Heritage Oaks Golf Club - Classic 18

First time playing since the name change.
New clubhouse and all that it brings to play are terrific.
Nice bar and restaurant, good pro shop and friendly staff.
The course was not renovated as part of the new clubhouse. Additionally, the course needs some work.
Tee boxes and greens are rough in several cases.
Pace of play was ssssssllllllloooooowwwwww.
Course rangers finally got on the course on the back 9 to pro a 3-some along.
I played on a hot deal which made this acceptable.

This was my second time playing this course post renovation. It's a fair course with some challenging holes. The fairways, rough, and tee boxes are all in excellent shape. The bunkers and greens need improvement, but for $70 you truly cannot complain. I'm sure the course receives a ton of play hence for the average condition of the greens, and for a public track the bunkers are what they are with minimal sand. I will be back for sure!

Big club and pro shop great place to be for a good time

Greenskeeper set the pins in places that were very difficult. Probably the hardest that that course could’ve played in my opinion. Big things are in the review back was how rude and unhelpful the starter was.

Course was in good condition, a few silver tee boxes were pretty bare. Could definitely use a much larger sign with direction from the 9th green to the 10th tee.

Most of the greens were in very good condition, but the green speeds were a little slow. All of the tees on the par 3 holes had a large amount of unrepaired divots and there were no sand buckets on the tees. Not too many players will walk back to the cart to get a sand bottle and very few of the large number of walking players would even think of carrying a sand bottle. Many of the fairways had bad areas and there were a number of ropes on the course to redirect the players around those areas. On 16, you couldn't even access the fairway with a cart since the conditions were so bad.

When we reached the par 3 8th tee, the group in front of us was just walking onto the green. When they were done, we teed off. We were approached by a "Player Assistant" as we were nearing the green and were told that we were four minutes behind and that there was a backup of players behind us. We asked the "Player Assistant" what the pace of play expectation was since we had been on the course for just 1 hour and 45 minutes, and did not receive a response. We made the turn in less than two hours. We were keeping pace with the group ahead of us and had to wait on many tees up to that point. The Player Assistant needs some additional training.

There is no water or restrooms available on the course except at the one food and drink area that is near the middle of each nine.

I have been playing this course a few times per year for 20+ years. There seems to be a fundamental issue here getting the grass to grow in. This is now two major renovations that have yielded very sparse turf grass. The rough has always been thin and spotty. After the recent renovation even the fairways are really thin. There are some collection areas adjacent to a few greens with really nice grass, so maybe it’s just not standing up to the cart traffic

The tee boxes as other reviewers have pointed out are embarrassing. The condition of the fairways does result in some tremendous role, which makes some of the very long park fours here more reachable.. Greens are the savior at Heritage Oaks. The greens are by far the most interesting feature of the course requiring strategy and precision. The greens are also in respectable shape.

The chipping, putting area and clubhouse are definitely the highlight of Heritage Oaks, so allow for some extra time to enjoy them.

Pace of play was terrible and the ranger only arrived at the 18th hole and this was after 1:00. We started at about 8:40. Ridiculous that they were commenting about how we were 30 minutes over pace at the 18th hole!

Always love playing at Heritage Oaks. Love the course.

The challenge happens with the pin placements on the rolling, multi-tiered greens.

I've played this course many times and after the recent upgrades I can see the difference on the course with the new irrigation and drainage, with no dead areas, and nice grass off the fairways. Many trees and brush have been cut back from around the water hazards. The wonderful new chipping range and putting green, along with the Trackman practice range makes for a great warm-up and round.