Sunnyvale Municipal Golf Course

We arrived to play our teaetime to find out They were aerating the greens, and we had no notification of this. Not only were they doing it during the round, they moved the flagstick to the fairway, so there was essentially no putting.

Played on a Tuesday afternoon after a lot of rain in the past few weeks. The course was definitely a bit soggy but quite playable. Pace was very slow especially for a weekday afternoon - took us nearly 5 hours to finish as a threesome, in part because I suspect some groups head of us split into smaller groups. I wish the marshall would've kept that in check to speed up overall play.

Big fan of the course layout as it's not just about hitting long and straight, some interesting strategy decisions on various holes.

when its wet have to find way to hit ball cleanly //greens were not slow so that was gud

but no roll on fairways at all and bring ur towel to clean muddy balls

I've played a lot of Bay Area munis and I have played this course more than a few times and I have to say that I think that it has gotten worse.

The pace of play is a joke because there are only 7 minutes between tee times (meaning almost 9 groups going out per hour!) and because they don't require people to pay up front, each group is a hodgepodge of twosomes, threesomes and foursomes.

There are studies that show that tee time spreads of <10min cause 5+ hour rounds before noon and this course goes out there and puts tee times only 7 minutes apart.

Course design is horrible with 2 par 3 holes nearby back-to-back. The back 9 takes over 3 hours to finish. Also, no course marshal to regulate pace of play. It’s a pretty flat course, so a lot of senior walkers. Unfortunately, many are very stubborn and won’t allow you to play-through even though they’re bottlenecking the flow.

There are 3 reasons why I gave this course a low review.

1. There was no marshal to manage pace of play. I called the office mid-round but no one came out.

2. The back 9 layout is terrible with a par 3- par 4- par 3, so it gets bottle-necked with a +20 minute wait on the par 3s.

3. I can say this because I’m Asian, but there seems to be a lot of Asian seniors playing this course. Unfortunately, most don’t follow etiquette or allow groups to play through. Often there’ll be a back-up of 2-3 groups even though it’s completely open in front. A marshal should be prodding them at least on the front 9. The back 9 can’t be helped with the par 3s causing a back-up.

If you don’t mind waiting then Sunnyvale is a decent course for the $. I like to get into a rhythm and not have galleries of 6-8 strangers watching me tee-off.

Playing behind a group that was consistently a hole or more behind drove me crazy. I thought this was a gentleman's game. Where is the etiquette or consideration.

We got a little backed up on the back 9, and it caused us to leave after hole 15 since it gets dark early (we started at 12:35pm).