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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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Best course for the money
I have played this course numerous times. I always meet people from Orange county that play here. It's the best course around for the money. This is not Riviera, but El Prado is a really fun track, lots of water, dog legs, and nice greens.
Great Budget Course!
Love this course with two separate 18s for a budget course with normally a lot of availability. Twilight rounds here are awesome!
Also helps that this is the home course of a current & trending PGA Tour player ;)
El Prado - Good Value
Nice layout. Fairways are a bit spotty but a lift-clean-place agreement in the fairway is an easy solution. Greens ran smoothly, just a little bumpy, but overall ran true. I always have a good time playing El Prado, the Chino Creek layout is fun with a couple of really treacherous holes. 18 is a beast!! Hit ‘em straight everybody!!
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Course is very playable
Course is in decent shape. Winter grass is making the fairways fast. Still lots of bald spots in the fairways.
Bunkers are now filled with a fine dirt- but playable.
Greens are awesome like always- rolling fast but true.
Reliable
Always tee times, decent greens, nice staff, great value, grass range.
Its nice to see a courses not gouging players for range balls and green fees.
Course condition isn't stellar but the greens were nice and what matters in terms of fairway was very playable.
Great value course in the area.
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Course and club evaluation
Prefer chino side. The other side stinks. The odor is aweful. Chino side seems a little more challenging also.. I have played both sides several times. The price is fair and usually can get a tee time relatively easy. The parking lot needs paving and restriping . The bar area is too dark and dingy.
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