I was pleasantly surprised by this course. Didn't expect all the elevation change or the big sloping back to front greens, made for a nice challenge. Slightly confusing crisscrossing layout kept me busy, glad I had a cart.

Course in all around private course shape that played long in the afternoon winds. If Johnny books another outing out there it is well worth playing.

Fun locals nine holer. Good place to get out and stretch your legs in-between SF and LA.
Course was in decent muni shape. Greens rolled fine, traps, tee boxes and fairways all acceptable. $10 to walk (another $12 for a cart) and just enough trees and green slope to keep you honest. It was a nice warm up on my way to Bakersfield

Fantastic old school course that ate my lunch. Got out as a reciprocal and they paired me with an employee as an ambassador. Wasn't too happy about that but he turned out to be a great guy with tons of stories. It was pretty busy out there and the round took an unexpected 3.5 hours, so it was nice to have the company.

This course is set to hold the 26 CA Amateur qualifier next month and I can see why.
One of the longest 6,300 yd courses I ever played. Front nine had a plethora of 400+ par 4's.
Kikuya fairways (no roll) and one inch of the grabbiest rough I ever played were brutal.
All greens were surrounded by deep big-lipped bunkers, filled with perfect sand.

Back nine suited my game a little better with shorter, more shot maker holes. The subtlety sloped greens had been small punched 10 days ago and putted just fine, my host said they are usually much faster and don't hold as well as they did. Can't imagine!

Just a great 1920's course with no gimmicks and well thought out holes. A real treat if you ever get the chance.

Teed off last wed at 4PM. Course was in very solid muni shape no complaints. Got a hot deal that I was late for (they were super accommodating) and ended up paying $14 with the cart figuring I had no chance to see the whole course. Got creative and bounced around to a few open spots and joined a threesome on 11 and we were done by 7:15.

Always wanted to play this old beauty, reviews haven't always been kind and pace of play seems to be a problem. I didn't encounter either problem and loved the layout. Greens were med speed and maybe a little bumpy. traps were muni fine, and I don't remember any bad lies. Recommend

Been playing here 30 years and bought a house here 23 years ago. When the course first opened it hosted an LPGA tourney and it was CPO for the first 3 years. Immaculate conditions and never a blade of grass out of place. It was a shortish (6700 from the tips) scenic Arnold Palmer design with beautiful bunkers, barrancas, elevation changes, and fast tricky greens. I would put it up against most public (and a lot of private) courses that I have played.

Fast forward thru the years, many owners and many changes. Several different golf management companies have come and gone, and Troon has run the place for at least 7 years. Staff has always been friendly and efficient.

Bunkers and tee boxes we atrocious for many years. Since I didn't want to smear my home course, I never posted a review. I used to play at least 100 rounds here per year. Since I'm trying to reach 1000 courses it's more like 12 times a year. If you made it this far into the review here goes.

Played Thursday and the course is in excellent shape. The rains have grown in the persistent dead spots in the fairways (no fairway aeration for at least 15years). They were a little long, but the ball rolled and sat up beautifully, (course was designed to play firm and fast). Tee boxes have decent coverage but could use a leveling.

The greens, always the best and most consistent part of the course, were smooth, fast, and spicy. No tap-ins, every miss was a 3-4ft comebacker. Greens this good this time of year always seem to get punched, so they are scheduled to be punched 3/23.

If you have played Palmer courses, you know how spectacular his bunkers can be, a few years ago they removed probably 40-50 bunkers that they weren't maintaining and tried to fix the 25 or so they left. It took a long while for many of those areas to grow in. With the recent rains I didn't notice those areas to be as scruffy. I mostly avoid those as the bad bunkers have trained me well. The sand traps that remain are still thin but playable.

This course really has everything, some courses you can lose a ball on every hole, this course you could potentially lose a ball on every shot! But it never plays unfair. Blue tees are 6,200ish and defend me from breaking 80 more often than I would like. I rarely play the white tees (never seem to play any better) but they are 5,800 and really change a lot of the angles and make it more of a target golf course.

I don't think they maintain a lot of the original black tees, but they are some of the most scenic parts of the course, even if you don't play them, you should check out 6,9,10,13,16,17 just for the views. 13 is a par 3 homage to the 12th at Augusta and the trek up the steps takes you to the highest point on the course. The hole was quite spectacular back in the day, with its intricate bunkering, as was the cloverleaf bunkers down the entire fairway of 14.

Wind is always a factor out here; I like to whip around after 4:00 so it can really howl. In the afternoon I fix tons of ball marks, but the greens don't exhibit any visible scarring, so kudos to the maintenance staff for getting them in the morning. This course made me the golfer I am today, straight hitter, not very long, good short game terrible sand player. Most of that is what you need to play well out here.

