Played this morning with visiting family members from out of town.

We found the course to be in good shape in all areas.

Tee boxes are clean and playable.

Fairways have great coverage lies and rollout.

Rough was playable but there enough other areas OB, creeks, culverts to be wary of as well.

Traps were all playable and most of them had been raked by previous players. Nice to see.

Greens are good size and have undulations so playing to the right spots is crucial based on the pin location. Today they had them in fair locations and the greens were rolling very nicely all round.

Great customer service from all in contact with.

Nice driving range and putting green to prepare one for their round.

Along with Rancho Solano Fairfield has two of the nicest public courses to play golf at in this area. And still reasonably priced.

Played here this morning in a POP of 4 H.

This a Ted Robinson design originally opened in 1996 under the name Summerset then became Rio Vista Golf Club and is now named The Golf Club at Rio Vista.

The course is open to the public $54 with cart/no GPS weekday rate regardless of age. Its a 55+ community so many members have their own carts and no doubt pay annual dues to the club.

The original design has been brought back to life and its great. A wonderful collection of holes and over 6,800 yards from the Championship tees and 5,300 from the Forward tees. With a slope of 73.6 and a rating of 131, it is a true test for any level of golfer.

Having played here not long after it opened I was looking forward to playing it again. But also worried about past bad reviews and operational issues.

To my delight I found a very nice golf course that is being loved and cared for by the HOA and Shea Homes.

"This is a links-style course. There are ten lakes, numerous bunkers, and waterfalls highlighting the design. Fairways are spacious and forgiving, although there are out-of-bounds areas on each side. The signature hole is #18, a 372-yard, par 4, which features a large pond that comes into play 100 yards in front of the green."

The water holes are intimidating and w/o local knowledge one can easily get into high digits. So we made sure we drove up and looked at many holes before we either teed off or hit 2nd and 3rd shots.

I think all of us found the course to be in very nice shape, though a little soft from lots of watering and many areas of sod repair.

But the tee boxes were all great.

Fairways had excellent coverage and good lies. But little rollout.

Bunkers were all fine and I heard no complaints.

Very little rough at all to deal with but having the water hazards and the wind was more than enough.

The wind this AM was probably 5 to 10 miles an hour and gusts of maybe 15. It died down later in the round but being so close to the Sacramento river and delta + the flatness of the area one can assume the wind will always be a factor when playing here.

The greens are large and undulating and are in excellent shape. I fixed 2 divots today. Both of them mine. Have not seen greens so devoid of divots like this course. Members take good care of them.

Excellent customer service in the shop. Restaurant on site but did not visit.

Two areas of concern I have for the course is (1. Location is on Hwy 12 between I 5 outside of Stockton and I 80 coming from Fairfield. And the road is under heavy construction at this time. Anyone familiar with this stretch of Hwy knows well the problems one can incur. (2. The wind. I am not sure it is ever very still and will always be a factor.

But if you are a fan of links golf then you won't be disappointed if you chose to play here. It is a recommended course to play.

Played last evening in a great 3H POP.

Course is in good shape as the expected warm weather has not arrived yet so course had some firmness to it. However it is expected this week so no doubt the watering will begin.

Tee boxes good and playable.

Fairways good coverage, lies and rollout.

Traps (in one) played fine but noticed some needed raking as I went by.

Rough was dry and able to advance ball quite well.

Greens were all in good shape and chipped/putted well but slower than usual but thats OK given the size of them and where the pins are sometimes. Only had 2 three putt greens this round.

It's a great public course and the rates are still very reasonable.

Went to the beautiful parade and then went to play golf and fireworks tonight. Great way to spend the 250 birthday of America.

Found the course to be in great shape.

Tee boxes clean/level no teeing issues.

Fairways have excellent coverage lies and rollout on all holes.

Rough was high and its difficult to play out of throughout the course.

Traps were all in great shape and I was fortunate to not find any. But I heard no complaints from my playing partners.

Greens are all elevated on this course and many guarded by bunkers. You need an excellent iron and wedge game to have many greens in regulations. Mine is a work in progress after S CA courses.

Greens are well manicured and chip/putt and hold and release shots very well.

POP was a great 4 H given the many players on the course today.

Had the usual great price beer ($4 draft) and $5.59 BLT after the round. I don't know how they do it but I like those prices.

