DeLaveaga Golf Course & Lodge

Delaveaga is always fun, challenging and a course to play. Bring a couple extra balls just in case. Course conditions were good overall. Restaurant I has a really good beer tap lineup. Staff was friendly, too.

The greens are pretty good. Would play again just for the greens. Yee boxes are not level and hacked up. No one fixes divots or pitch marks. Fairways are super firm due to dry/dead patches. You never know what kind of kick you’re going to get because of this. Layout is really good. Pace of play was pretty bad. It took almost 5 hours to finish. With better course conditions, and maybe a golf marshal on duty this course would be worth full price. For the cost of a hot deal I wouldn’t mind playing here again.

Delaveaga is a wonderful Track but in average condition. It's my recommendation that Delaveaga transitions to a naturalist golf course with a Single line targeted irrigation system similar to what you would find in Desert communities, that can substantially shrink the irrigation footprint of the golf course. By transitioning to a naturalist style golf course, Delaveaga will save the City water while simultaneously allowing the maintenance staff to MANICURE a smaller portion of the golf course and make Delaveaga more competitive with cinnabar Seascape and Spring Hills

Getting there on CA17 was nerve racking, left from San Jose 2 hours before tee time, get there with 10 minutes to spare.

Too many sloping fairways, ball ended at some unexpected places due to slope run.

Took 4:45 hours for a round on Friday.

Course seemed run down compared to last year.

Pace of play was terrible. New teams showed up in the middle of the round, it seemed as if their were foursomes plying multiple holes over and some were playing more than one ball.

I played here a couple times recently and I enjoyed it. Not a long course but challenging and fun. I’ll be back.

It was my second time playing at this course.

Love it both times. Beautiful, in great condition, fun, challenging course.

I booked my teatime with a car because I am handicapped and can’t walk of course especially a course with lots of hills I drive an hour and 15 minutes to get there and they don’t have a cart for me. They didn’t care unapologetic. They said I should not have booked it on. GolfNow was their response to me. Stay away from this course unless you like people that don’t give a darn.

Second time, morning dew proved challenging but good for me to personally get used to. Shot 102 which was better than my last attempt. Think next time I'm here I can finally break 100.

This is an amazing course, but the amount of sand on the greens (not punched recently) made putting very unpredictable and the quality of some of the temporary tee boxes was laughable. A little of attention would make this a fabulous experience.

Mow the fairways

Roughs and surrounds rangy and lack routine maintenance

Greens were acceptable

Good food and drinks, great layout, overall good value.

It’s so disappointing this course was almost unplayable. Fairways were muddy and not trimmed - we couldn’t find ball even in the middle of fairways. It’s been sunny for the last couple days and somehow course conditions were still pretty bad.

This course is best for intermediate or better golfers who enjoy narrow and less forgiving challenges.

I played Delaveaga Golf Course in Santa Cruz recently, and I can honestly say it was the worst golf experience I’ve ever had. The course was horribly maintained from start to finish. You couldn’t distinguish the tee box from the fairway, and the fairway from the rough—everything looked like one big patch of neglected grass.

For a course with this kind of green fee, the conditions were completely unacceptable. It felt like no one had taken care of the place in months. Every shot felt like guesswork because there was zero visual definition anywhere on the course.

I’ve played plenty of municipal and budget courses that were in far better shape than this. Delaveaga needs serious attention before I’d ever consider coming back. As it stands, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone looking for a quality round of golf.