A co-worker invited me to join him and his buddies here yesterday. Ever to try a new course, I accepted the invite. This is basically your average muni course, albeit with slightly higher prices. ... Continue »

A co-worker invited me to join him and his buddies here yesterday. Ever to try a new course, I accepted the invite. This is basically your average muni course, albeit with slightly higher prices. The course sits at the bottom (canyon) of two ridge lines so it’s pretty much dead flat the entire way. I walked and this is a super easy course to walk as the transfers are very short in addition to it being flat.

Layout was ok. A few creative holes to make you think, along with some straightforward holes. It’s fairly tight off the tee for the most part with thick forest and vegetation areas boarding the outside of the exterior fairways. There was a couple of creeks that ran the inside of a handful of fairways to also tighten things up.

Greens were bumpy and rolled on the slower side of medium. Most greens were single tier with a traditional back to front slope. A couple were tricked out with multiple undulations. Fairways were in decent shape and I expect that this is the best they’ve been in for a while. Enough rain during the winter to thoroughly water them and they haven’t dried out from the summer heat yet. Tee boxes were all level but the par 3’s were beat up pretty bad. Looked like the tee markers hadn’t been moved in a couple weeks. I somehow avoided all bunkers. There weren’t any fairway bunkers and only 1-2 smallish greenside bunkers

POP was super slow (5.5 hrs). But as the kid in the pro shop said this was the busiest day he’s ever seen in 3 years. My buddies cousin who joined us said he’s been playing Redwood Canyon for 20 years and never seen it that busy. He said he frequently would go out mid week after work and have the place to himself.

Customer service was excellent. Kid in the pro shop was very friendly and helpful. An interesting tidbit is the driving range in which you hit into a pond/lake. I was told they have floating golf balls but I think that’s hogwash. I didn’t see any floating around and the range was busy. The balls felt normal so my guess is they drag the bottom twice a week to retrieve the balls. Curious if anyone else has seen or heard of this?

Would I recommend this course? If I’m invited to play here again, I’ll go. Otherwise I will book elsewhere when in the area.