Now that the Tour de France is over, I can get back to Golf! This course has been on and off my play list for some time now. Some people I talk to say it’s really worth playing and others say avoid... Continue »

Now that the Tour de France is over, I can get back to Golf! This course has been on and off my play list for some time now. Some people I talk to say it’s really worth playing and others say avoid at all cost. No one seemed to be in the middle… Except ME! Overall it was OK. Nothing that wowed me and nothing that horrified me.

I’ll start with the overall layout of the course. Deadpan flat. As in the wind chop waves in the bay had more elevation! That being said, it’s a super easy walk. It also provided numerous views of the SF bay and the City (San Francisco). That was cool and unexpected. For that I give it a thumbs up. Otherwise the layout was pretty boring. Just a parkland up and back type of routing. No real dog legs. 17 holes were pretty much dead straight. Fairways were generously wide on most holes. Wind can be the real factor here. Today it was average with about a 10-12 mph steady wind.

Conditions was sliding scale. Greens were fine. Rolled smooth at a medium pace with very few pitch marks. Greens were single tier with no real undulations. In fact, the hard part was reading them trying to decide if there was any break at all. Fine for a muni course and it helped the putting stats. From there the fairways were decent enough. Good coverage for the most part but definitely some thin and dead areas throughout the course. Again, well within the acceptable muni range. After that it declined significantly. Bunkers were pretty bad. Mainly hardpan dirt, or the occasional mud pit. Tee boxes were generally horrible. Very little grass, lots of uneven surfaces and hard to get a tee in the ground.

As far as the geese poop. There were only a couple of holes that had it off to the side. Not too bad. Nothing on the green. Pace of play was slow. Just under 5 hrs.

Would I recommend this course? Sure, if you are in the area (like sailed into the adjoining marina) or like I did today and just want to try a new course. Yes it’s worth it.