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3.6
434 Reviews (434)
5 Stars
86
4 Stars
207
3 Stars
81
2 Stars
35
1 Stars
25
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.8
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
76.0%
Recommend this course
358 out of 434 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.5
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.6
72.2%
Recommend this course
13 out of 18 reviews
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3.6
54 Reviews (54)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
27
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
74.1%
Recommend this course
40 out of 54 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private/Resort
Par 71
Length 6453 yards
Slope 132
Rating 71.6

Formerly known as Union Hills Golf Course

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Course Details

Year Built 1960
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gary Kern Homer Herpel (1960)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro No

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

3.6
434 Reviews (434)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 16
Bunkers 13
Undulating Greens 10
This course/club is great for:
Locals 9
Seniors 8
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 8
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 16
Convenient to the City 7

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Reviews 100
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 1000 Contributor

Course has a great layout

Course is very challenging! The tee boxes could/should be more even and not on a slant on some holes! The fairways are somewhat ragged. The greens are in excellent shape!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 65
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Great course to play

Getting back to what it was a few years back. Course is making a great improvement since the last time I played it in April 2023. Great value for what I paid. I highly recommend it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course

The course is in a great setting. There is a lot of wildlife on and around the course. It was very challenging. The course was in good shape, but it was dry and some of the grass was burnt up on the fairways. This should be better once we get some rain. Understand the conditions with the dry/hot weather recently. The pace was great until the last three or four holes. Overall, it was a great experience, and I hope to play the course again in the future. The clubhouse had a great bar and restaurant for after golf socializing. The staff were excellent and nice.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Never again!

This fairways on this course are pitched either left or right, you might as well just hit it in the rough because I don’t care where the ball lands in the fairway it rolls into the rough on either side. I hit 13 shots right down the middle of the fairway and ended up in the rough on 11 of those shots! I’m not bragging but I play 3-4 times a week and have a single digit handicap. They were rolling the greens today and they played super fast so you needed to adjust your putt speed accordingly and overall once on the green play was acceptable but boy those fairway rollouts sucked.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/21/2023

We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced with the fairways on our course. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration to improve our course conditions. Thank you for sharing your review with us.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Lots of hills - get a cart

Lots of par 4 and 5 holes and plenty of hills. 1st hole has quite a hazard if not careful. Because of a lot of cart path only holes, I could only get through 15 holes.

Seems the clubhouse closed early and I saw no key drop box.

Practice putting green had only one hole and not maintained. Still a sign stated golf shoes only???

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/17/2023

We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced during your visit to our golf course. We appreciate your feedback and we will address the issues regarding the hazards, cart path restrictions, clubhouse hours, and the condition of the practice putting green. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth the drive or money. Resort*

Tee boxes nice. Greens long and very slow, but rolled well. The fairways though were so long in the best spots they were three times longer than what I would consider fairway length. And we played right after they were mowed because there were an insane amount of long grass clippings that were clumped from being wet still . Over correcting from early summer drought and bad reviews the other way I assume Last few weeks have been extremely wet so there was no reason they needed be that long. The rough was basically just mowed weeds with tons of problem areas. Lots of dirt spots, water drainage little gullies, right off the fairway. There is almost no way you could play the ball down on the majority of the holes.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 08/11/2023

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and provide feedback on your experience at our golf course. We apologize if the condition of the fairways and rough did not meet your expectations. We appreciate your insight and will take your comments into consideration for future improvements. Thank you again for your review.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Marshall?

It was obviously hot, I had pulled golf cart off path and under tree 4 ft from path at # 4 and was told by marshall to keep carts on path until entering fairway. I told him ok and will follow his direction. Upon grabbing my club to tee off he said "you going to move your cart !!!!" . I replied " you want me to move it now before I tee off? He said yes and gave me a dirty look.
So I moved the cart. It was hot for all of us and sure he was feeling the heat. I payed $ 200.00 for my group to play a round your marshall needs smile and ask vs tell. Remember golfers can choose to golf anywhere today for this price.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Really nice shape

Very impressed with the work that's been done here, my congrats to management and crew. For the 100 degree heat, greens and fairways were very nice, but just a little slow.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very nice course but conditions are fair. Has a lot of potential

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 56
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Oak Valley 2023

Oak Valley’s greens were in very good shape but slow! Most of the rest of the course is good but there are a lot of bare spots . Overall for the price it’s a decent deal, just plan on taking relief in places that aren’t marked for it !

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

9 hole refund

Too hot for old people to play 18
Can we plsease have a weekday 9 hole raincheck?
The guy in the pro shop said ask Golfnow
Janice

Conditions Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good layout, continuing improvement of the course despite dry conditions. A friendly staff and well range red operation.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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