Admiral Baker Golf Course

Anthony was excellent. He explained everything that he did from the beginning to the end. Thanks Anthony.

It’s a little overpriced for what it is. Service can be pushy and a bit dishonest when dealing with online promotion i.e. GolfNow hot deals. Don’t lime that genre rough they put in is so thick. The first cut is as thick as a US Open course. It’s a decent course and I usually enjoy myself. It’s the closest to my house but there are better courses in San Diego

Although the course was in pretty good shape and the cart gps was nice, I can’t in good conscience rate this course above 2 stars simply due to the incredible overcrowding the management allowed to happen. There shouldn’t be 4 groups on a par 3 – waiting 8 – 10 minutes to tee off on each hole completely breaks your rhythm and is just not enjoyable at all.
Simple fix – spread you tee times out a few more minutes. The clientele that uses this course (lots of retirees) clearly needs a few extra minutes to finish each hole, so spread the tee times out!

This is a fun golf course, I am still in my beginning stages and had a blast! $ 37 only which I feel like is a great deal, and that is cart included! The fairways are pretty wide open, which is nice (you don’t lose a lot of balls). The rough was pretty deep though it was hard for me to get a good shot out of it! I guess that’s what you get when you can’t keep it in the fairway when it’s wide open. Overall very fun course, I will be back!

I was there last week, course condition were ok not very impressed, $ 38 for tee time on Friday it’s not worth it compare to another golf course in San Diego area with cheaper than $ 38.

The fairways were a mess, but the greens were nice. Some of the holes had nice and wide open fairways. At first it was a little slow on a Sunday morning at 9:45 a.m., but then it really picked up the pace and played well.

Played north course. Well maintained. Nice greens. Practice range ok, large bucket only 65 balls, order xlarge.

Im back on the golf saddle once again. And Admiral Baker was the perfect course to getting back to basics. The best part, $ 37 for green fees and a cart. Play can be slow depending the groups ahead, but surprisingly having a mid-​day tee time, pace was pretty good.
Conditions of the course and greens were fair, but I still can’t argue with the price to play.
I will be a frequent player here so if you need a 4^th, hit me up! =)

Played the North Course a few times and love the layout. Conditions are what should be expected and the pace is always hit or miss. The reason I give this place 5 stars is because of the service. Jon Price in the Pro shop was very helpful and his service and hospitality was the reason we enjoyed the experience. Keep up the good work Mr. Price! I will defintely be back.

Love this place. It has relatively wide fairways, guys like me who are not the greatest can appreciate the width. The greens are well groomed and insanely green. Me and my buddies play here all the time and we love it. Give it a shot especially if you are military the discount alone is worth it.

Nice little municipal golf course. Greens were in nice shape and there was actually no waiting the entire day. We played in a group of five and still finished in under 4 hours. The blue tees offer a good distance with a couple of par threes exceeding 220 yards, and plenty of long par fours. Decent for any golfer as the fairways are wide enough to let you spray the ball a bit and not get into too much trouble. Fairway grass is a little brown but that is just the season. It really was a fun round with a group of great guys. Fortunate to have that type of day on January 3.
Post round bar had some great wings and you have to try the nachos with some chicken on them, they didn’t look like anything special but taste was great.

The WWGT is held here and I’ve volunteered for this event in the last 3 years. The golf course is perfect for the event. Dont know much about golfing but the course is spacious and nice. Very quiet and relaxing. I would love to just lay and tan on the grass. Food is great. Staff are friendly.

5somes seriously lots of fivesomes!
The North is a well diverse challenging course that is great for semi experience to good golfers but the pace of play is horrible.
After asking you will discover that fivesomes are a regular thing, «if they keep up with the group ahead of them…» Mumbled one of the guys in the pro shop. Ummmmm yeah when fivesomes get backed up by fivesomes and then are backing up twosomes and foursomes… well then the whole course is backed up… Common understanding right?
Great track if you can discover the perfect time of day to have a traditional pace.
Otherwise it’s run by the government so you get what you expect from any half assed organization.
It’s too bad this course is a diamond in the rough if properly managed.

My girlfriend’s coworker had his wedding here recently, and this is where they held the reception. The venue was nice, but it was a little on the small side. There is a bar next door to the dining room, but the bartender wasn’t too fond of the younger crew that wanted to get drinks. I didn’t think it was necessary to display all that attitude.
The drive there was really scary. The navigation app on my phone doesn’t take you directly there, but rather to a trailer park that’s within the vicinity. There are no lights on the way there, and it’s a windy road. Not my first pick when it comes to weddings.

I can only speak for the back-​9, but the course itself was great. All of the fairways and greens were in great shape, and the holes were generally pretty interesting. The clubhouse is also really nice considering this is a government property, and the bar’s drinks/​food were great and were a priced well ($ 3.25 for a well drink, awesome.)
However, the speed of play is obviously a huge issue here. We had a 9:20am tee time on a Saturday, but when we got there we were told there had been a «frost delay» and we were pushed back to 10-​ish. There were also 8 groups ahead of us, and there were literally 12 golf carts lined up waiting to tee off on the 1^st hole. 6-​hour rounds are my personal golf nightmare, so we quickly got a ½ refund and were lucky enough to catch a break in groups making the turn and got off on the back-​9.
While obviously a frost-​delay will cause a backup, its exacerbated by the pro-​shop stacking tee times way too close together. So if/​when i go here again I’ll be sure to be one of the first groups of the day so as not to get caught in this traffic jam.

