The Golf Club at Copper Valley

We had a snow delay but wow was the staff amazing. From communication to thoughtfulness of the shotgun start to calling me and telling me I forgot my wallet in the golf cart.

This is a fine establishment and the course was in amazing conditions (bunkers were expected to be wet after that rain).

The carts were top notch and added a bit of prestige to the course.

Will be back!

On 11/30/22, I enjoyed my first round a Copper Valley (CV) with a buddy. The course was in good condition with many positive and only a few negatives. The course is located in beautiful rolling hills and with the fall colors in play the day was a visual delight.

The positives included several clean restrooms peppered around the course, well maintained fairways and greens (which were fast), and tee boxes were in good shape for the most part. Also, the cart navigation was cool and included radio with Country music.

The course has many slopes to play, so you can use some good course management and hit left and watch the ball come down and hit a mound or side of the fairway and then roll into the fairway.

Several elevated tee boxes make for interesting shots.

The negatives were several sand traps that needed maintenance. I wondered why most were in great shape but some were neglected. Maybe some follow-up my management on the grounds crew?

In the winter, the course uses a shotgun start process after 10am to avoid frost delays. The downside was that we got a little backed up at times. Also, after we rounded the 18th and went to the 1st tee, the GPS said we had exceeded our round, but I think it is a setting in the GPS they can turn off to accommodate shotgun starts (not everyone starts at 1 and finishes on 18).

Overall a great experience. I am looking forward to returning.

12:50 tee time, didn’t get to start until 1:15. We were only able to play 12 holes in 4 hours.

I was shocked at the course condition, over watering very extreme and totally affecting what previously was one of the best quality courses in California in my opinion. I really hope they find a way to bring this course back to life before it’s too late. San traps need sand separately to cover undying material/cloth/cotton - I realize bunkers are expensive to maintain but it says so much about the greens keeping crew, almost like they are non-existent. It’s worth the $60 hot deal we paid for it, but I would much rather pay more to get the condition back to what it once was.

Please save this course, maybe start a Go Fund Me page.

I haven’t played this course in 10 years. Back then it was great. Now it’s a wildly inconsistent mess. The bunkers have little to no sand. The biggest problem…it’s overwatered to the point that every ball plugs in the middle of the fairway. If you take any divot it becomes a chunked shot. I heard a maintenance guy say they are having drainage issues. The grass near the greens is thick, overgrown, and puddles with water.

Several tee boxes from the tips are dirt with no grass. Same with many parts of fairways.

The 10th, 11th, and 18th holes have a terrible sewage smell.

The greens are nice but nothing like they were like before.

The driving range was depleted to the point of 10 balls in total across all stalls. When I was making the turn toward the 10th tee…the cart/starter guy yelled out to me that the range was closed. I wasn’t even going to the range.

If I could put money on it, I would say this course will be shut down within 5 years after the current post-pandemic golf craze is over. A hint to homeowners, sell while you are still ahead or get ready for some massive dues coming your way to keep this place open.

Golf shop - trying to charge $150 and see how it goes for you 👍

It's probably been 8 years since I've played here and it's not in as good of shape as prior. It's a fun layout and one of the best in the gold country foothills. There were 2 main problems: The bunker liners were exposed all over the place .. they need sand! and kikuyu grass has invaded lots of areas just off the fairways and it is about 4" deep so it was tough getting out of it. There are many areas in the fairways with no grass but they are working on it. Weekday rates are great .. Fri-Sun not so much.

Been here several times and everytime the course looks worse and worse, weed liners in bunkers are showing in almost every bunker… some bunkers have knee tall weeds growing. The greens were recently Aerated when we went this time but the holes were absolutely demolished… some of them wouldn’t even hold the flag up. Chris in the club house is great, wait staff and bartenders are great. The pizza on the turn and dinner after was great… the course is just looking rough… I would not pay $100 to play here.

Very fun course! Not real long but plenty of challenge! Staff & facilities very nice. Course condition was fair. Greens had been plugged recently so putting was very slow & bumpy. Many wet areas around the course. Hopefully next time greens will be running fast & true!

Had a good time all the same.

Beautiful day to play golf. Course was not in good shape because they had just sanded the greens the day before and they had just had a big thunder storm about 3 hours before we played. The fairways were really soft. Still had a good time

Even at high temp the course was in good condition overall. Some areas were over watered, but tee boxes and greens were great.

Great day in all the greens are fast and fairways very nice all around a great course some sprinkler under repair

The tee box, fairway, and greens were well maintained. I love that there was plenty of water on the course and things were laid out with a good flow.