Course in about as good shape as it may ever be. Greens were like glass and demanded your full attention. Haven't played or practiced much lately so the greens had me scared LOL.

Wasn't in any bun... Continue »

Course in about as good shape as it may ever be. Greens were like glass and demanded your full attention. Haven't played or practiced much lately so the greens had me scared LOL.

Wasn't in any bunkers (my hiddenbrooke superpower) but they all looked a little crunchy and in need of some sand. Tee boxes could use a leveling otherwise everything else was fantastic. Course playing firm and fast throughout. A real pleasure to play.

It's almost always windy but if you don't mind playing late Golf Now seems to have one 3:30ish tee time a day for less than $30 with cart. Highly recommended and glad to call it my home course.

Been playing here 30 years and bought a house here 23 years ago. When the course first opened it hosted an LPGA tourney and it was CPO for the first 3 years. Immaculate conditions and never a blade of... Continue »

Been playing here 30 years and bought a house here 23 years ago. When the course first opened it hosted an LPGA tourney and it was CPO for the first 3 years. Immaculate conditions and never a blade of grass out of place. It was a shortish (6700 from the tips) scenic Arnold Palmer design with beautiful bunkers, barrancas, elevation changes, and fast tricky greens. I would put it up against most public (and a lot of private) courses that I have played. Fast forward thru the years, many owners and many changes. Several different golf management companies have come and gone, and Troon has run the place for at least 7 years. Staff has always been friendly and efficient. Bunkers and tee boxes we atrocious for many years. Since I didn't want to smear my home course, I never posted a review. I used to play at least 100 rounds here per year. Since I'm trying to reach 1000 courses it's more like 12 times a year. If you made it this far into the review here goes. Played Thursday and the course is in excellent shape. The rains have grown in the persistent dead spots in the fairways (no fairway aeration for at least 15years). They were a little long, but the ball rolled and sat up beautifully, (course was designed to play firm and fast). Tee boxes have decent coverage but could use a leveling. The greens, always the best and most consistent part of the course, were smooth, fast, and spicy. No tap-ins, every miss was a 3-4ft comebacker. Greens this good this time of year always seem to get punched, so they are scheduled to be punched 3/23. If you have played Palmer courses, you know how spectacular his bunkers can be, a few years ago they removed probably 40-50 bunkers that they weren't maintaining and tried to fix the 25 or so they left. It took a long while for many of those areas to grow in. With the recent rains I didn't notice those areas to be as scruffy. I mostly avoid those as the bad bunkers have trained me well. The sand traps that remain are still thin but playable. This course really has everything, some courses you can lose a ball on every hole, this course you could potentially lose a ball on every shot! But it never plays unfair. Blue tees are 6,200ish and defend me from breaking 80 more often than I would like. I rarely play the white tees (never seem to play any better) but they are 5,800 and really change a lot of the angles and make it more of a target golf course. I don't think they maintain a lot of the original black tees, but they are some of the most scenic parts of the course, even if you don't play them, you should check out 6,9,10,13,16,17 just for the views. 13 is a par 3 homage to the 12th at Augusta and the trek up the steps takes you to the highest point on the course. The hole was quite spectacular back in the day, with its intricate bunkering, as was the cloverleaf bunkers down the entire fairway of 14. Wind is always a factor out here; I like to whip around after 4:00 so it can really howl. In the afternoon I fix tons of ball marks, but the greens don't exhibit any visible scarring, so kudos to the maintenance staff for getting them in the morning. This course made me the golfer I am today, straight hitter, not very long, good short game terrible sand player. Most of that is what you need to play well out here. So, while the course will never be what it once was (alas we all can say the same) It is still a great layout and perplexing fun, now it is in very good shape and well worth checking out.

I finally got my chance to come back here and play today. It only took about 30 years LOL. This course is a beast if you have not played it many many times IMO. It reminds me of Black Gold only on... Continue »

I finally got my chance to come back here and play today. It only took about 30 years LOL. This course is a beast if you have not played it many many times IMO. It reminds me of Black Gold only on steroids. This is also one of Arnold Palmer's signature designs and it won't disappoint you. Plenty of uphill, downhill holes with many canyons, marsh areas in between tee boxes and fairways to carry to the green. Par 72 with a back consisting of 3 Par 3's and 3 Par 5's. Don't let the 6619 yards from the back tees fool you. I believe this course will give anyone a run for their money. I found the tee boxes to be just fine. They are planning to redo all of them in a few months. Fairways are generous but all of them are guarded by brutal rough and many many OB areas. Hit it in the rough and you won't find it. I know that for a fact. But they provide unbelievable run out and great lies. The traps I escaped but they did not look good to me. That was the one area I found not to be in good shape. Greens are good size but are firm and today were playing at 11. Add in a little wind and you could land in front of the green but it would roll all the way off the back if you landed to far on you shot. Local knowledge would be helpful on playing to these greens. The course was in good shape given the weather we have had up here over the last 3 weeks. And the price of $52 with cart was reasonable for the course conditions. And its an easy course to find off I 80 E/W with the exit at Hiddenbrooke Parkway in Vallejo. The signature hole is # 13 a Par 3 over a deep canyon with no bailout. Very similar to Black Gold's number 7. I will go back when the weather turns nicer and give it go again. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants a stern test of their game on a very enjoyable layout.

