As of 4/6/24; this course was not able to aerate their greens and will delay it until the fall of 2024. Their greens are in pretty good shape and fast. a few spots are bare but not enough to ruin your roll to the cup. plenty of trees have been eliminated from this course from the last two years storms. wind is always a factor here.

as of 1/1/23, the south course is only allowing 9 holes of play until the water recedes.

as of 1/1/23, their back 9 is underwater and debris from creek runoff is all over their back 9 greens. Currently making you play front 9 only.

If you DONT value your money, play here. If you value your money, AVOID this course until they get their act together. For $100 you'll get poor service and poor golf conditions. On 10/17/22 they aerated & sanded their greens. I called their pro shop to check on conditions and was told theyre able to cut the greens so they should be smooth. We played on 10/29/22 and the greens are just awful. Theyll need 4 more weeks to completely heal. Not only is there sand and holes on the greens but there are patches of dead or burnt greens. These greens were not cut as the leaves are long. I understand a course needs to go through this process every year but for golf staff to say the course is in good shape is just a SCAM!

Most of their fairways have patches of dry dead grass. A few holes are roped off for GUR. To be considered a top course in Napa, youd think there wouldnt be geese turd and grass clippings all over the fairways.
Tee boxes are mess; uneven, mounds of dirt (no grass) and chunks of missing turf. Seems like the greens keeper has not moved the tee boxes in the last 4 days.

Overall this place isnt worth your time or money. Not sure how members pay and play on such a crap conditions. Youll NEVER see Boundary Oak (walnut creek) in this shape and that course is a MUNI. EV has been permanently taken off my list of courses and will NEVER recommend to anyone to play.

played early saturday morning. for whatever reason, it wasnt as busy as i thought a muni should be (compared to poplar, monarch, paradise). complete facility with food, proshop, large putting green, driving range, and chipping area. I appreciate how the marshall was patient with our jr golfer when we were a bit behind. they must have a feral pig problem as many parts of the course were dug up.
Pros - nice flat layout, easy to walk, colored pin placements and yardage markers. once in awhile you will see wild animals; squirrels, fox, hawks and deer.
Cons - expensive to walk on a weekend, the course does not drain well, the course stays very wet throughout the day.

if this course could solve their drainage problem it could be one of the best kept secrets in the bay area.

One of the the best if not THE BEST course in N.Cal. Excellent customer service, excellent facilities, excellent conditions, COVID ready, and best price for what you get in comparison to the Monterey courses. This area gets extremely hot but they provide comfortable cart seats, ice bucket with complementary water bottles. Unlimited use of their practice facilities before your round, great bar and snack area. Restrooms are very clean and kept up hourly. There were so many employees catering to your need unlike other high end golf courses. I dont recall Silverado cleaning my clubs after my round but Yocha does! Its a drive to get there from SF area but well worth it. Bring lots of suncreen and bug spray.

The best maintained and layout public course in SF. Excellent customer service from beginning to end. Their tee times are 10min apart so if their tee sheet is 60% full, then expect this course to be slow. They have certain tee times where players are required to walk. The course yardage is pretty short but it has lots an up and down hill, expect plenty of side hill lies and if the wind blows this course will be longer than yardage. I appreciate how they provide their players a warm up bucket of balls 10min prior to teeing off. Play during dry summer and fall months. During the winter and spring rain, this course is a slush pit. The are doing a great job during covid by letting each player have their own cart. No real restrooms except for portables. Their driving range is controlled by keeping the public outside of the range until there is an open stall. Had lots of fun and cant wait to play again.

2 stars for being open during Covid and giving the locals the opportunity to play golf. Unfortunately this course is a poop hole! Literally it is! Golf and other animal poop ALL over the course. The 14th fairway is full of bird feathers on the entire apron of the fairway to the lake. Practically all areas of the course is damp and wet. Expect muddy conditions even in a dry & windy day. Your golf balls will plug after you tee off. It won't roll and will be filthy on every approach shot. Greens roll ok, a bit slow but will hold its line. Don't play any to little break. Pace of play was slow and no marshall on the course. 4.5hr round in the afternoon. I guess is normal for this course as the locals didn't care. Glad I got a chance to play here for bucket list but won't be back.

