I played here this morning. It took me about 1.5 H to drive from Fairfield to the course up through Napa, St Helena, Calistoga.

From home to Calistoga the road was fine. But the road up to Middletown is quite nerve racking. Two lanes with a few passing lanes. Anyone ever drive Hwy 17 SJ to Santa Cruz? This one was 5 times worse. And unbelievable commuter traffic coming down hill at all speeds at you.

If I ever decide to go there again it won't be in the dark.

I had a 7 AM tee time made on their website. After arriving I noticed the young kid putting out the carts. He asked me what time my tee time was? I said 7. "Sir we don't open until 7 and first time is 7:30." OK will someone be here at 7? Yes.

Sure enough the pro shows up asks me what time do I have. 7 AM made on your website. " d%mn I told them to change those tee sheets." He checked me in gave me a cart key and off I went.

In the middle of the first fairway a truck not a cart drives up on me. "who let you out" Sarcastically I said "my Mom what about you." " we don't start until 7:30" "tell that to your pro not my problem" "We don't even have pins in the greens" "Maybe you should start earlier like most courses." He drove off.

On to the course more later. The front 9 is as flat as a pancake. Lined with houses on both sides. A nice selection of holes but nothing impressive.

Found the tees good. Fairways cleaned and playable and the traps all clean. On all the holes.

No rough at all on the front 9. That actually was nice. Lots of OB areas, water, creeks, culverts and elevation to deal with on the back. And no homes until you come down the hill and play 16, 17, 18.

I putted on the practice green waiting for them to open and was hoping the greens would be as nice? They were. Good size with undulations and in top shape. Just no pins (the back 9 did). But no big deal personally. The greens on the back 9 were equally as good. And the people who play here fix divots and it showed. Nice to see.

So on to the back. Would you believe the same maitenance guy was on the tenth tee and complained I was playing to fast. "you will be running into my guys" "then like I said start earlier not my problem I paid my money and your pro let me out. Have a nice day. And you have a nice course." He drove off.

The back 9 is 100% different from the front. Lots of trees. Elevation on many holes (especially 15). Small creeks, water and culverts on many of the 4s/5s.

Two really nice par 3's on the back and a par 4 with the B, W tees sitting about 200 to 250 yards above the fairway (pics later). Two excellent par 5's that will challenge any players skill.

#15 is very unique in that the line of site from the B or W tee would provide a long hitter thoughts to go for the green. There are trees to hit over but they really don't come into play if you drive it well. Distance is 401 B and 377 W but there are no bunkers on the hole. So its possble.

I enjoyed the round of golf here. The community is nice. But no views of the lake only the mountains and valleys. $50 rate for visitors. Only discounts are for residents of Hidden Valley Lake association.

They have a very nice putting green. Nice driving range and a beautiful new pro shop and restaurant. Good carts no GPS.

They also have an Indian casino called Twin Pines about 5 miles away in Middletown that offers a very nice stay and play package for two at $120.

I would not hestitate to recommend this course if you are in Calistoga or Clearlake and want to play golf. Or if you live within a 1/2 hour drive from it. Anything else and you should stay at at the casino and take advantage of the Stay/Play offer.

And remember 1st tee time is 7:30? LOL and I wish I had asked him what time is the first tee time in June/July :)

Played the Legends in Temecula. First the guy is the pro shop and cart area were as nice as you will come across at any course. That is the end, the course is almost to the point of unplayability. The once fun and different layout has fallen too far into disrepair. The carts are clean and have GPS, but that's it from tee boxes to what used to be greens you will only have one thought "Holly sh-t " what a dump.

We frequently play this course so we drove came out here a couple days ago, Tuesday. But like I mentioned to the GK Gents in the community threads, I haven’t been the “know Before You Go” type of guy as of late and so we found ourselves at Muroc Lake GC in the middle of their planned course aeration. Ugh…

While there is not much more to say, I just want to add that the small tines are what the course chose to employ and plenty of sand after. The course allowed us to play the front nine… we also stopped by #17 green along the way to see what had been done. Looks like a good job and we thought the healing duration might only take two weeks the way it looks together with the current weather conditions we are having. (Praying for no heatwave).

