Golf Course Reviews
Golf Course Reviews: California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, Florida, Hawaii!Played today walking for $18. Great course to keep your game in shape.
Short course but fun to play and enjoy the walk. The course is a short, 18-hole par 67 with many trees, bunkers, and water hazards.
Todays conditions were just fine. No issues with tee boxes. Fairways were all playable. Traps could use more raking but were fine to play out of. Greens were clean and chipped/putted fine all round.
Always enjoy coming here and playing a nice relaxing round of golf at a great price.
Check it out if you are in the Davis area. You won't be disappointed.
Short course but fun to play and enjoy the walk. The course is a short, 18-hole par 67 with many trees, bunkers, and water hazards.
Todays conditions were just fine. No issues with tee boxes. Fairways were all playable. Traps could use more raking but were fine to play out of. Greens were clean and chipped/putted fine all round.
Always enjoy coming here and playing a nice relaxing round of golf at a great price.
Check it out if you are in the Davis area. You won't be disappointed.
Went out as a twosome joining a couple of college guys, all playing the whites and teeing off @2:00. My buddy made the rez before inviting me and I didn't check until a day or two later to see the aeration warning on GK. So we were teeing off about 10 days after the punch. I knew before I went but didn't know exactly what to expect. Greens had been punched with regular holes and sanded (vs. smaller tines or verticutting) and while the only sand left was in the holes, the holes were still conspicuous. Performance-wise, they actually played decently, certainly better than they looked and I thought they were well recovered given the short time. They were a reasonable speed, quicker than you would expect. Bumps were minimal and the thing we did notice as group was the ball seemed to run much straighter than the breaks we were reading. Given another week, they will still have visual traces but should perform quite well. Otherwise, the course was in nice shape and green. Bunkers were inconsistent and one I was in was on the hard side. Green surrounds tended to be tighter lies and I struggled a bit in my short game with that. Pace was sluggish at something over 4.5 hrs. Know before you go, but it is playable and trending towards good greens in a week or two.
Out early on a really beautiful spring morning. Last day the North is open before they punch the greens, Course remains in very good condition. Green speeds are about 10.5+, which considering all the slope on these greens makes for a real challenge if you get above the pin or short side yourself. The greens are a bit firm, which only adds to the difficulty. Fairways have good coverage, bunkers are fine.
Played in the GK/Vivid outing last Monday in a 10am shotgun start and finished in a little under 5 hours. Tee boxes were level with full coverage and cut tight. Fairways were in really good condition with great lies and decent roll out. Rough was in great shape, playing 1-2 inches longer than fairways and not to difficult to hit from. Was in one greenside bunker that had a very nice layer of well groomed white sand. Greens were in great shape, rolling medium/fast and pure, and playing semi-soft. Always a treat to play this course.
Highly Recommend.
Highly Recommend.
I played Spyglass back with DeapSea14 on what was another perfect Monterey Peninsula weather day. I’m starting to think that if you want guaranteed good weather, just invite Peter! Anyway, he did a great job explaining in the conditions. I just thought I’d provide an update after talking to my buddy who’s a caddie for PB and played with us last week. He said the greens are 100% healed from the aeration and are rolling great. The fairways are still showing signs of maintenance but they aren’t too bad. Just some brown showing in a few places from the fill sand that was applied.
I played Crandon GC at KB yesterday with a 7AM tee time. This is my second time playing here. Conditions have improved slightly over the last go round. Mainly the fairways. They are still not quite up to my expectations for a course of this caliber but there were’t any real dead or bare spots. Just mainly thin coverage throughout. Greens were firm but rolled at a medium pace. Tee boxes and sand traps were all fine. Given the fun layout along with the improved conditions to go along with the price break with my resident card, I’ll give the course a “recommendation”.
Back out to Bonita for some more cruel and unusual punishment yesterday, Thursday. Walked on around 2pm and checked in as a single on the wait list. Teed off at 3pm. $40 to walk. Excellent POP at a little over 4hrs. That's about the best part of the review.
Blue tees were a mixed bag. Most were level with adequate coverage. Some were completely closed for maintenance (I guess it's a good thing, because they sure need work). They were probably the highlight of the course rated at 5/10.
