Canyon Lakes Golf Course & Brewery

Need sime nice people if you are changing 65 a round. Maybe some sand clean up the dead wood

We've been playing not quite one year so we're newbies...but we love this course. It's challenging, scenic, some daunting water hazards, fabulous wildlife, we saw hawks and quail and many birdhouses - this course loves their wildlife. Just a note if you reserve thru Golf Now, best to call clubhouse to confirm price as carts are required during certain tee times and we didn't know that so had to pay more than Golf Now price. No big deal as we enjoyed the course.

I hadn't been here in 10-15 years. Friend booked it on Golfnow for 31$ on a Saturday at noon; can't beat that price. A few observations:

No driving range- so keep that in mind if you like hitting balls before. You can go to another local course like Bridges (which is about a mile down the road)

Small putting green/chipping green- by the first hole to have a slight warm up

Fun layout- I read a lot of reviews in regards to the layout of the course. I truly didn't remember any of it. I liked the different variety of holes; some holes are short with blind second shots to a green below/above feet; some holes are straight away and just long!

Sand is terrible, which unfortunately is about par for a lot of courses right now with all this heat. There were a few decent traps on the course, but a lot of 'Under Repair' traps, and others that are just unplayable

Staff was very friendly in the pro shop and the restaurant where we grabbed a drink and some food afterwards

Pace of play was fantastic, we had a 2-some in front of us when we tee'd off and didn't see them the rest of the round. Even though we were a 4-some, we didn't see anyone behind us either!

Definitely will be back and give this course another crack :)

Canyon Lakes is Ted Robinson Jr design course, so the layout is pretty good old style track. However, bring your accuracy because it will be tested all day. Shorter course. I only used driver twice and still could of gotten away with not using driver all day. Canyon Lakes is a very narrow track. Can play very difficult if ball striking is in question. Greens are deceivingly fast and a lot of break. Some very unique holes.

Facilities. Clubhouse will be very nice. They are in the process of renovating it and will have a brewery there so I am sure it will be a hangout spot for locals. Not much in the way of practice facilities. No practice range but have hitting nets for warming up. Small putting/chipping green near 1st tee.

Condition. Course condition is decent. Greens are in pretty good shape. There is room for improvement and cleaning up some areas. Bunkers seem to be well maintained.

Seemed like a lot random people were walking on the course from the surrounding homes even though public access is forbidden. #18 has good views of San Ramon and one of the better holes.

This is a fun course with a very challenging layout. Greens were in great shape. Multiple layers and ridges. Tee boxes are in great locations and you hit into narrow fairways. Some of the fairways are still showing signs from the wet winter but for the most part the course is recovering nicely. As is the case with many tight courses, accuracy is highly rewarded where miss hits will punish you.

It was a 5 hour round . A tournament was in front of us .

Great course and very challenging. The greens were in great shape compared to some of the courses I usually play. I would say the only thing missing is direction for the player who has never played the course. It would help to have the layout printed on the scorecard. There is a lot of blind shots and if you've never played here it's a little confusing. Otherwise it was challenging and I'll definitely be going back.

Haven't played since 2011 when it was overpriced and under maintained. Great layout, fairways in good shape, bunkers are getting fixed up.

Just one issue.....how about some water stations please? It was about 65 dog the day we played so not too critical the time. Hopefully by May there will be water stations.

$35 on a Friday for us over 55! The golf course has a nice layout the conditions are getting much better, difficult par fives. It's apparent that new management is investing some money on the golf course a long way to go bunkers especially bad. I would say this is the best layout of the public golf courses in San Ramon and I sure hope that management continues to invest.

This is a nice looking course and definitely fun to play.

The fairways are not well manicured and the greens are a bit hard.

The main problem was that we waited almost at every shot. At one time there were 5 groups on a par 5.

The good news is that they seem to be injecting some money into the facility and that they have added a new brewery.

Its been wet with all the rain recently in California so the course was still drying out. The fairways produce good roll but you miss the fairway good luck getting up and down. The ground's crew have not been able to cut the rough so it can be penalizing. Good challenging course, accuracy is a premium. The greens were slow and bumpy so today we were aggressive.

Once we get the warm weather and course dries out... its a must play. I like the course layout, guess that's why I come back.