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4.3
993 Reviews (993)
5 Stars
465
4 Stars
398
3 Stars
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2 Stars
34
1 Stars
16
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
91.9%
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913 out of 993 reviews
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4.2
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
6
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6
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.5
92.3%
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4.3
46 Reviews (46)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
93.5%
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43 out of 46 reviews
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Course Highlights
Teal Bend's thoughtfully designed layout consistently challenges golfers of all skill levels, with well-maintained fairways and responsive greens earning strong marks. Exceptionally friendly staff and smooth pace of play make this a top-rated Sacramento area course offering strong value.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7035 yards
Slope 132
Rating 73.6

Teal Bend Golf Club runs alongside the Sacramento River, enjoying a lush landscape covered in natural wetlands. One of the characteristics the course is known for is its stunning scenery, which works against the challenging layout by being almost too distracting. All of your attention will have to be focused on successfully maneuvering past the mature trees and natural rough areas that sit along the edges of the undulating greens and narrow, winding fairways. Long hitters will enjoy this golf course, which stretches to 7,000 yards from the back tees. There are also some interesting risk/reward holes that will appeal to both low and high handicappers, which is why it is one of Sacramento's most popular public courses. The well maintained driving range is also a popular feature at Teal Bend Golf Club.

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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Brad Bell (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Teal Bend Junior Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.3
993 Reviews (993)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 34
Watching the Game 31
Patio Dining 18
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 52
Water Hazards 42
Undulating Greens 33
This course/club is great for:
Locals 61
Advanced Golfers 45
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 41
This Course's Location is:
Near the Airport 73
Convenient to the City 49
Worth the Drive 41

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Anonymous
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Winter games

It was a great day for the winter, and the coarse was great for the time of year. A lot of fun.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

A quality golf experience. Excellent greens.”

One of the best places open to play even when other courses are too wet.Teal really drains well.bunkers have new sand. The gale-force winds dropped lots of tree shut staff has done great job clearing the debris. Also has outstanding practice areas.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 127
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Teal Bend is good option year around; great winter option

Played about a week after significant rains that would’ve brought many courses to their knees but it plays as if it’s summertime with normal roll, no mud, etc. Staff is very friendly and they have a good practice facilities and course is interesting and fair. You can score well if you stay in the fairway; if not it will penalize you. Greens rolled well. Highly recommend especially during winter.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good greens, not so good condition

Staff was friendly when we checked in. The range is nice and actually has grass to hit from. Course is fairly wide open but the conditions weren’t good. A lot of brown patches in the fairways and quite a few hard-ground areas. Rough areas slope downhill and into bushes, shrubs and leave piles. The discounted price matched the course conditions. I would have been upset if I had paid the regular price and got these conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 44
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Decent Winter Condition

Teal Bend, just like every other Sacramento area golf course had many tree tranches fallen down all over the course due to last weeks (1-27-2021) windy storm with gust winds of 50+ mph. Because Teal Bend has so many trees off the fairways, the course received a lot of fallen tree tranches. The fairways are decent for winter. Despite the brown bermuda grass, at least there is turf on the fairways and NOT just mud. The greens are in very nice shape for winter conditions. However, golfers can do a better job fixing their ball marks. I fixed about a half dozen on every single green. Overall it was a wonderful day. Played in a foursome, with a foursome in front of us and still played in 4 hours even.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course

I like this course, it’s not super easy but it’s not horribly hard so it’s good for all skill levels. The course overall is maintained decently. You can at least see even in winter they attempt to define the fairway. Overall it’s a $35-$40 course. Wouldn’t pay $50-$60 as it doesn’t offer the same views or course layouts as others. But it’s a good course and the chipping area abs driving range are much bigger and nicer than a lot of other courses.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Played On
Reviews 152
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

fearsome foursome

another fantastic foursome. great players and lots of fun.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 275
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 156
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course and great wildlife

Greens are amazing. Just added new sand in bunkers. Play after 10:30 to avoid the fog

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fast Greens in January 2021

Fairways were not green but they were surprisingly dry compared to other city courses in Sacramento. The greens were in very good shape and very FAST.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course was in great condition

Pace of play was good. Course was looking real good for this time of year. Bunker sand was great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Don’t waste your money

For the price of this course I expected way more. One of the more expensive courses in the Sac area and so far the worst course I played and I’ve played several. I did play in winter, but we haven’t had that much rain and the condition of the course was sub par. The greens also had several pot marks throughout. Basically the grass on this course is not there. It is cut real short trying to make it look good they need to let it grow a little. It’s so short it’s dead or dormant and yellow. Most shots are like hitting off hard pan. The layout of this course is also sub par as it is totally flat and has very little water and challenges for a good golfer. Overall the layout is boring. Also being so close to the river I would think you would try to incorporate into the design a little bit the only time you see it is driving in or out of the course. Don’t play this course, there are way better courses in the Sacramento region for half the price.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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