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Value
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2.8
Friendliness
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Pace
2.3
Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 70
Length 6042 yards
Slope 117
Rating 70.1

Course Details

Year Built 1933
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Rye Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Stephen Halsey (1933)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $25 - $34
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code No Cutoffs or Tanktops

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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1.7
463 Reviews (463)
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Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Overcharged

Was charged for 2 carts even though I booked thru Golf Now & it was included. Had to bring in my receipt to get a refund.

The starter could not explain why.

Please explain........... Mark

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 154
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Walked

fun course in San Mateo

Poplar Creek is a good course to play.

It is fairly open and not too long.

The course is not in good shape because of the amount of rain we have received.

It is honestly not that well maintained.

The price is fair and normally it does not take too long to play

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poplar creek

This is my home course. 3-4 very challenging holes here. A lot of rain lately conditions are soggy. Greens were great. Prices very reasonable and staff is great.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun course even with all the rain

Played 3 days after the rain stopped. Conditions were cart path only, but the conditions weren't bad considering all the rain we've had. Nice residential layout and the course has many challenging holes that play longer than the 6000 yards would imply.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Trees Diwn

Very wet lots of Mad should of gave you a brake on cost lots balls due to trees down lots of mud and it would just eat your ball away. Nice since haven't been able to play for more then a month due to all the rain. Nice day for Golf hope the clean the mess up.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Went out without any expectation, enjoyed the round

Considering the 4+ inches of rain the course received in the past 3 days. Happy to see my driver still got some roll on the fairway. Puddles and mushy in low lying areas but very playable. Greens are in pretty condition too.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Average

Ground is not well kept. So many areas are muddy and still underr repair. Many areas are restricted to card due to very soft ground and and repair.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Nice round

good pace of play and perfect weather. Nice to get out and walk a flat course for a change.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

HS Golf Tournament - A Pain

This course should close when they decide to host a high school golf tournament. Not put people out behind the teams. It took 90 minutes to play the first three holes!!!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 56
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Walked

A very busy, local SF area muni

2.75 hours for the front nine of 3000 yards on a weekend. That tells part of the story.

The greens were good, the rest of the course was spotty between bare areas and under-mowed turn.

I was told that the course was under consideration for conversion general county recreational facilities like soccer fields. Play it now while you can and if you're patient.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rough Condition

The course is in tough shape. Recent rains along with overwatering and maintenance vehicle ruts makes for tough fairways. Also the front desk staff is incredibly indifferent when checking in to the point that I almost apologized for inconveniencing them for showing up. I live very close to the course but would rather drive a bit further for a more welcoming environment

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Effects of drought

Tee boxes being sanded. Fairways are very patchy, many unfair lies on the fairways. Greens are very nice. These days all you can hope for at most courses are nice greens and tee boxes, and maybe allow yourselves to bump your fairway lies? Pace of play on weekday was nice. 4 hours walking. Play again? Not anytime soon, unless I get another good deal. $25, others paid $18!!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice course, could play faster

This is a great course, fairly flat, not terribly difficult to navigate. The only issue I encountered was the course marshals doing nothing other than driving around and waving hello to us. We flagged one down to point out the group in front of us being a hole and a half behind and holding up everyone behind them, and he just smiled and said "it's Sunday", shrugged his shoulders and drove off. I know the course needs to make money, but it's stuff like this that will make me spend my money elsewhere.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Mr McGruff

Great day. Didn't start 'til 5:30 but got in 14. Coarse is expectedly flat but creative in areas. The Starter was a super nice guy but tried to sound like a Barking old dog. He couldn't hide his inner poodle.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Sanded greens

As a whole , everything was good. The back nine greens were recently sanded (and quite heavily, I might add) and no notification was given in advance..

I'd like to see such information listed on Glof Now's site/app as I might have played elsewhere that day.

Overall, my experience was satisfactory.

- M

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

horrible course

The conditions of the course were terrible, it's the middle of summer and the grounds are pumping everywhere, and ground under repair on basically every hole. WORST greens I've ever putted on, very bumpy and abrupt, I would not recommend this course to anyone who is not a beginner. For a $70 per round course I would expect the fairways and greens to be groomed and in much better condition. I'll never play here again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
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Commented on 09/23/2016

100% accurate review of this course. Is it built on Landfill? Swampy areas everywhere, under repair. A few holes had decent greens, but many of the greens were very bumpy, with what almost looked like geese footmarks (there are about 100 geese that feed on the fairways of holes 2-5)

Terrible wind late part of the day

Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
California Advisor
First Time Playing
Good weather
Walked

Disliked the whole experience

I got to poplar creek about 90 minutes before my tee time. I had time to get some lunch before getting on the course, sat down at a high top near the bar, and for 10 minutes nobody came to take my order. Wait staff saw me, wasn't busy, didn't come over. I don't get it.

Restaurant mishaps aside, let's talk about the course now. Pace of play was pretty quick. There were some roped off areas on the 1st hole, but after that the course was in decent shape. Tees and greens were average, didn't stand out as being good or bad. Course layout isn't memorable - no elevation changes, nearly every hole is parallel to each other, there's a little bit of water on the course but it doesn't really come into play.

I won't be back.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun & Challenging Course

This was my second time playing here. I travel quite often and have now made this my course of choice when in the Bay Area. The course offers a nice challenge for golfers of all levels. Played from the Blacks and shot just over my average. Greens are in decent shape.. They are obviously putting in a lot of effort to get the course in tip top shape. Lots of areas being heavily maintained. Very friendly staff & great rentals clubs. Played with the Titliest AP2's. Not many courses around are giving out rentals like that! Will definitely be playing again!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Walked

Fast pace of play

First nine was 2 hours. Back nine was 2 hours and 10 minutes. Great.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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