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El Prado Golf Courses - Butterfield Stage
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El Prado Golf Course boasts two different 18-hole courses: Butterfield Stage and Chino Creek. Early in California's statehood, stagecoaches would make the 2,700 mile trek from St. Louis to San Francisco. The property used to be a stop on this trail, which is where the Butterfield Stage Course gets its name. It's the shorter of the two courses at 6,568 yards from the back tees. The course is flatter and more forgiving than Chino Creek, but it still has a fair amount of challenges that will test your skills. The layout has generous fairways, but watch out for the strategically placed bunkers lurking along the large, gently undulating greens. Water hazards come into play on several holes as well. The wide open nature of the course can be forgiving but at the same time it will put your round at the mercy of the prevailing winds.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6568 yards | 71.3 | 124 |
| White | 72 | 6251 yards | 69.8 | 120 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6251 yards | 76.2 | 127 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5507 yards | 72.0 | 118 |
| Red | 72 | 5507 yards | 66.4 | 110 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 71.1/123 W: 77.4/132 | 369 | 160 | 370 | 421 | 397 | 512 | 186 | 377 | 489 | 3281 | 362 | 374 | 524 | 389 | 195 | 374 | 543 | 143 | 383 | 3287 | 6568 |
| White M: 69.5/119 W: 75.4/127 | 361 | 130 | 360 | 410 | 384 | 493 | 178 | 362 | 480 | 3158 | 346 | 359 | 509 | 370 | 149 | 364 | 501 | 128 | 367 | 3093 | 6251 |
| Red M: 66.1/111 W: 71.4/118 | 316 | 107 | 314 | 350 | 339 | 450 | 142 | 315 | 437 | 2770 | 306 | 324 | 463 | 327 | 124 | 315 | 451 | 107 | 320 | 2737 | 5507 |
| Handicap | 5 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 12 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 10 |
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Photo submitted by Tmartizia on 03/08/2026
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Photo submitted by Michael3632089 on 11/22/2022
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Putt for Eagle on Hole 16 of Butterfield Photo submitted by ggdgsg on 10/22/2022
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$#!+ Photo submitted by u314161442789 on 10/04/2021
Great course for the money
Course was in good shape. Greens were in excellent shape. Nice layout. Friendly helpful staff.
Course is nice
Course is nice, driving around the course not nice. They need to take a back hoe, dirt, gravel and level out the cart paths, it’s getting so bad they might need 4x4 carts soon. I like both courses, just enough challenge, but it would be nice to hit out of sand and not ground up dirt in the bunkers ( if you land in them). Overall a good day, pace was good.
Golf cart broke down
Our golf cart broke down on the 14th hole, made a call to the club house. It took us a while before we received a new cart. This definitely slowed us down our other group had to push our car through a long par five. The group behind us had to wait.
Great public course
The course has a great layout for most golfers. Some challenging holes, but overall very playable.
6 hour round
6 hour round and fairways were terrible “cart path” is dirt and mud
Good value course but....
Butterfield course has small greens that were kept pretty well. But there are no Marshals keeping up the pace. Painfully slow people play here and nobody gets them to move along. Would be a great value if the round didn't take so long!
Butterfield
Tough wind conditions but fantastic day at El Prado
Course I’m pretty good condition. Greens were punched in Butterfield already so no issues there. Good track for the price.
Good Day at eliminating Prado
It was a good day, a little crowded. but moved smoothly..finished in 4 hrs. And 40 minutes. Course is b in pretty good condition and the restrooms were clean. I like how management has worked to improve the courses.
Decent mixed of long par 3s and tough par 4s
Decent mixed of long par 3s and tough par 4s. Greens were a little bumpy, were aerated about a month of ago. No sand in the bunkers just hard compact dirt.
Very nice
Butterfield Stage is a good layout, greens good, faurways mostly good, rough present, tees good, bunkers need improvement, range good, and pace of okay decent. Good value and you can walk for a reduced rate.
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