For this review post, I will be skipping the course review details.

played wed 9/9, 7:30 tee time. 4:30 round. Been a while since I've been here, and it's a challenging fun and mostly fair layout. Greens are very grainy and I had a hard time figuring it out. Down grain putts were like a 14, up grain were like a 9. Led to a poor putting day. This is a nice course that gets a lot of play from regulars/members, but it just seems like the regulars don't take care of it. Tons of unrepaired or poorly repaired ball marks. Tons of unfilled divots. No sand in the carts. Bunkers poorly raked. Otherwise had a great time. Hot day, got to over 90 by 10am. Cart girl came around a few times on the back 9. I would play here more if it were closer.

played sunday 9/6, 11am tee time, 4:45 round. mild wind to start that died down. Pleasant day. Greens running true and fast (a fast 10), but tons of poorly repaired or not repaired ball marks. Tons of unfilled divots throughout the course. In average muni shape. I always enjoy this course. Had a good time.

Play day was 09/07/26, 9:10 tee time.
This out of the way for many- a local course in the west Palmdale serves as the local favorite and I can see why. It’s been kept really nice. Now it rained quite a bit the afternoon/evening so th course was soft. Enough rain that they didn’t open the range.
Yeah, so the greens were soft and receptive. It rolled smooth and true but slow (like maybe 9.0).
The fairways where OK. It still had some roll and pressingly no mud ball- it will pick up some brown spots, but not clump mud.
I wasn’t in any bunker that day, but I do remember that they do not have good sand bunker from a month ago.
Their ground were nice and almost never chewed up.
Staff there were easy to talk to and they’re nice and helpful.
The beverage cart came around three or four times.
The cards are new and they have activated a strict governor on it that it controls your speed everywhere on the course. I think it’s too slow, but that’s just me.
The piece of play was about four hours and 20 minutes.

Note: the hazard on the part five, third hole is now just a waste area (I’m not sure what to think about that)
There is now a drop area on number eight right side of the water, over the bridge and just to the left of the bridge.

Walked the blues late morning around 1145am with my buddy Matt just as a twosome finishing in 4 hrs catching the end of the senior men's club. Great POP today under humid conditions to start that turned into a nice cool breeze on the back nine with a high maybe around 80 degrees pretty much perfect weather. We got lucky and caught no rain but heard they had a downpour today further south where we live in the Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Simi corridor.

Olivas is in great shape and the way the emerald rough, tees and fairways looked mixed in with some beautiful humidity clouds was stunning. Today was greenskeeper appreciation day and man should the super be appreciated out here.

Fairways were just perfect lush padded surfaces. 8.5/10

Tees level, lush and perfectly cut and manicured. 8/10

Rough was beautiful just off the fairways and at a nice challenging length without being to penal. 8.5/10

Greens were in great shape being very receptive and soft on irons yet medium to quick pace on putts. 8/10

Neither I or playing partner was in any bunkers.

I would highly recommend getting out to Olivas while we still are in summer/fall to experience premium papsulum lush
fairways, beautiful rough and great greens.

Highly recommended!

Out early this morning to beat the heat. It is already 95 F as I write this. Over 100 tomorrow and Th. Will need to find a cool location for Friday.

There are two courses here E and W but I have found I like the E better. There are 5 par 3's and they are all different in length and elevation adding to the challenge. Only 3 Par 5's but great design and elevation changes as well. And a good selection of 4's.

Course is always in good shape as it was this morning.

Tee boxes clean and playable and no tee issues.

Fairways clean wide with good lies and good rollout all round.

No traps today but they were all groomed and looked great.

Rough a little high today and damp and some areas worse than others so staying in the fairways was preferred.

Greens were all clean and held shots chipped and putted great all round.

As always great customer service in the shop.

$47 w cart for Sr players. And I might also like the course as it is easy to get a tee time as most players like playing the W.

If you are coming to this area for any reason and want to play golf, this is one of the better public facilities you will find in this area IMO.

