Coyote Creek Golf Club - The Tournament Course

We found this course to be a real challenge. Many sand traps and barranca running thru just about every fairway. Also hard to find balls just off fairway due to thick grass.

The course is in great condition compared to other courses in the area and the value you get is well worth it.

Booked a great rate on GolfNow for $45 including cart. Hardly anybody on the course so we plated in 3 1/2 hours. Course is in great condition and very lush, considering there is a drought. I think they must have their own wells. Challenging course with many interesting holes. The wind can, and usually blows here so be prepared for windy conditions in the afternoon.

I have played this course before and don't recall having a problem, but not this time. I was looking for a deal on the Valley course and this popped up, so I thought I would give it a try. Bad idea. I am not sure what is in the heads of those prepping the course. If your ball gets into the second cut chances are you will not find it. A good shot that wanders off the fairway from slope or whatever gets buried in 6" or so of grass. I had very few bad shots and lost about 8 balls. Not fun if you are average, unless you like looking for balls and not finding them. Perhaps there was a big PGA tournament coming this way, or maybe the better golfers enjoy the punishment. In any case, if you find yourself leaving shots off the fairway, be sure to find yourself on the Valley course.

I played the tournament course, and did not know until I got to the course that the greens were aerated a couple of weeks earlier and were still very poor. That's why I said the course conditions were only fair.
The staff did offer to switch me to the valley course.
Also I think I paid too much with the greens in such poor condition.
Having said that, most of the time, this is a great golf course, I really like the tournament course because its challenging with interesting holes. I would recommend Coyote Creek to friends.

I thought I was getting a deal playing this course at $40 on weekday. I saw the aerication alert at GolfNow but thought it will be OK since they aerated the greens a week ago. I guess they never cut the greens and it was so slow. I had no fun putting on the green. I guess sometimes cheap is more expensive.

greens fees were reduced for aeration of the entire course. Greens were really cut up and sanded so it was like putting on a Mountain trail but that was as stated and why reduced fees. It was a great round on a course I had avoided. Not scared of it anymore and will be back next month.

This is one of my favorite courses in the Bay area. The tournament course is well laid out and there are plenty of challenges for normal golfer like me. Staffs are very nice and the weather was even perfect.

The only negatives are putting green (the putting green was going through repair) and bunkers (too much water caused many muddy spots).

However, with the GolfNow's good deal, I still enjoyed playing there.

Very good course and nice weather.
Thanks a lot. :-)

Always love coming here. The staff is always friendly and available. Greens were under repair, but it was still a great day.

This is without a doubt the best course in the Bay area as far as the condition of the course. The drought has stressed numerous tracks in CA, but the greens, fairways, and teeboxes were immaculate. I don't know how they do it. I've played about 30 courses over the last 5 months - from TPC HardingPark to Hiddenbrooke to Half moon Bay Ocean course. At $29 on golf now for a 3:00 tee time, it can't be beat.

Tournament course layout is challenging and greens really tough. Bunkers are terrible - thin veneer of sand on dirt. Rarely see food/bev cart. $100+ on weekends tough to justify.

I golf about every week in the Bay Area and have a single digit index and it was a breath of fresh air to play this course. Most California courses are suffering from the drought and I can definitely understand that but it's about how you manage the water that matters. The tournament course was very well manicured from tee to green and the challenge in simplicity of the layout was fantastic. It's a tough course from the further tees in the wind(which seemed to be a consistent feature) but a realistic test. I'll play here again for sure, maybe just on hot deals though bc I'm California broke and it is a jack signature course!

Not a bad course but could use some cosmetic attn.

excellent golf course with at least 5 tee choices
for any caliber player. greens with lots of slope
and break. back nine is much more exposed to the wind that the front. if you use a cart gps gives nice description of where you should place the ball
off the tee and into the green. nice practice area.
over a 2 hour drive for me so it will not be a regular
place for me, but for players in the san jose area this is a wonderful place to play golf. both courses offer a lot of fun trying to make your record number of pars.

Great course. Great staff. Difficult course. This course requires not only good ball striking, but good course management.

The drought has left many local courses looking for answers, and many have burned up fairways, etc. Coyote Creek is in superb condition, and it deserves to be played.

This is a fun, challenging golf course with nice views of the hills. Good for all levels even with the hazards. We saw a couple coyotes (#2 and #7). Amazing.

The course is very windy and you get a lot of noise from the freeway. The round was fine for the price ($50) but I'd pay extra any day for cinnabar hills.

This course is beautiful, especially in the afternoon as the sun is setting on the mountains in the distance!! Fairways and rough were in great shape. The greens were in great shape as well but could have been a bit faster and the bunkers had no sand (There was sand but when you hit the ball it was like hitting off of a hard ground. Also, #10 is under maintenance right now and plays as a par 3 from the fairway. #17 there were a ton of ducks on the green. I ended up hitting one (on accident of course) on my approach to the green and it made my ball ricochet into the front bunker (not sure what the rule is on that one!). There was also a ton of duck stuff (if you know what I mean) on the front of the green where the ducks were sitting. Finally, I think the Pro Shop could be a bit more friendly, however, the cart guys/ladies and the marshall were very friendly.

Not an easy course. Always windy. Long course. Lots of freeway noise.