Chardonnay GC: 8th hole
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3.4
954 Reviews (954)
5 Stars
317
4 Stars
437
3 Stars
111
2 Stars
40
1 Stars
49
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.5
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.4
69.3%
Recommend this course
819 out of 954 reviews
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3.5
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.1
63.6%
Recommend this course
14 out of 22 reviews
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3.1
74 Reviews (74)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
22
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
13
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.1
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
3.9
58.1%
Recommend this course
43 out of 74 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6948 yards
Slope 135
Rating 73.9

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 - $14 - $18
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
954 Reviews (954)

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Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course through the Napa vineyards

Really really fun course. If you're in Napa this is probably the best public course other than Silverado. The entire track winds through the vineyards. Each 9 has 3 par 3's, 3 par 4's, and 3 par 5's. Number 8 signature hole is a blast.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 06/21/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course

Beautiful Scenery. Greens were ok could have been better. Hole locations are terrible

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 05/30/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Perfect golf

The round was perfect. Scenery is so beautiful it can be distracting. Loved the layout. Challenging but very fun!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 05/21/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Glad to hear you enjoyed the course and the scenery. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Somewhat Slow, But Nice Course

Other than following a fivesome for nearly 5 hours, the round was quite enjoyable. I have played this course a few times over the last few years and this is the best condition it has been in by far. A few of the tees were chewed-up, but that’s the only complaint about condition. I played the back tees and it is a fair test of golf from there. If you can hit your drives at least 250 yards, this is where you should be playing. If not, there are a few other tees to choose from. The bottom line is, if you have time for golf around Napa, play Chardonnay golf club.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 05/14/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Glad to hear you enjoyed the course. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good round with the vines

Nice day, staff friendly, course and greens in great shape, and beautiful vinyards surround the fairways and greens

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 05/14/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Glad to hear you enjoyed the course and the staff was friendly. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 48
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Response from on 05/02/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful vistas

A very enjoyable round of golf. Many of the greens were just recently plugged and sanded. Not notified.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 04/25/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wonderful time in the wine country

Shot my best round of the year. Great day and a great time.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/18/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Glad to hear you had a great round! Good work! Come back soon and try to better your best round.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

Course was in great condition / Views are spectacular

and staff was great. Had great time even when it rained

On us in the end !

Need to taste the wine next time

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/18/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon. The wine is GREAT!
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great day before the rain

Overall the experience was very good. The only draw-back was that most of the greens had just been plugged and sanded. It would have been nice to know that in advance.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/10/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

No prior warning on likely course conditions in Golf Now Listing

Chardonnay golf course is great course, particularly challenging in windy conditions.

Unfortunately, this day, they starting players from 1st and 10th tees and pace of play was "waiting on every shot".

Also no warning on GolfNow about (a) event occurring later that afternoon maybe explaining the split start, & (b) some punched greens. I had to leave after 14th hold to keep partial round under 4 1/2 hours.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/10/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/05/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golfnow Great Price

Fortunate to play with a friend who also on a whim that day booked a round through golfnow. The course was mowed that morning and the greens were consistent.

Typical North Bay weather, little wind, rain and spots of sunshine. Made the round fun

Great afternoon, teed off at 2:15 and ended at 5:30ish

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Response from on 03/14/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Glad to hear you enjoyed your round with us!
Played On
Reviews 58
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Chardonnay

Me and my wife had lunch and played the course and both were excellent. I play 150+ rounds a year all over and highly recommend playing here when you visit Napa Valley

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 03/14/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. 150 rounds a year sounds wonderful! Hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great setting slow round

Nice course , 5 hour round and saw no marshals for all 5 hours.

Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/08/2018

Thanks for the positive review! We are sorry that you felt the pace of play was too slow. However, given that we had 150 golfers that date the pace of play was right on target based on our golf course pace rate (as referenced on our website at: http://www.chardonnaygolfclub.com/course_overview/

With that said, I will check with staff to find out why you didn't see a course marshal that day as there should have been one!

We're glad that your overall experience was a positive one and we look forward to your return.

Roger - PGA General Manager

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Response from on 02/22/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 02/12/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Condition

Chardonnay course is a very well kept track, but tee time rates are getting too expensive for this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 02/07/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Chardonnay. Have you joined our email club? We frequently send out email specials. http://chardonnaygolfclub.com/new_account/
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Very Impressed

Reservations were made by phone and the pros on the desk were very helpfulo and friendly. First time impression was that we were going to play a country club golf course. From the Gentleman that helped me with my Groupon registration to the gentleman that carried my bag from the car to the cart. It was fabulous. Beautiful fairways and not the easiest greens but it made the game so much more fun. The perfect day of January 31, 2018, sunny warm and just a hint of wind made each and every hole most enjoyable. I had a foursome of friends from another golf course and for three of us, we had never played Chardonnay before. I hope that this is rated in the top 10 courses in northern California because I will be back. The best woman was on the cart that traveled around the course with a great attitude and knowledge of the course. She was on time and in the right place for the front nine and also the back nine. The only down side was sand buckets on the the carts were empty and there was no sand available around the course, except for the sand traps. Suggest full sand bottles before the round. I had so much fun that I will tell friends and family about a great day at Chardonnay. . . . Go Play. . .

Conditions Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/01/2018:
John, thank you for the kind words about Chardonnay! We are glad the round was smooth and fun from start to finish! Experiences like these make us smile. Can't wait to see if we can top your last experience. Hope to see you back here soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The views

From the moment I stepped on the course the staff and checking was easy. The course is amazing and difficult very well maintained

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 02/01/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon.
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