Cinnabar Hills Golf Club - Canyon/Mountain

Nice layout with several sets but not a course for beginners. Fairways are well maintained. Greens are very fast and firm, maybe a little too fast. Can get windy but overall a great course

Beautiful challenging course. If in the area, stop and play a round!

This is one of those courses that is a joy to play. There are three nines and they are all excellent challenging layouts. I would warn the average player that if you can’t hit 240 yard drives to move up to the silver tees. This course is not about distance. It’s about precision. The “Cinnebar” tees (what is considered “white” on most courses) play to about 6100 yards. But because of the hills and where the speed slots are on the course it plays MUCH longer than that. If you hit your drives around 200-220 Bury your pride and move up to give yourself a chance to enjoy this jewel. The greens are lighting fast and have huge breaks that are difficult to read. But your reward is that each hole brings a different look and provides a variety of club selections that makes for a complete round.

I would pick this course over the more famous in this part of the state such as Pasatiempo and the Black Horse and Bayonet courses. If you are in the area don’t miss it. In fact play all 27 holes.

Cinnabar is the best public course in South Bay period. It’s very consistent throughout the years and well maintained. The three different courses test your skills and force you tp use all clubs.

The breakfast tacos and Bloody Mary got us started.

Windy, fast smooth greens, a bit wet from overnight rain (carts on cart path only). Always a challenge, great layout. We played Lake-Canyon.

The best public golf facility in the South Bay. Great staff, well maintained, 3 practice greens, grass driving range and 3 challenging 9s. Tee boxes for every level of golfer but not recommended for a beginner, this is a big pro level course.

Settled in the low rolling hills of South San Jose near Calero lake, Cinnabar Hills is a complete golf facility with a twenty seven hole layout. There are many amenities for before during and after play. Not really a walking course but the scenery is worth the ride. The greens are consistent year round and kept at top speed! This is a short game tester that one must consider the approach shot wisely or pay the price. After the round sit in the comfortable and well appointed museum of golf memorabilia and enjoy the good food and drink.

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.