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Conditions
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Value
4.1
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.4
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6302 yards
Slope 137
Rating 71.1

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 09/2019.

Nestled at the base of Mount Diablo, Deer Ridge Golf Club wanders through rolling, oak-dappled hills. The course has several challenging holes but the hazards are balanced by more player-friendly elements like wide, forgiving fairways and generous greens. There is also plenty of room off the tees and at just over 6,300 yards it is a manageable length as well. Though it is gentle enough for beginners, the thoughtful routing and hilly terrain keep it interesting for low handicappers. Deer Ridge Golf Club's front nine is more open and slightly less difficult, but the back nine gets a little trickier with more trees and more dramatic elevation changes coming into play. The terrain gives each hole a unique character and different challenges. The wind can also be a major factor. Good course management will be well rewarded.

Course Details

Year Built 2004
Fairways Winter Rye
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Andy Raugust

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared or golf type shirts required; No blue jeans, no cut-offs; Ladies appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.8
475 Reviews (475)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 26
Watching the Game 11
Patio Dining 9
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 45
Elevation Changes 42
Undulating Greens 31
This course/club is great for:
Locals 56
Seniors 28
Advanced Golfers 20
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 37
Worth the Drive 29
Convenient to the City 25

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Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Nov. 17

The fact that this venue remains in limbo is illustrated by the lack of attention to the facilities. Literally, THE facilities.

Staff was great. Course was in good shape. Greens were good for Nov., bunkers good too.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/21/2018

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear your round with us was anything short of 5-stars. We hope this doesn't deter you from returning for another round soon. Thanks for playing!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Dad n Lad Trip

My son and I had planned a golf day; neither of us are great golfers, so the day is measured by how much fun we had.
The course maintenance had high and low spots. The course actively had mowers dancing about and generally the fairways and greens were in good shape. Although the traps were clean and freshly raked, they could use a lot more sand. Spots in the course were over watered and left sink holes in the fairways, and mud holes throughout the course. The course layout is suitable for the beginning and average golfer, it shows little challenge for a great golfer.
The part that chapped my behind was the fact that both the restaurant and the bar were closed. We planned the day with a tee time that had lunch at the turn, and had a wife that drove us to and from the course so we could have a couple beers and closing cocktails.... didn’t happen, thus my fun level (the yard stick used to quantify the experience) was very low. We will plan another outing, it just won’t be at Deer Ridge.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 11/21/2018

Hello, we are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars. We hope you'll give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing Deer Ridge Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Riding solo not guaranteed

I reserved a tee time by myself thinking I would be given a cart all to myself however I was forced to share with an unknown golfer. Is that the rule?
I should I have been given an option to ride solo?

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice place to spend a few hours

First time playing here, staff was very friendly, course was in good condition and pace of play was good. Got around in about 4 hours. And only had to wait once or twice. All in all a nice place to play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/15/2018

Hi Kevin, we appreciate the great review! We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round with us and hope to see you again soon. Thanks for playing #DeerRidgeGolfClub!

Played On
Reviews 100
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Perfect Day.....

Until we caught up to a miserable foursome that had NO common sense or etiquette to let us play through even though most EVERY hole three of the four would be looking for there balls and no one was in front of them for as far as you could see(at least 3 holes)So from then on the game got really bad and people starting coming up on us from behind when we were two to three holes ahead of anyone near the 4th hole

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/08/2018

Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear your experience was anything less than 5-stars. We hope this doesn't deter you from returning for another round soon. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 10/25/2018:
Hi James, thanks for the great review! We appreciate the feedback about your round and hope to see you again soon. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 10/25/2018:
Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry the course conditions weren't up to par during your round, but are happy to hear you still had a good time. We hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club! #DeerRidgeGC
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Brentwood golf

Of the two public courses in Brentwood it is the better one in terms of conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Response from on 10/22/2018:
Hi Robert, we're happy to hear you enjoyed your round with us. We appreciate the feedback about our course conditions and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club!
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

College tournament mid-afternoon Saturday?!

