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4.0
708 Reviews (708)
5 Stars
184
4 Stars
318
3 Stars
129
2 Stars
42
1 Stars
35
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.7
88.8%
Recommend this course
598 out of 708 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.6
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.7
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
4.1
76.5%
Recommend this course
13 out of 17 reviews
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4.1
79 Reviews (79)
5 Stars
30
4 Stars
39
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
89.9%
Recommend this course
71 out of 79 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 6405 yards
Slope 117
Rating 70.0

Also known as Recreation Park American Golf Club.

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Course Details

Year Built 1910
Fairways Kikuyu Grass
Greens Bent/Poa Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William F. Bell William P. Bell (1910)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $14.25 - $17.50
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.0
708 Reviews (708)
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Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice layout

Nice. Course layout plays for intermediate or low handicap players also good practice facility

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

It was fun

The weather was poor but pace was great.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awesome time!!

Weather was perfect. Greens were smooth. Had a great time!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

21 Years Later, SAME ISSUES

I haven't played this course since I was a senior in high school, and I must say that some things never change. People NEVER repair ball marks, NEVER rake traps, and all play at PGA pro speed on their way to a 5:20 round of golf. Course condition is OK at best, greens were PUNCHED on at least 25% of the surface (thanks for telling us, oh wait, they didn't... even in the pro shop), there was no marshall, and the 3somes ahead of us took almost 5 and a half hours to play in carts.

Looks like it will be a LONG time before I come back again. American Golf hasn't learned that you need to step up and marshal the course properly or even small groups (2 and 3-somes) will take over five hours to finish and I will not be back.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Average muni golf

New to CA so I'm not as used to the slow pace of play. Short golf course but enjoyable. The greens were in good shape for as much play as it gets.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

They put out 5 balls as standard!

Booked tee time or 09:52, didn't tee off until 10:30, took an hour to play 3 holes. Course is decent but they need to get their act together on how many people they allow on the course, they were putting out 5 balls! I've never seen anything like it.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Rec Park 18 is very nice

This course is semi long but not really. The fairways are generous off the tee and the greens were smooth. You could virtually bang the ball as hard as you wanted and it would find the fairway. The course is straight forward with no major tricks. Only drawback was that the fairways were patchy and had many dirt bone spaces. Overall a nice walk in the park not spoiled.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Need to improve overall management

Disappointed a lot.. Need to wait till carts are ready at start, each team has 5 persons who need more carts and more time to play so it took almost 3 hours to finish only 9 holes and had to leave course at around 7
: 00 because of darkness.. My tee time was 2:07 and for 5 hours I could do only 16 holes.... I don't want to go there again unless remedy action would be taken.
Suggestion : put some restriction on 5 sum play which needs 50% more cart usage. (4 persons need 2 carts, 5 need 3 carts)

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Better in a couple months

They over water the course at night, I understand it's blistering hot right now, but the greens (early am) are so soaked that the speed of the greens were so inconsistent. Also so many parts of the course are muddy even fairway lies can be challenging. They are working on 3 tee boxes so the temporary ones are terrible right now. In a couple of weeks/months it should be better.

Pace of play can be challenging because of the long par 4s but overall it's an OK course.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Over all great deal and the course is in great shape

I wish all golf now that they would put that they are having a lb qualifier and that play would be slow

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great local course!

Course was in great shape but some of the greens looked like land mines went off on them.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Perfect Day at Big Rec

Greens were in great shape. The course was fun. I'll be back soon.

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

Wide fairways = best round to date

Played right after a tournament ended so course was wide open on back nine start. Golfnow discount was $21 with cart! Half of greens sanded but flag on other half so not a problem. All fairways are wide so pksbty of room. No water so didn't lose a ball all round. Friendly staff let us start on back nine to get away from cigar smoking golfers starting on one. Very accommodating. Best practice facilities with full sand trap and chilling onto real green. Worth visiting just for free practice. Played 4 hours 10 minutes and could have been faster easily.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Make sure everyone in your group shows up

made a tee time for a 4 some and had 2 guys cancel last minute. So since they didnt show i got charged for the 2 not showing up even though we played our tee time. So we ended up paying almost 200 bucks for 2 people to play. Half the greens were half diseased. Best part was everyone played a good pace. Def won't play here again.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good day at Big Rec

Course is in good shape greens are fast and hard. This course kicked my butt today.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Didn't even tee off on the 13th

The pace of play at this course is the absolute worst. Teed off at 2:00pm on a twilight rate, walked off at 7:00pm and we hadn't even gotten to play the 13th. Every tee time is booked as a fivesome. My tee time was for me and a buddy. They then paired us up with three singles and we had to follow three other fivesomes.
Lastly, they didn't even have enough carts for all the golfers booked. We had to wait beyond our tee off time to wait for someone to come off the course so we could use their cart. Definitely play somewhere else that actually cares about a reasonable pace of play.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Rec 18

Great course very challenging lots of slopes and some elevations to throw off your game,I highly recommend this course we will be back for more

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Good muni course

Played in 4 and 1/2 hours at 10:30 on a Wednesday. Pretty fast for a muni.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course too many players

I love the course. I had a 12:07 starting time didn't get off till 12:40. Played 14 holes till sun went down. Hope to go back and play the whole course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

TEE Time

Made a Tee time on line with Golfnow and the golf course never had the reservation on record. What a inconvenience. I had a foursome ready too play !

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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