Links at Summerly

The Links at Summerly is a Cal Olson design located in Lake Elsinore, California, within the master-planned Summerly community in southwestern Riverside County. Olson, a Southern California-based architect known for his work on municipal and daily-fee courses throughout the region, routed this layout across relatively flat terrain characteristic of the area's valley floor. The course serves as the centerpiece amenity for the residential development, which sits in the growing corridor between Lake Elsinore and the surrounding hills. The design reflects the practical constraints and opportunities of modern housing-integrated golf in inland Southern California. The routing works around and through residential neighborhoods, with fairways typically bordered by homes and landscaping rather than natural vegetation. Given the region's climate and topography, the course features wide playing corridors and strategic bunkering to define holes across the open landscape. Water features appear on several holes, functioning both as hazards and visual elements within the community setting. As a daily-fee facility within a residential development, The Links at Summerly caters to local golfers and residents of the surrounding communities. The course provides accessible golf in an area of Riverside County that has seen significant population growth in recent decades. Lake Elsinore's location along Interstate 15, roughly midway between San Diego and Riverside, positions the course within reach of golfers from throughout the Inland Empire region.