Tracy Golf & Country Club

I set the day up to play a round with one of my Grandsons, who lives in Salida, I drove up from San Jose. I had booked our round on Golf Now before Ivread the reviews that had been posted. I had the impression that the course was really in terrible shape.

I actually thought it was a very good course to play. The fairways and greens were in good condition. There spots (areas) of dirt but they only came into play if you missed the fairways, and I had a few out there myself but hit off the dirt with no problem.

We had a start time of 11:40, when I arrived the wind was blowing at a good pace but by the time we hit off the first tee the wind was around but never a factor to hurt our game.

All in all we had a great time and plan a few more future dates in the near future.

Greens were in great condition. Great course layout. Fairways were a bit brown in patches.

Mix up between GolfNow and course on whether each player got a cart. Ended up being interrupted during the 1st hole and was told we had to share a cart. So My buddy had to unload his cart into mine. And then on hole 10 after the cart was not moving well and it actually died on us. We called the club house and they brought us another but it took a while and we missed hole 11 so we didn’t get caught behind a bunch of groups. Only played 17 of 18 holes.

I have been playing here for years. They used to have a walking rate; now all of a sudden they don't. Range balls used to be included; now they cost 8 bucks for a small bag of old, crummy range balls you have to hit off old mats. No customer appreciation from the management. Greens are in excellent shape. I can play other courses closer to home in comparable shape that have a walking rate and are cheaper.

Greens were fast and in good shape

Fairways are lacking any grass lots of thin lies and dirt

This course is primarily a throwback to a time when golf course conditions didn’t necessarily matter, and all you needed was just some land and hole to plant a flag in. Most holes are primarily composed of dry dirt. As it’s clear very little efforts to maintain the fairways are given consideration. The layout is good but just a few holes are worthy of golf consideration. Fix it up or close it. As this place Trudy is begging for a overhaul.

Tray

We played the course using a hot deal, so it was worth it. I would be disappointed to pay full price for this course. Very patchy fairways that have no rough and lots of dirt. If you miss a fairway,, expect to hit balls off of "tight lies"

(dirt). Greens were fine but not specatacular. This course gets really windy in the afternoon, so beware. I will play it again on a hot deal, but that's the only way I return.

Overall the staff was very helpful and friendly. The speed of play was okay with the exception of a few bottle necks. My main issue with the course was the conditions of the fairways and anything off the fairways. There was a lot of hard dirt/rock both on and off of the fairways. This made it not very enjoyable to play. I was surprised by these conditions given that it was $65 to play. I will not be going back unless I hear that something has changed with the conditions of the fairways.

Zero covid safety measures, not one employee with a mask. Bathrooms are worse than most ghetto gas stations, absolutely disgusting. Tee boxes; loaded with crab grass, dirt, and good luck looking for level foot placement. 70 percent of the fairways don’t have grass, exposed dirt and hard pan. If you like to use your irons while golfing don’t play here. Bunkers, absolute joke even with covid restrictions. Want a sandwich on the turn? Watch a lady make them bare handed with knives and forks that have been sitting on the counter for god knows how long. Dirty, absolutely filthy.

Checked in 30 minutes before tee time and was told to come back 5 minutes before tee off for the cart...plenty of carts available but just stand around until 5 minutes before your tee time, then load your cart up....

If anyone tries to argue this, then by all means takes photos and prove me right. Sheesh, this course isn’t worth 15 bucks let alone 53.00?!! Have some integrity, this place is lazy and gross....

We drove 1:16 to the course, and left after the 4th hole.

Only downsides were lots of dirt patches in out of the way areas. (Affects aesthetics more than playability.) and bunkers have no rakes (why not just put a rake in the cart?)

But I enjoyed this track. Could maybe use better yardage markers so I don't recommend playing here without a GPS app or range finder.

But I played 18 holes just over 3 hours, and felt pretty good about the shape of the greens. I'll play it again