I recently played the North Course during a charity tournament. It had been a few years since I had played the course. It was in really good shape. I found the course to be both interesting and challenging. It was a windy day, so it was probably a little more difficult than normal.
We also had hors d’oeuvres adjacent to the bar after the round. The food was quite tasty — calamari, shrimp and antipasti on a stick.
I am glad that it is now open to the general public and I will put this on my list of San Diego golf courses to frequent.

While ADM Baker is now open to the public, it is located on U.S. government property. As a military course, they rightly offer a discount to military personnel. I think it’s $ 48 for a guest to ride on weekends. For San Diego, I think it’s a decent price.
ADM Baker has two 18 hole courses (North and South), and all the other amenities such as a driving range, clubhouse/​restaurant, locker room, etc. I’ve played here maybe 10 times and I think it’s a good value.
The South course is pretty vanilla. Lots of of side by side holes, open fairways, flat holes, not many hazards and not much scenery. The North course has lots of personality though. Winding holes, variety, imagination, scenery. Both are pretty well watered, have yardage markers in the fairways, obvious tee boxes and signs, etc. Almost everything you’d expect at a resort course in Palm Springs.
I’ve read other Unilocalers complain about the pace. A round usually takes five hours here, but that’s becoming the norm at every course I go to. I see a marshal occasionally, and they usually have a beer cart that’s pretty quick.
If you can’t get on at Sea N Air, the North course here is a great alternative. I’ll be back.

I have played the South Course 3 times and the newly renovated North Course once.
Overall it’s a fine experience, but I definitely prefer the North.
I’ll review the South course for now: it’s a fairly easy track getting slightly more difficult on the back 9 in my opinion. The opening hole is a nice easy straight par 4 without much danger (unless you really overshoot your approach shot into the water behind) which is a nice warm-​up. The rest of the holes are a mixed bag in my opinion. Some of them great (like #3, par 3 over a pond) and others leave me scratching my head (2 short par 4’s with minimal danger). The fairways are usually in decent shape, but definitely need work in some areas. Overall you’ll likely end up with a decent lie in the fairway over 90% of the time. The greens are usually in decent shape as well.
Overall the clubhouse is nice, they have a decent range and the clubhouse is appropriately stocked. You won’t go wrong playing 18 here, but you can do much better in the SD area (unfortunately by paying a lot more though usually!) Oh, play here (at least on the South) is usually a bit slow… and they allow fivesomes at times (boo!!!)
Of the military courses in SD the North is probably my favorite for golf with Sea N Air in Coronado being my favorite for scenery. Miramar is just a flat piece of land with a few good holes in my opinion.

This is a review strictly about the Driving Range.
In order to get a bucket of balls you have to make your way to the club house which is unfortunately not right next to the driving range. They should incorporate some sort of vending machine that takes bills or something. The mats are worn out and flat. Whatever you do, don’t wash your clubs in their scrubbers. It smells like manure and the smells stays with your club.

After being closed for about a year, I really expected more.
Greens have been enlarged significantly and now have all-​new bent grass. The green side conditions are a mystery on some holes as there are bare spots and areas that should be ground under repair… you would think this would not be the case after a year of rehab. Greens have more contour than before but have been quite slow save for the last time I played (mid-​May2012), hopefully they will keep the speed up. Good luck holding your approach on the green, they play like concrete with a layer of hard sod over top.
Fairways are are in pretty good shape save an occasional bare area or muddy spot but are basically the same as before. Topography of the course has always been a stronger suit and still is for a military track.
Lakes/​ponds have water in them now. Yea!
Pace of play is consistently slow, with loads of young swabbies off the ship running the zig-​zag and retirees lining up $ 100k puts making up the majority of the patrons. Slow play is one of recreational Golf’s biggest challenges and can be mitigated by education (Hello, Starter and Staff et. al).
The range facility is mats (booo!) and a pain in the butt ball machine that is not only expensive but does not take dollar bills… codes/​keys only. Chipping areas are good. Putting greens are nice and bear no resemblance to the greens on the North Course.
The clubhouse is nice. The food isn’t too shabby but don’t order the machaca for breakfast, you’ll be in for a rude surprise. The restaurant staff can be hit or miss and they seem to have a penchant for keeping the tv’s tuned to talk shows or the Fox weather-​girl instead of Golf Channel or ESPN. Go figure. Pro shop staff are generally good with the occasional doofus just to keep it real. Keep in mind this is not the PX and prices here are standard for any regular course’s pro shop and certainly not a good deal. Greens fees however, are fair for what you get.
The biggest issue with this course (and Baker South for that matter) historically and currently is condition. A significant aspect of this is how golfers who make up the normal clientele treat the course while playing. Filling divots in the fairway and fixing ball marks on the green may seem obvious to many of us but seems to escape the large percentage of these players. Hit the course in the afternoon and look out for ankle breaker/​ball swallowing fairway hazards and bombing range green conditions. Admiral Baker staff… listen up. Educate your mainstream golfers or you will have the same shabby conditions again that have plagued your courses for years. This will be a crying shame after spending so much time and money on the refresh of Baker North.