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4.0
230 Reviews (230)
5 Stars
82
4 Stars
94
3 Stars
41
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.6
88.5%
Recommend this course
204 out of 230 reviews
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4.0
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.3
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.6
86.4%
Recommend this course
19 out of 22 reviews
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4.0
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.3
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.6
86.7%
Recommend this course
26 out of 30 reviews
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Course Highlights
Exceptionally friendly staff and a wide-open layout make this affordable municipal course approachable for golfers of all skill levels. The course delivers solid value for the money with well-regarded greens and a forgiving design.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6754 yards
Slope 117
Rating 71.4
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North Kern Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1953
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
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, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant
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Reviews

4.0
230 Reviews (230)
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Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 58
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played

Greens punched this morning

Play today was fairly fast, and the summer light temperatures are beginning to dry out the fairways. So your drivers are gonna roll quite a few gopher holes doing some damage.

The greens were punched this morning, but not sanded so although there were holes in the green, it did not affect the speed of the ball, rolling on them. If they choose to sand the punch greens that will change significantly just be aware of these conditions we experienced.

Two or three of the greens had some significant dark patch damage. But those areas are small about the size of a hole. Not sure why they don’t just cut a hole and replace with Plug taken from the practice greens? It wouldn’t take much time.

Make sure you bring a bottle of water or two with you. There is no drinkable water on the course the water fountain water just tastes bad.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 161
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

The Rough IS ROUGH!!!

For a course that does not have any water hazards it makes up for that by having really tall roughs that eat balls like a one-eyed dog in a meat house. And look out for the low rough because it has so many squirrel holes that your ball will easily and quickly disappear. Finally, go slow with your golf cart in that low rough or you’ll bounce your clubs right out of the back of your golf cart. These under maintained and high roughs make this course unusually challenging for the novice to intermediate players.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 58
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course looking good can be better

This course is in better shape than many of the other local courses. Green’s especially well maintained. Fairways have some gopher mounds and holes. It would be nice if they put water coolers with ice water on the course. The water fountains taste terrible. Some day I hope they put good sand in the bunkers , right now most are hard dirt and unplayable. If they won’t add sand they should just throw soil in them and grass seed.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 161
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great fun

The course was in much better shape and showed awesome maintenance. Strongly recommend playing at North Kern and it’s great staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
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 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Challenging

Great par 4 & 5! I think there are only three par 3. Very challenging courses we would definitely recommend to anyone.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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