BobTheProf

Our threesome played the 18 holes mid day in 4.5 hours which we appreciated. We were behind a group of young yahoos celebrating something but they kept up their pace of play!

Many of the fairways could use more water as they were beginning to brown. Most of the greens had been groomed with chipped ball holes filled and healing.

When our twosome arrived, a 4some on the tee box let us go through. We finished that hole and never saw them again! What a great way to start a round of golf on a perfect weather day!

Conditions were great on our front side playing in just over 2 hours, but the back side was getting colder and windier by the minute caused players in our group, the whole group behind us, and 2 of the 4 in the group behind them to quit and drive in to drop off their carts.

The day started off great with Dennis being friendly and informative! Unfortunately it went down hill after that. There was no marshal and we wound up waiting on every hole, ending up with a 5 hour 20 minute round.
The partially redeeming factor was the first warm day of this new year.
On your question "would you recommend this course to a friend", NO, not with over 5 hours time on a course that should be played in 4 hours 20 minutes or less.

This course has the best staff I've seen in ages from the pro shop check in to the marshal/ambassador to the employees in the the dining room--and I believe it's due principally to the manager doing the hiring and their staff training.

All greens need work. They are bumpy and uncut.

Grass has many water and just plain mud spots -- needs grass seed and grooming.

The best part of yesterday's round was the beautiful sunny weather after several weeks of constant rains.

The worst part was pace of play. From noon to 3:30 p.m. there was no ambassador riding around to encourage proper pace of play. As a result we had to wait on over half the holes, sometimes where there were two groups waiting it'd take another 10 to12 minutes to finally tee off. Waiting has never improved my scores.

I made a misatke by trying to play this course on the Winter Solstice -- the shortest daylight day of the year.

One of the main attractions for me in playing this course is that usually you'll see a Coyote down around the 14th hole, deer, turkeys, voice responsive Blue Jays, and a variety of other critters. The course is in good shape in spite of the cold, slow greens and a white tee slope of 124.

On a course with a par of 60, play should not be over 4 hours. It took us almost 5 hours on a Tuesday because we had to wait on all 18 holes for the second group in front of our group. Both we and the group in front of us had to wait for them and they had at least two open holes in front of them almost the entire day.

The highlight was seeing a fat, healthy coyote on the 18th hole looking at a group of geese.
I lost two balls in two different water holes and still shot a 90, making this course a relatively easy course for an old duffer like me.

I chose a pull cart. While the weather was good, the pace of play was too slow, as we needed to wait to tee off on 6 of the 9 holes. This course is too short to take 2.5 hours to play the 9 holes.

Had a 2 p.m. tee time but there were 3 groups on the first tee at 2 p.m.

Finished play of 18 holes (many walked off earlier) at 7:25 p.m. -- over 5 and 1/2 hours

This is the slowest I've played in over 5 years.

You get about what your pay for -- the same 9 holes twice.

What a rip off! The pace of play was so slow we could only play 16 holes before carts were due in by 4:30 p.m.

I'll think twice before playing that course again.

They should offer a discount on carts if they are aware of their pace of play being so slow!

Rocks were exposed particularly in the earlier holes so as to damage sand trap irons.

In later holes there was sand present, but no one -- employee or golfer--had raked any of the traps. When my golf ball rolled into in a deep heel mark, I was lucky to bogie that hole.

Surprisingly nice weather--55 degrees for this time of year. Very little wind. Usually after rains I lose balls plugging in the fairway but kept the same ball all day.

The greens are in excellent condition which is surprising with all the rain we've had the last few weeks. Enjoyed the wild life--more deer than ever on a third of the holes. The views of the bay were spectacular on several holes on the back side.

While our twosome had to wait on several holes, we still finished in 4 hours.

The highlight is the par 6 18th hole--what a great challenge!

There are sand traps all over this course and not a single one had playable sand traps. They all need to have sand added and many needed to have mud removed from where it rained two weeks ago.

Great staff. New ownership group revamped entire operation. Will become a Bay Area golfing destination shortly.