Hope all GK members had a safe and wonderful celebration this 4th of July.

Played this morning. Like playing here often as it is an easy course to walk and the Sr rate of $18 is outstanding.

They keep this course in excellent shape for the amount of play it gets.

Not an overly long course by any means but the narrow fairways, trees, creek and water hazards will kill your score real quick.

Tee boxes clean and playable.

Fairways green with good lies and really nice rollout.

Traps are IMO the one thing that they could improve on. They are playable but some need some more sand and refreshing.

Rough is mostly all playable and not too penal.

Greens while not large or undulating have good speed and are always in good condition.

Nice driving range and putting green close to the 1st hole.

Great staff who runs this place.

Great course for all levels of players especially the older ones. LOL

Played twilight on their ALL day Sr Wed rate of $34 w cart. Great deal and great course. Beautiful setting for twilight golf in the Napa valley.

Located on Hwy 12 going towards Napa in what they call American Canyon. Surrounded by vineyards. It was once 36 holes now down to 9. They turned 9 holes into wine vineyards and sold 9 holes to Eagle Vines next door and Johnny Miller added 9 more. Another great course.

I have yet to find a "hair" out of place at this course each time I play it. They keep it great shape.

Tee boxes great.

Fairways wide green and give great lies and very good rollout.

Rough is penal and so are the vineyards as they are all OB areas. Throw in some water holes, culverts, trees and various other OB areas and the round can go south real quick.

Traps are clean and people rake them and they are very playable. And large.

Greens are in top shape large undulating but chip/putt just great.

The par 3 holes here all great and challenging. And they have 6 of them. And 6 par 5's.

Excellent practice putting areas, large driving range. Carts very nice and allowed in parking lot.

Great customer service in the shop.

Highly recommended.

Played twilight last evening. POP was a great 3.5H.

Course is in good shape but fairways and greens are soft with all the watering with the recent and expected heat.

Tee boxes all playable.

Rough was dry and playable and presented no issues.

Fairways had good lies but not much roll at the moment.

Traps were playable but the one I was in needed raking and I noticed that others did also as I passed by them. Expected with weekend golfers.

Greens were soft due to needed watering so as to not lose them to the heat. This made the chipping and putting slower than normal.

Great time of the evening to play right now and I can walk the course as most of the players are already off the course.

Happy to be in N CA with all the fine courses up here and no issues with traffic either.

Happy 4th of July and enjoy Americas 250 birthday celebrations wherever you may be this 4th.

Played last evening for twilight. Great POP of 3.5H.

Course was prepared in the AM for a large mens club tournament so it was in fine shape even at the end of the day.

Tee boxes clean and playable.

Traps were still playable though some needed some raking.

Fairways lush good lies and rollout.

Greens were all in wonderful shape holding shots, releasing shots and chipping/putting just fine.

Great customer service in the shop and the restaurant is very nice but did not use it this time due to the late hour.

Highly recommended.

Had the pleasure of playing here yesterday with captrichs and an old friend of Sixpez. Paid a great rate of $45 with cart to play.

Warm afternoon in Woodland but plenty of water was available all round. Nice snack shop in the middle of the course and nice clean modern bathrooms as well.

Place was busy and POP was 4H and we waited a few times but POP was acceptable for a Friday afternoon.

Course was opened in 1919 with 9 holes added later. And for you pilots there is a small airport with a 3700 foot runway and all facilities adjacent to the course.

Course is an old style parkland course with bermuda fairways and what appears to be bermuda greens. Plenty of trees, bunkers and 1 par 3 with water. Rough is deep and penal.

Great mixture of 3,4,5 holes and various lengths for all players of all skills.

I found the tee boxes to all be excellent and they have B, W, Combo W/G and R to accomodate all players skills.

Fairways were very nice. Clean and mowed giving good lies and great rollout.

As mentioned above rough is deep and takes a good powerful swing to advance the ball.

Traps were a mixed bag. Was in a few and found some to be crusty/hard and others to have good decent sand. And there are plenty of them.

Greens are good size. Some elevated from fairways and some not. They are in good shape, virtually no divots (nice to see) and chipped/putted just fine and with good speed.

Great customer service in the pro shop. Good carts but you need your own GPS.

