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California Golf Course
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About
The California Golf Course sits on land that slopes gently and offers a nice view of the Ohio River; however, this course ain't just pretty to look at, but laid out to play in a manner that will test seasoned golfers and welcome novices to the friendly golf course where the trees are old growth.
California Golf Course provides 18 holes of par-71 golf over 6,227 yards. A round of golf kicks off on a par-4 hole that plays to 367 yards from the Blue tees. Because this is one of Cincinnati's longer municipal golf courses, power golfers will appreciate the chance to open up their games a bit more, with about a third of the holes measuring over 400 yards from the Blue tees, including a pair of par-5 holes, the second and ninth holes.
As the California Golf Course is a municipal golf course, expect low rates, and those who can swing a round of golf during the workweek can expect them to be even lower.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 70 | 6245 yards | 69.8 | 120 |
| White | 70 | 5870 yards | 69.2 | 117 |
| Gold | 70 | 4826 yards | 63.2 | 107 |
| Gold (W) | 70 | 4826 yards | 68.2 | 108 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 70.3/121 | 367 | 480 | 393 | 307 | 122 | 361 | 205 | 353 | 412 | 3000 | 427 | 413 | 401 | 166 | 301 | 402 | 382 | 369 | 384 | 3245 | 6245 |
| White M: 68.1/118 W: 74.1/126 | 352 | 472 | 368 | 301 | 110 | 347 | 172 | 345 | 407 | 2874 | 410 | 405 | 396 | 156 | 269 | 390 | 318 | 348 | 304 | 2996 | 5870 |
| Red M: 65.1/112 W: 70.2/119 | 340 | 472 | 307 | 301 | 100 | 295 | 140 | 345 | 335 | 2635 | 410 | 320 | 300 | 113 | 269 | 302 | 318 | 304 | 291 | 2627 | 5262 |
| Gold M: 63.3/101 W: 67.9/112 | 340 | 401 | 307 | 245 | 100 | 295 | 140 | 216 | 335 | 2379 | 315 | 320 | 300 | 113 | 234 | 302 | 268 | 304 | 291 | 2447 | 4826 |
| Handicap | 14 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 |
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Reviews
Pce of play is horrific
My tee time was 4:36, I did make the turn until 7pm. Waiting on the tee box on every hole for 10 minutes or more. I called the club house and they came out drove past the groups taking forever and came back making excuses for them, then saying it is just busy. The reality is the amount of people on the course should have no bearing on pace of play unless the course is setting tee times too close together. I left after the first 9, didn't bother even asking for a rain check because they would just make excuses.
All Fore Golfing
This course is kept in pristine condition. It's a challenging course due to being very narrow. You have to position play your shots.
California Golf Course
Great Day! Weather was perfect the course was immaculate. One of the best rounds ever f golf I’ve played.
Pace of Play Issues
The starter let a foursome cut us off at the tenth tee, which slowed us down and resulted in a 5.5 hour round that we couldn’t even finish. Too crowded with poor players.
Slow Front Nine
I enjoy playing California, but it was 3 hours to play the front 9. Some groups in front of us quite after 9, so we played the back 9 in about 75 minutes.
Pace of play
If it weren't for the four foursomes of ladies in front of us, we would've played much faster. It seemed like it was their gossip time. Fortunatelythey only played 9 holes. So on the back nine we flew through the course ending up playing injust a little over four hours, lol
Under construction
The club house is under construction with the bathrooms unavailable. There are nice port a potties outside. The clubhouse should be nice when completed.
New golf carts are nice.
Good Place to Play
I have always enjoyed playing California. The course overall is in good shape. They are renovating the restrooms so you have to use a “big” outside portable restroom . . . (which was in great shape and clean).
For some reason, they aerated the greens on the course. With an early morning start . . . that made putting more difficult during the front nine (due to the sand sticking to the ball). Nevertheless, it was fun playing the course.
Course was in good shape minus the greens being recently irradiated and sanded making it difficult to get a true role when putting.
Think twice about walking it, especially pushing a cart!
I had a rude awakening pushing a cart on the course.
For a short par course, it is strongly up and down hills.
The distance between 16 and 17 is simply ridiculous.
I would be willing to walk the front 9, but no way the back.
Great Value
Being one of the nicest days of the year so far, the course was packed. Pace was pretty slow, but hard to complain when you're on a beautiful course.
Hard to judge off course amenities since they are in middle of major renovation.
The port a potty at clubhouse was fine but ones on course needed some attention. I realize weather is issue to get trucks to them..
Still one of the best courses in Cincy!
Took a hiatus from gold for almost 12 years and decided to know the rust off at Cincinnati’s hidden gem….and it didn’t disappoint. Fairways and greens were in great condition. Tee box’s were a little beat but that’s no big deal to me.
Great little course to go to.
