Valley of the Moon Golf Club

Played 9 holes with my wife and grown son. Weather was excellent and we really enjoyed ourselves. I would have had a respectable score except for the 4 balls I could not find in the fairway. Will come back again.

Greens were a bit bumpy and the rough was extremely challenging.
Good course, good value
Pace of play mid-afternoon is good

Fairways were on fine shape but the rough sure was rough as soon as it dries so they can mow I will return

For a public course the rough was way long. It effected pace of play. If you were off the fairway a couple of feet you could lose your ball. People were spending way to much time looking for a ball they should have been able to walk up and hit. Also no sand in the bunkers.

Grass needs mowing, had fun they just fixedthedraining system needs time to come back

If Iwere a better golfer I would have a better score,but great day,and Ilook forward to going here again

Oakmont West is a nice layout. There are some creeks located in common landing zones so you have to give that some thought. The greens are small, fast, and heavily undulating. Unfortunately, the greens were not smooth making fast puts difficult to manage. There were a few spots in the fairways that were very wet. Overall, the fairways were in good shape. The rough is kept high (4-6").

The weather was great (70 degrees F) and the course is located with mountains surrounding it. As is often common, there are houses lining most of the fairways.

My buddies and I enjoy our short 20-min ride to the West course from Sonoma. Its always a nice place to play, other players are pleasant, pro shop people are nice - all good.

Course is generally flat with not too many challenges other than trees, but makes up for it with fast greens that have a lot of different slopes on them. Not many flat spots on the greens so it makes it a good test of your putting.,

Started with a frost delay, but staff was professionally prepared for 1& 10 hole starts, with minimal wait on the back (front) nine turn.
Big hitters can take advantage on some short par 5's but better be straight there are well placed bunkers, creeks, and water hazards line the fairways the trees don't.

I didn't see anything on the Golfnow web site indicating the course was undergoing major drainage and seeding renovation. The back nine was seeded and roped off. While I understand seeding the course would prevent mowing and cause very sketchy concditions, I don't understand not disclosing this as the reason for reduced twighlight rate. In addition, this was a pre-paid non-refundable deal. I would have paid more money to golf elsewhere, but once it was 12:20 on Sunday afternoon, my options were limited.

Course is in poor condition due to recent construction along with yearly maintenance. Otherwise a beautiful day to play golf.

Because of work on course the course was in poor condition. Because carts were not allowed on the back 9 play was extremely slow,

This use to be one of our regular courses and I will not go back from a long time. Previously Oakmont was a good value with friendly course staff and great service at the bar. Based on word of mouth regarding course maintenance issues I had not been in a while but decided to check it out with a twilight round.

Pro shop staff seemed stressed even though the course looked wide open. It took the bar tender to provide an understanding of the massive work being done on the 50+ year old irrigation and drainage system. Once on the course hole 3 has been turned from a par 5 into a par 3 with a bucket in a field and a 300 yard bar 4. The rest of the course was in bad shape on par with Adobe Creek post bankruptcy and not at all up to my normal experience at this course. Oakmont's website says they are offering discounts due issues related to the course but at 2:30pm we paid $30 to ride which is equal to previous super twilight rack rates.

Play was peaceful on the course and no word from the marshal. After a pleasant stop at the bar after nine holes we were on the 18th green at 6PM...less than 4 hours from starting our round. With the whole bar tab on the line and my friend in the bunker about to shoot when the cart staff yelled from the top of the hill 'Come on guys, hurry up!' Paying to have some righteous kid shout at us like we were the problem with this rubbish (censored) hole was too much. A visit to the pro-shop was pointless and as I said a year or more ago reviewing this course, "the bean counters are in charge." Visiting Oakmont is a just another sad example of poor management valuing balance sheets over their customers.

The moral of the story is the green fees are overpriced for the quality of the course. The staff is under too much pressure from management to worry about costs at the experience of customers. Even when a problem is raised, staff is too afraid of management reprisal to address the issue. My observation is that all of the quality golf hospitality staff has been fired over the last couple years, leaving Oakmont a shell of its former self. The great bar experience is no longer able to justify the golf or the drive. It was with great disappointment to have to shake our favorite bar tender hand goodbye and hope he could serve us again under better circumstances.

First off, I like Oakmont west. Pleasant course and surroundings. Plus it's a good walking course. However, I didn't realize how extensive the construction was. 17th hole is completely shut down (think Bushwood at the end of Caddyshack after the explosions). The back nine is in pretty bad shape now because of the construction. Our foursome decided we would use our discretion for declaring 'ground under repair' since they course managers couldn't possibly have that many signs. I will stay away until the construction is done and everything has grown back and been groomed.

Course was under repair so number 17 was closed. they modified 3 to make it numbers 3&4 so we could record 18 holes. Renovations should be complete by dec. by then it will be winter so next spring should be great golf. greens could use some attention. spottie. I reccomend they fill in the pots holes better. other than that had a good time.

The course was horribly maintained. All cart paths hurt to drive on.. Tree roots, pot holes.. The back nine WAS beyond horrible. They had replaced the sprinkler systems but never bothered to reace the grass. Large round sprinkler heads were in plain view if the greens and tee boxes.

I'm thankful it was $30 but I won't play the course again.. Unless the paid me $100. Honestly the practice driving range was the second nicest part of the entire course... The driveway heading out of the golf course was the first!

Oaknont West is a difficult course if you don't have good control of the direction of your shots. Being surrounded by houses, long thick rough, frequent trees in fairways and c onstruction on three or four holes make this a good but difficult place to play. We enjoyed our round and look forward to returning to Oakmont West .

They should have told you that they are doing major repairs to their sprinkler system. ...one hole closed , other with equipment & workers & mud.

We were camping in a nearby city and used golfnow to find something reasonable to play. Past reviews were mixed, but I decided to try the course. It was obvious from the start that it was under repair, as one hole was closed, another was split in to two holes to make up for the shortage, and there was major ground work being done. With that said, the course was empty; I played by myself, and finished in just over 3 hrs. Score was comparable to other western courses I have played on this RV trip.