DarkHorse Golf Club

Ok, so this rating is for the Golf course side of things only.

I’m not sure what’s going on with the pro shop or F & B but the course is awesome! Great layout, great upkeep by the agronomy team and the most sand I’ve seen in a bunker in CA in a long time, lol.

Got a great deal for an early tee time as well so that never hurts. If you’ve never played here before or are wanting to play somewhere north of Sacramento then look no further.

If this track was on the ocean or closer to a city it would command over 450$ for sure. Hidden gem if there ever was one!

Beautiful layout but typical California public golf. I’m from the Bay Area but live in WA state now, having lived in TX and GA. I only see course conditions like this in CA, where I play several times a year. Weeds everywhere. Greens were great. Layout incredible. Bunkers have been forgotten. The course crew doesn’t rake them so players probably realize this and don’t either. Barely enough sand and for a course in a state with beaches it’s a crime ! Maybe CA golfers don’t know any better. Dark Horse must have one guy on staff. No attention to detail. With all those beautiful homes recently built around the course I expect something will have to change. PLEASE, for the love of the game sell the course to someone who knows golf and agronomy.

Stacked tee time sheet. Maintenance guy cutting the fairways, impacting the lies. Cuts the edge of the greens, impacting your approach. Stares at you as you putt. No wonder you have 5:20 rounds, you’re blocking play! Oh, and great job yelling at your workers too, “those plants must be 40 inches apart!!!!” Who knows what 40 inches apart is? Get new leadership on the maintenance team, the course isn’t what it used to look like, and being a horrible person to patrons and your employees isn’t a good look.

In my opinion, darkhorse has gone downhill in the past few years. This used to be my favorite course in the area; good pace of play, great conditions, etc. both of these qualities have diminished terribly. Played yesterday and there was no starter or Marshall. Pace was decent until hole 3, then realized I was stuck behind a 6-some! After following for a few holes without a thought to let us play through I called the pro shop and told them they have three groups backed up on one hole because of a 6-some, the response from the shop attendant was “I don’t know maybe it’s a birthday party or something, I’m the only one here so I can’t go out there”

Conditions of the course have also deteriorated over the past few years. Many areas that should have been marked ground under repair were not, and many areas were too muddy to walk through, leading us to lose many balls in what would initially look like the middle of the fairway.

Came to play Dark Horse driving in from Reno. Great course to play with some degree of difficulty. Cart Path only due to majority of fairways still in soggy conditions from weather. Will definitely be back for another round

We took carts but was a waist of money and time, since they were not allowing any carts on course.

We had an amazing day of golf! I will definitely be back

Great track but quite hilly with wide fairways that require a lot of walking with cart path only rule. I understand they are trying to preserve the fairways which were quite wet when I played. Greens are good with average speeds and few ball marks.

Course appears very nice. However I played after days of rain so it was very wet and muddy. Club house is a pay at the walk up window and restaurant is a trailer. This I was told is due to delays in construction caused by COVID. Once amenities catch up with the course I will add it to my regular course rotation.

Course is challenging and very target oriented. Greens were in good shape.

Good times had by all.

I was told at the turn we were playing 25 min behind that’s not hard to do when the course is soaked and no carts allowed on the grass anywhere.

That leads to a lot of walking. That leads to a delay on every hole. So the marshal needs to take that into consideration.

Great day!! Amazing course I can’t wait to play this summer. Challenging as most shorts are target specific.

Pace of play was tough only due to frost delay. Being my only round there I can’t give any other rating than this experience.

Off course amenities are slim. Small club house and refreshments are served out of trailer. This is due to slowdown in progress caused by Covid. Plans for new infrastructure are happening soon.

Course was very very wet after a week of rain. I’m sure come summer I’ll have Darkhorse in my regular rotation of courses!!

Divot city. Please fill the divot repair bottles on the carts.

5.5 hour round, tee boxes double stacked. Not sure if the was a frost delay or not, but when we checked in they didn't say anything to us, and we teed off on time but were waiting at the tee box behind the group in front of us on every hole. We hadn't had ran in two weeks but 1/3 of the holes were cart path only still (mainly the par 5s). They have super nice golf carts and a trackman driving range, but have no trash cans on the course, no ball washers, and no club house at the turn. Their "hot dog stand" was closed as well.

Always a joy and a great outing. The greeensare in super shape. Did I mention January! I can’t believe more golfers are not coming out.