DeLaveaga Golf Course & Lodge

Fairways where not mowed in a long time and I believe it should have stated that on site when we booked.

This was the worst maintained course I have ever golfed in California. I get it has rained a little - but, it looked like there has been no maintenance to any fairways for the last year. I’ve never lost so many balls in the fairway in my life.

Played there yesterday and dropped out after it took 4,5 hours to play 13 holes. The course is in very poor condition. For a serious golfer it isn’t worth the money.

Course was very wet due to recent rains. Cart path only. Many shots would plug so badly you couldn't find your ball. Overpriced for these conditions. I would play it again if it hasn't rained for a month.

I play Dela V as ll the time it's a good course lots of fun. Staff is friendly and helpful all in all I give this course a thumbs up.

DeLa can't do anything about the weather and understandably will rule cart paths only if the course is soggy. If you think the course may be wet on your day, I would call the course and book a walking time as a cart is the default billing on GN and offers no refunds once you pay.

Great track! Gophers are winning right now on some holes.

Overall the course was very nice. I was a little unhappy that the par 3 tee boxes were quite sandy from overfeeding. The greens were in great shape.

Unless you have the local card this place isn’t worth more than $50. This goes for seascape even tho it’s in better condition

1. Aeration and sanding are expected, but tees should be placed elsewhere when sanding is done in the tee box.

2. Not watering a portion of the fairways greatly detracts from the quality of play. Santa Cruz received approx. double the rainfall last year! Is reclaimed (tertiary) water available to the course?

There was a warning about aeration. The Fairways were aerated, but the greens were not. they may have been a few weeks earlier? The green were not mowen=d! slow as molasses and bumpy as I have ever seen!

I played here many years ago.. will not go back for that price..

The resturant was closed at 4PM. sent is to the grill by the driving range. They were out of everything. no pulled pork, only premade sandwiches.My brother and I traveled from San Jose to play there. What a waste extreemly disapointed. Oh, and the ball mechine at the driving range ate $11 got no balls. ended up buying another bucket from second mechine, Told the Attendant who wandered by later. He said hit us up next time we will give you a bucket..

Might not go back..

Played from blue tees, tee boxes were not mowed at all and it was like teeing off from the rough. Not to mention excessive amount of sand all over the tee boxes.

Greens were like a great looking carpet which is the worst for putting, it was horrendously slow and inconsistent throughout all 18 holes.

I would definitely avoid this course for a while until it's back to the shape.

Had a great experience here. They were in the process of aerating the back 9 greens so it was like putting on a beach. Great course layout. The front 9 greens were in great shape.

Greens rolled great and smooth,(a couple had fungus and dead areas but pin placement wasn't near that).I understand the difficulties involved with maintaining a course on the hills compared to a flat muni course so I give them kudos for that.For the most part fairways were nice and tee boxes relatively flat.All in all a perfect sunny day getting paired with a wonderful couple we ended up having so much in common with.The couple we played with(Joe and Norda) were simply amazing and fun to talk to, and an inspiration for me and my wife.Maybe thats what made everything so incredible was playing with new people so friendly and easy going but it was a wonderful day all around.

Nice quiet Thursday noon round. Not very busy and great weather. Greens were in great shape but lots of wet areas around the greens. The tees needed mowing and were horrible. The fairways could not tell the rough from fairways on a few holes. Overall ok conditions but needs some love.

I’d love to give this course a good review but I Can’t. The fairways looked like they haven’t been cut in a few days. The tee boxes were really uneven and torn up. The sand traps had sand only in portions of them. A lot of the greens had a fungus in them. so putting through them was a challenge at best. I really liked the layout better before they changed two of the par 5’s to par four’s, for some reason. To charge that amount for that course in its condition is a shame and I won’t be going back there anymore. It was a Good golf course….