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3.5
327 Reviews (327)
5 Stars
73
4 Stars
152
3 Stars
63
2 Stars
24
1 Stars
15
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.1
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
3.8
Pace
3.1
Amenities
2.9
66.0%
Recommend this course
264 out of 327 reviews
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3.3
3 Reviews (3)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.7
Value
2.7
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.0
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
3.7
66.7%
Recommend this course
2 out of 3 reviews
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3.3
4 Reviews (4)
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4 Stars
1
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
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Conditions
3.0
Value
2.3
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.0
Amenities
2.7
StaffFriendliness
3.5
50.0%
Recommend this course
2 out of 4 reviews
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Par 35
Length 3211 yards
Slope 126
Rating 35.1

Shadow Lakes Golf Club sprawls across rolling hills with Mount Diablo looming in the background. Dramatic elevation changes characterize the course, providing both challenges and scenic views of the East Bay Area. The undulations of the terrain range from subtle to dramatic and helped to determine the strategic placement of the sharply sculpted bunkers, of which there are many. The design of the golf course blends seamlessly with the existing landscape with swaths of native grasses outlining each hole and natural rocky outcroppings coming into play throughout. The course incorporates links-style characteristics as well as a variety of different challenges including water hazards and deep rough. One particularly memorable water hole is the par-4 16th. This is Shadow Lakes Golf Club's signature hole that features an island green that slopes in front, back into the water.

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Course Details

Year Built 2001
Fairways Rye/Hybrid Bermuda
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gary Baird

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker No
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared or golf type shirts required; No blue jeans, no cut-offs; Ladies appropriate golf attire. No Tank Tops

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.5
327 Reviews (327)
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Reviews 60
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Far From Boring

Adrenaline junkies delight! This course has everything to keep someone alert!!
When the cart girl came around, I ordered two flat lies, hold the sand traps and no OB.....Of COURSE she messed up my order. But since Golfnow gave me a 49% discount, on green fees, It only cost $18.00, and 4 hrs to eat that SANDwich. Shadow Lakes, is a HOOT to play

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

beautiful course

The course is in great condition, the greens are a little rough due to recent aeration. Love the layout on each hole.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course for a great price.

Really enjoyed this course. Challenging holes and a really cool layout.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The Pins were placed in some tricky spots

Course was in very good shape and overall improving since last time playing there. The pins were all in very tricky spots and never had a straight putt.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Poor weather
Used cart

one rainy round

When I arrived it was raining lightly.When I started my round at 11.38 the rain picked up and by the end of the second hole it stoped.The elevation changes were great and the water hazards were in nice postions on the course.But by the 7th hole the rain picked back up and by the 9th hole it was a down poor.We had to mark are golf balls after the are second shoots.We couldn't hit up the dance floor due there was a stream of water cutting it into two halfs.So we road into the club house and meet the group of 5 in front taking shelter and I asked if they were giving out rain checks for half off are next round.I went inside to ask that question and was giving the answer the course was still open.My reply was it was not playable,so we waited 15 min for the rain to past and played the back 9 in sloppy conditions and the greens had standing water on them.I would like to comeback and play it dry conditions,the course has a great layout.This time mother nature won out.Thats golf some days.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Staff Could Have Done Better

I played single with another single and we were to pair up with a 2some. They let the 2some out early before a tournament of 6 groups. They did not even bother to call us in and see if we were ready. We were in the practice green waiting. My tee time is 10:50 am. The tournament was supposed to start at 11:40 am but starter let them out early, way ahead of our tee time. So we had to wait almost an hour and we were tailing this tournament play. THEY COULD HAVE DONE BETTER THAN THIS!!!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice Layout But Needs Some Work

The course receives plenty of play and we played 18 holes in about 4 hours. The fairways could use some grass and because of this your drives roll out a long ways, firm dirt. They did not offer flags for handicapped players and our cart broke down on the 11th hole. The bunkers have very little sand. It's a nice layout with firm greens that have lots of break in them. We paid $22.50 per player on a weekday and the value was good.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

always a pleasure playing at shadow lakes golf course

Great round of golf with my buddies, pin location that day was really challenging although I like the speed of the green. watch, won quite a few skins and my putting that day was superb. Great green fees. I will definitely recommend this golf course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Greens are in great condition!

I took a buddy of mine to the course for a birthday round. The pace of play was about 4:45, but the course is in great shape. The greens were fast, and rolled true. I definitely recommend going out and playing a round when you can find the time!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Fun BBQ at Turn

Great BBQ running outside the pro shop at the turn. All beef hotdogs were great. Nicely grilled. Other options were burgers, bratwursts and hot links. Make it easy to grab a bite on the turn without slowing down the round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Played it twice

Played 36 holes 1/25/15. Course in good shape, very happy with the greens, if people would just fix their ball marks!!!!! Come on it takes 10 seconds, and you and everybody else will enjoy the experience going forward. I must have fixed 5 ballmarks on just about every green. Pay it forward people!!!!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Featured
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Fun course, in great condition

Has some very fun and challenging holes. The view from the 16th tee box is amazing. I had a great time and will definitely be back soon.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course some hard water hazards overall good time

Had a good time good staff greens were okay overall great shape

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Played in 3 hours

The course was in good condition, but the facilities are getting a little worn. Greens were in good shape, but were much slower than they looked.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Poor service

This place consistently has the rudest clubhouse staff. I enjoy this course, but they need to talk to their guys about how to treat their customers. There's a lot of other courses in the area to choose from.

Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Experience!

I played here several months ago and was just reflecting on what an epic trip it was. Charles the Director made my golf outing spectacular from the first phone call to the awesome meal I had in their restaurant. The staff was very friendly and accommodating. The price was perfect and I actually played Deer Ridge the following day. I will definitely be playing here for years to come. Thanks to their staff for a great two days on the links!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Gamer

Course was in bad condition.. Course doesn't drain well ..at times I was in mud ankle deep in fairway.. Not a course to play when it's cart path only. Staff was great didn't eat or drink.. Because the course was so wet and muddy two stars

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 176
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

It would be fun to play this course when the weather is good.

The weather was bad, wet and cold, after rain. The course was all wet, playing on car path only gave us big challenge for my age at late seventies. Will return when the weather is more cooperative. Challenging but fun course. Golfnow,com value - very good for retired seniors like me.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Extremely wet

Very nice course overall but the recent weather made it almost unplayable.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awful Management

The staff was useless and borderline rude. Kid behind the bar was a complete joke, inept and incompetent all at the same time. Guy behind the desk at the pro shop made the kid behind the bar look like employee of the month material. Carts didn't work. Had to push ours up the hill on fifteen because the gears kept bucking the cart back and forth. Grabbed the bags off the carts and left them both in the fairway on 18. Never going back, recommending same choice to everyone I know

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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