DarkHorse Golf Club

This course is for to host usga championships. If you are a plus index this course is for you. Very tricky greens with subtle breaks. Would need a practice round before any competition

Greens were just verticut which was not mentioned ,but they still were pretty good.

front nine had sand on them in places ,but by the weekend they should be in really good shape.

Always a good test of the game with altitude change and meandeing creeks to take note of especially if you are playing for the first time.

We had a great time on a steeler weather day!

Cheers

Course was in great shape and greens rolled true and held all reasonable shots in but over 5 hours for golf on any day of the week is unacceptable and there were no marshals to be seen. Seems like 5+ hours is just an accepted standard at DarkHorse despite their claim of a 4:30 pace (which is also too long).

For the price to experience, the on course experience is excellent. The staff (very limited) was awesome and friendly. The layout is fair and in great condition. Water bottles on every 3-4th hole and at least one very nice restroom per 9. The range looked state of the art with Top Golf's "toptracer" technology. The negative is there is no kitchen/restaurant that equals the course experience. The hot dogs are ok, but that is your only choice. from the cart person. The course could source and rent space to a food truck or two on rotation. Also, a rented trailer to function as a pro shop would pay for it;sef in merch sales in a few months. They have a cool logo.

They spent a lot of money bringing perfect sand in for the bunkers but still don’t rake or manicure them.

No club house and didn’t see the snack cart all day.

Had cool water bottles in several holes

Would have given 5 stars but a few experiences prevented a perfect score. The course itself was awesome. Views were gorgeous. If you want to enjoy nature this is the course. However, being the operation is small, there were no drinking water on the course, slow getting checked in, flags not marked for marked for pin placement, and “cart girl” never made her rounds. Ignoring the lack of operational excellence, the course was still very nice.

The experience at the golf course was as expected for the price. Nice conditions with a challenge for every golfer depending upon the tees you choose.

My issue is with Golf Now. Had to make the tee time online and did not know I was using Golf Now. Made a reservation for 4 a week in advance. The day before one of our golfers could not make it so I called Darkhorse and changed our reservation from 3 to 4, well before the 24 hour requirement. We checked in, played our round and the next day I found a no-show fee of $69 charged to my card. All 3 of our group showed up on time, they put a single with us for a foursome.

I called Darkhorse on Monday and they had no record of the late fee, showed the 3 golfers I signed up for paid.

I would like my refund of the $69 late fee charged. You have my e-mail address and back account information, please follow through with the refund.

Thank you.

Fred Arnold

I loved this course so much that I’m heading back for my birthday in a couple weeks. This is my favorite course I’ve played in years. Worth a drive, even if you don’t live close. I live in the East Bay Area and would drive the 2 hours any day of the week!

Haven't played here in 6 months. They now have brand new carts with GPS. Only downside to the GPS was they won't let you drive in restricted areas, which is OK, but I had it stop one while I was at the edge of the fairway and no where near any marked area. Conditions real good, greens smooth and fast. No water in bunkers, but a few were a little too wet for my taste. This would be nice for the fairway bunkers but the wet ones always seemed to be the greenside ones. Overall, an enjoyable experiance.

Came early to warm up at 8:15am and the range was closed for a hour for them to pick up balls? Range balls were in very poor condition!!! Such a nice course to not have a club house or food. They only had a shack to check in and a hotdog cart after the ninth hole.

Course could use maintenance- - rough was way too long and sand traps with water. Probably won’t come back until the course gets up to speed.

Having played DH (Darkhorse) since it's original opening...I've played through 'the best of times' and 'worst of times' The course is not quite to it's original playing conditions - but the new ownership continues to make steady and noticeable strides Going Back to The Future. Bringing - DH back to it's original and amazing condition.

Couple take-aways;

- Please do not allow walkers during heavy play - IE: Weekends. The courses terrain is not fitted for walkers - Several tee boxes are far apart - walking eats us too much time...even the most well conditioned walker will be challenged.

- Have a Marshall on the course during the weekend - pace of play can be greatly improved with someone managing those foursomes who seem 'less aware' of 'ready golf'...

Looking forward to playing DH even more this summer - let's keep up the progress DH team!

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