Chardonnay GC: 8th hole
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3.4
944 Reviews (944)
5 Stars
313
4 Stars
434
3 Stars
109
2 Stars
39
1 Stars
49
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.5
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.3
70.2%
Recommend this course
810 out of 944 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.1
45 Reviews (45)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
7
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.1
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
3.9
57.8%
Recommend this course
26 out of 45 reviews
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3.1
78 Reviews (78)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
23
3 Stars
21
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
14
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.1
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
3.8
57.7%
Recommend this course
45 out of 78 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6948 yards
Slope 137
Rating 73.6

Sitting at the gateway to the renowned Napa Valley wine district, Chardonnay Golf Club meanders through acres of lush Chardonnay and Merlot vineyards dotted with sparkling lakes and wandering creeks. Native flora and fauna cover the golf course, which also provides a home for an abundance of wildlife including hawks, foxes, bobcats, and even the occasional golden eagle. Besides the spectacular setting, the layout provides one of the most challenging rounds in the area. The rolling landscape provides interesting elevation changes and there are plenty of mature trees coming into play. Several holes also feature water hazards and strategically placed bunkers. Chardonnay Golf Club's greens are lightning fast and the course plays long. One of the most memorable holes, both for the scenery and level of difficulty is the par-3 eighth. This hole is framed by stunning views of the Valley and it requires some clever shotmaking skills.

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Course Details

Year Built 1991
Fairways Bluegrass
Greens Bluegrass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Algie Pulley (1991)

Rentals/Services

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
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed With prior approval
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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3.4
944 Reviews (944)

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Reviews 35
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Previously Played

Not nearly as good as it once was

I’ve played this course a lot and it’s really dropped off :( not 1 grain of sand in the bunkers(dirt) tee nieces were all dirt and sand no grass. Range was terrible:( I payed $70 and drove an hour to get there. I weren’t go back

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Aging Course

This course is located in a beautiful area of Napa and framed by vineyards of many of the fairways. It’s a great value for the money and offers a good pace for average players, but all of the facilities are aging. I don’t mind playing here with friends but I would not bring a client or business opportunity here.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 95
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

A fun golf day

We enjoyed the game in this gorgeous day. Love to play again here. We all had fun.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 95
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

A long day of golf

Due to tournament scheduling before our tee time. We had a long day out there. Anyway, we still had fun. Hope to play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

you have to do better Chardonnay

This is the course that I usually enjoy. I was so disappointed seeing the course conditions. The weeds were at least 6 feet tall in some areas. I saw a lot of workers working on the vines, but not enough working on the grounds. Hopefully they’ll get together and become what it once was.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course seemed like a public, unkept course

The car was damaged and they did not have any score cards?!!! What golf course has no score cards?!! They had plenty of pencils, however!!

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tragically neglected!! So sad. Used to be great.

I absolutely love the layout and scenery at Chardonnay !! Unfortunately the fairways are dry, the greens are terrible and there is NO sand in any of the bunkers. Whomever is responsible should be punished and fired.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Greens Still Healing

Played on 4/26- greens still healing, bumpy and dimpled. Pace of play was terrible- 5:15 for the round. There was a 5some out ahead of us. Course a bit shabby, but I love the layout and it's a beautiful course with great views of the Napa Valley.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 76
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Great Track gone downhill

This is a wonderful layout and feel, unfortunately the conditions have severly dropped since I started playing this course 8 yrs ago... Fairways aren't cut nor flat, with tons of animal holes and mud mounds everywhere. Tee boxes were all sorts of caddywhompus and overall conditions everywhere were pretty bad... Probably won't be coming back for a while and will be playing Eagle Vines in the meantime which is consistently in good condition. Hot dog here at Chardonnay was also blah and noticeably old/reheated multiple times.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is fun but the rough need to clean up

The frustrating things is pace off play so slow, I really hope there's a Marshall to keep things flowing.

The rough need to be trimmed, many times the ball just gently roll off the fairway and me and my wife can't even find the ball. She and I keep staying at the golf ball too make sure where it landed but....

Yes, we both experienced the same thing

Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bad shape

The conditions worse I ever seen no grass on tee boxes,greens not airated properly,great layout going to s. T

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Too slow

Played 18 holes 6 hours. No marshal to control the pace..cannot find ball if it is in rough next to the fairway.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Canes from Elk Grove was really looking forward to it. Punched greans that were half sand half land mines, untidy tee boxes, slow play, and weed crazy

Just sad what was once a great track has gone so low left after 11th hole

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

SAVE YOUR MONEY DONT PLAY HERE

Trust me, don’t waste your time or money here. One of wine countries biggest scams. They make so much money at this course and put none of it into the course. I’ve played here countless times but wow how much worse it’s gotten in the last year is remarkable. Today was the cherry on top. Supposedly they had punched the greens 3 weeks ago. It looks like they did it this morning. No discount, nothing in golf now saying they were aerated. Not too mention the already dead fairways (this was in april) uneven tee boxes, and don’t even get me started on the “bunkers” more like cart path. Place is a ripoff and ownership needs to sell this course so it isn’t a waste of great land. 100% worst course in northern california for the money.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great layout!

Very nice golf course from layout standpoint but—greens were plugged 2 weeks ago and most all holes on the greens did not have sand in them—poor job of sanding.

Rough is very high and very difficult to find a ball just off the fairway.

Traps are in poor condition—hard, wet and puddles in some instances.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bad Shape

tee box's bad shape, rough in bad shape, sand traps bad shape

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

I hadn't played Chardonnay in well over 5 years. The last time I played the chorus. It was in terrible shape. I came back to play the course hoping they had improved. The conditions very, very disappointed. Most of the tea boxes wereds everywhere. I do like the layout of Chardonnay as it could be A wonderful course with the right management.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Beautiful Course

A lovely time of the year to play here- everything green and many things in bloom. Course conditions were good- greens were a little slow, but they're aerating this week so not a surprise. Always a pleasure to play this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Traps

A little surprised that the traps have not been attended too (Raked)?

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