Fairways, gosh I wish I knew what was going on here. Some holes were in decent shape and some parts were in fantastic shape!! But the remaining 70% of the fairways were awful, dirt patches everywhere. Definitely think about playing all fairways as GUR. You will experience horrible lies at some point in the round. It's a shame and a mystery as you see a gleaming perfect patch of fairway right along side of bare dirt. Can't explain it.
Greens were punched a few weeks ago and are not healed from that quite yet. They were very bumpy. Furthermore, I'm not sure what is happening to the outlining areas, but they are deplorable!!! These patches weren't even on the fringe, these bare areas are all over the surrounding parts of the actual green.
I didn't find any sand traps, but they looked ok. Might be the best part of the course. Rough is really not existent.
I can't recommend right now and not sure if and when I will return. Truly sad, because the layout is not bad, especially the back nine.
Blue tees were a mixed bag. Most were level with adequate coverage. Some were completely closed for maintenance (I guess it's a good thing, because they sure need work). They were probably the highlight of the course rated at 5/10.
Fairways, gosh I wish I knew what was going on here. Some holes were in decent shape and some parts were in fantastic shape!! But the remaining 70% of the fairways were awful, dirt patches everywhere. Definitely think about playing all fairways as GUR. You will experience horrible lies at some point in the round. It's a shame and a mystery as you see a gleaming perfect patch of fairway right along side of bare dirt. Can't explain it.
Greens were punched a few weeks ago and are not healed from that quite yet. They were very bumpy. Furthermore, I'm not sure what is happening to the outlining areas, but they are deplorable!!! These patches weren't even on the fringe, these bare areas are all over the surrounding parts of the actual green.
I didn't find any sand traps, but they looked ok. Might be the best part of the course. Rough is really not existent.
I can't recommend right now and not sure if and when I will return. Truly sad, because the layout is not bad, especially the back nine.
Played here today. I lived/worked in Silicon Valley 25 years and nobody ever told be about the E and W courses here in Vallejo. I wish they had.
Played the E this AM with a local (thank goodness) and we had a POP 3H as first off. Local knowledge was very helpful.
Built in 1949 the W course was designed by course architect Jack Fleming and the E in 1993 by Robert Muir Graves (one of my personal favorite architects).
I describe the E course as a hidden gem of a public course and add its like Black Gold and Westridge on steroids. The elevation changes are fantastic. Number 5 hdcp # 1 makes number 17 at Westridge, 18 at Laguna Seca, and Number 2 at Black Gold look like ant hills. When I say straight up, I mean 488 yards straight up and then an elevated green (only flat lie on the whole hole).
Number 7 is a par 5 downhill then back uphill that looks like a snake slithering across the ground.
And the 5 par 3's are are all unique and great designs. Loved every one of them.
If the W course is anything like the E I can't wait to play here.
You would think on a hilly course tee boxes would be unlevel. Nope every one was level, clean and peg friendly.
Fairways are well groomed, provide good roll out but have many OB lining them. Being in the fairway is necessary as the rough around the whole course is thick and hard to play out of.
Traps are decent size but deep and IMO could use more sand. Maybe because of all the rain they have become compacted and just need turning? But the same people up here are related to those in S CA that don't know how to rake a trap.
Greens are good size, clean and receptive to good high shots, release shots and chip and putt just fine on all holes. In very nice shape.
This course is one to put on your list if you are in N CA Bay Area. I look forward to playing the W course and seeing the differences in the two. Located minutes right off Columbus Parkway on I 80.
Friendly staff all around. $47 Sr rate. I believe $29 for Sr to walk and no idea what the other rates are.
I will go back and play this and the W course in the near future.
Played the E this AM with a local (thank goodness) and we had a POP 3H as first off. Local knowledge was very helpful.
Built in 1949 the W course was designed by course architect Jack Fleming and the E in 1993 by Robert Muir Graves (one of my personal favorite architects).
I describe the E course as a hidden gem of a public course and add its like Black Gold and Westridge on steroids. The elevation changes are fantastic. Number 5 hdcp # 1 makes number 17 at Westridge, 18 at Laguna Seca, and Number 2 at Black Gold look like ant hills. When I say straight up, I mean 488 yards straight up and then an elevated green (only flat lie on the whole hole).