They have a restaurant on site which we did not visit but it looked very nice.

I would recommend this course with no hesitation. Yes it is private but I think if you called the course you might not have any issues getting on. It's not your "stuffy" private course by any means. From those that I saw playing and manner of dress it looks pretty laid back.

Played early this AM to beat the heat and the Mon crowds. Nice living so close to a course.

Found the course in somewhat different shape then previous rounds.

Tee boxes good.

Fairways wide and giving "decent" roll but not as good as past weeks. Seems like a lot of water has been put on the course with past and coming heat. But the lies were excellent.

Rough was much higher as well and needs cutting so fairly difficult to advance w/o a powerful swing.

Traps were all ok and had been raked so not an issue.

Greens were the big mistery. In the past they have been firm and fast. But no doubt they too have been heavily watered as they were soft w/o much release and did not putt with there normal speed. Even downhill putts were not as dangerous.

Always good customer service from the Monday AM pro shop. You can tell they like their work.

Played here yesterday on a cool overcast morning in Santa Cruz.

Course is owned by City of Santa Cruz and still run by the Loustalot family since 1973.

Was a member here for over 20 years when working in Silicon Valley and came back to play it again for old times sake.

Well the course is still in great shape but I had to move up a tee box from days gone by. Don't laugh it will happen to all of you LOL.

This course sits on top of a large hill overlooking Santa Cruz and is in DeLaveaga park. Course is lined with many large eucalyptus trees and pine trees that will need to be avoided. Not to mention the many OB areas that are like large and mini canyons. Bring plenty of ammo.

The course is complete with great holes and lots of elevation changes. # 8 is one of the best short Par 3's one can find on any course playing between 114 to 131 with a canyon between the tee and green large bunkers surround the hole and the green is LONG from left to right and sloping into the canyon. # 10 is a narrow Par 5 downhill dogleg left to an uphill green. You par this one and you will feel great. Oh and it is guarded by canyons all the way to the hole on the left side and a road on the right side. Be long and straight off the tee. Good luck.

Thats just two of 18 great holes on this course. And # 3 and #5 Par 3's are divided by canyons with no bail out areas. This course will test your golfing ability. Especially the first time you ever play it.

While the damp weather had the fairways soft they had great lies all round. They were lush and green.

Traps were all cleaned and playable as we went off early so no issues. And there are plenty of traps.

Rough is high and damp and of course the previous mentioned OB areas on all holes. And one large water hazard on # 18.

Greens were in great shape. They are great size, wonderfully manicured and have speed and don't be above the hole. And N CA golfers know how to fix divots.

Excellent driving range available. Large parking lot right next to the pro shop. Putting green out front of the shop.

Walk across the street for # 1 and pucker up when you see the road on the left and the canyon on the right all the way to the green.

When you are all finished they have a great restaurant upstairs or you can have coffe and bkfst before your round.

We often refer this course as being the poor mans Pasatiempo which is just around the corner on Hwy 17. Now charging over $450 to play.

As a side note to how things have changed2 2 in this area. In the 70's/80's Pebble was $45 for twilight and Pasatiempo was $45 for 18. I never expected to see the cost of golf go so high but I believe it now.

Played Thurs with some former colleagues in a little reunion from the old days. This was one of the public courses we would ditch work for back in the early days of Silicon Valley.

Old style parkland flat course. Was just a place to get a quick round in. Was in great shape then and it still is and much improved IMO.

Boy has this place changed2 2 . And for the better. New clubhouse and restaurant, well new for us guys. And they now have a 9 hole course that is packed and does a great job with for junior golf. Jackson Koivun came out of this program and is #1 amatuer at the moment. And Kiara Romero as well.

The good news is golf is still reasonable here. Especially for seniors. No wonder the place was packed. + its an easy course to walk.

Tee boxes were all playable with no problems.

Fairways were mowed/clean and gave good rollout and lies all round. Virtually no rough to deal with but on the back 9 you will find some OB areas that can ruin a round.

Traps were all in good shape. No complaints.

Greens are good size, in good shape and chipped/putted excellent all round. And it seems N CA golfers know how to fix divots.

Great customer service from everyone encountered.

Nice complex and nice to see it is still in service after all these years. Especially given the growth in Silicon Valley.