Played here yesterday in the PM as prices on Friday are higher than M-Th. Was charged $140 and I will say I don't think the course is worth what they are charging. More on this later in the post.

Course is on the Cache Creek Casino property in Brooks CA. And as the old saying goes "in the middle of no where". If you do plan on playing here be aware the road going in goes through Esparto and Capay 2 small towns. And heavily patrolled to catch speeders. And then winds through a beautiful valley but road in is only two lanes and very winding.

For those who know the area the course is located N of Vacaville (25 miles) along
I 80 E and N on I 505 towards Woodland and state Hwy 16 W to Brooks.

This would not be a course to do an in/out day of golf unless you lived within say a 50 mile or less distance. IMO a stay and play booking would be much better.

Once at the Casino course is about a mile back behind the Casino and just follow the signs.

Great drop off area for clubs. Right in front of the pro shop. Go to parking which is small IMO and walk back to the pro shop to check in. You can take a cart back to the car to get your clubs.

Nice pro shop well stocked. And a very nice restaurant with outside seating overlooking the 18th hole. Carts are very nice and comfortable with GPS and stocked with water. And you can get more water at the refrigerators located on the course at the restrooms.

Driving range is just below the 1st hole and balls are included with the round. Putting green at the first hole with a magnificent view of the entire course.

Black 7222, Gold 6777, W 6310, Sr 5811, Red 5313.

Other than the first tee which is high up on a hill, the rest of the course winds through a beautiful valley surrounded with high hills and vineyards. Plenty of OB areas, environmental areas and water to deal with on the course.

Course conditions were excellent, as one would expect.

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Played here yesterday in the PM as prices on Friday are higher than M-Th. Was charged $140 and I will say I don't think the course is worth what they are charging. More on this later in the post.

Course is on the Cache Creek Casino property in Brooks CA. And as the old saying goes "in the middle of no where". If you do plan on playing here be aware the road going in goes through Esparto and Capay 2 small towns. And heavily patrolled to catch speeders. And then winds through a beautiful valley but road in is only two lanes and very winding.

For those who know the area the course is located N of Vacaville (25 miles) along
I 80 E and N on I 505 towards Woodland and state Hwy 16 W to Brooks.

This would not be a course to do an in/out day of golf unless you lived within say a 50 mile or less distance. IMO a stay and play booking would be much better.

Once at the Casino course is about a mile back behind the Casino and just follow the signs.

Great drop off area for clubs. Right in front of the pro shop. Go to parking which is small IMO and walk back to the pro shop to check in. You can take a cart back to the car to get your clubs.

Nice pro shop well stocked. And a very nice restaurant with outside seating overlooking the 18th hole. Carts are very nice and comfortable with GPS and stocked with water. And you can get more water at the refrigerators located on the course at the restrooms.

Driving range is just below the 1st hole and balls are included with the round. Putting green at the first hole with a magnificent view of the entire course.

Black 7222, Gold 6777, W 6310, Sr 5811, Red 5313.

Other than the first tee which is high up on a hill, the rest of the course winds through a beautiful valley surrounded with high hills and vineyards. Plenty of OB areas, environmental areas and water to deal with on the course.

Course conditions were excellent, as one would expect.

Tee boxes all level and clean. Fairways wide and lush. Great lies all round but roll out was not consistent. Plenty of traps but all with good sand and playable. Rough is 1 inch and ball sinks down and hard to advance.

Greens were all in good shape. But they were not all putting the same speed. So chipping/putting was not consistent the whole round. And I was surprised to find that most of them, while fairly large, were for the most part very flat with little to no undulations. Some had high spots and low areas but that was about2 it.

The course is managed by Troon and the staff on the course does a great job in keeping the flow going. As many know a resort course like this brings out a lot of slow players but we actually played in exactly 4 hours so kudos to the marshals.

I would say that the prices they charge to play here seem to be IMO too high. That is really my only knock on the course. I don't feel this course is any better than Chardonnay or Eagle Vines in Napa, or even my course Rancho Solano. Or LaPurisima and Classic Club. And these courses charge more than 50 to 75% less than Yocha DeHe. And even some of the best courses in S CA are not this high.

And I know many GK players like to play early AM vs in the PM and that is the time when the prices are their highest.

And the location of this course is not going to be fun to play when the weather gets warmer. Especially in the afternoon.

In parting. Well I played it and enjoyed it but it will be a long time before I go back. I think a once and done for this well traveled golfer is plenty IMO and its now off my list of places I wanted to play.

If you have a chance to play or want to play it I hope I did not discourage you from doing that. It is an enjoyable golf course if you can get past the price.
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