Coyote Creek Golf Club - The Tournament Course

Had 6 people in front of us today, at one point they were all playing. Then, they turned into a group of 5 at which point pace picked up but, wow!

I play this course every couple of years naively thinking that the experience will have improved.....it hasn’t. This last fiasco I eventually managed to contact someone in the club house and adjust my tee time by 30 minutes (earlier). Of course when I arrived the next day it had not been done and I had to tee off later only completing 16 holes before having to pick my kids up from school. After complaining in the clubhouse they did say sorry. Save your $84 pay $20 less and go play a great course in Cinnabar. It’s always windy here and it really takes it out of you. The place feels kind of soulless and the racket of 101 pervades throughout. I play all around the bay but won’t be back here!

For the $84 price the overall course conditions could be better. Played both Callippe and Eagle Ridge for less and their overall course condition was more consistent.

One of the Lengthier courses in the area,

There is a challenge to overcome on every hole.

Expect wide open fairways, with hard to navigate second shots in seemingly open, but very tight pin placements.

The rough is very manageable, but anything way off course will add up the strokes.

Par 5's still bring a massive challenge on each hole, plenty of carry to bring birdies into play.

Par 4's are a good mix of attackable and modesty.

Par 3's are lengthy and usually need accuracy or imagination off the tee box.

Greens roll true and bunkers are lush with sand.

A little more to be desired off some tee boxes that need to be leveled out or limited in use to repair damages grass.

One of my favorite courses in the bay area. The tournament course is a fair test to see where your golf game is at both mentally and skill wise. The course is long but not too long from the blue tee’s ..but the wind makes most holes play longer and mainly the par fours that play near 400 yards -(there are more than a couple ) make scoring quite difficult, especially if you’re in need of a birdie to get a stroke back.

The par 5’s on the front nine are brutal in my opinion , no way I can reach them in 2 shots when the wind is blowing right into my face.

There are ravines that Separate the greens from the fairways on a lot of the holes making the player make a choice of going for it or playing it safe. Knowing how far you hit your Clubs is absolutely essential to scoring well here as with any golf course but the layout and design call for shots of precise distances and to different sides of the fairways to have the

Best angles on approach shots ..

The greens are usually pretty fast and in great condition but today they were overly soft and held shots much more than usual ..

Come play here when you can score well elsewhere as not a course for a beginner, overall one of my favorites

Decided on a 7am tee time because pace of play in the San Jose area is abysmal seemingly every day. Glad I did because today was great. Even with the high wind, I got around in under three hours and really got to enjoy this side of the course.