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Value
4.9
Layout
4.9
Friendliness
4.9
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.9
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7106 yards
Slope 135
Rating 74.8

Editor's Note: Course closed and redesign as Poppy Ridge Golf Course - 18-Hole and Poppy Ridge Golf Course - The Ridge 9

Course Details

Year Built 1996
Golf Season Year round
Architect Rees Jones (1996) Steve Weisser (1996)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Poppy Ridge Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in California (2014 #15)
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4.9
380 Reviews (380)
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Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 03/04/2019

Thank you for your 5-star rating! Book another round with us soon.

Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wet but fun

Got out at 1115am on a Friday with practically no one on the course. Cloudy and cold during the front 9 (Chardonnay) and then the sprinkles started around 200pm during the back 9 (Zinfandel). Almost finished all holes...but the water was starting to puddle in the fairways and on Greens, so we had to bypass the 18th hole. Good pace of place of play for cart path only. Gotta do this course in the sunny and dry!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/11/2019

Thank you for the great 5-star review! We hope you'll join us again soon this season on a sunnier day!

Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent

Ist time I play in this golf course, so empress the layout,well maintained.Lots of character.Golf course lay out make it difficult and challenging.Greens are hard to read also it’s not easy to estimate the distance.You need gps..This makes this Golf course very hard to challenge,.Ball placements And course management is very important in order to lower your score in this Course.i injoy playing with my friend .Be very careful about the banker .

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/28/2019

Thank you for the wonderful review! We're glad you had a blast playing #PoppyRidgeGolfCourse for the first time. Now that you have a feel for the layout, we hope you'll join us again soon!

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Drains well after rain

Was surprised of how the greens, tee boxes and fairways held up after a week of rain even though it was cart path only. Would like to see a Marshall police the first tee as we were stuck behind 2 double riders which one of them were late and should of skipped a hole to keep up with their group. Would play again

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 01/23/2019

Thank you for the wonderful review! We're glad our course conditions exceeded your expectations. We will look into your Marshall concern. We look forward to your next tee time with us!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 12/31/2018

Hello, Thank you for your 5-star rating! Book another round with us soon.

Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Great Course!

Good winter golf day. The course was in good shape considering the time of year. Played Chardonnay/Zinfandel. Fairways were still rolling a bit and greens were very receptive. Bunkers were in great shape. For the money I payed ($40) it was a great value.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 12/17/2018

Hi Jorge, We're glad to hear that you had a great time at Poppy Ridge Golf Course. Book your next tee time with us soon.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice course to come back

Course is in condition with fast relative green which took a few holes to get used to.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 11/08/2018

Hi Andrew, Thank you for leaving Poppy Ridge Golf Course a 5-star rating.

Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

One of the NCGA's jewels ...

A long challenging course. Well maintained and designed.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 11/08/2018

Hi Randy, We're glad you liked our course conditions and course layout. Thank you for your business and book your next round with us soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Poor Conditions...5 1/2 Hours PoP

I was super excited to finally make the 70 minute drive to play Poppy Ridge, only to be less than impressed, unfortunately. The clubhouse is beautiful and all employees I interacted with were professional and courteous. However, this did not make up for the less than ideal course conditions and absurdly slow pace of play. I found the course layout to be less than inspiring...sure there are beautiful views, but the actual course itself is nothing special. The fairways were bare, at best; one the bunkers flat out ruined a club of mine (I was in two other bunkers, but learned to move the rocks before hitting...believe me there are as many rocks as there is sand) and the greens were bumpy, slow and inconsistent (like putting on shag carpet). Finally, the course was well over 50% cart path only which makes for an excruciatingly slow round. For me, this is a one-and-done as I live 15 minutes from Cinnabar Hills, which I think is 10x the course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Response from on 10/12/2018:
Hello, Thank you for providing your feedback. We would like to apologize for the pace of play, course layout, and course conditions. Please allow us to make it up to you in the near future.
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent Course

