DeLaveaga Golf Course & Lodge

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DeLaveaga is a relative short course with tree line and course contour for defense. 5x par 3s and 3x par 5s for 70.

It has appearance of tight fairways with its tree lines; however, it is much more forgiving than its appearance. 250 yards seems to clear much of the trouble off the tee. Poa annua greens were on the slow side and rolled true enough.

I am starting to enjoy playing shorter courses. Especially, one of kind courses like DeLaveaga.

Perhaps, it was playing with my son. Or, the perfect 70 degree weather.

I would play DeLaveaga again.

Teed off at 8:37 and played 5 holes in one hour, that was great, then the wheels came off, took four and a half hours more to play the last 13 holes. No one was making the three groups that were two plus at the turn and four holes when they finished behind the group in front of them or pick up their pace, very disappointing.

This was a very nice relatively difficult course. It offers a very good selection of tight pinpoint Fairways and grip-it-and-rip-it. The greens were not in keeping with the overall course presentation and the amenities were down because the clubhouse was being redone I think overall for the value even go higher than a five-star

Started way behind time and it got worse. Foursome ahead were hitting two sometimes three times from tee. No marshall in sight. The greens impossible to read as two kinds of grass made the clumpy.

Course conditions were fair at best. Layout is fun but very narrow

It was a Friday afternoon and we were a 2 some in the middle of a sea of foursomes, and why they didn't pair us with another twosome is beyond me.

Still if we were a 4, we would still be waiting, as the backups had as many as 3 groups on one tee.

So if you are looking to squeeze in a quick round this is NOT the place. That being said, it is a fun layout, with tricky greens that roll nicely. The staff in the pro shop are friendly. Their restaurant is being remodeled so no lunch for us. I would love it if they would work on picking up the pace of play, hire a Marshall might help and making sure they don't overbook would be good too.

Quality and experience doesnt match the cost. Not super expensive, but not a great course either. There aren't many in the Santa Cruz area tho, so not a lot of options

De Laveaga is a tricky course. Nice looking course with lots of trees. Very tight but short. You really have to place your shots. Most par 4s and par 5s don't need a driver. Best to play conservative off the tee.

Course is well maintained. Greens are in good shape.

Facilities are not bad with a range, chipping, and putting green.

One of the things that is weird is the frisbee golf right on the course. Kinda slows things down but not horribly. I had a 5-some playing frisbee golf and a group trying to get a frisbee out of a tree. I think it was only a 4 hour round because it is such a shorter course.

Narrow fairways, greens a little uneven. A good test of your game. It seemed like the pace was a little slow but I finished in about 4 hours, so it wasn't really a problem

Greens roll excellent with challenging fairway placement

First time played this year. The condition of the course is very poor, fairways are a cow pasture. The drought may have caused this poor condition but with all the rain, one would think the course would have been in much better condition. The pace of play was the worst, 3 hours to play the front nine, but the back nine improved to 2.5 hours. No marshal to help improve pace. I would not recommend this course.

Got a great deal on GolfNow. Took only 4+ hours to play. I hope they the upstairs open soon.

Dela is and always will be a challenging course. I resides on the top of the Sana Cruz foothills and offers breathtaking views of the area. Couple things to note: the sand traps need a lot of help and they lost a lot of trees all due to a glorious winter. Gophers are a problem due to Parks & Recreation will not let mgt. exterminate them. The tee boxes and greens are in great shape as long as the fungus is managed. Can't wait for the Clubhouse to get finished.

I was playing all by myself. Greens are very well maintained, Fairway could be challenging on a few holes. I will most definitely come back and play some more

Nice course, hole #1 & #10 were awesome! Greens were in good shape. Overall a challenging course and a great golf day!

In looking for a place to play, I choose a course that I had not played in a while and wanted to revisit. In checking on GolfNow, there were no alerts for this course and I booked it. The course was in horrible shape. The fairways had been punched and the rough had not been cut in a long time. The greens were in reasonable shape, but bumpy. I had heard that this course picked up a questionable greenskeeper-- guess its not a question anymore