The Club at Crazy Horse Ranch

The course, was worth it with the discount that we had. We had a hot deal. Greens were really nice. The rest of the courses as good as can be expected for the climate and area that it’s in. Course isn’t too hard or long, but I wouldn’t do it without a cart. Lots of members so play can get held up, but everyone was very nice. Just a note to grab and go items in the restaurant are not grabbing go so you better call and ahead of time.

Our tee time was at 8:45am because the forecast was for hot weather. When we checked in we were told that the greens were extremely fast……they were. By the back nine the heat of the day had to be around high 80’s low to mid 90’s. We did good on the front nine but the heat took it out of us on the back nine. But it was still a beautiful day and great time golfing. We were not being pushed or being held up. We had a great time.

If ever there was a hidden gem, this is it. I play here every time I'm in the Monterey area.

Patchy fairways, good greens but not an especially interesting course. Needs an update.

This is a truly awesome course. Layout, upkeep/conditions, all around amazing and great value for the area. So why the 1 star?

For starters, our group of 4 shows up for a Friday morning 7:50 tee time, and upon asking about restaurant/refreshments, we’re told the restaurant will be closed the entire day due to a wedding renting out the facilities. Obviously not the wedding’s fault, but a common courtesy from a course in a situation like this would be to notify your paying golfers BEFORE they are scheduled to play that there will not be food/drinks available for purchase due to an event. Showing up for a Friday morning round and being told we can’t buy food/drinks, and there is no refreshment cart covering the course was a bummer way to start the day.

Things went from bad to worse on hole 15 when the “club house pro” (Dom/Dominic) completely ruined our round. Driving into the fairway of hole 15, Dom acting as the course marshal told us we needed to speed up play as we were behind pace. We were on a 4 hour 18-hole pace (finished at 11:51), nobody was waiting behind us on the tee box of hole 15 or any hole before that, and we even confirmed with Dom after the round that nobody had complained or asked him to intervene and have us speed up our pace of play. His reason for having us speed up? Apparently there was a 2 and a half hole distance between us and the group in front of us. What Dom the “club house pro” failed to consider is maybe the groups in front of us could be playing faster because they were scrambling. Maybe they weren’t a full group of 4. Heck, maybe they were hungry and decided to hurry up/skip holes due to a lack of course refreshments and the restaurant being closed.

If nobody is waiting on tee boxes or complaining about pace of play, why would you go out of your way to rush your paying customers off the course? Especially if a full group of 4 is on pace to finish 18 holes in 4 hours on a Friday morning? Dom and the staff at Crazy Horse need to learn standard etiquette and customer service. They ruined a real gem of a course experience.

I am grateful to the members of Crazy Horse Golf Club who allow public course players to enjoy your great course.

You won’t find a better course to play as a fee paying golfer in the area.

First time player! The staff was friendly and the course was beautiful. There was a training going on and I think the kitchen was closed for that reason so I cant speak to the food. All in all it was great times and I would definitely play again.

It’s worth 1 hour driving to enjoy the half day there, good condition, friendly staff.

Had a blast at Crazy Horse. Uncrowded and in great shape with a friendly staff and good food. Do it!

The course condition was great. We really enjoyed the play.

I have fallen in love with this course. Its private club heredity resonates with every tee box view. I have been playing golf most of my life, and this course is a wonderful challenge and a nice trip through the Salinas agricultural environment. Thanks for allowing public players like me to enjoy it.