Corica Park - South Course

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.

I was impressed with the layout and conditions of the course as it reminded me of the links style in Scotland. I have a bushnell yardage watch that would not work as the display showed the old Jack Clark course and the others. Also besides the 150 and 100 yard markers there were no sorrinker heads with yardages so we were playing blind. I would recommend more yardages to help with the pace of play but other than that I thought the course was excellent and will definitely be returning in the future

Playing Corica 9-hole North course is so relaxing!

Enjoy my game playing this course. Excellent condition and superb staff!

Played from the Blues (I’m an average golfer +14) on a Thursday morning.

Fair course with enough distance and undulating greens to keep it challenging and fun. Speaking of greens, they were in fantastic shape.

Pace of play was a little slow given we played on a weekday but the Marshalls kept things in order.

Staff was fine and the value was fair. Getting a tee time for a non-local has always been tricky here but I’d definitely play here again.

Compare to it’s neighbor; Oakland Metro (which I like for what it is), Corica South is a step above.

No drink cart. For the curse and during week day, the price is high.

Played front 9 only on perfect Friday afternoon. Since the 9th hole does not route past the clubhouse, you would think they have a safe path and clear instructions to return there after 9 holes. Nope. I and several others had to drive back -- facing incoming shots on the 9th hole to guess our way back to the clubhouse. C.mon, for these high $ green fees you should be more professional that this.

Holes are beautiful and in excellent condition but playing the hokey 6th hole (hillside short par 4) and then the elevated tee par three 7th hole is a guaranteed delay of 15 min or more on to your round. Groups back up badly.

Hope to return some day to play the full 18, but given the slow pace of play and the pricey green fees, I am not in a big rush to return -- given all the other great courses within a 30-45 min drive of this one.

Note -- It WAS nice that the refreshment cart came by on a Friday afternoon. They should really have a full time snack bar on the 6th tee (or a puppet show or crochet class), since you are going to be waiting there for awhile.

The greens are what everyone talks about, but the fairway bunkers will affect your scoring the most. This course will punish random tee shots and if you regularly under club, it will cost you dearly here. Don’t play here without a good tee-to-green game or it won’t matter much how good your short game and putter are working. On the plus side, I met a dozen locals here who are as fine a people as you will meet anywhere.. My driver and iron game were subpar but my short game was excellent — yet I shot one of my highest scores in years, playing from the Blues with a slope rating of just 124.