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Love getting out to this course whenever I can. Greens, although punched recently (within the last month), seemed receptive to approach shots and were consistent in speed and break throughout the entire round. Only found one trap while playing, on the first hole, and it was maintained perfect. Can’t say enough about the course. Even got to witness a fight between folks on the 18th hole; put a nice little bow on the whole day! But that’s a story for another day. Enjoy your round at Shell Landing!!

Don't get out to park courses very often, so this was a nice change of pace. Teed off just before sunrise, and the course was in great shape. Not very wet, even for the early morning hours, which in Napa, is hard to believe with it being so humid overnight. Greens were soft though, found myself having to repair ball marks more frequently than usual, both mine and ones left overnight. Scenery was nice and the overall atmosphere was one of the more quiet courses I can remember playing in recent memory. Would recommend and will return in the winter when all the surrounding elements have returned to their green nature! Staff was super friendly to boot; definitely made you feel like your business was welcome.

Had a 0653 tee time, showed up at 0620 and by the time my initial tee time came around, I was already on the 6th hole. If you want bang for your buck, play Eagle Vines just after sunrise on the weekdays. 33 bucks, got to play solo, had a great round and was home after 2.5 hours. Only negative to being out there that early is the course is at its absolute slickest from being watered overnight, but shouldn't be anything new to fellow golfers. Overall great experience as always with Eagle Vines Golf Club!

First time playing Chardonnay, and I will definitely say that this will NOT be my last time. I had an incredibly fun day at this course and it started from the moment I stepped foot on the complex grounds. Can honestly say that I have never met a more friendly staff, whether it be the cart attendant that greeted me when I got there and filled me in on where to go and all that stuff, to the pro shop employees, and all the way down to the beverage cart lady Michelle who was so sweet and accommodating. The only complaint I might have is the amount of golf balls you pay for when using the driving range. That bucket I got had MAYBE 30 balls in it total, and with a course that challenging and narrow, I know I would have benefited from having that extra practice on the range.

Golf course was in good condition, not great, but good. There were some random patches on several holes that were weeded out and a bit dead, but luckily, most of that was in the rough. Sand traps weren't great either as they were a little hard and hard to hit solid shots with, but understandably so with it being so windy in that area. Other than that, I loved the course. The par 5's played a little shorter than they looked, as I was able to reach the green in 2 shots on all but one of them.

Last words: Hole 8 is both a golfers dream AND nightmare, balled into one. Distance is tricky due to change in elevation and winds that vary both directionally and velocity wise at the tee boxes and the greens. Throw in a green that has FIVE (yes I said five, I counted them all) different levels to it, which is also long enough for one of those small Napa cessnas to land on, and you've got the potential to lose some golf balls AND your sanity.

All in all, Chardonnay will be receiving my repeat business in the future, no doubt about it. These guys know what they are doing and they do it so well as best as I can tell. Can't wait to come back!!

There are a lot of reviews on here bashing this course, but in all fairness, whatever issues were had before, are in the process of being corrected right now. This was my first time playing Rio Vista, and overall, I had a great time. It was a fairly difficult course for my handicap, with a lot of target golf needed to progress, and somehow, I mananged to put together one of my better overall rounds. And that was with 20+ knots of wind swirling around all morning. I will say that I enjoyed the course, as did my buddy that played with me. Course was a little wet from the rains the previous night, but that just helped out on the greens. Fairways and greens were great and well cut. Biggest issues were the unplayable bunkers, but luckily had the pleasure of staying out of them the entire round. Carts were a nice touch with the well placed GPS monitors (a BIG help to my shooting so well) and the staff was super friendly. Almost convinced me to buy a new club. Because of the weather, time of day and course conditions, pace of play was amazing, as we were able to get out of there in less than four hours. No one was ahead of us after the first hole and not once did we have anyone coming up from the rear. Overall a good morning on the course and I can't wait to play this course again when their potential has been fully reached!!