So, while the course will never be what it once was (alas we all can say the same)
It is still a great layout and perplexing fun, now it is in very good shape and well worth checking out.

27-hole parkland layout in immaculate condition. Staff was super kind in welcoming me out. Fun layout with beautifully sculpted bunkers, Augusta like. Took me a few holes to figure out they were fall off bunkers and if you weren't precise in your approach shots they would just spill off into the multiple deep, big lipped greenside bunkers. Greens were perfect and fast.

Looks like some of the holes were built at different times, so every now and then a hole would seem out of place. All the housing that boarders the course also looks multi-generational, mansions next to small ranch styles so also incongruous.
Fun layout highly recommend if you get the chance.

Nice central valley course. I assume the Valley/ Oaks nines are the original course and the lakes was added later. Solid parkland course in OK shape. Fairways dormant and very spotty, I bumped on almost every shot. Sand traps were a little thin but very playable. The greens were smooth and med/fast, but I don't think I made a putt until about 15.

The lakes 9 seemed like a more wide-open links style. Definitely more interesting than the other nines. I played on Friday and it was $65 with cart for the 18, overpriced in my opinion but all three nines are very walkable and maybe $20 cheaper.

Raced over here after Riverland. $29 @4:00PM with cart. No dormant fairways here, course was super green and probably needed a mowing. 6521 from the white tees and it played loooong.
Greens were smooth at medium speed, and I wasn't in any traps. Pretty basic parkland layout, not very memorable but I speed thru and played it in 90 min, so it was going to be a blur no matter what. I thought it was worth playing but definitely the last to play in the area.

Great layout in not-so-great shape. I really enjoyed the course but not the best time of year to play. Reviews weren't great but I got a Golf Now deal so I didn't really care. Apparently, the traps have all been hard pan for many years. A shame because there are plenty of them and they are well sculpted and deep. I was in quite a few and had no trouble chipping out of them an onto the greens, fun to hit multiple shots I never get to hit and not get punished.

Fairways were dormant and spotty, better lies in the rough because they got plenty of rain this year. Greens putted just fine at medium speed which was all I really cared about. Hopefully they get the course back in shape because it is a pretty cool layout.

A true hidden gem. This course reminded me very much of Quail lodge, only slightly more scenic and slightly less difficult. Blue/white combo tees of about 6,400 offered a fair challenge.

I really liked that each hole seemed to have an offset fairway bunker, one on the right reachable for the short hitter and the one on the left reachable for the long hitter. They were sculpted, deep and I assume penal. (luckily, I missed them all) You really had to plod and think your way around this course. You need to shape shots around trouble and possibly lay-up on some holes as a dry wash comes into play on many holes.

The first hole tees off at the highest point on the course and most of the rest plays along the valley floor. Course was built in the fifties and designed by Bob e Baldock. He is responsible for quite a few private courses in the central valley. I always seem to enjoy his layouts, but this one blew me away.

Great valley setting surrounded by green hills and sparkling white bunkers. Course was a touch winter thin but didn't affect play at all. Just a real treat to play if you ever get the chance, I highly recommend it.

Tough,tough,tough. Might be the most immaculate course I've ever played. Not a blade of grass or grain of sand out of place. Greens were smooth as glass and speedy. 6,332 white tees might have been the longest 6,300 I ever played. Steady 10-20 mph winds pretty typical in the afternoons I was told. Course had the look of a rolling layout to it, but it was deceiving. I believe I read a review that said the grass was kikuyu and that explained a lot. With the wind and no roll, the course played long. Tons of deep, flash faced bunkers didn't help the cause.

If that wasn't enough the sticky grass coupled with being constantly short made the day a true chipping adventure. Bump and runs wouldn't run, lofted chips would hit the firm greens and run for miles. After only playing it once my best guess how to score here is either try sculling all your chips and maybe they get close or play as far up as possible and hit every green in regulation. LOL

I checked out the photos on Greenskeeper, and it looked like they added a ton more bunkers and took out the pond. It's a pretty course for sure. Decent amount of elevation change throughout. I saw plenty members walking but the course is surrounded by housing so they would disappear. I don't think I'd want to walk 18 especially in the wind.
One review was written over 10 years ago and I paid about 3X what SCGA charged which is probably why they don't run outings out there anymore.
If you get invited, I highly recommend it, a little pricy for a reciprocal.

Flat 10-hole par three course that was pretty green throughout. Small, elevated greens added a little challenge to a very green course in decent shape. Easy walk and a good place to practice short irons. Clubhouse is a temporary trailer, and it looks like they are working on the regular clubhouse, so money being spent. Nice warmup if heading somewhere else.