DarkHorse Golf Club

Very tough, long course. Huge greens with lots of slope and lots of bunkering. I liked the course a lot, but unfortunately, the fairways were in very rough shape. I saw a note that they were killing crabgrass in areas. There were many bare spots on the fairway and also overwatered muddy spots. That said, I will play again when it’s not so hot outside.

The greens are beautiful and challenging! The course lost a few various size fairway patches during the intense heat this summer. Happy to say grass is already sprouting in those areas. Never get tired of the beauty or the course and its surroundings!

The course conditions were decent. While there were some areas with worn-out grass, staying in the fairway kept the impact minimal. The staff presence was limited, with only two individuals seen—one at the clubhouse (if you can call it that) and the other being the cart attendant. I was a bit surprised when they wanted to check my cooler for alcohol, but I complied despite finding it unnecessary. The cost of $90 per person seems steep, especially when considering the high prices of beverages. Overall, the experience was below par. I would suggest playing the course in the Fall or Spring for better conditions.

While the weather and the course conditions were great, we were sandwiched between groups with the group ahead of us very inexperienced causing pace of play to be frustrating.

There is no clubhouse per se, but the practice facility and anything directly golf related is top notch. I like they put the investment into the golf first, and the club house amenities can follow.

Good to see the weeds going away . Looks a little ugly now but later you will have great fairways again

Friend and I thought the course was very challenging.

Sand traps were great, greens were amazing. Fairways were a little beat up. And wish there were a restaurant. To eat at afterwards.

The new bunkers are great BUT it would be great if they were machine racked and fluffed so the are less compacted. They are very water laden and the club skips when trying to hit a bunker shot.

Too much cart path only and no drinking water anywhere on the course.

Course has a lot of potential, but currently lacking. Around the greens were great, but rest of course is recovering. Desperately need a clubhouse and good again.

The course is beautiful and very well maintained. The driving range with the top tracer was a big help for warming up, the course booklet helps you plan out each hole. Hopefully they will have a club house at some point.

Based on reviews, I expected the course to be in good condition. Glad I didn't pay full price! The greens and tee boxes and sand traps are fine but the fairways are all over the map with dead spots here, reseeded dirt areas elsewhere all mixed in with perfectly good grass. This can be normal for the area this time of year BUT the dead spots and bare spots are sometimes 20% of the fairway. Totally playable, but I wouldn't go back for a couple of months.

On the topic of carts shutting down when you get too far from where you should be, I'm used to that but at Dark Horse, sometimes the line between go and do not go errs on the side of super conservative so after a few times of getting shut down in areas that seemed totally fine to be in, I got gun-shy and began to wonder when it was going to happen next.

The good news! - the course is a great layout, the greens, sand and tees are fine and the carts are zippy!

Great staff-course is in bad shape since I’ve played here last year.

6:50 Tee time Tuesday 8/20

Course conditions were atrocious, for being August in California this course was over watered and we couldn’t tell when it had been mowed last. We didn’t see anyone mowing fairways and the tee boxes / rough areas had not been mowed in some time. Areas around and including trees were so over watered that your typical shot would chunk or not roll properly. Crab grass had over grown the second cut around most tee boxes. We do not recommend this course for the 75$ price tag. 13$ at the turn gets you a hot dog and Sam’s club coke. Overall course rating would be 2/10 at best we felt that is being generous.