Was up visiting some family late October in the Bay Area and looked up an old college buddy to play a round of golf. All East Bay golf courses were booked solid for a Saturday for most if not all day... Continue »

Was up visiting some family late October in the Bay Area and looked up an old college buddy to play a round of golf. All East Bay golf courses were booked solid for a Saturday for most if not all day which I have never see before. So I left it up to my friend to find a place and he chose this Napa muni and got a 10:30 tee time. On a warm day, the place was packed and there were many groups going off on time. Didn’t see the tee box empty all morning. Friendly young lady managing the club house and they seem to have covid protocols in order, inside and immediately outside the clubhouse. Single carts ok and off we went on time paying $60. The course was in pretty good shape. A mixture of different grasses including kikuyu so the lies were ok as long as you were in the fairway. One fairway was pretty beat up but did not reflect the whole course. The rough was not very good. Kikuyu thick with holes or hard pan. Tee boxes were fine. You could see they were recently over seeded. The bunkers were ok with good sand but footprints everywhere with no rakes. The greens were in real nice condition. Very soft and was pretty easy to hold approach shots. Not very fast though but rolled true. I found some of the greens difficult to read as they had a lot of subtle breaks. I really wanted to like this course when I walked up. A very nice setting in Napa. A few rolling hills but for the most part pretty flat. It does have a rustic look about it with a lot of old trees surrounding most of holes. Still challenging but a fun layout with no tricked up holes with some doglegs. A thoroughly enjoyable day on a fun course. There is water on some of the holes so you need to pay attention on the tee box and decide where to hit it. The price seemed a bit much at $60 but I guess that is pretty much the weekend rate to ride at most munis. I recommend this one and would like to play it again.