Foxtail Golf Club - South Course

Foxtail North was my "go-to" golf course in 2015 & 2016. As far as 2017 goes, they won't be seeing a single cent from me. Reasons why...

1) Even though we've recently received quite a bit of rain in Northern California, the course conditions were terrible. The greens were extremely furry and bumpy, and bunkers are completely unplayable. For as much play the course gets and for as much money people are paying for their rounds, you definitely expect more. I'm a walker so I'll always pay a bit less than those that ride, but still.

2) The staff aren't friendly and the marshals have no knowledge of the conditions. When we discussed the conditions of the bunkers with course management, their response was "It's not worth putting the time and money into them". When we checked in with the starter we had basic questions like "How is it out there?", and "Have the greens been mowed?", and the starters response was "It's wet, and I'm not sure if they've mowed". It's obvious this guy was merely collecting a paycheck, and didn't care to be informed.

3)There was a 4 day window of decent weather prior to the day we played and it was absolutely apparent that the course had not been worked on by the crew. I completely get it that the course is wet and mowing fairways ISN'T an option, but the least that could happen is bunker maintenance (pumping out water, rebuilding the faces, raking) and mowing of the greens.

It's sad to see such a great course going down the path that it's going. Until I hear that they're putting in some serious work to this course, I won't be stepping foot on it.

Overall this is normally a decent course, open and fairly forgiving. But unfortunately this wasn't a great day. I knew it'd be wet but did not expect the swamp it was today. First off I reserved the tee time on GolfNow and there was no indication of restrictions. Got there and found out the front nine was closed due to water and would have to play the back twice to get in 18, no discount offered. Decided to play anyway and in reality the whole course should have been closed. It was an absolute swamp both on and off the fairways. We walked and got covered in mud. Letting people play even cart path only seriously tore up the place. Hopefully they'll be able to make repairs.

Don't recommend playing in the Fall or winter time. Leaves everywhere and the place is full of puddles and mud. Beautiful course but floods after rains and lose ball if hit 1 ft out of fairway. Great staff!

Couldn't pass up the deal! 10 bucks including cart? Awesome! Rain has made rough pretty tough, so hit the fairway and hitting greens much easier!

I'm not a golf snob, nor do I complain often. Overall the course was fine, I'm not even complaining about bumpy greens.. I understand public courses just keep booking groups. However, we had a 1:57 tee time and teed off 40 min late. There was a 6 person group ahead a few groups. I only got 11 holes in which was a bummer.

BTW - the lunches are terrible, I'd take a hot lunch from a public school any day over that. To be fair, the canned beer was great!

First off, you have to temper your expectations. This is the South course, after all. It is not nearly as nice as the North course. Furthermore, the two 9s here are totally different from each other. The front 9 is pretty ratty, except for the greens. Expect big, bare dirt spots throughout the fairways, and terrible bunkers! Just a suggestion to the grounds crew... PUT SOME SAND IN THE BUNKERS!!! However, the greens were in pretty decent condition. As far as the back 9 goes, it was (as always) in MUCH better condition. Only a few spots in the fairway which were bare or less than ideal. Greens were very nice, although a little slow. And although the bunkers were a little better, still not ideal.

So, as long as you don't expect too much, you can have a good time on this course. The best part of our round? The fact that we paid $10, which included a cart!!! Can't ask for a better deal.

sand traps are too firm with not enough sand and wet.

You cant beat the rates here on this moderate to easy track. Expect to have fun. Friendly staff !!

Great Value for playing the North course.

In from out of town - rented a nice set of Titleist clubs but received them filthy. Sand caked on wedges, hadn't been cleaned in quite some time. Bunkers were rock hard and lots of areas of standing water due to sprinkler issues (leaks I suppose). Was paired with a nice guy from the area who offered local knowledge. Unfortunately, neither of us knew we'd get stuck behind a foursome of party boys who had no clue how to golf or what golf course etiquette meant. Front desk seemed irritated in even helping me. Won't be coming back here on my next visit.

This course is in great shape except for the bunkers.

The bunkers are like cement. Friendly and helpful

staff. Stay away from the rough. It is very sticky

and hard to get out of.

Enjoyed the North course. Challenging layout.

Play was very slow. Others jumped on on back 9.

Had to walk off.

Value wise the course was great. I still don't understand why there are still puddles throughout the course in the middle of the summer.

Played this course 2 days in a row. Greens in good shape, course layout provides interest. Fairways in nice shape. Course REALLY needs some Marshall service. Played behind a group of people "new" to golf and it was painful.

Nice track with lots of left doglegs. Par 3's fairly easy. Greens nice but more players need to repair divots. Needs major bunker work though! (no sand at all)

understand the greens are some of the fastest in Sonoma Cnty. Lucky enough not to have experienced that on the day I played. Tee to green a great course

Twosome. 3 hours to play 9 holes. Left after 11 to go wine tasting. Groups all over the place, no marshal, very poorly managed pace of play. Starter just let people go out "whenever".

Course was fair, but A LOT of mud holes around course. Lost 2 balls in 9-holes ON THE FAIRWAY in mud holes.

Carts were dirty and seat was all torn up.

Worth it? Not for me. I'd rather they charged $10 more per round and had a marshal on the course.

I live in area and have played this course many times in the past. It's been a year since last played. I have to say that the course was in the best condition I've ever seen it. The fairways were cut perfectly and greens were excellent. All in all good deal for the money. Only minus was no true sand in bunkers.