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3.7
884 Reviews (884)
5 Stars
137
4 Stars
350
3 Stars
251
2 Stars
91
1 Stars
55
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.7
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
3.9
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.6
76.3%
Recommend this course
680 out of 884 reviews
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3.3
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.4
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
3.5
57.1%
Recommend this course
12 out of 21 reviews
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3.8
61 Reviews (61)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.7
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
3.9
77.0%
Recommend this course
47 out of 61 reviews
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Course Highlights
The putting greens consistently impress with excellent speed and meticulous conditioning that rewards precise play. A varied layout with no two holes feeling alike offers strong value for the experience.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 5801 yards
Slope 118
Rating 68.2

Previously known as Willow Park Golf Course.

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Course Details

Year Built 1966
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Blue Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $14 - $25
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

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Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.7
884 Reviews (884)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 28
Watching the Game 12
Brunch 9
Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 50
Water Hazards 30
Bunkers 19
This course/club is great for:
Walkers 52
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 49
Locals 44
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 36
Worth the Drive 25
In the 'Burbs 16

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Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Fun course to play

This is a course with two different nines. The front is tight and usually plays into the wind Most days. The back nine opens up but is windier. Overall the course conditions are okay, greens are small and crowned so shots will stop on the upslope and run off the backs. The cart paths are mostly dirt so it gets dusty and they are pretty rough in terms of bumpiness. Fairways are okay for the most part, just have a few bare spots.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/16/2020

Hello, thank you for taking the time to review Redwood Canyon Golf Course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Day at the course

Had a good day at the course. Got paired with two members who could not have been better. Ric and Troy guided me around like a school teacher. This course is target golf. It didn't fit my eye most holes. Had to trust the advice given. Greens were in good shape. Fairways were just ok. Worth a go.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/08/2020

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/28/2020

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/28/2020

Great! Thank you for visiting us at Redwood Canyon Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played

Worst golf experience of my life.

15 minute wait at every hole. Not the fault of the group in front of us, it was stacked in front of them. 3 groups on every hole. I quit after 4 hours while waiting on the 11th tee box. Polish dog on the turn was somehow burnt to a crisp, even though it was held in a steam box. Cart wouldn't drive straight. Random deep puddles in the fairway. Will never be back.

Conditions Fair
Pace Poor
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Commented on 06/11/2020

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you didn't enjoy your experience with us. We've made significant improvements and changes to our operations where we feel we can provide a better service than your last experience. We're now at 10 minute intervals and have more spaces available. We appreciate your feedback and will use your review to help us to continue to improve. We hope you will give us another try in the future!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Very disappointed!

I paid the fees for 4 golfers on line two days previous to the date of golf. Tee time was 11:21 am on May 21, 2020. We arrived as a 3-some as 4th member broke his ankle the day before. (no refund!)

We arrived 45 minutes early and used a bucket of balls while waiting for our cart to be presented, so we could load our clubs. At 11: 50 the first cart arrived. Then at 12:00 noon the second. Then it was announced that there were no more carts, and we would have to wait another 20 minutes for one to come in off the course. Meanwhile, carts were given to golfers who had a time later than us. At this point, I reentered the pro shop and asked to speak to the manager. I was told, sorry but he's on the phone. I never saw the manager all morning!! Two inexperienced young men were handling check in and one older man was taking care of the carts, sterilizing etc. as they came in from the early golfers. I was told I could have a cart, but the battery wouldn't last the full round. Now what? Manager is busy, carts are not usable, and now walkers are sent out ahead of us because of no carts. At this point I asked if the hand carts were sterilized, and was told yes - so I took a hand cart, loaded my bags on that, and walked the first nine with now my two partners riding in carts. We are riding in separate carts due to the Covid 19 virus problem, and the course rules!!

I used to play this course a lot, but was never treated like this, nor put up with so much incompetent behavior from the manager and staff. I forgot to tell you, that I am 78 years of age, and probably shouldn't be walking the course. I did it, and enjoyed a few shots, but I won't be coming back to this course. I am very disappointed with all of this and hope that Golf Now looks into the problem.

Prices are too high for me to pay for this treatment.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/11/2020

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you didn't enjoy your experience with us. Operations have been a lot harder to manage with county restrictions. We've recently made significant improvements and changes to our operations where we feel we can provide a better service than your last experience. We're now at 10 minute intervals and have more spaces available to prevent running out of carts. We appreciate your feedback and will use your review to help us to continue to improve. We hope you will give us another try in the future!

Played On
Reviews 166
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/21/2020

Terrific! Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Redwood Canyon Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 167
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/20/2020

Great! Thank you for visiting us at Redwood Canyon Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/08/2020

Great! Thank you for visiting us at Redwood Canyon Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

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

Nice greens

Course is in good condition. Greens good. No starter so the first tee was messed up. Two two sums and a single that didn’t want to play with me so it was real slow they should have paired us up . Other than that was good.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 05/06/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!

Played On
Reviews 167
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
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Commented on 03/10/2020

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

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Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tuff greens

Day was perfect, fairways were a little long. Greens were fast, and some are domed... very tricky. Play was slow

4 1/2 but then again a nice sunny Sunday. I like that

this course has added some water hazards...

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 02/18/2020

Awesome! We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Redwood Canyon Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 29
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
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Commented on 02/18/2020

Awesome! We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Redwood Canyon Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/18/2020

Great! Thank you for visiting us at Redwood Canyon Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
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Commented on 02/11/2020

Awesome! We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Redwood Canyon Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 100
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Not much different from when it was willow Park

Drains terribl;e so everything was very muddy and ball just stuck when it landed,to be fair greens rolled pretty good but were covered with either leaves,sticks or goose crap which made putting hard at half the holes the others ok.I do love they have ball washers at every hole as they were very much needed,looks like there clearing out some areas and either addind more ponds or just water that hasn't drained yet on the back.sand traps were like mud almost with only a couple actually having sand,18th hole was like hitting out of mud.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 02/20/2020

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you didn't fully enjoy your round with us. At the time, we were recovering from the wet season and we're currently working on improving the course drainage. We do appreciate your feedback though. The course is looking quite good now, so we hope you'll come give us another try!

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/03/2020

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take customer feedback very serious at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind. Thank you for playing Redwood Canyon Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 167
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 01/29/2020

Great! Thank you for visiting us at Redwood Canyon Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Playing Redwood

Living in Castro Valley for many years. Redwood Canyon was easy to go to and play after work. Just as funny to play on the weekends. I like the course layout. This course is short in yardage and narrow. You learn to hit the ball straight or you're in trouble. With the new owners there are improvements to the course and grounds. I am sure with some patience this course will be a beautiful place to play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 01/24/2020

Great! Thank you for visiting us at Redwood Canyon Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The golf course was pretty good only the ground was a little bit muddy , I guess because it rain the day before otherwise it’ was good , but I had fun

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/13/2020

My car was broken into in the parking lot of redwood canyon golf course on feb 11th 2020. Just a warning to all. The staff did not have signs warning of theft In the lot and were of little help other than expressing their regrets.

Be careful where you park as some of the spots are next to hiking trails and cars are not monitored entering or leaving the parking lot.

It’s unnerving to be robbed so be alert.

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Commented on 12/31/2019

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back!

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