Callippe Preserve Golf Course

Pace was slow for a week day. We had to skip a hole as it took 2 1/2 hrs for the front nine.

This golf course keeps you on your toes at all times, using every stick in your bag. Tight shots abound and navigation is a must. It's a true challenge. Now, can we address a real problem? There is a very serious ground squirrel problem making holes everywhere causing serious damage to the course. They are lying in the fairway eating grass and laying on their bellies to keep cool while they do it. They barely move out of the way when you approach your ball to hit a shot. I guess they've just become quite tame. They really need Carl Spackler to come out and kill all the "golphers" but fat chance of lessening the herd in CA! There is easily half a million of them on the grounds....

Sadly this was another non completed round at Callippe. I have struggled to find a tee time when it wasn’t a 5+ hour round. I only play during the week so I couldn’t imaging what the weekend is like. For this round I booked a sub 6AM tee time thinking that would solve the problem. Unfortunately not. After 4.5 hours and only on the 12th hole I took my bag off the (shared) cart and walked back to the parking lot.

This is a fun and challenging layout with nice conditions at a fair price but until they do something about the pace of play, I won’t be back.

Haven’t played here for a while by choice. Play is often 5 hours for a weekday tee time. Course not in great condition. Green in the right areas but I guess that is true everywhere now. Greens nice but slower than I remember. At least bunkers had sand in them. Squirrels running all around course. Need marshals to drive around course to speed up play.

This is a fun layout with solid conditions all around but the pace of play is just way too slow. It’s always a 5 hr round mid week regardless of when you play. I booked the first tee time for Monday thinking that would solve the problem but nope, after 3:30 hours and only finishing 12 holes, I pulled my bag off the cart and walked back to the parking lot.

If you have a FULL day to kill then I would recommend this course. If not skip it like I will be from now on.

This course was incredible conditions absolutely immaculate. Please bring your iron Game because you need to place Barry shots to avoid hazards. Also be prepared to go into the sand traps there everywhere. This course in my opinion is not for the beginner however, you can still have fun playing it, but don’t expect a great score. Focus on having fun.

Thoughtful design of bunkers and fairways and challenging greens. Too many squirrels on the course though. Need more natural predators to control the ground squirrel population.