Lake Chabot Golf Course - The 18 Hole Course

Fun course open for driver

My wife and I flew in to Oakland for a weekend of golf and to play Lake Chabot specifically. This may be a good course but management needs to do a better job of scheduling tee times. We teed off over an hour late due to a local tournament being held. Being the first group off behind the tournament players we had to wait at every hole. In some cases there were up to 3 groups at a tee box waiting for the group ahead of us to clear. Needless to say, adding the late tee off it was a 7 hour round of golf, which ruined what could have been a fun day at an interesting course. I would like to play one of the only courses with a par 6 hole again but it will not be Lake Chabot. I won't go to the same effort to risk another poor experience. Sorry not we will not return to this course.

Hills and steep grades but no water very few sand bunkers ,scenic views

Easier to have low score

I played the course 50-70 times in the 60s and 70s both casually and competitively. With minor changes the course is just as I remember it. Even the snack bar is the same. Time stands still at Lake Chabot

This was very different from the central valley courses that are flat. No water, nor sand, but the fairways and greens were a little rough. My GPS did not work at all and the pins did not have reflectors to give ma a good read for distance. So several shots short or long. Overall it was a fun day with a great view of the San Francisco Bay.

Spectacular views of Oakland and San Francisco.

Very, very hilly makes it difficult to walk.

Some severely sloping greens.

Lots of potential birdie holes, but also lots of trouble off the fairways, including poison ivy.

Local knowledge a definite advantage here.

No groups of five should be allowed. It slows play tremendously to where my group had to skip the final hole in order to avoid commuting traffic.

We had a great time playing here. It was a very interesting layout with some very unique holes. I'm a member of 3 private clubs but plan to come back to Lake Chabot because it was so interesting of a course.

Superb views of the bay area.

It's also really inexpensive.

It was raining off and on. The course was practically alone, staff was great and the lay out was awesome!! Was in Oakland for a meeting and stumbled upon this jewl in golf now app. That last hole, wow! Awesome experience..

Course in decent shape. Fun layout. Some tough shots.

Showed up to find front nine closed, requiring us to play back nine twice. Very wet conditions and grass very high. Only paid $19 so got what we paid for.

Course is a good test forplayers at any level of play. Played on a Friday was able to start right at tee time and finished in 4 hrs.

I played this course from 1980 to 1995, and it was in much better shape yesterday than in any of those years. New management, and a new look to some wonderful old holes.

One of the best courses for the value in the Bay area.
Spectacular views and 2 signature holes. #9 par 3 with an elevated tee, and #18 par 6 649 yards, awesome.

I love playing alone. Especially when there's nobody making noise out on the course. Chabot is one of the few places where I can get pre-sunrises tee time and play a single game as a single.

Course is cool, too. Very interesting. Got to hit up onto greens you can't see. Interesting doglegs. 'Forced carries' are often over playable fairway so you're not totally ruined if you don't make it.

My round was during rain and most holes were filled to the brim, I believe there were 3 or 4 exceptions to this. Greens often had water lying on top of them with grass sticking out.
5 of the fairways cut across the access road, which I can imagine would be difficult on busy days creating difficulty for pace of play.
Compare to my expectations based on reviews the fairways were wide, but on the other hand there was virtually no runs.

The course was very dry - especially the first hole.

Tee time before noon and still unable to finish before dark. Slowest round I've played in a long time. Waited on every single tee. No marshals could be a reason for slow play although I didn't seen any obvious gaps in font of us. I'll wait another ten years before going back.

6 hour round even after some quitted. 3 groups waiting at 4 different tees. First 5 holes took 2 hours. One tee waited for more than 20 minutes. Longest round of my life.

I like the setup on this course. It does have some good hills and blind shots. I was lucky to pair up with two locals who play there all the time. They're advice of where to place shots was right on point. The range still closed and they are working on half of the first hole. So #1 is a shorten par 3 instead of being a par 4. The 18th par 6 was a nice challenge.