Northern California Golf Course Reviews
Northern California Golf Courses, Reviews, Aeration Alerts, Photos and Current Rates.
I would highly recommend it to ALL golfers..... Very friendly and very courteous, bring carts to parking lot to pick you up with brand new Carts with GPS drains fairly good but has a few areas that becomes very soggy....Cart path only because of the past rains... Many tee Box Choices (5) depending on your handicap .
Played on the 9th of march, day after weeks of storms. Cart path only but still enjoyed. Great layout, some elevated greens and some down hillers. Greens were the best aspect, firm and fast. Fairways a little mushy in spots. Not the best clubhouse or parking lot but this course, come spring time will be a must play in the eastern sacramento area. I will be back, even with a 2 1/2 hour drive.
Played on March 9, 2010. Fairways had many bare spots. Rough very uneven with tall grass and clumpy grass. One half of each green had been aereiated and sanded with the other half of each green to be done in another week ? Never seen this done before and it made for really nasty putting surfaces one half fast the other sandy and slow. Tee boxes were very sandy and in poor condition. This used to be one of the premier golf courses in the area now needs lots of work. Mike
Played here yesterday 3/1. Found the course conditions to be almost unplayable due to all the standing water and mud. This is a course where the houses are right on the fairway and the course actually winds through city streets. It's a simple short layout without to many suprizes. Te only thing to be aware of is the creek that crosses some fairways and is to the side of others. The wind is also a factor. All in all I would not play this course again where it not for them hosting a PAT later in the spring.
Typical resort layout with enough challenge from any tee. Very wet lately so carts are on paths. Greens were great BUT coring started Sunday 28 Feb. Fairways have been recently cored so grass quite thin, with lots of casual water. Rough quite lush since it has not been cut for quite awhile. Sand was wet. Good practice facility, F&B, and service. For a weekend it was not too busy (weather??) and with a member the fee $40 walking. When this course dries out it can be fun.
With all the recent rain, maintenance is working hard to make the course playable. Carts were of course on paths. Greens great BUT coring starts today. Fairways thin and wet so the ball lands and stops. Rough lush with long grass due to the rain. Sand was wet as well. The course does present well and would be a sufficient challenge when it dries out a bit more. Layout not bad (yawn) with many interesting holes, some greens being quite tricky. Good resort F&B with roomy practice area and putting greens. Very good customer service. With a member the rate a reasonable $40 walking. Otherwise pricey.
Played Sat., 2/13/10 - 10:30 time. Course is super-saturated with water right now. Front nine had standing water on hillside slopes. Greens were good. Wait for this one to dry out
Played here last Thursday 2/11. Tee'd off at about 9:20 the conditions were ok about 50 degrees with scattered clouds. Played Merlot/Zinfandel. Found all fairways to be very wet and soft, tee shots would roll only inches if at all. Also found that there was severe divot damage to most fairways and players were not relacing divots or sanding them. due to those conditions the courses played very long. There was no wind on the Merlot, but it did come up about two holes in to Zinfandel which made it even more difficult. My biggest disappointment came when I got in the bunkers, there were very large 1/2" to 1" rocks in both of them! This is one of my very favorite courses but it needs some time to dry out with less play imo. I will wait at least one maybe two weeks before trying it again.
Wednesday 3 Feb 11:45 tee 2 ball; very quiet with only another twosome ahead but a few fours behind. Paced at 3 hrs 30 min. Lots of rain lately and 4 holes were carts on paths; still a lot of runoff and casual water. Winter rules though so no dramas. Greens are in as good a shape as usual, very soft and holding well, a little bumpy and medium speed. Elsewhere, fairways were soft, rough damp to wet, sand was good, and the course did play long. Surprised to see as many drinks cart passes as we did for a quiet day; good. Enjoyed the layout and challenge as always. Golfnow 'hot deal' $31. Birdiebug a little cheaper. Enjoy.
Played here on Tuesday 2/2, I was concerned due to the recent high amount of rain we had been getting. Found that the course was very playable. The back 9 are very hilly and don't drain as well as the front and therefore where a bit softer. The course played pretty long as the ball was not rolling in the fairways at all, there no plugs but just no roll. If you got of the fairway by just a little the second cut was about 4" and very lush so fliers where the rule. Beyond the second cut "forget it" it was like hitting out of a bowl of spaggetti. All in all it is a very good course with very playable conditions.
P.S. It would be nice to hear more from Nor Cal golfers with regard to ratings and reviews.
P.S. It would be nice to hear more from Nor Cal golfers with regard to ratings and reviews.
At twilight (noon this time of year - 1/28/10) it is the cheapest legit 18 I can find in the bay area. It's $25 with a cart. Go out at noon, and you can definitely get 18 before sunset. So it's a bargain, but it's also pretty fun. There actually are views of the Delta. Number 8, I think, is a par 4 with a great view; the tee is ridiculously higher than the hole and you can drive the 300 yard green. Other than that, the course is actually pretty long. The par 3's are not short (168, 145, 181, 120, 186 from the whites). The staff is very nice, but they will not give you ice without buying beer from them - an admittedly strange hang-up. Totally worth the $25. They allow 5-somes; so it is slow, but I don't mind.
went to bay area for the weekend. planned to play 1/23 in sac-town since my friend had business to attend to. had a gap of six hrs to spend. so i planned meticuously on web to schedule for those free hrs. drove from SF to sac-town in the morning, had teetime for 9:30. prior to booking teetime, called all the courses to check conditions since it had rained all week. all the pro shop attendees told me the course was not really playable. Wildhawk was the only one that said it was ok and their course drained very well. that was a FLAT OUT LIE! if i had known this, i would not have woke up early and spent the day in a swamp vs. a somewhat nice day in beautiful SF. now the pro shop attendee was cordial got me out in time. the course was REALLY TERRIBLE. tee boxes were fine since they were usually elevated, lush with little to none divots. the fairways are another story. there was standing water EVERYWHERE. there were LAKES in the middle of some fairways that were low lying. sometimes when you would hit a good drive, and find out your ball landed in one of those lakes. some deep enough that you couldn't find your ball in thigh deep water. sandtraps all had large pools of water. the greens were ok, dry at least with some ballmarks. finished round in 3:15. at that time the sun came out and was warming up. asked if i could play extra holes in light of the conditions and the pro shop basically lying to me. was refused. the course overall was great, had good layout. don't get me wrong, i didn't expect it to be dry after a week of rain but this was ridiculous. and telling me that over the phone after waking up early and driving 1:30 to play. if i had known, would have stayed in SF sightseeing. i would NEVER patron this course again, nor would i recommend it, out of principle. the pro shop FLAT OUT LIED. they had an opportunity to make right by letting me play a few extra holes, they blew it.
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