Spring Valley GC
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4.2
878 Reviews (878)
5 Stars
286
4 Stars
409
3 Stars
124
2 Stars
27
1 Stars
32
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.8
90.8%
Recommend this course
772 out of 878 reviews
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4.4
11 Reviews (11)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.0
90.9%
Recommend this course
10 out of 11 reviews
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4.3
71 Reviews (71)
5 Stars
31
4 Stars
31
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.3
94.4%
Recommend this course
67 out of 71 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 6139 yards
Slope 114
Rating 68.8
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Course Details

Year Built 1956
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ray Anderson

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage
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4.2
878 Reviews (878)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 21
Watching the Game 15
Brunch 9
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 19
Elevation Changes 16
Undulating Greens 10
This course/club is great for:
Locals 36
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 22
Beginners 19
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 27
Worth the Drive 15
In the 'Burbs 7

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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 91
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Nice Winter Sunday

The safety measures are well thought out, but slow things down a little. They were running a little behind and the first 5 holes were backed up. It take almost 3 hours to play holes. Pace of players could be better and the Marshalls did not try to move groups along,

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Course overbooked tee times caused golfer backup front 9 holes took 3 hours so I left.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 02/22/2021

Hi Josh,

We are so sorry to hear you didn't have a great experience with us. We want to assure you that we didn't overbook our tee sheet, it was the same as everyday we are open. Our marshals work hard to keep the course moving, but sometimes on the weekends when the weather is nice, and people are enjoying the course, it can prove difficult. We are very sorry you didn't get a full round in! We hope you will come back and give us another shot. Thank you for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worst experience

First of all, practice range is closed, no way to warm up at all. Second, course condition is worst. This has been the worst I’ve been to in California. All dried up patches. Tees are horrible! Most importantly, customer service is HORRIBLE! This is by far the worst course, you can’t load your golf cart from your car and have to carry all your stuff to pick up the cart! you can’t check in until it’s literally your tee time! There’s so much issues and I have never encountered so much problems in a course before! Even the lady manager thinks we don’t wanna pay for every rider in our reservation, we even paid for our 4 YEAR OLD! It’s like they just wanna say no you can’t play here. Horrible service!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 02/15/2021

Hello, we are so sorry to hear you didn't enjoy your experience with us. We want to make sure to address all of the problems you encountered on the course.

We are working as hard as we can to ensure the safety of our customers and staff through the Covid-19 pandemic. We currently have strict protocols in place that affect our regular service, cart, and operating procedures. Having said this, customer service is very important to us and we will be addressing general attitudes with the staff.

Spring Valley underwent a devastating windstorm a couple of months ago, causing huge damage to the entire property. We lost many trees, had severe damage done to our fence lines, and our driving range nets were completely destroyed. We are currently working to find a temporary solution for golfers to warm up before their round while our driving range undergoes the necessary renovations.

Our course is made of Bermuda grass, which goes dormant this time of year. All the courses in the area that use Bermuda grass are a little browner than normal right now. We actually use Bermuda because it is such a nice surface to hit off of even when it is out of season. We can assure you the course is in great condition and as soon as the season is over our course, and all other Bermuda courses in the area, will be completely green again!

We truly are concerned about your experience and would like to learn more so we can better serve our customers moving forward. Our phone number is (408) 262-1722. Please give us a call! Our general manager, Jeff Rockwood, can be reached at ext. 4.

Thank you for taking the time to reach out.

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Commented on 02/15/2021

Hello, we are so sorry to hear you didn't enjoy your experience with us. We want to make sure to address all of the problems you encountered on the course.

We are working as hard as we can to ensure the safety of our customers and staff through the Covid-19 pandemic. We currently have strict protocols in place that affect our regular service, cart, and operating procedures. Having said this, customer service is very important to us and we will be addressing general attitudes with the staff.

Spring Valley underwent a devastating windstorm a couple of months ago, causing huge damage to the entire property. We lost many trees, had severe damage done to our fence lines, and our driving range nets were completely destroyed. We are currently working to find a temporary solution for golfers to warm up before their round while our driving range undergoes the necessary renovations.

Our course is made of Bermuda grass, which goes dormant this time of year. All the courses in the area that use Bermuda grass are a little browner than normal right now. We actually use Bermuda because it is such a nice surface to hit off of even when it is out of season. We can assure you the course is in great condition and as soon as the season is over our course, and all other Bermuda courses in the area, will be completely green again!

We truly are concerned about your experience and would like to learn more so we can better serve our customers moving forward. Our phone number is (408) 262-1722. Please give us a call! Our general manager, Jeff Rockwood, can be reached at ext. 4.

Thank you for taking the time to reach out.

Played On
Reviews 91
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 44
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun with course

Haven’t played here for a while.,, also didn’t play enough to get my shot good as I wanted. Enjoy playing with group. There were Thursday club outings that delayed a bit. Otherwise weather was excellent and fun.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Walked
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

Course is in good condition even though it’s winter. A few greens have uneven growth but generally greens were in decent shape. Typically pace of play is slow on Saturday but today was great. I think weather kept beginners at home.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

I had a great time with a few people they paired me with. The pace of play was just very slow, took us 2:15 to play 7 holes

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course In Bad Shape

Not sure what’s going on, but we’re coming out of winter in the next few months and I’ve never seen the course look this dry and yellow. Of this is what it’s like before summer, I fear what it will look like when water restrictions are in play due to drought. Definitely too pricey to play here in these conditions. It’s a shame.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/26/2021

Hello! We are sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the course conditions! Our course is made of Bermuda grass, which goes dormant this time of year. All the courses in the area that use Bermuda grass are a little browner than normal right now. We actually use Bermuda because it is such a nice surface to hit off of even when it is out of season. The ground may be a little firmer than usual, but that is because we are preparing for the high amount of expected rainfall over the next few weeks. We can assure you the course is in great condition and as soon as the season is over our course, and all other Bermuda courses in the area, will be completely green again!

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Spring Valley a safe and fun

Covid has changed the way we do everything. Spring Valley has changed their check-in’s, walkway rules and course rules to keep their players safe. Thank you Spring Valley golf course!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not recommended

The worst place to play golf. Course conditions were really poor. Bare bones brown grass. Lots of rookies so really slow. Staffs treat you badly.

I played golf for 25 years and this is the worst

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 01/26/2021

Hello! We are sorry to hear you didn't enjoy your time with us! We want to take a moment to address our course conditions, our course is made of Bermuda grass, which goes dormant this time of year. All the courses in the area that use Bermuda grass are a little browner than normal right now. We actually use Bermuda because it is such a nice surface to hit off of even when it is out of season. The ground may be a little firmer than usual, but that is because we are preparing for the high amount of expected rainfall over the next few weeks. We can assure you the course is in great condition and as soon as the season is over our course, and all other Bermuda courses in the area, will be completely green again!

We try our best to keep up pace of play, but sometimes the weekend can be busy. This is not a reason for our staff to have poor attitudes. We will address this review with the staff. Thank you for your feedback.

Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Average Muni Course

My first time playing this course, and I wasn’t overly disappointed. I guess my expectations were a little higher because of the location in the foothills. There are a few interesting holes with elevation change or forced carries, but overall it’s a very uninteresting design. Very forgiving, which is nice. The biggest problem with the condition were the greens. They were quite shaggy, and very bumpy. My putts rarely stayed on line, and the speed was inconsistent from one hole to the next. I wasn’t expecting striped fairways and resort sand in the bunkers, but the greens deserve more attention.

Overall, I wouldn’t pay top dollar to play here again, but it’s not a bad course if you can get a cheap twilight tee time like I did.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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