Foxtail Golf Club - North Course

The conditions are atrocious and the layout is beyond boring. Maybe the north course is better, but I would be ashamed to take people’s money for the south.

The tees were bumpy, overgrown and not manicured. There were many boggy spots. The greens were not consistent but were OK.

Overall good course conditions, The rough was a bit longer than it should be for the market. No rangers or cart came to the south side all day and we did have to push through a couple of slow groups on our own. That said, greens rolling good, fairways in good shape. They should have reminders everywhere that ball marks need repair....

Clubhouse reception - 👍👍👍👍

Ease of checking in - 👍👍👍👍

Range - 👍👍👍👍

Tee Box overall - 👍👍👍👍

Fairways - 👍👍

Bunkers - 👍👍

Fairway bunkers were in sad shape with weeds growing out of some. Bunkers around greens were okay but the ones I played out of were muddy (4). The bunkers need new sand. Spend the money to bring sand in.

Greens - 👍👍👍👍

Pace of play - 👍👍

Value - 👍👍👍

We played the north course and it isn’t “women friendly”! No red tees and - 5 out of 10 par 4s were at least 325 or more yards which means if you hit your drive 160, you’ll need to hit your next shot 140 to get on the green in 2 shots. If you can do this consistently as a woman golfer, congratulations. And the distance isn’t the worse part. There are plenty of fairway sand traps and traps guarding the greens to maneuver around. it is a challenging course but well maintained and fun!

Course is in great shape, firm fairways with good lies and greens rolling true

I’ve played here for a while now but it seems like in the last year their care for the courses has been on a decline. It’s golf, but when you know your ball is only a yard or 2 off the fairway and you cannot find it, the rough is out of hand. We aren’t pros playing oakmont, this is a public course that should at least be public friendly.

This is all besides the cost of a round. Compared to the $70 player fee you might pay (depending on time) the coarse does not match the quality you should receive for that price. Tee boxes have always been bad, we all know thy don’t care about south already, but north corse also hasn’t been looking the best.

Also since installing top tracer at the range, prices have skyrocketed compared to other courses in Sonoma County for the range. $20 for a large bucket seems ridiculous. In my opinion it makes more sense to install lights so people can play longer if they are trying to make more money. It seems they value money over the needs and values of customers.

This leads me to their employees. The cart barn people don’t wave or smile or anything when acknowledging which is basic customer service. They also have locked me and other weekday sunset players in the back nine a number of times while in a rush to close the coarse and clock out. Same with the range. Foxtail closes at sunset but I just left 30 minutes before sunset after trying to get a bucket of range balls but they already shut everything down.

Foxtail has been dropping the ball in most areas other than the bar.

They keep this course kept up, however, the South is a different story

Foxtail North is an excellent course but South course is the worst golf course I’ve ever played. The tee boxes were nearly all dirt, the fairways were full of pot holes and the border of the cart paths were full of ruts. Yet the cost was the highest I seen for the south course.

So I called the morning of the day we were playing and let them know I was golfing with my son who is schizophrenic and asked if we could golf in just a twosome because I didn’t want anything to trigger my son and make him or others uncomfortable. They accommodated us without a question. We had a great day of golf. My son hasn’t played much since high school and he’s now 33, first ball on the driving range was 255 yards down the middle. 😊