Number 7 is a par 5 downhill then back uphill that looks like a snake slithering across the ground.
And the 5 par 3's are are all unique and great designs. Loved every one of them.
If the W course is anything like the E I can't wait to play here.
You would think on a hilly course tee boxes would be unlevel. Nope every one was level, clean and peg friendly.
Fairways are well groomed, provide good roll out but have many OB lining them. Being in the fairway is necessary as the rough around the whole course is thick and hard to play out of.
Traps are decent size but deep and IMO could use more sand. Maybe because of all the rain they have become compacted and just need turning? But the same people up here are related to those in S CA that don't know how to rake a trap.
Greens are good size, clean and receptive to good high shots, release shots and chip and putt just fine on all holes. In very nice shape.
This course is one to put on your list if you are in N CA Bay Area. I look forward to playing the W course and seeing the differences in the two. Located minutes right off Columbus Parkway on I 80.
Friendly staff all around. $47 Sr rate. I believe $29 for Sr to walk and no idea what the other rates are.
I will go back and play this and the W course in the near future.
9 holes Thursday with breezy cool mostly sunny spring conditions. CPO fyi but I always walk.
only $9 the green aeration in progress, greens closed. Playing to hardly discernible temporary with a flag and cup well short.
Not worth a review but now you know. Give it 21 days if you want 100% putting
From the top$$$$ to the bottom $ it's just golf, and that's fun.
Upfront with the work and green fees a bargain. Better exercise than range work.
only $9 the green aeration in progress, greens closed. Playing to hardly discernible temporary with a flag and cup well short.
Not worth a review but now you know. Give it 21 days if you want 100% putting
From the top$$$$ to the bottom $ it's just golf, and that's fun.
Upfront with the work and green fees a bargain. Better exercise than range work.
Course is only in ok shape for this time of year, good fairway coverage and greens are still good. Just not as good a shape for this time of year in desert. Course is for sale again we were told and for a Thursday there was very few players on the course.
Played 4/16 at 11:30am. 5 hr POP.
Course was in overall pretty good shape. Tee boxes and fairways were great to hit from. Greens still a bit scarred from aeration but were rolling pretty quickly with some slight bobbles from the punching. Played much better than they looked. Bunkers were a bit inconsistent. Very thin in some and fairly fluffy in others. Rough wasn't too long and was healthy, with some dead/dirt spots around.
Shout out to my playing partners, Tim, Vic, and Beth who were a blast to play with.
Course was in overall pretty good shape. Tee boxes and fairways were great to hit from. Greens still a bit scarred from aeration but were rolling pretty quickly with some slight bobbles from the punching. Played much better than they looked. Bunkers were a bit inconsistent. Very thin in some and fairly fluffy in others. Rough wasn't too long and was healthy, with some dead/dirt spots around.
Shout out to my playing partners, Tim, Vic, and Beth who were a blast to play with.
Played last evening for a twilight round. POP was great at 3.5H. Course is in great shape in all areas at the moment.
Nice clean level tee boxes.
Clean fairways providing good lies and great roll out.
Traps all playable though others still don't wish to rake them. Maybe we should install cameras like at stop signs. No raking gets you a fine when you finish.
Greens are wonderful. Getting better at finding landing areas to emliminate LONG putts as well as 3 putts. But they chip/putt great on every hole.
Rough is plentiful on this course and will take its toll if you are in it to often.
Great service in the pro shop, carts, marshals and the grill.
A real wonderful golf course to be so close to and reasonably priced as well.
Nice clean level tee boxes.
Clean fairways providing good lies and great roll out.
Traps all playable though others still don't wish to rake them. Maybe we should install cameras like at stop signs. No raking gets you a fine when you finish.
Greens are wonderful. Getting better at finding landing areas to emliminate LONG putts as well as 3 putts. But they chip/putt great on every hole.
Rough is plentiful on this course and will take its toll if you are in it to often.
Great service in the pro shop, carts, marshals and the grill.
A real wonderful golf course to be so close to and reasonably priced as well.
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