Early out Sunday 10/6 following a two-some as we were given the option to go 2/2 vs 4.
The course is in good shape and playing nicely. Overall and consistent through the green hole to hole. Overall hopefully my rating totals 6.75 to 7.1+ area. Played the white tees and should have moved forward to gold for better scoring/closer approach shots.
The routing is mountain golf at lower elevation.
White tees get a lot of play the smaller boxes especially the shaded ones a bit thin. All level.
Most every hole had some area staked and roped either for repair or to keep carts routed away. Fairways good for the most part, but not 100% play it down everywhere.
Bunkers ok but not great. Inconsistent .
Greens were in great shape and tough today. Fast and consistent cut fresh and fully healed from aeration. The dome shaped ones were tough to hold, and downhill putts a challenge to lag putt. Not having a sharp chipping game and off with the flat stick made par mostly impossible.
Still fun, recommend.
Cold beer and ordered breakfast burrito on 9th tee. Got 2-1 unexpected special picking up at turn.

Quick update
Fully healed from recent aeration, greens healthy and rolling on the slow side as expected.
Some temporary tee boxes to level and grow the normal ones on a few holes.
Bunkers sand is settling and some are damp in the morning.
Rough is long enough to lose distance and 50/50 chance of a good lie to escape well.
Fun and fast as usual. Beer cold, grill closed which was unusual. Good home/mex cooking.
Saw a bev cart for the first time coming from maintenance garage, and it was near CH at turn empty. Never knew they had one playing here for years.
Looking forward to faster greens nextime:)

Out for an early walk Sunday warm sunny autumn like conditions.
Greens are fully healed from 9/9 aeration rolling smooth a bit slow = get-able imo
Through the green good growth, with some crabgrass patches in the fairway and some wet areas from being well watered. One embedded ball near the green, and a drop from another wet area right of #8 30 yds out. Which is actually good because the rest of the areas benefit.
Grassy lateral marked areas like left of 9 near driving range have been knocked down of long grasses. I didn't need to escape from today, but could have.
Easy walk and had 5 pars to start (4 one putts; 1 GIR) then an bogey triple double 6-8 put any personal scoring records out of play. Chipped in for a 3 on the 11th the only par 4 on the inward 9.
Recommended at $30

Summer conditions update.
Mid-day on a moderate heat summer day for 9 holes of play.
Easy check-in and just a few minutes late. The group in front of us didn't raise the clear signal flag on the 1st hole so we had a little extra spacing to start before we caught up.
Greens rolling well holding the high wedge shots. Well kept respect the downhillers. I made a few long ones so extra star rating.
Fairways are fast and dry with run out. Mostly green a few brown areas and a couple gur wet areas. As expected.
Bunkers good. I was in the front one on 9 and it was machined. Easy out.
Family owned and operated. Good service, cold beer and fun.
Parred the signature hole par 3 4th. Martin made one foot putt on 8 for his first career birdie

Played Sunday in summer heat wave course conditions (high 98 temp) with a noon tee time.
100% sun and light breeze for a few holes on the back. I arrived early and there was more than an hour of open tee times. POP was at our own choosing. Alex and I joined by MattP and his friend Z from Mammoth making the trek to this out of the way resort course. Set-up for dual GK cup matches for mpisarski01.
80 miles to Copperopolis from GB all on the back roads or small CA highways. No shoulders in the rural areas. Tight roads helped me keep my drives in the generous fairways today?!
Using a Golf Moose voucher with the weekend restriction after 12.
Course in summer watering condition. Fairways perfect in some areas, wet in a few low spots and brown on the bumps and crests. Couple areas marked GUR through the green.
Greens were all in good shape rolling smooth and overall a bit slow. No large tiers or undulations, and I recall three of us putted from the same general area, near the hole the balls missed the edges with different directions of break. Subtle according to style of stroke? Fun. Not fun the bunkers variable from hard pack to thin to mud. One I need to drop entangled in the exposed under layer to a mucky bottom. Need some luv.
The rough wasn't too long well kept. Landing areas on the outskirts the long dry grass was cut down. Anything with water nearby had high thick grass and was where I lost two balls.
The par 3's are interesting with some length and are from elevated tee boxes. The 4 and 5's you are playing up to a many with the approach shot. All good holes bunkers provide sight and target lines off the 5 sets of tees.
There are bungalows available for rent on property about $399 /night two bedroom. Nice course for a group outing and I think enough other outdoor recreation in the area to explore a few days not golfing.
Restaurant was open closed early. I had a beverage and Alex an burrito. Sunday heat and sparse amount of players.
The pro shop said that the prime time condition for the course is the later spring time. And the surrounding foothills would be green not golden color.
Recommend Ten hour day total at my leisure.