Lots of undulating landscape, fierce rough, beautiful scenery. Stay out of the rough and you will be fine. Enjoyed the view of the vineyards. Greens ran true. Enjoyed playing this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 10/09/2018:
Hi Mary, We're happy to hear that you enjoyed playing our course. Thank you for leaving us a 5-star rating and book your next round with us soon.
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Pace of Play

It was busy day. Marshall said tournament early in the morning. No marshall on the course to speed up play. I played almost 5 1/2 hours. Great course, but I don't want to spend 5 1/2 hours.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 09/19/2018:
Hello, We would like to apologize for the pace of play. Thank you for your business and please allow us to make it up to you in the near future.
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 09/06/2018:
Hello, Thank you for leaving Poppy Ridge Golf Course an awesome 5-star rating. Book your next tee time with us soon.
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

90% Cart path only! No ShadeTrees

While we liked the course layout we were pretty disappointed with our overall golf experience.

Almost every hole was roped off and cart path only. Not sure why, it is definitely not TPC grade by any means and being very hilly terrain and extremely hot it was more of a survival test than an enjoyable game. There were no shade tees or any type of relief at any of the tee boxes so waiting for our tee was brutal. The greens and bunkers were in good shape but the fairways were a bit sorry but it is the end of summer so I would think that would improve during the test of the year.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 09/06/2018:
Hello, We would like to apologize for falling short of your expectations. We will address your comments with our management team. In order to make improvements. Thank you for your business and please allow us to make it up to you in the near future.
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful course, we had a wonderful time

My boyfriend and I played here for the first time today. It was lovely and we can't wait until we go back. As a twosome we ended up waiting on a foursome in front of us during the first nine (we started with the Chardonnay course), but when I mentioned this to the starter at the turn, we were able to play the Merlot course instead of the Zinfindal and didn't see anyone else for the rest of the time we were there. It was awesome. Like having your own private beautiful course. The weather was perfect, a little windy, but pleasantly so.

The placement of the yellow (forward) tees offered me enough relief to make the day very enjoyable, while the white tees proved plenty challenging for my boyfriend.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 08/27/2018:
Hello, Thank you for leaving Poppy Ridge Golf Course a 5-star rating and raving review. We look forward to seeing you both again.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played

What happened

I have played this course many times.

It has has been a year since playing here. I could not believe how they have let the course go. It used to play firm and fast. Nice tight fairways, this was not the case today. Either the fairway grass was dying, or overwatered and shaggy. The greens were slow and rolled terribly. It felt like the greens weren’t cut and rolled in some time. I enjoy playing here but it blew me away with the lack of TLC this course has gotten.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 08/23/2018:
Hello, We would like to apologize for falling short of your expectations. We will address your comments with our management team. Please allow us to make it up to you in the near future.
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Fantastic place

First, I love this place. Despite being form Southern California I have played this place for 20 years. What I don't get is how they get to their pricing. They say they give a reciprocal agreement to SoCal SCGA members but that's not the case at all. I went there after working in the area one afternoon (walk up). GolfNow had many times available for $65. They charged me $70 and said they would give me a 'guest rate'. Very strange indeed. Otherwise, course is still great after all these years.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 08/08/2018:
Hello, Thank you for leaving us a 5-star rating. If you ever have this issue again, please feel free to call 1 (844) 800-GOLF. Thank you for continuing to come back to Poppy Ridge Golf Course.
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Response from on 07/31/2018:
Hello, We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

No Marshalls

We teed off as a 2 some and noticed 3 singles in front of us over 2-3 holes they backed up and refused to play with each other!! luckily another 2 some come up and joined us but all day did not see ONE marshall

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 07/31/2018:
Hi Dave, Thank you for providing your feedback. We would like to apologize for the pace of play. Please allow us to make it up to you in the near future.
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Everything was great but the greens need a little help but I’ll go back again

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 07/30/2018:
Hello, Thank you for leaving us a 5-star rating. We look forward to seeing you out on the golf course.
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Response from on 07/31/2018:
Hi Michael, We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
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