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2.9
32 Reviews (32)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
7
Conditions
2.5
Value
3.2
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
4.3
Amenities
2.7
56.5%
Recommend this course
18 out of 32 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.4
5 Reviews (5)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.3
Layout
3.5
Pace
4.5
Amenities
2.8
StaffFriendliness
4.0
80.0%
Recommend this course
4 out of 5 reviews
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3.2
9 Reviews (9)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
1
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0
1 Stars
2
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.5
Layout
3.8
Pace
4.4
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
4.0
66.7%
Recommend this course
6 out of 9 reviews
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About

Holes 9
Type Semi-Private
Par 75
Length 6327 yards
Slope 123
Rating 69.7
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Buckingham Golf & Country Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1955
Golf Season Year round
Architect James Young

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies No
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Lounge, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

2.9
32 Reviews (32)
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

This course is challenging

A challenging 9 hole course. Fairways and Greens are in good condition ⛳️

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Walked

Do not play

I've been golfing over 25 years and I can honestly say this was the worst course I've ever played. A 9 hole course with practically every fairway peppered with goffer holes and exposed roots tat could easily break an ankle. Tee off boxes (if you can call them that) were rough and lump. The greens were small, uninteresting and all cups were half full of water.. Staff was friendly and courteous but definitely not upfront when I called asking plus the Golfnow description was way off too.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It getting greener

Fairways are greening up nice can't wait to see what the boys do for the summer

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Wet weather
Used cart
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
3.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Course is OK considering...

I understand that we are in a drought and the course reflects that. The tee boxes, fairways and greens were all very spotty. The staff was nice and they seem to be taking as good of care of the course that they can. The guy that assisted me at check-in was actually out mowing the fairways. I'm glad I got a discounted price on GolfNow, I wouldn't have wanted to pay full price given the course condition. It was not terrible, I think it just needs more watering given the summer heat in the area. With California's water condition it might not be possible to make it as lush as it could be.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun scruffy 9 holer. Lots of different tee boxes to make a solid 18 hole round. Got a great deal on TeeOff. Greens were spongy but smooth and medium fast. Fairways were hit or miss, they are watering but not a ton of grass. Very scenic setting with tons of trees, overhanging the fairways and greens. Staff was excellent and very friendly don’t know whom the other reviewers interacted with. Worth playing, but it is very remote.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 53
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Keep trying to give this course a chance but it just keeps disappointing overgrown fairways, tee boxes dried out, not worth the trip staff informed us that they do not get anything from players that use golfnow and they made sure we new about it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

stay clear

They double and triple book the Golf Now tee times. They usually have the owner and his friends playing some sort of match or the members are playing 6 and 7 person groups blasting music from their carts so everyone on the course can hear. They don't have enough carts to go around if there are more than 3 people there. You are lucky to get a window when they do have a cart thats not broken. The owner let this place go and I do not recommend making the drive up the mountain to play it, let alone the price they charge to play is astronomical for the amount of grass that is non existent. Maybe we are paying to feed the gophers and squirrels?

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

We just need some rain.

The place is beautiful and the greens are as good as they can be. It has been so dry the fairways have dried up but besides that, you cant beat the view. We get some rain and this place will be 5 stars again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course needs a bit of TLC

Beautiful weather and surroundings however the course itself could use some work. The green fees should reflect the course conditions. Tee boxes were ok. Fairways were dry and brown. Greens were in decent shape. Considering current drought conditions, watering could be done in early evening/dusk? Watering at, 4ish made some tee boxes unusable and had to make shots around active sprinklers from tee to green..

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fair

Upon checking in a man light up a cigar in the next room and I mentioned a breathing issue as I was not able to breath and the comment was “oh that’s Don; he does it all the time “ vs oh let me tell him to put it out. Calif law not enforced and I puked on the fourth hole from it . A relaxing course to play with its layout and not busy with 2 or 3 groups behind you. Maintenance has some work to do with general weed eating and fixing non functional rest rooms on the course Since it’s not a course that gets watered thought spring would be a good time to play as my first time a year ago it was summer. It has great potential! Would love to see improvement.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Feel like a loser

The pro checked me in saying oh your the guy playing for free. When I said I wasn’t playing for free he said well we don’t get anything for you playing here. Then he said see those guys getting ready to T off, make sure you don’t go in front of them because they’re paying customers. Talk about feeling humiliated.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Had a great time

This was a fairly challenging course for me and we had a great time.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Typical Mountainous Coarse

Drought conditions are very prominent even this early in the summer season.. The fairways were dried out and very rough riding with carts. The coarse requires proper selection of clubs due to narrow fairways. In general & side hill rolls.

Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great layout and friendly staff... too bad...

Too bad COVID financial times have forced management to let the gophers run rampant. The fairways are very potty with bare patches and the rough is really tall (4"-6" in places). Lost a lot of balls due to the long rough. Tee boxes really need TLC. The greens are the only really fair part of the course. They are doing their best to maintain the greens by watering (there were hoses left out near some of greens). Wish that it was possible for them to bring up the maintenance of the grounds. It was probably a really great place to play back in it's heyday.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Buckingham

Love the layout, challenging course, ground tends to get Hard in the Summer (Lack of Water). Does need some tree trimming done, all in all fun, challenging course to play, Sometimes!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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