Played 7/13 on a cloudy summer day early but slow paced pop on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. reviewed my report from 2020 and rob's and the course is remarkably similar in condition now compared to four years back. A Trent Jones Jr designed short 18 holes inspired by Harold B. Tiller who developed this area in the early 60's.
Tee boxes flat and playable 14 par 3's some better than others. Par 4's fine.
Bunkers the ones i was in heavy deep sand easy to go too deep too fluffy for me.
Fairways and surrounds well kept and tight lies. A lot of summer watering as few wet areas roped off and a few approaches wet and soft. In the rough around the greens it maybe sitting up or go deep in 2"+ stuff.
Greens are nice with a few small brown areas. rolling fair and firm uphill cautious on the down-hillers.
Cart paths recently renovated. No current golf moose specials. Locals pay less.
Rack rate weekend at $95 ok? for summer vaca, and a 4 month season. A 5-some (one younger teen) in front of us slowed our pace and we noticed a few more playing behind us as we got to 17th. Therefore our pop was slowed significantly.
Paired with a local guy with 220 rounds experience and he plays regularly with Bruce Gordon 84+ years old local legend who in 2016 at 78 years young walked over 107 rounds (3+ mi. each) that summer. So good conversation helped pass the time.
Had we been first out at 7 we would have saved and hour's time. That was Ok, as
Casa Baeza in Truckee didn't open for lunch until 11. Good fun good day recommend.

Played on Friday 7/5 early tee time to again try to beat the heat. A report from a friend.
Course is in good to great shape through the green. Being watered extra in the heat so damp spots to avoid browned areas. All good. Greens excellent and the approaches mostly damp so hit the ball high to flag, versus run up in most cases.
Wanted to review and increase the rating as course is in great shape right now.
Arrived early and the course was open ready to go. Easy check-in and the starter was pairing up the twosomes. Ours first group out.
Had to wait for the green mowing maintenance and raking bunkers on the first hole from the fairway. And that was a theme for the whole front 9. A short delay on about every hole. I think they fit in a couple foursomes on the tee sheet before 6am to fill up an already busy Friday holiday week lineup. A $600+ addition to the daily revenue stream. Slowed pace of play a bit but appreciated being out there.
Veterans discount used to $ave a little on the rate.
Good design, in a rural location, in great shape and good service. Another recommend. Thumbs up.

Celebrated the 4th with an early tee time. Busy and active staging area, practice green and range all near clubhouse. Easy check-in efficient check-in in pro-shop and starter was busy shuffling a couple groups with players being late. Tee'd off right on time and POP was good at 4.3 hrs but waited on the group in front of us a few times on shorter holes.
Course is in tip top summer conditions. Many hole have manual sprinklers in locations that would dry out without the extra H2O. Marshall was around later checking on us and water to stay hydrated.
Tee boxes flat well grown in.
Fairways good and a definition to the variable rough on most holes.
Wasn't in bunkers white sand and looked ok.
Greens were in great shape a bit wet being early but smooth and rolling medium consistent speeds.
Had voucher for Mon-Thu deal valid for holidays, so with a good rate and it's cooler in Camino than the valley temps and pleasant company FUN and an easy recommend.

