Crystal Springs Golf Course

Crystal Springs Golf Course is easy to access right off highway 280. I have played it 3 times and have had great experiences every time. It features amazing views over the valley holding Crystal Springs Resovoir (especially the tee off point on hole 6). It is a fairly challenging 18 holes with plenty of opportunities to practice your driver and wood club shots. You may lose a fair amount of balls off-course into deep rough or wooded areas, so bring plenty.

Swampy, muddy, long grass. Hitting balls on the fairway would inspire search parties due to balls getting plugged in mud or dropping into pools of water.

No Thanks for charging full price.

Much better during long stretches of no rain, but then pace of play becomes an issue with many golfers.

I like this couse but when it's dry. they should close it down because it is a complete sloppy swap due to all the rains.every ball I hit plug 3 inches deep could never find the ball. I'll be back in July definitely won't play before then

I have played Crystal Springs for 25 years. I have never seen the course so wet and unplayable as yesterday. I figured 5 days after the last rain we have had that the course would be ok, especially on the clearest, warmest sunny day we have had i weeks. But we got no farther than the first fairway, where we lost 2 of three drives, all hit in the fairway, that the course was a total quagmire. The only thing we were told in the pro shop was that it was cart path only...no kidding Sherlock. After cutting back to Pinnicales and other balls we did not care about, and losing a total of 8 balls between the 3 of us, we quit after 9 holes. The pro shop, to their credit did give us a rain check for 9 holes. But it would have been nice if they had been more forthright ahead of time. Now I`m probably not going to play there for at least until summer.

Our foursome had a good time at Crystal Springs. Good layout, awesome views. However the course was not in playable conditions and I don't think they should have been open to the public. Our group lost 11 balls in the fairways because they were so wet and muddy that any hole with a soggy fairway would just eat up your ball off the tee. One par 5 was so wet and soggy we lost 4 balls between to players. Off the tee in the middle of the fairway and after we drop one on our approach. How can you expect someone to play golf and get penalized for hitting the middle of the fairway only because there play plugged. Bad bad course conditions. Greens hadn't been cut in days.

This course has the worst pace of play in the bay area. We teed off 45 minutes late even though the staff told us they were only 10 minutes behind. As compensation we were told they would only charge us the twilight rate, well that never went through. Another let down from crystal springs. My last time paying for this place.

I really didn't appreciate paying 80 bucks for a muni with saturated fairways and excruciating slow play. We had to leave after 11 holes. 4hrs into the round. (we made the turn in 3.2hrs.) Brutal. It's sad when you might miss an appt that started 6.5 hrs after the tee time. Thanks for taking my money, I will not be coming back.

The course overall is of moderate difficulty, but the vistas and views are delightful. Although the course is adjacent to a major highway, the noise was hardly noticeable. Recent heavy rains made much of the course boggy, but when dry should be in excellent shape. Course staff was very friendly.

It was a Saturday and the first stormy day in a long time. Started off rainy but it stopped but the wind was howling. We never thought we'd make 18 but we did and had a great day on the course.

The course is not in good shape. Tee boxes were not maintained well. Fairways are very patchy.

The green just got punched but that's ok since the staff was upfront about it. Overall not a good experience playing this course. Would not play here for a while.

Great rates, beautiful location, good pace of play. It's not Pebble, but for $22-50 its great.

wanted to play 18 but quit after nine holes which took 3 hrs to play. A tournament was going on which may explain the slow play but 3 hrs for 9 holes is ridiculous. Course was a little dry but the green were in great shape...some of the best that I have ever played on. Call ahead to avoid play on tournament days.

I like the lay out and almost perfect slopes relative to the greens . I will play here agin.

Good value for money. Course conditions were surprisingly good. Some holes present interesting challenges. Love the view of crystal springs reserve and mountains. Definitely coming back to play.

Pace of play was great for a 1030AM tee time on a Sunday. Course is in good shape and enjoyed the beautiful views. The general demeanor(staff & clientele) of the course is friendly and welcoming. Happy to give my money to this course again.

The fee wasn't bad, but a 5 hour round is always horrible. The course was in ok shape, but several fairways were dead grass and dirt. Only saw the cart girl once and the snack shop was closed.

It was good GC with good mountain views. I could not finish the 18 holes starting at 3 pm for 5 hrs for many people playing.

Greens were in amazing shape and challenging. Hard to read on the hillside. Optical illusion of breaks when actually level. If it weren't for a few ball marks from inconsiderate butt heads , the greens would have been flawless. Fun evening. We'll go back for sure.

I've played here plenty of times and it seems as if the course is just getting more crowded. Played recently and played it in a tad over 5 hours. I thought it might have been a bad day so I played here again and it was even worse. This time, it took a tad over 5.5 hours. What makes that period of time even worse is that it can get pretty darn hot out there and I didn't run into a food/drink cart at all.

The course, itself, is nice. Its just a great vibe with the deers running around the course. There were times I had to shoo a deer away because they were standing right in front of the tee box. The greens run fast and the course is in decent shape.

The only negative is the weekend's pace.

Love the layout/course. Never in great shape but fair. My only complaint is for a 4:30pm tee time the pace was EXTREMELY SLOW. Its like that pretty much at any time.. Wish they could limit tee times just a bit...

Also no cart food. No Shack food. Poor clubhouse food.. Could be a terrific course with some improvements..