Corica Park - South Course

First play this year. Could tell it was a hard winter on the course, but it still was in good condition. Fairways took the brunt of the rain, but greens were fast and smooth as always.

We got to see the snow-capped Oakland hills emerge from the clouds as the sun broke through. Considering the extreme weather the day before and the day of our play Corica Park was well up to the challenge and gave us a great tussle with very few soggy spots and greens that were well up to par.

Enjoyed playing the course.

It’s flat, mostly bunkers, greens are great.

Enjoyed playing it!

Course is a hidden gem, Australian links style, fairways dry and patchy, greens phenomenal. Front 9 with 2 walking took us 2hrs back 9 we called and complained on 11 as there were 4 groups on 1 while waiting, gave up and walked over to North course and the guy in shop kindly agreed for us to play that 9 to get in a full 18. North course is phenomenal shape taking the rain we had superbly.

Starters and proshop were super friendly and nice. Because of frost cart path only for the first 4 holes slowed things down a bit but finished in 4 hours. Greens are in wonderful condition. I enjoy the layout of 17 of the hole’s challenging but good risk reward and short pat 5 have tough greens. The exception is 18 which is a poorly designed hole. Blind second shot into narrow green after having to smoke a drive. I don’t mind challenging holes but at least let me see the green . In terms of value, I used hotdeal so rate was $63 with a cart. The $100 fee is not a good value because the course is in good shape but some of the fairways are chewed up. There’ s a casual restaurant and Togo counter-no drink cart but I look at that as a positive. Overall, loved it, and will be back.

The greens were very smooth and fast, especially considering how wet it's been. The fairway grass is brown and dormant, but very playable.

The course is enjoyable to play. Greens are nice and fast. The course drains water better than many other Bay Area courses.

can't understand reasoning having blue-white tee box

tldr: great course for a muni with challenging greens that are well kept for being public. Skip the cart and walk it

Very fast greens for a public muni (we played in mid November so ymmv). Pace of play was good but we played on a Monday of a holiday week.

One thing to keep in mind is that besides the fast greens there are holes where the greens are shielded by multiple traps. Unless you’re a pro and can hit high booming long irons or hybrids, think about laying up and playing an extra shot. IMO that’s kinda over the top for a muni.