Cinnabar Hills Golf Club - Canyon/Mountain

I haven’t played a public course that can compare to the quality the Cinnabar offers. Looking forward to next time

Fist time playing Cinnabar. I played the Mountain and Canyon courses. Loved the mountain course. It was in good condition and somewhat forgiven. I found the Canyon course to be a little more challenging and less forgiving. My only issue was with the pace of play. It was slow. I started at 1pm and could only play 17 holes.

I was in San Jose visiting family chose Cinnabar Hills as it was near the home we were staying. I have played many courses this would be in my top 5. Very friendly staff including the starter. Was fortunate to play with someone who knew the layout. Conditions were fabulous , fairways and greens were perfect! Pace of play was great played the round in 3:25. I would play here many times and plan to come back when I’m in San Jose next!

So I’ll start by saying, stunning venue. Staff were amazing, everyone was friendly and helpful. The course layout was very “resort” like, they certainly won’t be hosting any high profile events. It was really fun to play though and not a piece of grass out of place. Unfortunately I was able to sample multiple bunkers and they were all very fluffy. The greens though, absolutely ridiculous. Staff told me they were 12, I hit multiple wedges to within 10 feet that would actually spin 10 yards off the green. I’ve never seen anything like it. Downhill putts from 10 feet if missed would go 10 feet by. I played a different course the next day and literally left 5 footers 2 feet short as I was traumatized haha. I would certainly play here again for the experience, but would purposely play 1 club less to be chipping up hill rather than 5 feet downhill.

Cinnabar Hills,, course in great shape, very challenging, greens are fast as lightning. Overall 4 Stars, Staff friendly.

Played the mountain and the lake course. Great value for a $70 round with cart, finished in 4 hours. Pretty open fairways all in excellent condition. Greens fast and challenging, would definitely play again.

Played Mountain and Lake today. Beautiful, sunny day. Course in beautiful condition. Difficult course thru the hills, with many difficult lies. Many raised elevation tees with pretty views. The one complaint I have is their GPS system is very annoying. Constant messages that have to be cleared, many informational or advertisements. In particular, on Lake, GPS showed on pace when leaving tee. 2 minutes later out in fairway, message saying 10 minutes behind. Sometimes multiple times per hole. Very annoying to have to clear these spurious messages. To be fair, we were slightly behind group in front of us, but less than 5 minutes.

The course is in great shape. Greens are perfect! A few spots in the fairway are over watered, but otherwise a great day under perfect weather.

I believe this is the best public course in the South Bay. The entire facility is always in great shape. Grass driving range, 3 practice greens, a bunker/chipping area with an adjacent snack bar. Greens are always fast and in great shape. The course is not for a beginner but if you are a fairly accomplished golfer this is great track.

Great course with fast greens. 27 holes makes this place unique. Challenging holes and great staff. We waited for our 240p tee time and the staff would not let us go early. Disappointed they put a slow foursome in front of our twosome and we elected to skip 2 and 3 and play #4 mountain. After finishing canyon, we went back and finished mountain 2 and 3. Nice bar for the 19th and it has the feel of a private course. Sand traps have sand!

Played in 3 hours today. Great condition and fast pace.

Cinnabar Hills is a beautiful well-maintained course. Visually, it is quite challenging because all of the tee shots are downhill, and the placement of your shots need to be in the fairway. This course has an excellent practice area, and a beautiful environment for golfing and other entertainment. This is one of the best courses in the San Jose, California area, and the course layout will always inspire great golfing concentration.

Had the pleasure of playing this gem and what a course! We played the Canyon/Lake course and it was superb. The Canyon is by far the best 9 holes in the Southbay area. Great layouts and magnificent views! Just found my favorite course to play.

Really would recommend this course to play. Great conditions. Staff even worked with us when it was apparent we would need to change the tee time slightly due to traffic in the Bay Area.

Only negative was that it seemed that several more of the holes than is usual did not allow cart entrance, resulting in fairly long walks to the ball and difficulty judging distance, and slowing pace. It was the one negative thing against many positives of this course.

Booked for a visit from my son. They had us on the Mountain and Canyon 9s. We asked if we could play the Lake 9 because we'd played the other two at prior visit. Very accommodating and they agreed. Course was in excellent condition and greens were very nice. Will go again, hopefully soon!