Foxtail Golf Club - North Course

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. 😊

Nice friendly staff. Great food. One of the best driving ranges around. Challenging course design.

Took my son that's youth on the course member and we were able to play together even though we were supposed to be part of a 4 some but they went ahead at we can play together.. great staff and community over all

The North Course is a little pricey, but it’s a fun and technical course, and is usually maintained well. The greens have some tricky layouts with plenty of fluffy fairway bunkers, green side bunkers, water and trees to keep you on your game. The greens were recently aerated, so putting wasn’t the best, but it’s a necessary evil that keeps the greens healthy. Bring a snack, because there aren’t many amenities for the North Course. The do offer a food delivery service but it’s a crap shoot as to how quickly you’ll get it. Overall, it’s a fun course and I try to take advantage of an discounted tee times to make it a better value for me.

Saturday afternoon was a beautiful day. The greens had just been punched 5 days prior and while they were a tad slower, the putts still held their line. The north course is more challenging than the south as there are 4 dog left/right holes which make you really think about your distance and Club selection. Overall, I enjoyed the north a lot more than swampy South.

The course needs to send the greens keeper to cut the rough around the course to speed up pace of play. Balls were hard to find unless you were standing right onto of them and hard to hit out of 2+ inches of thick grass.

This course was in the worst shape of ANY course I’ve EVER played on. The fairways were so long it was hard to find the ball in the fairway. Off the fairway, no chance!

Had a nice day out at the South course. Unfortunately it had been raining heavily for several days before we played so the conditions were a bit soggy. This meant we were restricted to cart path only during our round. Completely understandable when you are playing in February. Greens were in great condition and the staff was friendly. I will return to play again in a few months.