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3.5
537 Reviews (537)
5 Stars
105
4 Stars
251
3 Stars
104
2 Stars
45
1 Stars
32
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.8
69.0%
Recommend this course
431 out of 537 reviews
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4.6
10 Reviews (10)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.7
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
Recommend this course
10 out of 10 reviews
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3.4
47 Reviews (47)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
5
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.6
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
61.7%
Recommend this course
29 out of 47 reviews
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Course Highlights
Oak Valley's welcoming staff and thoughtfully designed layout reward golfers who enjoy navigating natural hazards and wooded terrain. The course offers strong value, and recent improvements to fairways and tee boxes show encouraging progress.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private/Resort
Par 71
Length 6453 yards
Slope 132
Rating 71.6

Formerly known as Union Hills Golf Course

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Course Details

Year Built 1960
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gary Kern Homer Herpel (1960)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro No

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.5
537 Reviews (537)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 16
Bunkers 13
Undulating Greens 10
This course/club is great for:
Locals 9
Seniors 8
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 8
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 16
Convenient to the City 7

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Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Worst cart paths ever!

Hey, it’s winter! Yardage markers are here and there, greens in tough shape, zoysia grass all brown and won’t hold the ball but otherwise it was only $15.00. Thanks tee off!

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/03/2022

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes.

Your feedback helps us do better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly.

Thank you for visiting Oak Valley Golf Course & Resort. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Booking tee time

The course is good to play but the phone is always on voice mail and it' full. If you try to book on line, you have to pay for all the players instead of holding the tee time and have the player pay when they get to the course.

So I haven't played since and doesn't look like I will be playing again if I can't book and pay when I get there.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not worth full price.

The cart paths are horrendous, some of the staff are rude and the price you pay for 18 holes is way too much for this course. Do not recommend. SO many better courses to play.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

South 55 value

Good value. Golf staff is friendly n more then willing to help. Greens n good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 67
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Oak Valley GC

Great course, great staff. wonderful clubhouse and banquet hall. Highly recommended

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 67
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Oak Valley

Great course beautiful club house. Highly recommend

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Course in Great Shape for December

The course was in great shape for December golf! The staff was very friendly and the fairways played well. The only criticism would be that the greens were ridiculously slow. It seemed as though they hadn’t been rolled in weeks.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 91
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great sand traps

Course continues to improve. Nice new sand in all traps.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Slow greens

Good value under $25. Greens are horrendously slow.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/24/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course needs attention

Played the course for the first time and found the lay-out good, the staff friendly, but the course itself needs work. Teeboxes have overgrown grass, almost like teeing up in the light rough, Lots of bare patches of dirt versus grass in the fairway. Greens are in good shape considering its fall, but are playing quite slow with bumps that make reading a putt difficult. Would play again in the spring.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 10/28/2021

Hello! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Oak Valley Golf Course & Resort!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 116
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Missouri Advisor
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Solid and fun course

Made the trip down south of the city to play Oak Valley. It was a fun course to play that, given the fall time of the year, was in solid but not great shape. Was told it was bought out a few years ago by new ownership that is slowly putting in improvements.

The tee boxes were good while the fairways (and rough) were solid but patchy in some places. There were areas of bare dirt and mud in others. The greens were strong but a little fuzzy, slow and had a lot of unrepaired ball marks. The cart path was good in some places but pretty uneven in other places.

When we were teeing off on No. 5, we almost got hit by two approach shots on No. 2 that flared wide right! So pay attention when you are on that tee box. After the ninth hole, you have to travel a pretty good distance to get to the back nine. The last couple of holes overlook the river and is a nice little setting coming home.

If I could, I’d probably rate this course 3-1/2 stars but it is an enjoyable track so I bumped it up to four stars.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/01/2021

Thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Oak Valley Golf Course & Resort, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Don't use Golfnow to book tee times.

Trying to get a raincheck from this place is a joke. I have called Golfnow and was told to create account. Called back and was told there would be a credit on my account. Still no credit and need to call again. Very difficult to understand what the guy on the phone was saying also. The 6 holes I got to play seemed awesome, so I will try to get my credit and play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course Maintenance

Course needed mowed and greens were in horrible shape. Showed up for my tee time only to find out they had booked another double for the same time.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/16/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Oak Valley Golf Course & Resort, and we hope to see you again in the future.

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