Miramar Memorial Golf Course

A beautiful and functional venue for military retirements and other events. As a photographer specializing in military ceremonies, I’ve had the honor of capturing several events on base and the Miramar Memorial Golf Course is one of my favorite locations for a Marine Corps retirement. The shaded outdoor ceremony area offers relief from the sun and a picture-perfect backdrop of the green course. One of the biggest perks? The reception space is right next door, a short walk from the ceremony site, making transitions easy for guests. The indoor hall is spacious, air conditioned, and perfect for celebrating with food, speeches, and slideshows. There is ample parking close to the venue and the setup makes it easy for older guests or those with limited mobility to access both the ceremony and reception areas without hassle. If you are planning a USMC retirement, promotion, or other formal event on MCAS Miramar

Been golfing here plenty of times and honestly never really been impressed. The course is 68% dry and dead, half the carts have issues with moving forward because they are old, found out today that they won’t allow you to pay for just 9 holes and that they just charge the full 18, which isn’t really appealing when trying to introduce the sport to younger kids. Also be prepared to pay 36 bucks to just have a cart for yourself and your child.

Very long course that, aside for many tree-lined fairways, is very forgiving. Greens and fairways are in pretty good shape. Layout is fairly generic, although a couple of the par 3s are pretty interesting. I only interfaced with one staff member, and he was great. Got stuck behind four guys that, despite obviously being around golf courses for 40 years, didn’t have the sense to let me play through when the opportunity arose. But it was still a great day. One of the best values in the county.