My friends and I decided to try and give this place another chance. I previously wrote a review about this course and how terrible the greens were and while the condition of the course seemed a little better this round (esp the 10th fairway), there was a college tourney on a Saturday.

We had a tee time @ 1:14PM, but actually tee'd off a little past 1:30PM. I didn't mind so much since we were the first group out after the tournament and I was expecting to finish still, but we didn't. Daylight ended around 6:40PM and we were still on Hole 15 so we had to call it. Extremely upset since we were waiting on every tee box for about 15-20 mins for the 1-2 groups of the college tourney to finish.

No warning from the pro shop whatsoever and no rain check or marshal to accommodate us after the round. Golfing in the far east bay is already hard, so I will add this to the list of "Do not play" courses.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The Round That Didn’t Happen

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to play today because the course scheduled a college tournament right before I was supposed to tee off. They were already behind on the tee sheet and they didn’t seem overly concerned about it. There would have been no way I could have finished the round even if I had waited around to play. It would have been nice to have know this information up
front. I wouldn’t have taken the time to drive almost an hour to play the course. Why a college match was scheduled on a Saturday baffles me.

Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Deer Ridge Round

The course is in good shape, even though the green were sandy.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Response from on 09/20/2018:
Hi Arturo, thanks for the great review! We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Deer Ridge

Deer Ridge course is in "fair" shape overall, but the greens are very nice. The lack of water is very noticeable. Tee markers missing on all holes. Brentwood "Sister" course, Shadow Lakes, closed evidently for lack of play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 09/17/2018:
Hello, we appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to to hear your round with us was anything short of 5-stars. We hope this doesn't deter you from returning for another round soon. Thanks for playing!
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Dear Ridge

We got a great rate with the GolfNow 36 bucks 1030 in the morning played the front nine in an hour and a half the back nine in an hour 45 minutes we were threesome . The only bad part of the day was all of their water Juggs were empty when we were told that every three holes there’s a full water dispensary and they were empty we got to the 11th they were filling the rest of them.Otherwise we will be back

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Response from on 09/17/2018:
Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round with us. We apologize that the water jugs weren't filled and hope this doesn't deter you from returning for another round soon. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club!
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 09/04/2018:
Hi Jason, thanks for the great review! We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club!
Played On
Reviews 138
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course with lots of variability and challenges

Course has holes with little or no elevation changes and holes with lots of elevation changes so you get to use almost every club in your bag. Course is laid out well for golfers of different abilities.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 09/04/2018:
Hi treeranger, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback and are happy to hear you enjoyed the layout. We hope to see you again for another round soon! Thanks for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Perfect weather
Used cart

Deer Rdige

Pace of play sucked. Tee time at 8:58, got put at 9:15 (two groups behind.
The round ended at 2:40!!! 5 and 1/2 round.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Used cart

the course was in good condition. there was sand on a couple of greens. the sand traps could use some sand in them and the number 10 fairway needs some work. The greens were a little slower then I remember. great value today 21 dollars with a cart. I enjoy the layout and hope that they can continue to improve the course. I will come back and play again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 08/15/2018:
Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback about our course conditions and apologize they weren't completely up to expectations. We hope this doesn't deter you from returning for another round soon. Thanks for playing!
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Horrible Greens

The drive into this place is deceiving because it’s a nice looking neighborhood so you’d think the golf course would be just as nice, but it’s not . HORRIBLE GREENS...I’ve played all over the Bay Area and i haven’t seen a course where every hole you expected your putt to be bumpy and slow. The 10th hole is atrocious looking from tee to green. Pace of play was okay , but we did wait on several holes. I like the simplistic layout of the course, but it needs a lot of TLC.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Response from on 08/15/2018:
Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear your round with us was anything short of 5-stars. We hope this doesn't deter you from returning for another round soon. Thanks for playing!
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 08/07/2018:
Hi Mike, thanks for the great review! We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor

The greens are not good a lot of bumps and they haven't took care of there greens

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Response from on 08/01/2018:
Hi JasonDonald209, we appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear the conditions of the course weren't up to expectations during your round. We hope this doesn't deter you from returning for another round soon. Thanks for playing #DeerRidgeGolfClub!
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