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Conditions
4.0
Value
4.1
Layout
4.9
Friendliness
4.9
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.0
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7329 yards
Slope 129
Rating 75.1

Course Details

Year Built 1998
Golf Season Year round
Architect Richard Bigler (1998)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

4.0
160 Reviews (160)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 21
Brunch 13
Watching the Game 13
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 36
Bunkers 21
Plays Long 20
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 27
Locals 27
A Weekend Splurge 17
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 35
In the 'Burbs 10
Convenient to the City 7

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Conditions Excellent
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Conditions Excellent
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Conditions Excellent
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Vice President

I live about a 30 minute drive from Fresno and have played Pheasant Run at least 50 times. The greens are almost always in great condition and the course in general is above average. Do your homework on pricing and you can get a low cost round. The 18th hole par 5 gives you a risk/reward shot depending on your drive. Good food as well... It is definitely worth playing!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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5.0
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Previously Played

Great

Course was awesome staff was great the layout of the course is challenging

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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

The course isa challenging, fun course to play.

Course layout is challenging but fair. Lots of water. The clubhouse/ restaurant/bar was employees were friendly and professional. I will not only recommend the course, but will be back to play soon.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Addicted

Pleasant place to play. The golf shop staff is very friendly. The course is challenging because of the length of the par 4's. The fairways are very tight and it appears that the locals don't use the golf paths and drive around the greens which if you are off a little on a shot it makes you have to chip off dirt.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Par 73

Love this course, would like to see the 14th hole play as a par 5. Almost unreachable in regulation by most players

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 111
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
San Francisco Advisor
Top 50 Contributor

2-17-18

Greens showed no signs of the recent work and were rolling true and fast.
Most of the course is starting to show signs of green breaking out but is still in the patchy phase of spring emergence.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/21/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Pheasant Run Golf Course, and for the 3 stars. We hope that you enjoyed playing our golf course and that you will see improvements in the course conditions the next time you are with us. It looks like you had a smooth round and a friendly experience with our staff, so we are glad to see that. Thank you for recommending our golf course, in the Chowchilla, California area, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent course. I always enjoy playing here because it’s always in good condition.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 136
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 100 Contributor
San Francisco Advisor
Previously Played

Great Track but conditions have slid south

Pheasant Run is one of my favorite courses in the valley. Unfortunately the conditions are below standard right now.

Pheasant run is a fun track full of water hazards. 13 of the holes have water in play(ish) with an island green on the par 5 18th. The greens had recently been sanded (maybe a couple weeks ago). No big deal. If you want excellent conditions then you have to be willing to deal with some maintenance from time to time. The greens are usually the strong point of the course. They are fairly large and most are two tiered but nothing too drastic. they are known to roll smooth and fast.

Pheasant Run is all about taking advantage of the Par 3's & 5's and surviving the par 4's which are all very long.

Sand traps are Much Much improved. I was in 4 bunkers today and all were excellent to play out of. Fairways were a dissapointment. A mix of thin; dormant, dead, and dirt. Worst I've ever seen here.

Tee boxes were below average but tolerable. Rough is non existent. After the fairway you get hard backed dirt with a few trees here and there. Usually pretty easy to play out of and it makes the driving distance look good when you get an extra 40+ yards of roll. Like my 298 yd drive. (Carry 230 & roll 68) Lol.

Hopefully they get the conditions under control soon to make this a solid go to track when in the valley or traveling up/down Hwy 99

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/05/2018:
Hello Alex, thank you for taking the time to review us, Pheasant Run Golf Course, in the Chowchilla, California area. We're very sorry to hear you may not have had the best recent customer experience with us due to the pace of play, and we greatly appreciate your feedback regarding the greens and bunkers so we may work towards any necessary improvements. We also appreciate your dedication to playing our course over the years and hope we can continue to provide you with a valuable golf experience. Thank you for golfing with us, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Lots of Water

The course in in very good shape. Like many of the courses in the Valley, I think they turned off the sprinklers some time ago. The ground is hard and the ball travels a long distance.
Very much enjoyed the round and would highly recommend the course to anyone.,

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value with challenges

True and fast greens, back nine some long par 4’s for a 15 handicapper, par is great on any hole. Very nice course, freindly staff, recommend for anyone who likes challenging golf.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Not any fun especially for seniors,women or juniors as extremely long

Pheasant Run GC's shortest set of tees measures out over 5800 yards with a slope of 128 for women.
This makes the course very difficult for the average golfer and extremely difficult for srs.,jrs, and women.
In comparison, Dragonfly just down the road has 7 sets of tees starting at 4500 yards. The 2 times we played it , we also noticed everyone was playing the forward tees. NCGA along with Jack Nicholas's play it forward
initiative endorses have multiple tee boxes so players can select tee boxes which match up with their driving distance and skill level. This in turn attracts people to golf. When I commented this to the pro shop, their smart retort was "what is the course too long for your wife" as if we should be playing elsewhere. Guess what, we will play elsewhere and since I was scouting for our large RV group to come down, we`ll also make it a point not to play here as they appear not to like seniors and women.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 10/30/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Pheasant Run Golf Course in the Fresno area. We're very sorry to hear you may have had a poor customer experience with us due to the long layout and setup of the course. We greatly appreciate your feedback so that we may work towards improvements on this matter, and enhance your future experience with us. Thank you for choosing our course, and we hope to see you again soon.
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