Ay, caramba!! Ok...enough of my very poor Spanish, although I will take some credit for good alliteration in a foreign language for my effort in the title. Anyway, I made my second trip in three years to the La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, CA as part of a romantic Valentine's getaway. You understand, of course, romantic is defined as my wife and I spent a day and night away from the children together, but spent most of the time doing our own thing: me golfing, her relaxing at the spa. Ahhh, romance!!
Anyway, since our last visit, La Costa spent a good deal of money renovating the hotel, spa and, most importantly, its North Course, which is now the Champions Course (I refer to it as both in my review). The redesign gets positive reviews from me, even though my score would not agree. The South Course also benefited from some changes, and I think more are supposedly on the way on that easier, but equally enjoyable track. See pictures here for an example of the change on number 8 on the North / Champions Course (never mind the color differences at that is a very simple phenomenon (the unusually wet SoCal weather in Jan 2011 above versus the horrible 75 degree temperatures and light breeze I had to endure in Feb 2013 below.
Anyway, since our last visit, La Costa spent a good deal of money renovating the hotel, spa and, most importantly, its North Course, which is now the Champions Course (I refer to it as both in my review). The redesign gets positive reviews from me, even though my score would not agree. The South Course also benefited from some changes, and I think more are supposedly on the way on that easier, but equally enjoyable track. See pictures here for an example of the change on number 8 on the North / Champions Course (never mind the color differences at that is a very simple phenomenon (the unusually wet SoCal weather in Jan 2011 above versus the horrible 75 degree temperatures and light breeze I had to endure in Feb 2013 below.
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