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4.6
376 Reviews (376)
5 Stars
119
4 Stars
169
3 Stars
52
2 Stars
20
1 Stars
16
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.8
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.3
97.0%
Recommend this course
330 out of 376 reviews
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4.8
11 Reviews (11)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.9
Layout
4.9
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.9
100.0%
Recommend this course
11 out of 11 reviews
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4.8
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
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0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.9
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.8
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.7
100.0%
Recommend this course
19 out of 19 reviews
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Course Highlights
Tucked among Santa Cruz redwoods, Boulder Creek delivers an exceptionally scenic narrow layout with well-maintained conditions at outstanding value. Smooth pace of play and friendly staff make this hidden Bay Area gem a must-visit nine-hole experience.

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Holes 9
Type Resort
Style Executive
Par 31
Length 1862 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A
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Course Details

Year Built 1961
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Rye Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Fleming (1961)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $16
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Shirts must be worn at all times. No tank tops.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Meeting Facilities, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Disc Golf, Tennis

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Reviews

4.6
376 Reviews (376)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 19
Watching the Game 10
Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 34
Elevation Changes 10
Undulating Greens 9
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 29
Locals 26
Walkers 19
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 25
In the 'Burbs 6

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Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Day!

I played with my wife, daughter and my daughter's work colleague. We had a great weekday afternoon round of golf: no one in front or behind us...nice course layout...extremely friendly staff and Marshal...overall excellent value and experience.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 76
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

6 club golf course in the boonies

Tucked inside a heavily wooded and house lined area this gc is a neat little gc in the boonies. Nice to walk and take the fresh air in. sandals preferred. small greens makes it challenging. forget keeping score and just enjoy the great outdoors! bring 6 clubs 12 beers!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Response from on 09/05/2017:
Hello Manny, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Boulder Creek Golf Club, in the San Francisco area. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed playing our golf course and that you had a good time walking the layout. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you for playing our course and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome course surrounded by red woods

Loved the trees and the course layout. The houses and surrounding neighborhood make it feel so tucked away by itself (which it is). Although it's a tough drive to get to (from San Jose) it was well worth the drive especially with the golf now discount. Will definitely be back and will be spreading the word about this hidden gem of a course

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course plays great

Course is in great shape. BUT the cart path is downright dangerous. Rides like a scary Disney

Ride even going slow

Management needs to spend serious money and have them redone. Sad

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Value...Fun Course

The greens and fairways are all being worked on and so were disappointing at times. However, the discounted price, course layout, friendly staff and few other players mid-week made for an excellent experience! My wife really likes the par 65 / shorter holes, which gave her numerous par putt opportunities. We are going to come back regularly and bring friends.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Staff

Staff seemed flustered with just 2 people to check in and a foursome ready to tee off.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 08/22/2017:
Hello Kenneth, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Boulder Creek Golf Club, in the San Francisco area. We are sorry to hear that you may not have had a great customer experience with our staff, but we hope that you enjoyed playing our golf course. Thank you for the 3-star review and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Course on the mend

The course has been through a rough winter . The restorations and repairs are starting and are looking great. The staff at the course are great and want you to come back . The bar area and staff are wonderful .

I would highly recommend this course ,a jewel in the redwoods and getting better .

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Disappoiting Conditions

Greens were nice, tee boxes were average, fairways were very dry. Very disappointing after all of the rain this year. The course looked better during the drought.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 08/07/2017:
Hi Mike, thank you for reviewing our course, Boulder Creek Golf Club. We are happy that you enjoyed the pace of play and staff. We are going through a rough transition period, so we apologize if the conditions were not up to our usual standard during your visit. We hope that you will give us the chance to earn your business again in the San Francisco area.
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

disappointed

unannounced water project @ hole#10 - instead of the challenging 180 par 3, including shot over creek(170-yd.carry), was set up as 100-yd.pitch to temp.green.

some water issues on other holes as well; 7th green was part cracked dirt, part weeds, part grass; 12th green - not much better.

13th fairway - so little turf - almost like playing as a hazard

hit the 17th"fairway", but ball came to rest on bare dirt, with clumpy grass behind & ahead of ball - no choice but to hit a choppy, defensive iron punch shot

- still & all - beautiful setting; when on 2nd 9, holes 12,13,14 - you can breathe in the beauty of Big Basin -

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Response from on 08/02/2017:
Hi Michael, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Boulder Creek Golf Club. We regret to hear that the course conditions were not ideal. Your feedback is helpful to us as we continue to make improvements. We're happy to hear that you enjoyed the staff, layout, and pace of play. We hope to see you back soon in the San Francisco area.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Like golfing on cement

The fairways were lacking consistency. Some areas grass, other areas nothing but mud or hard dirt. Was frustrating trying to find a rhythm with your swing because you'd think you were in a soft ground but turned out to be hard or vica versa. The greens were just as bad. Some of the greens had hard dirt and no grass. So it was near impossible to read your putt properly. It's a nice get away into the mountains, but definitely not a great or even good quality course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Response from on 07/28/2017:
Hello Justin, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Creek Golf Club in the San Francisco area. We are sorry to hear that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played and your feedback is greatly appreciated. It looks like you had a good experience with our staff and that you had a smooth round, so we are glad to see that. Thank you for golfing with us and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Elegant Setting in the Redwoods

The setting for the golf course was magnificent. However, the greens were poor condition. Would NOT play at Boulder Creek again unless greens are improved substantially. I don't know the reason for the decline in the playability of the greens. The extra wet winter should have made it easier maintain the condition of the greens.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course has nice lay out

Like the lay out but need to maintain the fair way better.

Grass too high.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Hot weather
Used cart

This golf course should be closed

This is the first this year this course. I used to play Boulder Creek regularly over the years. It was never in great shape, but a fun course for a good price especially as a hot deal on Golfnow. It was a nice course in a great setting. But the current management either doesn't have the money or the skills to maintain the course. The fairways are overgrown. The greens in very bad shape. I lost about a dozen of balls in the overgrown fairways. They gave me a warning about the course condition in the golf shop and blamed the recent storms. That is no an excuse to not get the grass cut. It wasn't raining the last two weeks. Today I saw a guy with a push lawnmower to go through a totally overgrown fairway. Where they cut the grass, it is cut too short and is already burned. They really don't know what they are doing. Unless they get professional help this place is going out of business.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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