Played Wilson in the rain on Sunday, September 6, teeing off just before 7:00 am. The forecast showed a window with no or little chance of rain for the first few hours but it was, sadly, mistaken. There were people hanging around the clubhouse when we started and a 3some in front of my 4some, but we did not see anyone behind us until the last couple of holes. There were people on the courses, though, which surprised me because it rained pretty much the entire round. I have not been that soaked in a while. Shoutout to Cindy, our waitress in the cafe afterwards, who went out with us in the rain to the 18th green at Harding to take photo (a member of our group is moving back east and it was on that site in 1974 that he had his first beer with his grandfather). Her friendly service was above and beyond the call of duty.

Overall, the course was in good shape. It drained better than I expected. There was the start of some ponding at the low point on the 12th green but I did not see that on any other green. The greens rolled great, at a decent speed. The only green that had the problems noted in the last review was the par three 15th. It was pretty bad. Otherwise they were fine. There were some burnt out spots in the fairways but I had good lies in them. In the rough, gopher holes abound. Overall, the course is in good shape.

Played today early to beat the expected 100 F temps over the next few days.

Great walking rate on weekends/holidays of $28 and that is for anyone. $21 during the weekdays and $18 for Sr.

Course is in decent shape though they are watering it very heavily due to the expected heat coming so some of the fairways were still wet early morning.

Tee boxes were fine though we did find some that were firming up making putting a tee in a little difficult. So aeration is probably coming up?

Fairways still have good coverage though some areas are browned out where the watering did not cover. But no area had any bad lies.

Rough is cut down so no issues there.

Traps were all playable and heard no complaints from others.

Greens were all in good shape and had been cut so no issues with chipping or putting.

Always great customer service at this course.

Great location only a mile from UC Davis for any GK parents or grandparents who come up to visit.

Played in the rain today! Finished in under 4 hours. Some areas were muddy but what do you expect??? Aside from that, the greens were decent. Actually faster than when it was hotter!!

Played here yesterday on a beautiful day on the coast. Sunshine and low wind aided in an enjoyable day here.

Course opened in 1974 and was done by Robert Muir Graves who did many fine courses in CA. He did the first 9 in 74 and the back 9 in 95. Locals say that was due to environmental decisions at the time. But I love his courses and put this one in my top ten of them. Anyone familiar with Westridge? Look him up and you will recognize many of them and played a lot of them w/o knowing he did the design.

In January 2025 – Management shut down the golf course indefinitely because of unsustainable financial issues. And it reopened in October 2025 after the Sea Ranch homeowners' association arranged a new lease, with management handed over to Kemper Sports.

They like to call this course a "links course" and while there are many great views from the course only # 8 is overlooking the ocean. But not on it like many links courses are in Ireland and Scotland. But most of the course is in a meadow and cypress groves and it reminded me of Pacific Grove in some ways.

So after playing Bodega Harbour in the morning I drove up here along the coast on Hwy 1. Very slow going with the Labor Day weekend traffic, the winding road and it took about an hour and spent the night in Gualala about 15 minutes N of the course. The hotel rates in Sea Ranch are outrageous and this area has the best selection of lodging if one decides to come up here.

It is a trek to get up here no doubt and IMO one should play Bodega Harbour and then spend the night N of Sea Ranch and play the next day. The course was not crowded even being the Labor Day weekend and they gave me a great rate of $75 due to being a veteran. It really makes for great golf trip either with golfing buddies or the family.

I found the course to be in very nice playing condition. Nice driving range and putting green to get warmed up.

It is a good challenging course and choosing the right tee will enhance the round. B 6604 Blue 6217 W 5423 R 4802. Graves did a great job in the layout of this course and the design of his holes. Add in the trees some creeks what they call sea grass rough and you can add up the score quickly. So stay in the fairways as much as possible.

Tee boxes were all playable.

Fairways had good coverage and lies and decent rollout.

Rough is bad farther off the fairways and good luck finding your ball. And I hope they find you if you go too far LOL

Traps are playable but being near the ocean and with winds you can find some better than others in sand coverage.

Greens are great and chipped/putted just fine with good speed all round.

The customer service is excellent at all levels. There is a small cafe on site and plenty of great restaurant choices in the area.

As I said before if one is looking for a different type of golf trip within CA this might just be it. The area in both areas is beautiful. The drive along Hwy 1 is great. Golf is great. Lodging is very good. And the prices are not Pebble Beach prices.

And as a side note in history. Bodega Bay is where Alfred Hitchcock filmed the movie The Birds.