Played this morning. Relatively cool weather, under 100 degrees. The course is in good shape. Greens rolled true, somewhat soft, medium speed. Lots of undulations throughout the course, creating good sight-lines for drives and approach shots. Very good customer service. Nice clubhouse and pro shop.

I played here late Wednesday morning using an online rate from Teeoff.com. At $35 I expected a dog track, but no! The course was in excellent condition. Nice grass range and chipping green. I encountered many maintenance personnel working on the course.

Greens were medium speed with no ball marks or anything negative.

Fairways and rough were in good conditio... » More

I played here late Wednesday morning using an online rate from Teeoff.com. At $35 I expected a dog track, but no! The course was in excellent condition. Nice grass range and chipping green. I encountered many maintenance personnel working on the course.

Greens were medium speed with no ball marks or anything negative.

Fairways and rough were in good condition without any issues. The rough was long enough to be penal but not so long you couldn’t see your ball. Lots of roll out on the fairways. Plenty of room as well.

Tees were level and in great shape.

Sand was in good condition.

All in all, I would play here again.
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My first event and first-time playing Candlewood CC.

Teed it up with rgm2525, ag2000 and sparky14. It was super day but nothing can top witnessing sparky14 make his first hole-in-one on hole 8. Wow!

Candlewood CC is short regulation well-maintained private course in Whittier, CA. Despite the long hot dry summer in SoCal, Candlewood CC provided lush fairways ... » More

My first event and first-time playing Candlewood CC.

Teed it up with rgm2525, ag2000 and sparky14. It was super day but nothing can top witnessing sparky14 make his first hole-in-one on hole 8. Wow!

Candlewood CC is short regulation well-maintained private course in Whittier, CA. Despite the long hot dry summer in SoCal, Candlewood CC provided lush fairways and only few brown spots in the rough. It’s a bermunda/kikuyu turf is ideal in regard to heat tolerance as long as it well watered. Candlewood CC, as evidenced by the moist turf conditions we experienced, is keeping the course well-watered.

From an event organizer’s standpoint, the staging area is excellent for a large group. The driving range, proshop, practice putting, snack bar/restaurant are all conveniently located to players golf carts. The layout, short, but challenging, yet not too difficult provided a quick pace of play with lots of fun holes. The entire staff was friendly and professional.

I’ll be looking into another summer outing come 2027. Candlewood CC made a great first impression.

Checkout the photos I just posted.

Recommended!
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snuck out yesterday, Wednesday, at 2pm and got right out!! My resident card expired and didn't have proper credentials on me to renew, so they charged me $56 to walk non-resident. Oh well. Not a big deal and still worth it.

Quite a bit of work being done to improve conditions all over. The blue tees were set way back for the most part and were in good shape, nice ... » More

snuck out yesterday, Wednesday, at 2pm and got right out!! My resident card expired and didn't have proper credentials on me to renew, so they charged me $56 to walk non-resident. Oh well. Not a big deal and still worth it.

Quite a bit of work being done to improve conditions all over. The blue tees were set way back for the most part and were in good shape, nice and level. No issues.

Fairways are in good to great shape all around. CPO on holes 1-5 right now, which makes a huge difference in these fairways. But overall, all of them were good to excellent. No problems whatsover. Good roll, good cushion.

Rough isn't too penal for the most part. Just a couple inches longer than fairway and not much of a problem to get the club on the ball. Good coverage for the most part. Mainly bermuda that is still brown in spots.

Found one bunker and it was in good shape, no problems. Nice fluffy sand.

Greens were good to great. They held shots very well. People seem to be fixing their pitch marks for the most part. They were not quite as quick on the downhill as I've seen them, but they rolled true. No complaints.

Snack bar was open for a quick beer at the turn. Customer service in the proshop was awesome as usual. They got me right on out immediately when I showed up without a tee time.

Highly recommend. It's a neat old school course and a tough walk up the 18 fairway.
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Played here this morning.

This course was built in 1968 by Jack Fleming (Lake Course and Olympic Club) and Bob Baldock (look him up amazing # of courses familiar to many of us) one of the most prolific post-war course architects in the western United States.

The design is a traditional, walkable layout that routes through the gradual elevation changes surroundin... » More

Played here this morning.

This course was built in 1968 by Jack Fleming (Lake Course and Olympic Club) and Bob Baldock (look him up amazing # of courses familiar to many of us) one of the most prolific post-war course architects in the western United States.

The design is a traditional, walkable layout that routes through the gradual elevation changes surrounding the estuary of the Napa River. Mature trees line many of the fairways, and water comes into play on the majority of the holes.

From the Black tees the course stretches to 6,681 yards with a rating of 72.8 and a slope of 131, providing a solid test for stronger players. Four sets of tees, down to roughly 5,660 yards from the forward markers.

$39 with cart M-F and F-Sun $49 so good value. If you are in the Napa area this is a very good course to play. Especially if you like to walk.

Course is in good shape at the moment.

Tee boxes are all playable.

The fairways have good coverage decent roll out and good lies. Except for hole # 15 which has some issues in the middle of the fairway where grass just not seem to want to grow.

Traps are all clean and playable no issues.

Greens are not large but several are elevated from the fairways and protected by bunkers so good iron play is crucial. They are in great shape and chip/putt just fine.

Both # 8 and # 18 are par 5's that have water and marsh that come into play making it a fun hole for those who want to go for them in two.

Great selection of Par 3's on the course as well.

No houses are on this course and the views of the Napa Valley are great. I will say that the cart paths and carts could use some TLC and updating.

Great customer service in the shop and a small grill has good service as well.
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