San Diego County Golf Course Reviews
Arrowood Golf Course Review
Oceanside, CA
72.9 rating; 140 slope |
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Arrowood Golf Course Overview: This pleasant public golf course features the usual SoCal dry river and hillside hazards and was designed by Ted Robinson, Jr. It is set inland in the hills of Oceanside, about 15 minutes east of the ocean. Although not terribly difficult, there are many drives that have plenty of visual danger to catch the golfer's eye, and the wild tee shot may find itself earning penalty strokes on many holes. The player that can master the tee shots, however, will find limited trouble on most holes from fairway to green. The best golf holes are reviewed below: |
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Arrowood Hole 1: The first drive of the day is typical for this course as a hazard / trees to the right block out visibility of the right third of the fairway. There is more room than it appears from the tee, but still danger lurks too far right. The approach is downhill to a wide-open green.
Arrowood Hole 2: The drive here is similar to the first in that there is more room right than it appears from the tee. However, there is also OB to the left on this hole. If the drive is good, the rest of this downhill par five then becomes fairly simple, although long from the back tees, and affords a good scoring opportunity.
Arrowood Hole 7: The third in a series of short par fours, this is the only one that has some teeth as there is trouble on both sides of the fairway. Anything hit right of center wlll leave an uphill, blind approach over trees to a well-guarded green (unless the pin is cut left, in which it is still visible).
Arrowood Hole 9: The best golf hole on the front nine is a tough, very tight driving test. With hillside left and hazard right, if the player wants to get aggressive with driver off the tee, there is limited room for error. Fortunately, the golfer can hit a shorter drive and still reach the par five in regulation.
Arrowood Hole 16: After a rather uneventful back nine to this point, the golf course brings its most daunting test to the forefront. The longest par four by some margin is downhill, but there are hazards both left and right. From there, the player must hit the mostly island green that, while large, requires relative precision with what will surely be a mid-long iron. The hillside short and right of the green may reject shots back into the water.
Arrowood Hole 17: A medium length hole, this par four angles right to left to an uphill and multi-tiered green. Thus, the shorter the approach, the better chance of finding the right section to make putting easier. The drive must avoid the hazard left and bunkers right to help this cause.
Arrowood Hole 18: The final golf hole features a ho-hum drive that just must avoid the bunkers and driving range fence to the right. The approach however, is a tough one over water the whole way with bunkers and hillside behind the green to make life tough for any up and downs coming from that direction.
