Played this course yesterday and wanted to update playing conditions. Greens were punched a couple of weeks ago. The greens are still very bumpy and putts will not roll true. Possibly at least a week ... Continue »

Played this course yesterday and wanted to update playing conditions. Greens were punched a couple of weeks ago. The greens are still very bumpy and putts will not roll true. Possibly at least a week or two before the greens completely heal. Overall the fairways, rough and tee boxes are the best I have seen them in awhile as they are green and lush. Only disappointment are the bunkers. Most bunkers are unplayable due to water runoff damage, causing large trenches in the bunkers. The bunkers are nonexistent of sand and are highly compact. Another issue are the carts are highly governed in their speed which can slow pace of play. POPwas around 4.5 hours. Staff members are nice and personable. The restaurant is a great after game stop as they have very good food.

I did something stupid last week. I was browsing "Deal" times on TeeOff.com and spotted a great $43 rate on a Hidden Valley single for today. Hidden Valley rarely offers "Deal" times for singles, typi... Continue »

I did something stupid last week. I was browsing "Deal" times on TeeOff.com and spotted a great $43 rate on a Hidden Valley single for today. Hidden Valley rarely offers "Deal" times for singles, typically restricting them to 2-4 players. I hadn't played there for a long time, and I had $30 in GolfNow rewards expiring soon, so I quickly booked the time. Then as soon as I booked it, it hit me – "Oh no, I didn't check GK!"

Sure enough, they had just aerated a day or two earlier. D'oh! At least it would be about 10 days after the aeration. I considered canceling, but I wasn't sure if I'd get my rewards back, so I just rolled with it. (And ironically, I putted great with only 28 putts. Maybe I should start using GK to find recently aerated courses to play. ;-))

Anyway, onto today. Tee time was 12:30 but for some reason the starter had me down for 12:40. Paired with two nice singles and one guy's wife rode with him but didn't play. Beautiful day but sorta hazy. POP was decent at just a few minutes more than 4:30.

Conditions-wise, things are quite good other than the greens. Driving in, the course looked gorgeous. Fairways and rough are very green and lush, although once you get on top of things, there are some problem spots here and there. To the course's credit, they've done a good job of marking areas as GUR. The greens were slow and bumpy but like I said earlier, they didn't give me many problems. They still need a couple weeks before getting partway back to normal. (The greens on the course were thankfully much better than the practice green, where putts practically had rooster tails of sand flying up.) Many bunkers look all dried out but the one I was in was acceptable. Blue tee boxes were fine.

I hadn't played here since 2016 and I have no idea why I've waited so long. It's such a fun, exciting layout and almost every hole is beautiful and interesting. I can't recommend it right now but give the greens a couple more weeks to heal, and then it's highly recommended.

(FYI for ratings purposes, I gave the greens a 5.)

GreensKeeper didn't catch the aeration alert for this course. They punched the greens on four days ago, and nothing posted on GreensKeeper. Kind of surprised they missed it. So the course was under ... Continue »

GreensKeeper didn't catch the aeration alert for this course. They punched the greens on four days ago, and nothing posted on GreensKeeper. Kind of surprised they missed it. So the course was under repair. Expected this time of the year. PoP was great, 4 hours. The golf carts SUCK. They regulate every single turn, hill, etc. My main frustration today was the golf carts.

Course was in descent shape. Greens were super soft and spongy and extremely slow. The only thing slower than the greens was the PoP and the golf carts! HORRIBLE. Almost a 6 hour round and the gol... Continue »

Course was in descent shape. Greens were super soft and spongy and extremely slow. The only thing slower than the greens was the PoP and the golf carts! HORRIBLE. Almost a 6 hour round and the golf carts have governors on them that adjust about ever 15 feet from 2mph to 7mph. Quite miserable.

