Callippe Preserve Golf Course

Beautiful course! Lots of elevation change in the pleasanton hills at Callippe Preserve presents a challenge and aesthetically pleasing scenery. Encountered variety species of wildlife to add to the natural beauty the course has to offer, another reason why I personally enjoy golf. The Greens are soft and true, yet will test your putting ability with some difficult reads if you can’t land the ball inside 10ft from the pin due to challenging pin placements and lots of green slopage. Most importantly, prepare your bunker game because many of the greens are protected by 5ft+ deep bunkers that are pretty soft allowing your ball to get plugged if you hit a high approach that lands devastatingly short…

Overall great course, just remember to try and pick a spot for every ball to land on this course and think very carefully about your approach to the green, that’s where you’ll gain the most strokes.

Started the round at 11:30 finished at 5:25 on a Monday. slowest course I’ve played in the Bay Area.

I came to Callippe with high hopes hearing it was a fun great course. That did in fact meet my expectations.

However no course quality could overcome the gruesomely slow pace of play. Every tee box a 5 minute wait to hit. Every second shot a 5 minute wait to hit. Each hole took at least 20 minutes. Perhaps things could have gone faster but there was no marshall in sight.

If you don't care about long waits to hit and enjoy a 5+ hour round then this is a great option as the course is very nice.

No Marshalls on course to move players along.

Started 10 minutes late, finished 30 minutes late.

excellent course, still one of my favorites in the bay area. pace was a bit slow but course was in decent shape for a cold wintery day. some dry patches throughout and some bunkers had animal damage, but overall everything played pretty well.

The course had a nice variety of well maintained fairways and greens. The course gets much more challenging on the back nine. Where the topography and hazards increases significantly. The course is surrounded by rolling mountains and nice new homes which makes for a very scenic outing.

A major downside was the 5 hours and 50 minutes playing time on a Monday. The longest I have ever encountered. The tee times were set every 7-8 minutes apart. Consistently we waited for two foursomes to hit at each hole. One reason may have been the course requires a better than average player and they did not have marshals monitoring time of play. The chances of losing balls is much higher than your average course. Thus many players were hunting for their lost balls.

Even so I plan to return for a second round there as the course is very nice.

Poor pace of play 5 hr and 15 minutes. On back nine waited up to 10-15 minutes to tee off. Course condition relatively poor when compared to when I have played it in the past. Greens however in very good condition.