Napa Golf Course at Kennedy Park

We booked a tee time for Sunday. Staff at check in was super friendly and professional. The lady behind the bar was very nice and made a mean Jack and coke. Course was great. First time there and for the price I dont think ive seen better. NOW! I am usually not one to complain but there was a group of 6 playing in front and were beginners and held up alot of people. Groups were playing ahead and we had a 2 some join us. Almost dark hittin 18th. 5 hours to play. If it wasnt for everything else being amazing I would have not been as nice on this review. Cant wait to go again and keep the pace of play normal.

The course was in bad shape and was still charged full price. Course conditions were sloppy, lots of standing water, small lakes and lots of mud on the fairways. The 9th hole was a par 4 but the fairway was soaked and muddy they made it a 90 yard par 3! We lost so many balls in the fairway due to the standing water and 6” + deep rough.

Greens were in top shape. Fairways had some significant condition issues. Lack of course monitoring resulted in chaotic play, with groups not following the correct hole sequence, and very slow play on the back nine.

Course allowed 12 golfers to run their own tournament. 3 foursomes stopped to take group picture on the 10th tee. They held up play with sunset approaching.

Great course layout. Public course value shows. Couple patchy areas dry grass and very unforgiving roughs. Water stations were not there or empty water jugs.

So last year a friend of mine and I had an early tee time. By the time we reached the second hole we already had a single approaching us. No big deal, we’ll let them join us or play through. By the time we reached the third hole, another single came up upon us. We told her that we’d let her by on the par 3 - 4th hole. After she had passed we tee’d up and had yet another single come up on us. I really didn’t have an issue with letting them by, but I questioned the last guy what time was his start time. He told me that he worked for the course and that the other two who had played through were members. For so reason my friend got all upset and took it out on me and quit playing. Haven’t spoken to him since. Just alittle upset they didn’t group the three of them together.

Fast forward to last Friday, I’m now there with a different friend. I booked the very first tee time and we got there 20 minutes early. I go into the pro shop to check in and while doing so, the employee hands a cart key to a young lady (I think she was one of the members that we let play through last year). Anyways, my friend and I load our cart and head over to the first tee box and notice a man had tee’d off in the dark. I couldn’t even see his ball flight. The young lady was already on the woman’s tee box getting ready to start off. So, we wait a few minutes … tee off and were fortunate that the group behind us was a threesome. I have no doubt that if a member had walked up, they would have tee’d off between us and pushed their way passed us.

Course was decent with a few dried up patchy fairways. The green had been punched but wasn’t much of an issue other than being slow. A few greens had some ugly scarring.

The drainage system is not good, there are pretty much standing water that need to be fixed. Some of the fairways are only paved with dirts and sand, no grass at all.

The golf course was OK. The weather was great. Some of the holes were nice. Others were in rough shape.

Napa remains a solid test even after the loss of a bunch of trees. Wet little roll on the fairways (kikuyu?) make it play long. Greens are in nice shape, on the slower side but mostly pretty true. Fairways are a bit beat up, and cart paths need help. But a fun, surprisingly challenging course with a few very interesting holes that make you think off the tee.

Course had some flood damage from the year before but has gotten a lot better since and showing signs of improvement

Was just okay, many holes seemed to in repair or renovate state. Hole design was okay, more directiikn signage is needed