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Conditions
3.2
Value
4.1
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.3
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 70
Length 6150 yards
Slope 127
Rating 70.0

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

Course Details

Year Built 1892
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Blue Grass
Architect Nelson & Haworth (2000) Todd Eckenrode

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.6
434 Reviews (434)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 26
Patio Dining 13
19th Hole Specials 11
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 68
Bunkers 42
Narrow Fairways 38
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 59
Locals 48
Advanced Golfers 37
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 44
Convenient to the City 28
Near Local Attractions 16

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Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

punched greens

there should automatically be something that tells you when a course has just punched their greens. We drove a ways to play this course and would rather have waited a couple of weeks for the greens to grow in. its ridiculous trying to putt when they have just been punched. Also this course has NO food except hot dogs.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 04/17/2018:
Hi Tobydana, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear your experience with us wasn't up to par, but hope this doesn't deter you from returning for another round soon. Thanks for playing Mare Island Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/17/2018:
Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback about your round and are happy to hear you enjoyed it. We apologize about the mosquitoes - our staff is currently working to get rid of them. We hope to see you again for another round soon! Thanks for playing Mare Island Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 82
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Sanded greens

The greens were recently sanded, which made for poor putting. The rough was very long, so if you were out of the fairway, you had a good chance of losing your ball.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/16/2018

Hello coopwayne, we appreciate your feedback on your recent experience to Mare Island and its course conditions. We hope to see you again soon this season!

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bring uour mosquito spray.

Tons of mosquitoes this time of year. Views on the front nine are amazing. The terrain is just wonderful. I can only imagine what it was like when it was well maintained. The course is challenging with many must make shots with little room for error.
Carts are old, but work.
Wish this course had the resources to make it better.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 04/11/2018

Thanks Norbert6813877 for sharing your experience from your recent visit at Mare Island. We hope to see you again soon with less bugs later this season.

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mosquitoes infestation

Do not, I repeat, do not play here until they have solved the insect problem.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/25/2018:
Hi Jason9893899, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback about your round and are sorry to hear your experience with us wasn't up to par. We appreciate you giving us a shot! Thanks for playing Mare Island Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 58
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Mare Island playing conditions after theheavy rain.

The course condition was really good, bearing in mind that Nor Cal had just suffered 2 days of heavy rain.
It was cart paths only (to be expected) and there was a posted warning about mosquito swarms in the club house. They weren’t kidding! The mosquitoes were out everywhere! I suggest that the pro shop starts selling mosquito repellent or offer it free to customers on days like this! Luckily for me, the group ahead of us included a person who deet ready and he let me use his deet spray!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/10/2018

Thank you torch892 for coming out to Mare Island to hit the greens! We are happy to hear the heavy rains from a few days before didn't affect your experience. Hope to see you tee off at Mare Island again this season!

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Horrible mosquito issue

Well I liked the course layout, I had to quit after six holes because there were so many mosquitoes I could not concentrate on any kind of Swing or pot it was really a shame!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/25/2018:
Hi dourgarian, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback about your round and apologize for the mosquito problem. We appreciate you giving us a shot! Thanks for playing Mare Island Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 74
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor

We played Mare Island in Vallejo, and tried again as
we experienced slow play last month.
We played as a twosome at 11:30 and once again
ran into several foursomes playing at about a
5 to 6 hour pace.
We left again and did not finish.
Won't be back for a while.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/06/2018:
Hi JEverett6860, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback about your round and are sorry to hear it wasn't up to your expectations. We hope you consider giving us another shot in the future. Thanks for playing Mare Island Golf Club!
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Location appears to be going out of business....

No land crew.....shavings left standing. Mosquito infested, no course care.....weeds and tall grass over taking everyrhing

HOW LONG WILL THIS COURSE BE OPEN ?

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/23/2018:
Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback about your round and apologize the conditions weren't up to your expectations. We don't have any plans to close, but have forwarded your comments over to our management staff. We appreciate you giving us a shot! Thanks for playing #MareIslandGolfClub.
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

construction alert!!!!!

The back 9 are being redone so I was told to play the front 9 twice. Sure. The practice putting green was also unusably sanded a pristine white without a trace of green. OK...... First tee box was overdue for divot repair. I see you are working on it. First green also sanded. Come on. By hole 3 I have been bitten about 7 times by mosquitoes. Done. I went back to the barn and walked away. So no aerification alert on golf now because it was construction and sanding ? It was my fault for not bringing bug spray. Thanks for three holes of very unenjoyable golf. At least the staff was friendly.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 04/04/2018:
Hi bluerock42, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear about your poor experience at our golf course. We did undergo aerification recently and the course is still healing. We appreciate your patience during this time. We also made sure we have aerification notices posted on GolfNow and our website. We hope this doesn't deter you from returning for another round soon. Thanks for playing Mare Island Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Response from on 04/03/2018:
Hi craig1j, thanks for taking the time to leave us your feedback. We're sorry to hear your round with us wasn't up to your expectations. We hope this doesn't deter you from returning for another round soon. Thanks for playing Mare Island Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Another great round at Mare Island

Love this course..mosquitos were all over us, but that's not their doing.
Bring some spray during this season..
Golf carts are very hard to steer..
I was told new carts are on the way, but their tires will still need air!
Buy an air compressor for the cart guy, he's a good employee, who want's to make things better.
It could also be used to clean spikes

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/29/2018

Thanks nopops22 for the feedback and advice regarding your recent tee time at Mare Island. We hope you can try out the new carts we will be having this season on your next tee time.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Mare island

Great staff. Fun course. Challenging to place ur shots. Greens r tough a lot of slope

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 03/29/2018

Thank you Jfquigs for the four star rating and review from your recent visit! Hope to see you again soon on the greens this season.

Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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 03/29/2018:
Hi combatel, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback about you round and are happy to hear it was 5-stars! We hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing Mare Island Golf Club.
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 03/16/2018:
Thanks so much for your 4-star review! We hope you play with us again at Mare Island Golf Club!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Response from on 03/16/2018:
We are sorry to hear your visit was anything less of 5 stars. Please give us another try in future!
Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Mare Island

the course could use some TLC , weed and seed and this would be an awesome place to play all of the time. not very long but a fair amount of tight fairways. The true test and joy comes when you reach the greens. i don't think they have been aerated for awhile so you have extremely firm deceivingly fast greens. as it was my first round there I was lucky enough to be paired up with Wayne Robertson who coached me on where and where not be . I've played Oakmont 8 times and they don't have a thing on Mare Islands roller coasters. and if this wasn't enough to get you to play Mare,,,,come for the naval history lesson ….loved it and will be back

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/12/2018

Thank you u000007826557 for the course feedback and review regarding your recent visit at Mare Island. We hope to see you again soon this season!

Played On
Reviews 74
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

We played Mare Island in Vallejo at 11:30 as a
threesome and did not finish.
There were two five-somes, one of which was very
slow and the course came to almost a complete
stop.
We left after 15 holes, and 4.5 hours.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 09/12/2018:
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.
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Great day for golf

Little cold in the morning, but when the sun came out it was a great day. Staff was great, food was delicious.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 02/27/2018

Thank you John4089815 for the four star rating. We are pleased to hear our staff made your visit a memorable one. Hope to see you hit the greens at Mare Island again soon!

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