Sunnyvale Municipal Golf Course

Course design is horrible with 2 par 3 holes nearby back-to-back. The back 9 takes over 3 hours to finish. Also, no course marshal to regulate pace of play. It’s a pretty flat course, so a lot of senior walkers. Unfortunately, many are very stubborn and won’t allow you to play-through even though they’re bottlenecking the flow.

There are 3 reasons why I gave this course a low review.
1. There was no marshal to manage pace of play. I called the office mid-round but no one came out.
2. The back 9 layout is terrible with a par 3- par 4- par 3, so it gets bottle-necked with a +20 minute wait on the par 3s.
3. I can say this because I’m Asian, but there seems to be a lot of Asian seniors playing this course. Unfortunately, most don’t follow etiquette or allow groups to play through. Often there’ll be a back-up of 2-3 groups even though it’s completely open in front. A marshal should be prodding them at least on the front 9. The back 9 can’t be helped with the par 3s causing a back-up.

If you don’t mind waiting then Sunnyvale is a decent course for the $. I like to get into a rhythm and not have galleries of 6-8 strangers watching me tee-off.

Playing behind a group that was consistently a hole or more behind drove me crazy. I thought this was a gentleman's game. Where is the etiquette or consideration.

We got a little backed up on the back 9, and it caused us to leave after hole 15 since it gets dark early (we started at 12:35pm).

Played here first time since before covid. I love the layout. Greens were fantastic. The ball rolled true and speed was medium fast. Unfortunately, the fairways were dry and had many bare spots. Pace of play was fairly slow - nearly 5 hours to complete the round.

The greens were super fast but manageable The bunkers didn’t have much sand and hard as a rock It is better to chip from the sand

It was the first time I played this course in the rain. The fairways were not affected but some parts of the rough where extremely hard to navigate as the soil would stick to anything it came in contact with including shoes, ball, club, and pushcart. Gopher holes and dirt around it were impossible to get out of. I will think twice before playing there in the rain again. It is fine during sunny conditions.

Made a late reservation for Sunnyvale. I was able to use one of my credits so that was a bonus. The round took a bit over 4 1/2 hours, so not too bad. The twosome in front of our foursome was a bit slow. They weren't paying attention at times and weren't on the tee box when the preceding group had finished. I had to prompt them to tee off! But a nice Sunday afternoon.

Overall great course not much to say. Green we’re wet but we played at 8am so that’s expected. Pace of play was great!

Good course for everyday play
But need to service the bunkers