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Gilroy Golf Course
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It might not have a lot of competition, but Gilroy Golf Course dubs itself as the "Best 11-Hole Golf Course in America." Built by local farmers and businessmen in 1923, this unique 11-hole routing east of Santa Cruz features small greens and wide, tree-lined fairways set along the Uvas Valley that has changed very little since its founding. Though not a full 18, the golf course is still plenty challenging, including the 245-yard par-3 8th hole, a scenic tee shot considered to be the course's signature. Gilroy Golf Course has suitable BBQ and outing facilities for larger groups.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White/Black (Regular) 18-hole | 70 | 6002 yards | 68.7 | 112 |
| Green/Yellow (Forward) 18-hole (W) | 72 | 5254 yards | 70.1 | 110 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White/Black M: 67.8/114 W: 73.3/119 | 374 | 337 | 373 | 99 | 519 | 159 | 385 | 348 | 334 | 2928 | 390 | 367 | 353 | 87 | 501 | 145 | 368 | 429 | 256 | 2896 | 5824 |
| Green/Yellow M: 64.1/102 W: 68.9/109 | 355 | 309 | 331 | 66 | 462 | 97 | 354 | 342 | 184 | 2500 | 362 | 282 | 344 | 60 | 429 | 89 | 327 | 388 | 242 | 2523 | 5023 |
| Handicap | 2 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 1 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
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Awesome course
First time playing here and what a surprise. Course is great! Well maintained and a lot of fun! I’ll definitely be back.
Great course for beginners!
This is a nicely maintained course. Rate of play is average. Views are fantastic. I really enjoyed playing this course, the staff was very helpful. I recommend this course for beginners as well as intermediate players wanting to work on their game!
Thanks for leaving such a nice review. It's great to hear you enjoyed our staff while visiting the course. It's also great to hear you recommend the course to beginners. It can be hard to introduce people to the game! Thanks again and we hope you'll visit us soon.
Started well but got windy on back 9
A fairly good day on the first 9 but of the tee on 10 was windy 11 , 12 , 13 & 14 . I did finish with a beautiful off the green put on 18 for par. That was about 30 feet woohoo Yay for me
Exceptional for the price.
I've been to this golf course atleast 30 or so times and its never boring , if you can play decent there I guarantee you will play better at other courses. Great place to help sharpen your game.
I was on fire :)
I shot very many unbelievable shots one after another .My driver and 3 wood were of the charts .I almost landed on the green twice in 2 on hole 4 thus I birdied it two times Woohoo. It was a great day I shot a 79!
Good Course
This was only my second time playing this course and for it being a Muni Course I found the conditions are great. The Greens are in great shape and I will definitely keep coming back. The staff is friendly and accommodating
I recommend this course
Great value course!
I've seen a couple of reviews that mention the staff being rude, which I haven't seen in the 4 months that I've been playing there.
As a matter of fact, I would say that the staff is one of the brighter spots of the course, along with well-manicured greens. The only exception to the nice greens would be #4.
Pace of play can be an issue at times, so this isn't the course to play if you have obligations after the round.
Forced carries over deep greenside bunkers on the first couple of holes can wreck your scorecard early....you can bail out to the right for an easy up-and-down, in case you don't draw the ball back.
I like it
It’s a bit rough out there, but very playable. Some spotty greens, but it’s that time of year. I enjoy the heck out of the course
Monday afternoon golf session
Great value for the money, friendly staff and great food.
Staff worker was so rude :(
He basically got upset with me for coming an hour early. I wanted to putt and hit range balls. Told me "I WASN'T WELCOME" because I used GolfNow.com! He made me very upset and ruined my day because I was calm and happy until this RUDE staff member basically told me to leave in so many words because I was a burden to other golfers and to Gilroy Golfs finances because I used Golf Now .com. Then to boot they had just arreiated the greens and the conditions were horrible there. I called GolfNow.com and reported this RUDE staff member and told them I wanted to go home and cancel my tee time. The very kind gentleman that I spoke to at GolfNow.com said he was very sorry and for me not to go home he would talk to the Pro and he gave me my rounds on GolfNow.com FREE. He made my day a little better but had a bad game because of that RUDE staff member you know the new guy there "A" I WON"T BE GOING BACK THERE UNTIL I GET A CALL FROM THE PRO knowing he handled the RUDE staff member he hired!!! and hopefully FIRED!!!
Average day
Nothing to right home about. Had a couple really long drives for me on * almost drove the green on 6 drove in front of the Big Tree WOW. On 18 drove short of the green pitched on about 23 feet away from the hole and had a FANTASTIC straight PUTT RIGHT IN THE HOLE for "PAR"
Great round 77 :)
I had a great round and even surprised myself with some very good and also very long shots and Drives. My chipping has got so much better and I either 1 put or a short tap in 2nd put.Hole 7 the pin was way back to the right . I usually play my 3rd shot to the right of the green but it stopped just short of the green . So I putted it way right ridiculously in fact and the ball once it went to the back of the green and slightly higher than the hole it started rolling down and kept rolling and slowly kept rolling and creeped just by the hole were I tapped it in for a par. It was unbelievable how much the shot was putted to the left and how it came back so much. I almost thought it would continue rolling off the green . But luck and skill was on my side .
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Thanks for the great rating. We are pleased to hear you enjoyed your first trip to Gilroy. We hope you'll visit us again soon.