Regulation at Lake Chabot Municipal Golf Course

If you want big elevation changes in a golf course, this is it. The holes are not long from the white tees but the elevation changes could make a short par 4 hole into a monstrous one. It is an interesting layout and worthwhile playing at least once. This course owns the only par 6 hole west of the Mississippi and makes a fun finishing hole. If you hit your drive right and get a good down hill roll, you could end up with a 400+ yard drive. A word of caution when driving in and out of this golf course because the road goes thru a couple of fairways and you could be susceptible to golf balls hitting your car if you happen to be on that road while someone is teeing off.

Coming from the peninsula we always love playing Chabot. This time the greens were in fantastic shape and super fast. Very challenging but fair. Can't wait to come back. Also, staff dealing with Covid and keeping everyone safe were over the top helpful. Thanks for what was a great day.

Visiting friends in the bay and we booked a quick tee time. Never played the course so didn’t know what to expect. Had to push back tee time and was able to with ease. For it being January the course was in the great shape and it was a blast. Every hole makes you think (which I love) and was a blast to play. 100% would play again!!

Lake Chabot is a good course with many challenging and interesting holes.
The key word is hills.
It is very hilly.
The pace of play was very slow and we did not see any marshalls.
The fairways are not in good condition.

Amazing course that is great bang for your buck. It was a little wet today but great drainage on fairways and throughout the course as a whole. Pace of play was spectacular and the 18th was just crazy! 600+ yard par 6! Such a fun place that I will definitely enjoy again in the near future

My expectation for lake chabot was not that high as the price point was quite low for the area. Upon receiving I was appalled at the course conditions. The fairways were pretty much mud, the tee boxes were beat to a pulp and very uneven, and the greens were like a pinball machine. I mean seriously I was so shocked they charge 60 bucks for this course, it is like someone just transformed a park into a golf course and did not maintain at all. There are some neat holes on the course with elevation changes that adds a bit of fun, but overall will never go back here again.

Course is not in very good condition, no marshals monitoring pace of play . Round took 5.5 hrs mainly due to too many inexperienced players. I’d stay away from this course .

we returned to the parking lot only to find at least 6 cars were broken into. There was glass all over the parking lot. My buddy had his back passenger window bashed in. According to course staff, this happens all the time. The hired security guard was nowhere to be found. Not worth the risk of car break ins. Gimmick course anyways

Played lake Chabot 1st time:
1) Course sits on a beautiful Oakland hill area, with magnificent view. However, the course condition is very bad, whether it's tee box, fairway, or the green. With serious management, it could be a prime golf course
2) Cart management is also an issue as we have to wait for our cart despite we did reserve the cart.

We were lucky to play on week day, I think the pace of play could be bad if weekend.

Lines at pro shop were way too long. The course is not very well maintained, but you get what you pay for. It is more a "gimmicky" course than anything else. Fun for once to see the weird holes, but having every ball roll backwards like 100 yards on the fairway gets old fast.

This is a fun course for anyone with a medium to long ball. It's challenging but rewarding to get up the hills. The greens are very tough. No gifts! You have to earn every putt. The fairways ate very spotty, lots of dirt patches on the edges. Worth the round!

I applaud this course first of all for putting more gaps between tee times to help with spacing during the pandemic (12 minute tee time gaps). Sadly this preparation by the course quickly disappears with spacing and pace of play becoming just like any other muni course during busy times.

We tee'd off exactly at our 11:36am time with the group in front of us just reaching the green of the par 4. There was a slight wait on each tee box for the rest of the front 9. We finished those nine holes in two hours and eight minutes. The back 9 was a hole different story when it comes to pace of play. It started to lightly rain on the 10th tee and all gaps closed up in between groups. The entire back 9 had three groups on most tee boxes (my foursome along with the foursome in front and behind us). The back 9 took us two hours and twenty-six minutes to complete.

As for course conditions, they were quite hit and miss. Some fairways and tee boxes were in great shape with green grass. Some tee boxes were covered in sand with no green grass available to stand or hit from. Some fairways, rough and parts around the green had patches of mud while others are dried up grass. Keep in mind before today, the area hasn't had any rain for quite a while so patches of mud should not exist unless the course is watering too much. In that case, then why is there dried grass along with the mud?

Greens were brutal if you were above the hole on some pin placements. You couldn't stop the ball unless the hole got in the way. Front pin placements were difficult because the fringes were soft and you could not roll a ball up or get any kick forwards from an approach shot. Back pin locations were difficult because if you went over the green, your chip shot had a good chance of rolling off the front of the green.

I really like this course during the spring and summer months but it appears the cold weather and too much water from the course takes it toll around this time of year.