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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6723 yards
Slope 130
Rating 71.9

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in March 2018.

Course Details

Year Built 1974
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Reviews

3.8
13 Reviews (13)
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Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course was very fun to play.

I really enjoyed this course. It was a fun course to play with all the elevated tee boxes and great scenery. Course was in good condition and had some challenging obstacles. Will definitely play again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course layout through the oaks with some nice elevation changes

This course is heading in the right direction for playability I have played this course often over the years and the conditioning is the best it has been in many years. They are putting the emphasis on improving the greens and it's working. This hidden gem has always deserved someone knowledgeable to tend to it and it now appears to have that. For those of us living in the Southern San Joaquin Valley in the summer time a trip up to Horse Thief is always enjoyable I can highly recommend this course with one word of caution when putting check for Elk prints in your line. I'm not kidding!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Control your driver.

This is an enjoyable course to play. No two holes are alike. Lots of interesting looks from the tee boxes. If you have trouble hitting the ball straight, you can be in for a frustrating round. The fairways were in good shape and the greens in really good shape. I'll definitely play Horse Thief again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pleasant surprise

Price is right and the condition of the course was actually better than I expected. I checked "Requires attention" for course condition only because it is not quite at the maintained stage,

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A work in progress/

Natural obstacles make this a challenge. The boulders, the trees, the elk ...I saw two on the fairway at the lake.. The greens are good, and you have to hit the fairways to score well. The bunkers sare watered when the greens are...and makes the sand compacted. Overall, I hear the staff is working to make this the fine course it was years ago. I'll be back to play here again soon.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging

The course is in the best shape I have seen it in since I have been playing here for about a year. Under new management and looks like they are doing a great job maintaining it as well as working on it more. The greens are firm and are a little fast. The greens are in much better shape than before. I can only imagine they will get better. Overall great course. It's worth a drive up to the mountains to get out of wherever you are to enjoy a nice day on a beautiful course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course with a different feel

The course was great to play. It has a different feel being tucked away in the hills of Tehachapi. Course was maintained well, it could use attention but in no way was it bad. Nice layout and challenging holes. It was nice to have to make smart decisions not just use driver PW-8 iron on every hole like some courses.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Horse thief golf course

The course club house appearance needs some TLC. Weeds growing out of walkway cracks. The handrails, drop off club rack, out door carpet n steps to restraunt look like they haven't been touched in a 100 years. The putting green area is not very inviting and to look at the driving range you'd rather NOT hit any warm up balls. With that said, the course itself was in surprisingly good shape. After I checked in and saw the surroundings, I was sure the course was the same but to my surprise, that wasn't the case. I enjoyed the round and the pace of play was the best. We played as a twosome and took our time and finished in less than 3 1/2 hrs.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This was a fun and challenging place to play

beautiful course in the hills full of oak trees. elevated tee boxes and winding fairways with boulders and huge trees in the middle made this a real challenge. I am used to playing several straight, flat courses regularly so horse thief was a great change. $50 holiday rate was a great price. you should check it out!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

beautiful course with oak trees and boulders all over.

Great course, recommend it. It has great t boxes, great fairways and plush greens.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

This course had challenging greens.

The course was pretty much wide open due to the cold 38 degree temperature at our tee time. The pro shop starter seemed very suspicious of our Golfnow low price green fees and asked to keep my printed receipt. When we asked if we could get a 20-minute early start, he demanded a prompt tee time at the time indicated in the Golfnow receipt although there was nobody on the first hole at all.

The fairways were cut but needed repair in many areas. The greens would not hold a shot without backspin. We did not need to repair a single ball mark for us or anyone else. The greens played smooth and a little slow if you brushed aside the debris on many of them.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0

Boulders everywere

good course. greens are a piece of ...... tough..
some really unique holes tough..
give it a try

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Enjoyed the layout. Greens in good shape.

It would be worth the road trip for any foursome to have a great day on a good golf course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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