First time playing here on 08/13/24, I'm from SoCal and first time playing in Northern California. However, course reminds me of some of the nicer courses surrounded by upscale resdiential neighborho... Continue »

First time playing here on 08/13/24, I'm from SoCal and first time playing in Northern California. However, course reminds me of some of the nicer courses surrounded by upscale resdiential neighborhood. It's a demanding course with undulating fairways and greens. Most fairways have alot of sidehill variations and if you don't know where to place your tee shot it could literally roll into a hazard OB. There are many forced carries where the green is seperated by a creek..it IS NOT AN EASY COURSE. If this is your first time..bring balls. This course was an LPGA event at one time. We had a great time, but it is not one I would want to play regularly..it is tough.

Great greens. Rolled beautifuly, and it was a treat for the price paid to watch the ball roll on your line. Fairways were in decent shape for winter golf, muddy in a few areas, but that was to be expe... Continue »

Great greens. Rolled beautifuly, and it was a treat for the price paid to watch the ball roll on your line. Fairways were in decent shape for winter golf, muddy in a few areas, but that was to be expected. Course played nicely even after some rain and thats great to see. The two marks off for this course were the quality of the “grass driving range” which was brutally sloped and a bit mangled. But for a small range with few spaces available that felt understandable. Bunkers were in poor condition but somewhat expected following rain the previous week.

All in all highly recommend the golf course to friends and i am already planning a visit back as soon as weather improves. The quality of the greens really made it a memorable play for me and my playing partners.

Played Wed 1/3, 12:20 tee off, walked on as a single, course empty due to rains, but a pleasant brisk sunny day. course sloppy and muddy with standing water, cart path only... i won't rate the course... Continue »

Played Wed 1/3, 12:20 tee off, walked on as a single, course empty due to rains, but a pleasant brisk sunny day. course sloppy and muddy with standing water, cart path only... i won't rate the course due to this... but had a good time, conditions are officially: not great, better than nothing, playable, still fun. Got around in 3 hrs, ran into a 3some in front of me at the turn. Greens a bit bumpy due to a mixture of ball marks and rains. A really fun layout, hilly... lot of great, fun holes. Beautiful scenery. I guess they held an LPGA event here some time ago... seems not very spectator friendly. Not a walking course. But I'd play here all of the time if I lived close. I hope to get out again in better conditions.

Played in a Senior tournament 9/22/20 mid morning sunny skies breezy. Good to have the recent smoke from wildfires out of area and enjoy first day of Autumn.
Course is still like the past two review... Continue »

Played in a Senior tournament 9/22/20 mid morning sunny skies breezy. Good to have the recent smoke from wildfires out of area and enjoy first day of Autumn.
Course is still like the past two reviews overall. Tee boxes (whites) level need to grow in grass sparse on many. Many areas of the course in need of attention some fairways thin with brown areas others plush and tight lies. Rough deep in most areas. Bunkers not being maintained due to Covid we played as lift clean and place per rule. Otherwise played ball down and did not get many lies I didn't deserve.
The design is the courses attraction and the green complexes are terrific. Rolled good and smooth aeriation coming soon. Challenging holes that go through the valley with homes surrounding course but not close enough for me to bounce a ball off any.
Customer service great and pandemic protocols in full effect. First time paired with a new friend (stranger) in a cart with a plastic barrier between us hung by bungee cord. Worked good. He wore a mask all day I put mine on and off as a courtesy first few holes. Only awkward in spots where for POP purposes I walked to my ball and he drove cart to green for example.
Idk enough about that. County rules followed if that gets course open I'm ok with it.
A Troon managed course that is not like higher end Troon facilities course condition wise, but is in staffing and service. A course to play when in the area not a destination like Yocha Dehe nearby. At the right value it's a recommend.

Played here many times - great golf holes - from years of neglect tee boxes are still terrible, no rain lately so fairways were tight - greens very good. Rate is low so worth overlooking some of the n... Continue »

Played here many times - great golf holes - from years of neglect tee boxes are still terrible, no rain lately so fairways were tight - greens very good. Rate is low so worth overlooking some of the neglect from past owners - hoping Troon will spend some $$$ and bring it back to LPGA worthy. Can't say enough about how great the layout is - a challenge on almost every hole - So, staff is great, pace of play (4hrs) great, really good greens and a lot of fun! 02/17/2020

I went ahead and became a member here this year because the price was more than reasonable on an annual basis. Since I joined back in August of this year, I've played 11 rounds on it so far. My pare... Continue »

I went ahead and became a member here this year because the price was more than reasonable on an annual basis. Since I joined back in August of this year, I've played 11 rounds on it so far. My parents have a house off of one of the tee boxes and I was around when they played the LPGA events back in the early 2000s. This course has gone through some times but has always presented a humbling challenge. If you're not accurate, it will penalize you. The course conditions seem to be on the mend this summer and fall. The tee boxes need some love but they offer various angles that make you rethink your strategy, especially when the wind kicks in during the late afternoons. Fairways offer relatively clean lies, and the greens can vary from slow to slick depending on the hole and its ability to drain water. I usually play in the weekday afternoons as either a single or a twosome, and PoP in the last 4 rounds has been about 3:30. I rarely see a golf cart with drinks, and I've yet to see a marshal. The club stays busy with lots of tournaments and visiting golfers. I know Blue Rock is about to go through some changes, so I expect a lot of the local Vallejo golfers will transition over since it'll be the only course left in town, after Montara, and Mare Island have since closed down. I definitely like playing here with the arrangement I have. It is not long, but it IS challenging, so when I go play other courses, they definitely don't seem to be as difficult. Great, unique golf for the price for sure.