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4.6
781 Reviews (781)
5 Stars
493
4 Stars
224
3 Stars
40
2 Stars
15
1 Stars
9
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.6
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
96.4%
Recommend this course
739 out of 781 reviews
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4.1
14 Reviews (14)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
4
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1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.4
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
92.9%
Recommend this course
13 out of 14 reviews
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4.6
54 Reviews (54)
5 Stars
37
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
4
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.5
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.8
96.3%
Recommend this course
52 out of 54 reviews
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Course Highlights
Apple Mountain delivers mountain scenery, elevation changes, and well-maintained greens at a fraction of nearby Tahoe course prices. Exceptionally friendly staff and a thoughtfully designed layout consistently earn high praise from returning golfers.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 70
Length 6308 yards
Slope 141
Rating 70.2

Nestled in the rolling hills of Gold Country, Apple Mountain Resort has a dramatic landscape that provides plenty of elevation changes, making it a nearly impossible course to walk. Some of the drops from tee to green are unbelievable, offering unrivaled views of the surrounding mountains. Nearly every hole enjoys a stunning backdrop. The incredibly diverse terrain makes the golf course a challenge regardless of whether you are a novice or a pro. Golfers will have to contend with mature trees, water hazards, and numerous strategically placed bunkers in addition to the uneven lies and blind shots that are a result of the undulating landscape. Apple Mountain Resort's golf course is especially nice to play in the summer since its location enjoys a temperature that is at least a few degrees cooler than the Sacramento Valley.

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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Greens Blue Grass
Golf Season Year round. Weather permitting
Architect Algie Pulley

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Amex MasterCard Visa Discover card(s) Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt required

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Reviews

4.6
781 Reviews (781)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 26
19th Hole Scenic Views 20
Patio Dining 15
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 69
Undulating Greens 48
Narrow Fairways 33
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 58
Advanced Golfers 47
Locals 31
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 64
Near Local Attractions 9
In the 'Burbs 8

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Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The layout was amazing!

You know those picturesque paintings where you tee off from a cliff to a ledge where the perfectly manicured green awaits your shot? I thought those places didn’t exist, but they do! Every hole is breathtaking! So affordable too!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course

It felt like beeing on vacation. Very friendly staff. The smell of the surrounding pine trees. Great course condition and layout.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 178
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great weather but overbooking spoiled a perfect game.

Everything was as expected: just great course to play and enjoy the autumn beauty, except the pace of the play. We usually complete our game within 4 hours. It took us 5 & 1/2 hours! Just too many players on the course. No one appeared to be beginners. Still enjoyed the round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Apple Hill Golfing

This golf course is very challenging. You do not want to walk this course as your consistently climbing up and down hills. Great place to go when it's really hot in the Sacramento Valley. Awesome views of the Sierra mountains. Make sure you bring a lot of golf balls for this course. LOL

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Pure up & down!

The greens were beautiful, they ran true & fast.

Early October is a great time to play Apple Mountain.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best Course in California

Apple Mountain brings out your A game. The layout demands precision shots and smart plays...

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Best course in the area

this is the best kept secret in the area. Just 20 minutes from Folsom and so worth the drive. The staff is friendly and the course is in great shape. Apple Mountain may be challenging, however fair. Also the practice facility is one of the best in the Sacramento valley.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

great time

beautiful course in foothills,nothing like it in flat lands,everyone should experience this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 264
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 25 Contributor
Georgia Advisor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun mountain course with beautiful views

This was my first time playing Apple Mountain. I drove up from Sacramento (about an hour drive from downtown Sacramento).

The practice area was great. Nice chipping area, bunkers to practice from, etc. The only drawback to the practice area was that the range was limited to the mats today.

The course is a typical mountain course with lots of dramatic elevation changes, both uphill and downhill holes. There are alot of dogleg holes carved around the mountain terrain. The course is beautiful, but there were LOTS of areas with bare dirt around the greens and on the slopes in the fairways.

The course is not long in length, but it plays alot longer than the scorecard indicates due to the elevation changes. The course rating is low, which definitely surprises me considering that this is a pretty challenging course.

If you’re playing for the first time, stop thinking and book a tee time. The views alone and cool mountain air are worth it.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great

As always course was in great shape. Pace of play was great Marshall was very nice. Only thing I could ask for was for military discount to be everyday not just mon-thurs.

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

Sloooooooow play

5hours for 15 holes multiple 5-somes and terrible 4somes playing from tips barely passing ladies tees beautiful course long way to drive

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Marshall

A hole and a half ahead of next foursome . Marshall keeps telling us we are behind

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

A eapeirnce to be shared..

How would the PGA play here? The caddies would have to be`Sherpas ,, I doubt the players could make the climbs..But in a cart with worn brakes it is a becomes a spectacular thrill. Gorgeous. !! Simply Gorgeous.!

Extreme elevation changes lush fairways tract through the forest .Plenty of traps, plenty of water and the huge well manicured greens provided many interesting putts. .. . Wonderful practice areas too. Take your A game. and share this with people you want to remember, cuz you won;t forget this place.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Local Reviewer

Course is in great condition. It's a hard track, but with a Golf Now "Hot Deal" price, very playable!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

ALWAYS A FUN COURSE TO PLAY

I PUT DOWN THAT IT WAS HOT HOWEVER I CAME IN FROM LAKE HAVASU CITY AZ ,SO IT REALLY WAS NOT HOT COMPARED TO WHERE I CAME FROM JUST MUGGY,COURSE WAS IN GREAT SHAPE ,FIRST NINE HOLES MOVED ALONG JUST FINE .BACK NINE WE CAME TO A STOP DUE TO A FOURSOME PLAYING REAL SLOW AND WOULD NOT LET THE TWO SUMS BEHIND THEM PLAY THROUGH.OTHER THEN THAT GREAT TIME AND DEFINITELY WILL BE BACK. THIS PLACE HAS A GREAT PRACTICE FACILITELY

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 140
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 250 Contributor
Florida Advisor
Previously Played

Majestic

The word I can best use to describe this course is majestic. With dramatic elevation changes and sharp turns golfers will definitely need well placed shots to score low on this course. The rating being so low definitely surprises me considering that this is a pretty difficult course. If you’re even thinking about playing for the first time, stop thinking and book a tee time. The views alone are worth it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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