Played 6/11 with 9:50 tee time in middle of the players in Sr Series NCGA event. Hottest day of the week sunny mid 90's by time we finished with 4.5+ POP. Comfortable in the shade.
Course is in consistently good condition and like last time (10/4/23) the pins were in the same position. The greens are large and in great shape rolling mid-speed mostly flat subtle breaks. Made a few mid range missed more. Rough around the greens had me fooled thicker bermuda like hard to get a crisp strike and control distance. Fairways are tight and preferable to the manageable rough.
City owned and under new management since the last visit. Did not use the restaurant this time but that was an area they wanted to improve on. According to the local paper Dec'23.
Ample driving range using mats and the grass area looked healthy.
An easier course to walk and play in good shape what's not to like?
Opened in 1993 housing around it never in play. A few holes with water in play. I finished with the same ball I started with. Too many blows glad I didn't add penalty ones to my score. Still FUN...

The course has a new name since the first time I played here. I reviewed the pictures here as part of my preparation and remembered playing as Oakmont GC a Ted Robinson design.
Happy to report that the course is in good condition, green throughout healthy grass growth. 4 yrs since last review so here it is for U!
Course condition much like the pictures posted awhile back. We tee'd off at 11:20 and finished in a little more than 4.5 hrs in NCGA Sr Series tournament format.
The classic West course is the longer (6359 max) of two here. Sugarloaf an executive par 63 designed for Srs & beginners but still challenging also winds in and about housing in this area of Santa Rosa off Rt 12. Older community and small homes line both courses with many members playing that live in the area. Two level clubhouse with the golf on the lower level and banquet area on the second floor looking over putting green smaller driving range and the course.
Greens in good shape mostly sloped back to front with strategic bunkering of grayish brown sand plays better than it looks. Medium speed greens nothing to fear. Subtle breaks versus large undulations. Rough was tougher length and t stopped quickly laying low and deep in areas. Fairways tight offering run out.
Like I mentioned healthy looking through the green and the website pricing makes this an attractive option. Driving here through Sonoma from Napa will save some $ to play golf. Traffic maybe a concern depending on time of day on single lane roads into this area. Nice and scenic through wine country. Friendly staff and locals. Nothing fancy or over the top, just solid golf facility in a nice area. Bev cart out on hotter sunny day $7 can of lager.
Course fully recovered from past challenges of ownership and management.
Enjoyed and recommend.

Out early dew sweeping today. Mild weather and a day you'd choose if you were trying to entice someone to play day break golf.
Greens in good shape. If they were cut lower it would be preferable for play, but maybe not long term health as hotter weather is looming end of the week. Fully healed from aeration 4/19. That process was successful imo. Hit'em firm and inside the cup edge.
Second hole cpo and still saturated in spots rest of the fairways good. Drive was in a divot on the par 5 6th and chose to move it.
Bunkers a bit damp darker sand a few pebbles.
Tee boxes ok will need mowing asap some longer pieces of grass here and there.
The US flag was yet to be raised and I asked if I could do so, and was allowed the honor for Memorial Day.
Quick 1.5 hr 9 holes and home before the coffee got cold in the carafe.

Two Sundays in a row. This one 5/19 the lead group at 5:50Am and POP of 3 hrs.
Cool to mild temps and light winds and the high marine layer lifted on the back 9 to sunny skies. $43 to walk $20 per cart seat no-gps.
Course is in good shape and very playable in muni condition. Greens are very nice and were not punched in spring. A few extra ball marks. No complaints playing ball down through the green. Rough length variable from nil to deep hard to find ball in a few spots. Bunkers have darker sand machine groomed with a few pebbles. Enough give to thump it out greenside.
The contrast of the two rounds was the scoring. Played white tees last week and on the wrong side of triple digit scoring. Made the move up the the gold markers (-570 yards) and I noticed the difference. We both scored better that 10 strokes lower and I avoided many penalty strokes too. Hitting more mid irons and a few short ones into the greens helped the scorecard and the fun level.