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Conditions
2.9
Value
3.6
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
3.7
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.1
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6722 yards
Slope 119
Rating 72.3

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 11/2019.

Located in the heart of the Silicon Valley, Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Club offers some of the best Santa Clara golf deals. The course is within walking distance of California's Great American Theme Park and a approximately 40 miles from downtown San Francisco.

The Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Club was designed by Robert Muir Graves and was opened 1987. This 18 hole course (par 72) covers 6,722 yards from the championship tees. The course has a rating of 72.3 with a slope of 119 on bent grass. The course is well kept. The course has several water hazards, many strategically placed sand traps and sloping greens. In the afternoon, the wind can become a factor as the greens dry out becoming very quick. This course offers plenty of chances to make golf shots.

When your are ready to make Santa Clara tee times, you can ask about Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Club discounts offered on a daily basis. Reservations may be handled online or through the course starter. Amenities include a large nite-lit driving range and practice facility, a pro shop, cart and club rentals, 7 lighted tennis courts for rent by the hour and a restaurant/bar.

Players rave about the practice facility. The driving range is large and the hitting mats are very good. The course is well maintain.

Course Details

Year Built 1987
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $30 - $40
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Showers, Locker Rooms

Available Sports

Tennis
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Reviews

3.3
263 Reviews (263)
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Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent Course

Decent value for the $$. Usually plays slow, so I was surprised when we finished in about 4.5hrs. Fairways need work but get better as you get closer to the hole. Greens were in pretty good shape and rolled true for the most part.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course was fun for the "average golfer"

This is a fun course for family and friends. We have played it about 4 times and always put it on our "return courses". The pro shop is well stocked for not being very big. The personnel are nice and the maintence crew are all over the course taking care of fairways and greens.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

my wife & i play here often--have for years.

this course plays a lot like a links course-- open and rolling. and sometimes windy. a satisfying course, not easy but not too difficult either. par is a good reward.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Challenging course, usually windy

Very nice course, tough greens, wide open fairways

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

chill course to play

should fix the price for non santa clara residents!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Good Course for the Golf Now Price

Course is in good shape, pace of play was good. There were a few 5 somes running around though. Only saw the cart lady 3 times and all of them were on the front nine. Front desk is friendly and the bar staff is friendly. I like their driving range, very close to the 1st Tee and lots of room.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Had a good time and the course interesting.

Staff were very friendly. Carts were spotless.
Fairways had a several dry spots, some greens were sandy but most in good condition. Parking a problem with the new 49ers stadium construction.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

This course is LOUD!

Overall, it was a great value. The course layout is a little more difficult than moderate; most every hole seemed as if was a dog leg lef/right. All in all, a good course to play on for the price. The huge downside of this course is the sound level. The construction of the 49ers stadium, airplanes flying right overhead every 5-10 minutes, the freeway and probably the most annoying piece was the lawnmower being driven in front of us for the first 4 holes (at 11am one would think the grass would've been already cared for).

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Good course with fast green

Worth to go! May a little bit cold after 7pm. Very forgiving fairway

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

The greens are in process of being plugged and sanded. Should be perfect in about 3 weeks

The challange of this course is playing in the afternoon, when it is windy. A true test of keeping the ball down into the wind and trying to hit the ball high with the wind. Could use a marshall in the afternoon to keep those slow foursomes going, but a four hour round isn't bad.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

great course for beginners to intermediate players.

Love this course for the wide fairways and excellent greens. Pace of play is great. players ahead of us had no problems locating golf balls and making the day great. Would love to come back to this course again anytime of the week or month.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Fun course

Good course. well maintained. bunkers could use some more sand...too easy to get out of fairway bunkers as they were hard.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Ups and downs

The course's fairways need some help. Way too many brown spots. The greens were in much better shape than they have been over the last couple years. They rolled OK, but they are starting to get a little too firm. Lastly, the greenskeeper needs to be careful with where he puts the hole on the 12th green. Too many unfair spots.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very good for a Muni...

This is my home course and I play it regularly. The course is relatively flat but it's not too boring or repetitive. Most greens are receptive and amenable to different approach shots. Par 3 are generally medium long, most par 4s have dog legs, and par 5s generally short. Several holes tend to have significant wind. On the negative, they could use more on-course marshals since many golfers cut in and no enforcement against slow play. Overall, a fun course to play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser

The course has no control on slow players. You can never go out at your actual tee time.

There was a 35 minutes delay for my tee time. No marshall showed up to handle slow players . We ended up playing only 11 holes before dark.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Great location!

Green was little slow, but it was enjoyable!
One more thing, it took me 6 hours to play 18 holes.
Slow player has to be warned!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 68
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor

Poor course conditions

Aside from the Planes, Trains and Automobiles making the course "Urban Noise Blight" the course itself is in dissrepair. The greens are 1/2 OK, as aeration took place over the last month or so, they aerate 1/2 the greens at a time and the 2nd half has not recovered. Way to many times you have to put from the "good side" to the bad side making it nearly impossible to get a true putt.
In addition the fairways are not in great shape, they are dry in way to many places, dead in others and just plain crummy if you want to take a divot after hitting the ball. In general the course needs tender loving care and is not getting it.
The golf course pro-shop tried to NOT honor the green fee from golfnow as they claimed the fee did not include the cart fee, after 5 minutes of argument, and attempting to bring up golfnow on their incredibly slow computer, they finally let us play for the proper discounted fee (and it was a twilight time)

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

nice course

we enjoyed the course, good layout. better then a muni course. i usually score well there. Good course to play but it is always a slow pace of play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Good Shape

Course is in best condition since it opened! It's a good value for the money!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Course was great.

Beautifully maintained, course, great staff. Played way to slow. Think maybe the Marshalls could have pushed a few groups a little more. All in all agreat day for any golfer.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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