Bay View GC
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3.5
508 Reviews (508)
5 Stars
100
4 Stars
170
3 Stars
115
2 Stars
70
1 Stars
53
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.5
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.7
68.2%
Recommend this course
316 out of 508 reviews
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4.2
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.2
92.3%
Recommend this course
12 out of 13 reviews
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3.6
47 Reviews (47)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.6
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.1
72.3%
Recommend this course
34 out of 47 reviews
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Course Highlights
Bay View's hillside layout creates a uniquely fun and challenging design that stands apart from typical Bay Area courses. Friendly staff, quality amenities, and smooth-rolling greens consistently earn high marks from recent players.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6701 yards
Slope 133
Rating 72.7

Formerly known as Summitpointe Golf Course.

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Course Details

Year Built 1978
Fairways Bermuda/Rye Grass
Greens Poa/Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Bay View Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire on the course & practice facilities. Collared shirts are required. No jeans/cut-offs.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant
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3.5
508 Reviews (508)
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Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

The course is not ready

We can not find ball easily because of the long grass. Need to be lawnmowering.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

A New favorite

Played for the first time today and loved it. The course is beautiful and secluded. Challenging and fun, but not overly difficult. Range is awesome as well!

Only down side of today's round was the greens finishing up the necessary evil of aeration. Some of them were like putting through a light bunker. I'll forgive them though since I putted out of mind today lol.

You truly can't beat their early bird special of $50, cart included. Will be returning again soon.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Had a great time.

Staff worked with us to get out early due to our limited time availability for the round. Very appreciative of their flexibility.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Extremely slow play.

Very nice course layout. The weather still has the course damp and muddy in a lot of areas. Staff is great. Food and drinks are very good. For some reason everyone was playing slow and we never got a opportunity to stay warmed up. Being the first time this has happened to this degree, I am not letting me deter me from going back.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tough course with unpredictable greens

Greens are uncontrollably fast, but not in a good way… On a slight windy days, don’t be surprised if your ball rolls off the green, past the shallow fringe and into the abyss.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course to Play

Sunnyvale is a fun and challenging course to play. It's clean and ket up well. Tee boxes could use some work because they were uneven but overall grass conditions are good. I personally play well here, so I like this course a lot.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tough course

Very tough putting greens will challenge you and increase your scorecard. Lots of slopes and hills, so practice different lies before coming. Bring a couple extra balls… lots of blind corners and hills, so if you’re not on the fairway, it might be trouble.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Meh

The course is all right. It’s got some interesting holes and nice views but is frustrating because the course design sometimes put you in a position where it is impossible to keep the ball on the putting surface, especially when you are putting/chipping from above the hole. This was a problem especially on the back 9 where several greens (13, 16 and 17, for example) were so severely sloped that there were almost no safe places to put the ball on the green, and nearly every shot we hit slid off the surface.

Bring your own distance measurements because when walking, there were no on-course markers to designate distances, whether on the tees, at 50 yard increments on fairways, or on sprinklers, so we were guessing distances most of the day. Carts do have GPS but were path-only. Signage was also confusing in places, as one of the par 5’s was closed but we didn’t know we were supposed to advance to tee markers over a hill in the fairway.

If I had paid 60 or 70 for the course, it would have been better, but the price point of 95 on a weekday morning felt steep compared to other courses in the area for what this course was - for example Coyote Creek’s tournament course is in far better shape and is a much more fun design - for 104 on a weekend morning.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 38
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Bay View

Course was still recovering from a prior week of heavy rain. Cart path only, and the greens were average for this time of year. over all enjoyed the round with my son and the pace of play was great allowing to time to walk the wet course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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