Enjoyable course to play and highly recommend. Got a great deal using GolfNow. This course isnt long but fairways can be tight, greens are small and fast. Lots of different elevations.Some holes are spotty fairways or under GUR but tees and greens are excellent! looks like they redid most if not all their greens and front cut. I hope they are able to maintain these awesome greens as they can be one of the best in the area. Lines are true and greens are very fast. most greens have tiers and undulation therefore read your line carefully. 3 putting is common on this course. Staff (ambsssador and snack bar) we very friendly. Marshall on the course helped us when our balll went into the lake and keeps the geese off the fairway. This course has the BEST golf carts in california. Top of line electric carts with seats made like LazyBoy chairs. Each cart is equip with yardage screens, scoring and snack shack menu. Had a great time and will make the effort to play again soon!

This course is overly hyped. Service was ok. Not rude but not friendly either. They only accept credit cards. No cash or Apple Pay accepted. Carts are $20pp and is shared! EV received approval to have shared carts as long as there is a plastic barrier in between both golfers however the barrier is loosely made in which the plastic slaps your body and there are frontal gaps which do not protect you.

Pros: The layout is great! You'll need certain skills to manage the wind and play doglegs.
Make good assessments in attacking greens as they are narrow and tiered.
Bunker sand is soft but no rakes.

Cons: no aiming markers on fairways. Youll need to play with a local player or have prior course knowledge to know where to aim.
There were no warnings on their website or pro shop that their greens were previously aerated therefore the greens were slow, bumpy and shaggy. Expect Thousands of tiny holes everywhere.
Their signature hole #14 is undergoing renovation and not expected to be fixed anytime soon. Drained and bare, you won't experience hitting into an island green.
No yardage signs on the fairway so look for the marks on cart path or color yardage sticks blended in the bushes.
No Marshall to manage pace of play. Had a single and his entire family with him. We let him through thinking he would zip through the holes. After hole #5 he let his family play. A lonesome single turned into a five some sharing one bag of clubs. Smh
You have the option to walk but it's going to be a challenge. Some holes have huge separation from green to next tee box and the elevated tee boxes will drain you out before the back 9.

Their driving range is limited to 200 yards and irons only. The worst part is there is hardly any grass to hit off as there are a gazillion divots and no one incl staff seem to replace sod with sand and seed. What a rip off to charge their customers $5 for (30) of the worst balls to hit.

The course manager has decided to CLOSE their restaurant during pandemic. In addition, their 9th hole grill closes at 4pm. No beverage cart on the course either. If you have a tee time at 2pm or later, bring your own supplies.

I was disappointed with course experience in comparison to neighboring courses. I don't intend to come back or recommend unless their is a big discount. For a weekend twilight rate $58, we didn't get our money's worth.

This review is for the course.

Pro:
easy check-in
nice course layout
in good condition (ive seen it at worse times)
plenty of mother natures animals casually roaming around
plenty of beautiful views to distract you from your game
the course will challenge you with its undulating greens and crazy lies on the fairways.
weather is usually nice but gets cold and breezy around 730pm

Cons:
twilight fees are higher than most bay area courses
you will need course knowledge to either keep the ball in play or score
rounds average 4.5+ hours
expect each hole to have at least 1-2 groups waiting
only saw the beverage cart 1x and 10th hole stand was closed

If you enjoy hitting around, have time to kill and/or working on your game, then this is the course for you. Layout is pretty good but conditions are awful. For such a dry and warm area, why are there soaked water patches on the course? Greens are bumpy and slow on a few, medium on others and of course fast on a few. therefore theyre in consistent. Tee boxes can be alot better but there are so many dry patches, its a shame. Dont bother playing out of the bunkers. A few them are soaked, not raked or looks like beach sand.

This facility is not COVID19 compliant. Yes you have to wear a mask but I KNOW for CERTAIN, the cart guys do not disinfect the cards after previous users. We watched multiple times of cards being placed back in play without thorough COVID19 cleaning. A few carts had garbage from previous users.