Scenery and playability are the draws at 27-hole Temecula Creek Inn
TEMECULA, Calif. -- Three nine-hole golf courses are the centerpiece of the Temecula Creek Inn golf resort.
The 3,348-yard Creek and the 3,436-yard Oaks were 1970s Dick Rossen designs. Ted Robinson Sr.'s 3,257-yard Stonehouse course was added in 1990.
The Creek is the least remarkable, with relatively flat, parallel fairways. The Oaks is a solid, traditional test with undulating greens and multitudinous oaks. The Stonehouse is the jewel in the resort's crown, with ample views, elevation changes and numerous rock outcroppings.
Scenery and playability are the draws here -- no matter which 18-hole combination you play, the course rating won't exceed 72.3 from the tips and slope won't be above 130. Still, your score will depend on how well you read the contoured greens.
Temecula Creek Inn
All 27 holes at Temecula Creek Inn are tree-lined and scenic.
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The lodge at Temecula Creek Inn
Temecula Creek Inn's main lodge overlooks the golf course.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Oaks golf course - hole 1
No. 1 on the Oaks golf course at Temecula Creek Inn.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Oaks golf course - hole 2
No. 2 on Temecula Creek Inn's Oaks nine snakes around massive trees to a green set into the foot of the mountains.
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Temecula Creek Inn - bobcat
A family of bobcats lives behind the green of the second hole on the Oaks golf course at Temecula Creek Inn.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Oaks golf course - hole 3
No. 3 on Temecula Creek Inn's Oaks golf course.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Oaks golf course - hole 4
The 537-yard fourth hole on the Oaks Course at Temecula Creek Inn plays downhill, making it seem more like a long par 4 than a true par 5.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Oaks golf course - hole 5
No. 5 on Temecula Creek Inn's Oaks golf course.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Oaks golf course - hole 7
No. 7 on Temecula Creek Inn's Oaks golf course.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Oaks golf course - hole 8
No. 8 on Temecula Creek Inn's Oaks golf course.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Oaks golf course - hole 9
No. 9 on the Oaks golf course at Temecula Creek Inn.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Stonehouse GC - hole 1
Elevation changes help make the Stonehouse Course the jewel of Temecula Creek Inn's three nines.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Stonehouse GC - hole 2
No. 2 on the Stonehouse golf course at Temecula Creek Inn.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Stonehouse GC - hole 3
No. 3 on the Stonehouse golf course at Temecula Creek Inn.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Stonehouse GC - hole 4
No. 4 on the Stonehouse golf course at Temecula Creek Inn.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Stonehouse GC - hole 6
The tee shot on the sixth hole of Temecula Creek Inn's Stonhouse's Course is as daunting as it is breathtaking.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Stonehouse GC - 6th
Reading the contoured greens are key on Temecula Creek Inn's Stonehouse golf course.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Stonehouse GC - hole 7
No. 7 on the Stonehouse golf course at Temecula Creek Inn.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Stonehouse GC - hole 8
No. 8 on the Stonehouse golf course at Temecula Creek Inn.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Stonehouse GC - hole 9
No. 9 on the Stonehouse golf course at Temecula Creek Inn.
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Temecula Creek Inn - Stonehouse - hole 9th green
The ninth green on the Stonehouse Course at Temecula Creek Inn is harder to hit than it looks.
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