Cherry Island Golf Course

I was expecting this course to be a dog track considering its location. I work nearby and decided to give it a try.

This course far exceeded my expectations. Course conditions are excellent, greens roll fast and true. It is a fun and challenging layout. The greens have many ball marks, which was not surprising, considering the many hackers who pollute our beautiful public golf courses.

If you go to a golf course with a high value on “fancy facilities”, then maybe this course isn’t attractive. However, if you go to a golf course to experience great golf and a challenging, but fair playing experience, this course is highly underrated and should be high up on your list of tracks in the Sacramento Area . The fairways are in great shape and the greens are rolling really well, despite weekend hackers leaving their ball marks. One of my favorite courses in the city.

First off the positive, the course was in the best shape I’ve played at Cherry in a while. The greens were rolling very nice. Tee boxes were pretty solid and the bunkers had good sand.
The negative, 5 hour round. We had to call for a marshal by the fourth hole due to a 3 group backup. A very nice lady tried to tell us it was just a lot of groups out, but common golf knowledge lets you know someone isn’t playing to pace.

The only thing on the course that needs improvement are the ball washers or lack of

Need course assistant to monitor the players pace. It took us more than 5 hours to complete our round. The group in front of us only two players, but they play multiple balls. Very rude I would say.