Chardonnay GC: 8th hole
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3.6
978 Reviews (978)
5 Stars
327
4 Stars
448
3 Stars
113
2 Stars
41
1 Stars
49
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.7
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.5
75.6%
Recommend this course
843 out of 978 reviews
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4.2
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.5
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.6
97.1%
Recommend this course
33 out of 34 reviews
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3.6
79 Reviews (79)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
19
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.7
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.2
74.7%
Recommend this course
59 out of 79 reviews
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Course Highlights
Chardonnay Golf Club's course layout consistently earns high praise from golfers who enjoy its engaging and well-designed holes. Staff friendliness stands out as a reliable highlight, with team members known for attentive and accommodating service.

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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Reviews

3.6
978 Reviews (978)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 19
Patio Dining 19
19th Hole Scenic Views 13
Course Challenges Include:
Undulating Greens 48
Forced Carries 39
Bunkers 36
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 35
Advanced Golfers 29
Locals 28
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 38
Near Local Attractions 19
Convenient to the City 17

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Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pet friendly

Have played this course several times over the years. It’s always in pretty good condition and the pace of play is good. Today we brought our dog which the course allows. We had the second tee time of the morning as a twosome and finished in a little less than 3 hours.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 07/27/2018:
Thank you so much for the 5-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. We are thrilled to hear you continue to play our golf course! Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful setting and spectacular greens

The greens are a gem in this course and of course the setting inside the vineyard, some holes play very long due to the wind.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 07/10/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Glad you enjoyed the golf course. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good Value

The course is well maintained and greens are in super condition. Lot's of crossing winds which makes it difficult. Today they had a tractor picking up the plugs from aeration. Couldn't play the hole.

Sand traps need better sand. Too hard and wet!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 07/05/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unique layout 6 fives 6 threes and 6 fours, lots of fun beautiful scenery

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 06/29/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Chardonnay Golf Club. Glad to hear you loved the views. Please come back and visit us soon.
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 59
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.
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