slow play.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/09/2023

Hello, ConradPark. Thank you for visiting us at Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

To slow and dirty rental clubs

Rental clubs: when looking through clubs it showed 2 fw3, 2 9irons but no driver and no 6iron. After some confusion this was fixed. Driver off first tee and picked up 6iron. I have not in many years seen a dirtier club. Looking through all clubs the only clean club was the putter. No towel on bag to clean clubs. Both me an my party/wife had dirty clubs. This was not what I expected when paying for rental clubs.
Pace of play: we waited at every hole, and many times during the holes also. We shere a party of 4..This was sell below expectation.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/09/2023

Hello, eOMkt7iOY8BcvZ8EaalR. Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback on your recent round with us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and we apologize if we missed the mark. Please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop with any additional concerns. Thanks for choosing Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/07/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Horrible pa e, no Marshall presence

The group in front of us was taking 20 min per hole AnD no help from the Marshall if there was one. The group in front of us didn't understand playthings and by the time they got to the turn the two holes in front of them were empty. Good course otherwise. Here's a shout out to the cool guys in the pro shop who endured a horrible rant by the starter wearing a red jacket who pulled his cart up the window and for 5-6 long minutes gave an obscenity laced shout out through the proshop window with F bombs and more, in ear shot of 30 people. He even came back for a 2nd beat down 15 min later. Totally inexcusable, and really showed bad for a pretty well organized operation minus NOT having a Marshall fix slow play in front of. My group ran out of time and patience and left after 8 holes and wasted a lot of money, and time. We couldn't endure 10 more holes of getting ice cold between swings.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
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Commented on 11/09/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u314162338864. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Overbooked

First, thanks to the pro shop for getting me into an earlier slot than my original 2PM time. I chose to walk because I read previous reviews about pace of play. I don't know why anyone would bother paying for a cart when walking is just as effective. Course management is booking way too many tee times. It took nearly 3 hours to finish the first 9 on Mesa Linda. I quit after 14.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 11/09/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u221528807. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slowest course, didn’t mention greens were punched

5 1/2 hour round, greens were punched but had no idea till the first green. I really do love both courses here but the pace is just to slow. Marshall wasn’t doing anything to help. Really should consider more adamant spacing for tee times instead of focusing solely on the dollar. Really is a shame

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/09/2023

Hi coonyo,

Let us first say that we are so glad to hear you enjoyed your visit. We work hard to create an enjoyable experience so you can focus on enjoying yourself and let us do the rest. We also want to thank you for your honest and constructive criticism of the course.

We are going to escalate your review to our team in charge and do everything we can to improve before your next game.

Thank you for visiting and playing at Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 10/23/2023

Hello, pooldog. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.

We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
4.0
Previously Played

Great course, terrible pace of play

Takes at least 3 hours to move through the front 9….if it want for that would play much more often. Every round her takes 5 hours, other than that this place is awesome. Wish they would do something about pace of play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/17/2023

Thank you for reviewing us, phuongo. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/17/2023

Hello, eriyoshioka. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Always slow

This is my "home course" and I like everything but the pace of play. Too many large groups put out too close together and usually no marshal to speed up slower groups.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/09/2023

We appreciate your feedback regarding your experience at our golf course. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the pace of play and will take your comments into consideration to improve our service. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.

Played On
Reviews 138
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 10/12/2023

Thank you for reviewing us, u893752837. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play

Pace of play was terrible. Had 4 groups waiting on every tee box. Got 11 holes in 4 1/2 hours

Conditions Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 10/10/2023

Hello, u866221553. Thank you for reviewing the course. We apologize for the delay of play during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. With that in mind, we are working to best control pace and allow everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve. Thank you for playing Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Pace of play was horrendous

Tee time was at 1:33 but got pushed back to around 1:45 due to early morning fog delay. Fine. Around 2 hours to finish maybe 3 holes?! Got to the first par 3 (hole 4?) and there were 4 groups in front of ours waiting to hit. Group behind called the pro shop to see if we could get a rain check but they said no and that they would send a Marshall. No marshall ever came, doubt they even checked pace. First 9 was a 3.5hrs. Finished 15 holes by sundown.
I get that there was a fog delay, especially bad that morning, and there’s not much you can do about it but dang, no rain checks? No Marshall?

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 10/10/2023

Hello, wsk2991. Thank you for reviewing the course. We would like to apologize for your recent experience.

We're sorry to hear you were less than satisfied during your round. We pride ourselves on our providing great service and the high-quality standards we maintain.

We would like to make things right. Please reach out to our management team at the pro shop.

We hope to hear from you soon.

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Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play is abysmal

The pace of play was the worst I’ve ever been a part of…3.5 hour round and I only got through 7 holes.

Something needs to happen to improve this. Great course, solid greens but horrible pace

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
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Commented on 10/10/2023

Hello, u213826117. Thank you for reviewing the course. We would like to apologize for your recent experience.

We're sorry to hear you were less than satisfied during your round. We pride ourselves on our providing great service and the high-quality standards we maintain.

We would like to make things right. Please reach out to our management team at the pro shop.

We hope to hear from you soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Too many people on the course

Been playing here for years, it’s been a fine muni and with that I expect some degree of slow play on a weekend, but my last experience on the Lagos was inexcusably bad.

It was so backed up that they were 45 minutes behind from the start and the round itself took over 6 hours to complete. As we finished, another super twilight group was walking off the 8th tee saying it took them 3 hours to play 7 holes.

Again, this course is a fine muni, the condition, amenities, and course staff lived up to that expectation, however, management needs to do something about pace, whether it be having Marshalls enforce slow play, or simply spacing out tee times more than every 6-8 minutes.

Packing as many people onto a course comes across as a cash grab and it shows that whoever is in charge doesn’t care at all about the experience. I’ve played here for probably 20 years now, and I know they can be better than this.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
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Commented on 10/10/2023

Hi u701829416,

We’re sorry to hear of your less-than-satisfactory experience and hope you will accept our sincerest apologies.

We value our customers' opinions and would like to make things right and determine how we can provide a solution that makes you smile.

Please contact us directly at the pro shop. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Pace of play: 3 holes every 1 hour

This course was originally a favorite amongst many friends. Originally pace of play would be slow at times (~5-5:30hours a round but usually closer to 4:45).

However today was unreal. It was about 5 minute tee time spacing. Not sure if they are testing out new times but I would not recommend this to anyone. We teed off at 1:50 and we pulled up to Hole 4 at 3:10.

There were consistently 3 groups for every par 3 with another group on the green and 3 groups for every par 5 with another group having just teed off. We called it quits due to the sun setting at 7pm and we still had four holes left. Pace of play for full completion would have been 6hrs at the very least.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 10/10/2023

We apologize for the pace of play issue you experienced. We always try to keep a great pace when having our golfers on the course. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback as we will use your review to better the experience going forward. We hope you give us another try in the near future!

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

AERATION!!!

Very annoying to go check in for my tee time to then discover that the greens have been aerated. Continuing issue. Why can’t GolfNow get together with the courses and get this one piece of information correct?

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/10/2023

Hello, lderheim. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We strive for a 5-star experience, so we welcome your feedback. We work hard to maintain the course for everyone's benefit, which means aerifying the greens as part of our regular maintenance schedule. The greens will be healed soon and in pristine condition. Please come back soon for the 5-star experience you expect at Los Lagos at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club.

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