DeLaveaga Golf Course & Lodge

Great value and fantastic greens! Finished our round on a Saturday with a 9:30 tee time by 2 pm ... Challenging course

"De La Torture" is one of the finest in Monterey Bay. Despite the drought, the greens were perfect and there was some grass to be found in the landing areas off the teas.

Breakfast or lunch there is the absolute best! And the 19th hole on the deck with a few libations and liars dice can cure your missed putts.

Fun course with a lot of trouble and sloping fairways. Greens are in excellent shape and putt very true. One of my favorite courses to play. Staff very friendly and assist in any way you need. My golf cart ran out of power and before I hit my second shot, a Marshall had contacted the clubhouse and I had another one. Never had that kind of service on ANY other course.

There were a few dry areas mostly outside of the fairways as water is a big concern in Santa Cruz. The greens were soft but surprisingly fast. The course is in much better shape than it was the last time I played...about a year ago.

Most beautiful golf course and friendly staff. Even though I came down from San Jose with heavy traffic, I could come up with happiness.
I strongly recommend this course to golf buddies. I played at the blue tee so playing was excited.

Keep it to the left on the front nine and to the right on the back nine (in general). This was the advice I got from both a groundsman and my local playing partner. Some blind doglegs require a little local knowledge. Even though it is in the woodsy hills above Santa Cruz, it is mostly level ground and can be easily walked. An 8 a.m. tee time got me around in less than 4 hours. With the drought in CA, only the greens and surrounds were well irrigated, but there was still plenty of green grass on most fairways. The greens were receptive and smooth, excellent for a reasonably priced muni, and less break than you might think!

This is one of the best courses in the Bay Area for the price.

Played here as a follow up with a 4 some as we wanted to improve on our first go around. Course offers both left and right doglegs and has challenging greens. The course overall was in good shape and makes for a challenging round. Would play again for the right price and opportunity.

Driving range is in bad condition. Carts are not maintained well. Course itself is fine

challenging course with a lot of interesting holes.

Enjoyed the day and it was also Mothers day. Everyone was friendly and helpful.

A well-layed-out, well-cared-for course which makes full use of the original attractively-wooded hilly terrain. Caution: if you're not hitting it straight, be prepared to lose a few golfballs.

The course has a lot of hard holes and if you played for the first time you could get into a lot of trouble. Overall this was a good course to play.

Really enjoyed the round, pace of play could have been better but got some real hackers in front of us. Course is demanding on the tee shots and it seem every bounce you get on the edge of the fairways seems to take your ball in undesirable direction...definitely not stadium golf!

This is my son first time play here. He feels course is a quite challenge. You need to know how to make some adjustments when you experience problem. We like here and will play again.

The course was in beautiful condition, greens fast and challenging. Front 9 stay left, back nine stay right. # 10 is the most challenging par 5 I can think of.. I chose to lay up on my second shot and still was short on my forth shot. Love it though. Enjoy! I had the strongest whiskey/coke I have ever had at the turn! Only $5.50 for a fresh and big turkey sandwich. :)

This is a challenging course so play smart. You can run into trouble if you don't use your course management. If you like to be challenged then you gotta play this course!

DLV is a great course. It has everything you would expect from from a public course but with perfect weather. The green play average for the area but where you can reall have fun is with you second shots. You can make them very strait forward or get creative. Your choice but don't hit it into the trees, cuz the poison ivy is around.

local knowledge is key in good course management.
local knowledge is key in good course management.
local knowledge is key in good course management.
local knowledge is key in good course management.

Challenging course,sloping fairways ball tends to roll out into the woods. Greens could use some care many are bumpy.Bunkers should be played as ground under repair,they are very inconsistent no sand in most of them.The ground crew should really take a course in how to maintain a bunker.