Played on 5/18. I haven't played here for at least 20 years but joined a friend and really enjoyed the layout more than I remember. I think the use of GPS in the carts really helped because I rememb... Continue »

Played on 5/18. I haven't played here for at least 20 years but joined a friend and really enjoyed the layout more than I remember. I think the use of GPS in the carts really helped because I remember the 1st time not having any idea where the hole routed. The elevation changes here are incredible. Overall the course was in good shape, the greens were a bit slow as they had been aerated a few weeks ago. The fairways were excellent but the tee boxes were hit and miss with some needing lots of attention and the rough was very patchy. Enjoyed coming here and playing.

If you actually enjoy putting, do not play this course!!!! The greens were in some of the worst conditions I've seen on a course in a very long time. I can understand that they had been punched 3 wee... Continue »

If you actually enjoy putting, do not play this course!!!! The greens were in some of the worst conditions I've seen on a course in a very long time. I can understand that they had been punched 3 weeks ago, but the amount of sections of greens that were suffering from fungus and had crab grass was just unacceptable. They were slow and there were even some greens where I took relief from where my ball landed because of how bad the greens were. Also the pace of place was horrid today, it was just shy of 5hrs for the round. This course should be embarrassed for charging $51 for a mid day round for the condition that those greens were in. I will be posting photos.

On Tuesday September 27 2022 I played this golf course. Our tee time was for 8.00 AM Since my last Visit the Starting Building has been changed to the old teaching building. Hidden Valley is a real tr... Continue »

On Tuesday September 27 2022 I played this golf course. Our tee time was for 8.00 AM Since my last Visit the Starting Building has been changed to the old teaching building. Hidden Valley is a real treat to play if you are hitting the ball good many force carries over bushy areas. Lots of Grass in the fairway , Most of the tee boxes was in good shape a few not mowed. The Greens will get punched October 17 2022 from what I was told I did see many dead spots in the greens the summer has not been kind to the greens. While they looked ugly they still putted well . Cost for golf mid week is $57.00 Seniors save $2.00 . There was some areas around the greens that had deep rough it made it hard to find your ball is you just missed the green. Golf Course was not perfect but Hidden Valley is a challenge so I will RETURN .

8:30 Sunday $94 w cart
Course improvements include upgraded stairs to the abbreviated hillside range so that you can climb up and down safely… thanks!

Check in was easy and we saw a beverage cart ... Continue »

8:30 Sunday $94 w cart
Course improvements include upgraded stairs to the abbreviated hillside range so that you can climb up and down safely… thanks!

Check in was easy and we saw a beverage cart once… POP was good at 4:45 for a difficult course. Basically if your not where you want to be, then you will be facing a challenging lie, up/down/ side hill lies abound… fairways were pretty nice. Lots of green and lush compared to years past where it got very thin.

Unfortunately, many of the greens were affected by some sort of fungus that hampered otherwise good conditions. Rough was thick, especially near the greens. Make sure you miss toward the middle of the green or your ball will be buried.

I like this course for its variety and the feeling of getting away even though you have soaring views of the heavily populated valley. Lots of elevated tees…

Tee boxes were fine except for the elevated par 3 which was totally shot due to over use.

I’d recommend, but for the price you would hope for better greens. Hopefully, they’ll figure that out.

Only course I could find a decent tee time, so we ended up playing here last Wednesday. Noticed several groups waiting on the 1st tee box, should have known as there is no starter to get players star... Continue »

Only course I could find a decent tee time, so we ended up playing here last Wednesday. Noticed several groups waiting on the 1st tee box, should have known as there is no starter to get players started. Teed off 10 minutes past scheduled time due to wait.

Approached 1st green and noticed the greens have all been sanded enough that you left footprints on the green. I wish that the pro-shop would have mentioned the conditions when checking in. Rest of the course was decent except for the sand traps, which were hard dirt and rocks.

POP was terrible, over 5 hours. One tee box had 4 groups waiting on a Par 5. No Marshall to move players along. Makes for a very long day.