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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 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 NinjaRider on 04/12/2022
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Waiting to Tee Off
For some reason, if you have made your tee time via Golfnow, you have to wait until your tee time to tee off. This sounds reasonable, but when you are waiting around for 45 minutes and no one is teeing off and you are ready and willing to tee off, you can’t because you made your tee time via Golfnow!! Very frustrating.
SHIELD NEEDED FOR LITTLE NATS!!
QUICK ROUND, WE PLAYED 18 HOLES IN TWO HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES. JUST NEED SHIELDS ON CARTS TO KEEP BUGS FROM GETTING INTO YOUR EYES.
Great course but no ameneties
This is a great course to play but all amenities are non existent. No water, bathrooms are dirty, no ball cleaners. There are water features which are not maintained which results in a lot of bugs while you are golfing.
Hi,
We want to thank you for your honest and constructive criticism of the course.
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Thank you for visiting and playing at El Prado Golf Courses - Butterfield Stage. We hope to see you again soon!
6 hour round
Kevin the GM is not a very understanding or nice individual. Pace of play was terrible due to 5 minute tee times and poor marshaling being done on a Saturday. Allow golfers to only tee off once the first group has left the green of #1 guys what a concept….
We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing El Prado Golf Courses - Butterfield Stage.
Good day on a very hot day
Pace was slow, but steady....the hot, dry weather is slowly drying out the fareways. A couple greens are still.recovering from the oil leakage dripping across the greens often resulting in putts being misdirected as they cross rut...overall a good day
Definitely worth playing at.
Very well kept course, some greens were a little rough but great staff and overall nice play to play at. Will be playing again when I’m in town.
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 seriously 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 El Prado Golf Courses - Butterfield Stage.
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 seriously 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 El Prado Golf Courses - Butterfield Stage.
Hello, We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at El Prado Golf Courses - Butterfield Stage. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
Hello, Bruce 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 seriously 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 El Prado Golf Courses - Butterfield Stage.
Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing El Prado Golf Courses - Butterfield Stage.
THE BUGS!!
THE LITTLE BUGS KEPT GETTING INTO MY EYE. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SHIELDS ON THE CARTS, THE LITTLE BUGS ARE ALWAYS A PROBLEM WHEN I PLAY HERE. IT WAS A FAST ROUND AND A VERY GOOD PRICE.
Hello, thank you for leaving us a review. We are sorry to hear your experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you will give us another try in the future. Thank you for choosing El Prado Golf Courses - Butterfield Stage.
Great Place to play!!
This course will surprise you with it's excellent grass driving range, great rates and well kept greens. It's a challenging layout but very satisfying with some great holes. The twilight prices are a great way to get in some good quality golf at a low rate. I play here with my beginner son once a week and we have a BLAST!!
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We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting El Prado Golf Courses - Butterfield Stage, and we hope to see you again in the future.