I ended up playing here on Thursday afternoon as I rambled around to some different obscure north state courses. It was pretty empty here and I zipped around. For 9 holes with a cart, it was somewhere... Continue »

I ended up playing here on Thursday afternoon as I rambled around to some different obscure north state courses. It was pretty empty here and I zipped around. For 9 holes with a cart, it was somewhere in the $20-25 range. I can't remember exactly because it was a long day, but it was acceptable. Would be a fairly easy course to walk and the gas carts here do provide a bumpy ride on these fairways and rough cart paths.

The course was in pretty good overall condition. Tee boxes, fairways and rough were lush with some bad spots here and there. The rough gets a little iffier the further you stray from fairways. The greens were firm and very fast! The bunkers were fine.

This course is kind of a surprise. I've driven through Arbuckle on the freeway so many times over the years I would never think there would be anything remotely interesting given the location. The course actually has some character with some slight changes in undulation, tree-lined fairways and nut/apricot orchards surrounding it. There was an apricot tree on the course itself and the timing was right to pick a few fresh ones for a quick mid-round snack. It's nothing to go out of your way for as it's still a pretty old school little 9-hole track in an isolated area, but it's certainly better than you think it will be.