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3.5
543 Reviews (543)
5 Stars
106
4 Stars
253
3 Stars
107
2 Stars
45
1 Stars
32
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
69.0%
Recommend this course
435 out of 543 reviews
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4.3
16 Reviews (16)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.4
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.6
87.5%
Recommend this course
14 out of 16 reviews
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3.5
48 Reviews (48)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.7
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
64.6%
Recommend this course
31 out of 48 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
543 Reviews (543)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 17
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 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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Previously Played

Never again!

This fairways on this course are pitched either left or right, you might as well just hit it in the rough because I don’t care where the ball lands in the fairway it rolls into the rough on either side. I hit 13 shots right down the middle of the fairway and ended up in the rough on 11 of those shots! I’m not bragging but I play 3-4 times a week and have a single digit handicap. They were rolling the greens today and they played super fast so you needed to adjust your putt speed accordingly and overall once on the green play was acceptable but boy those fairway rollouts sucked.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/21/2023

We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced with the fairways on our course. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration to improve our course conditions. Thank you for sharing your review with us.

Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Lousy round

Play was a bit slow and no matter where you hit the ball on the fairway it ended up in the rough. Very few level spots on the course. Most all the fairways lean left or right. It’s hard to get excited about golf at this course because you get punished for shots that land in the fairway and roll into the rough. I’m done with this course for the rest of 2023.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/22/2023

We appreciate your feedback regarding the slow play and the challenging aspects of our course with uneven fairways. We apologize for any frustration this may have caused you, and we thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Lots of hills - get a cart

Lots of par 4 and 5 holes and plenty of hills. 1st hole has quite a hazard if not careful. Because of a lot of cart path only holes, I could only get through 15 holes.

Seems the clubhouse closed early and I saw no key drop box.

Practice putting green had only one hole and not maintained. Still a sign stated golf shoes only???

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/17/2023

We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced during your visit to our golf course. We appreciate your feedback and we will address the issues regarding the hazards, cart path restrictions, clubhouse hours, and the condition of the practice putting green. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth the drive or money. Resort*

Tee boxes nice. Greens long and very slow, but rolled well. The fairways though were so long in the best spots they were three times longer than what I would consider fairway length. And we played right after they were mowed because there were an insane amount of long grass clippings that were clumped from being wet still . Over correcting from early summer drought and bad reviews the other way I assume Last few weeks have been extremely wet so there was no reason they needed be that long. The rough was basically just mowed weeds with tons of problem areas. Lots of dirt spots, water drainage little gullies, right off the fairway. There is almost no way you could play the ball down on the majority of the holes.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 08/11/2023

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and provide feedback on your experience at our golf course. We apologize if the condition of the fairways and rough did not meet your expectations. We appreciate your insight and will take your comments into consideration for future improvements. Thank you again for your review.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Marshall?

It was obviously hot, I had pulled golf cart off path and under tree 4 ft from path at # 4 and was told by marshall to keep carts on path until entering fairway. I told him ok and will follow his direction. Upon grabbing my club to tee off he said "you going to move your cart !!!!" . I replied " you want me to move it now before I tee off? He said yes and gave me a dirty look.

So I moved the cart. It was hot for all of us and sure he was feeling the heat. I payed $ 200.00 for my group to play a round your marshall needs smile and ask vs tell. Remember golfers can choose to golf anywhere today for this price.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Really nice shape

Very impressed with the work that's been done here, my congrats to management and crew. For the 100 degree heat, greens and fairways were very nice, but just a little slow.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very nice course but conditions are fair. Has a lot of potential

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 59
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Oak Valley 2023

Oak Valley’s greens were in very good shape but slow! Most of the rest of the course is good but there are a lot of bare spots . Overall for the price it’s a decent deal, just plan on taking relief in places that aren’t marked for it !

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Positive Trend

This is the old Teamsters resort course. Nice layout - scenic and challenging. Greens were lush and immaculate- pretty slow but very consistent. Fairways and some tees were getting hard and crusty but there's a drought going on. A real marshall did his best to maintain pace of play. We got stuck behind a foursome playing a two man scramble. Round took 4.5 hours. Waited on most holes and shots. This round was a great value and we will return to play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

9 hole refund

Too hot for old people to play 18

Can we plsease have a weekday 9 hole raincheck?

The guy in the pro shop said ask Golfnow

Janice

Conditions Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good layout, continuing improvement of the course despite dry conditions. A friendly staff and well range red operation.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pleasantly Surprised, GREAT Value!

We had a great time at this course! 18 of the most blemish free, thick, dense greens I've seen in awhile. They hold a shot well. They are quite on the slow side, but VERY consistent. Teeing grounds were uniformly nice. Fairways were hard and fast for the most part. Some areas a little thin, but we're in a drought, and this course is still under a well planned rehab program that is going to result in a fabulous course. The layout is interesting and fair. Real course marshalls doing their job!! They were polite but firm about pace of play. Our round lasted exactly four hours. We will definitely return and recommend this facility.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Conditions vs Price

Greens are well kept, watered etc..... Now the bad. This is a Hot Deal only course for now. Which is a shame since Oak Valley doesn't profit off Hot Deals. GolfNow sets those rates and collects it as source for courses using their service. Anyone that forks up the $49 normal rate, there's no way they're walking off the 18th green saying "Well worth the price. Beautiful course.". Unfortunately it appears the course is becoming an afterthought to the banquet space. I specifically showed up early to my teetime to visit the practice green but it's now closed and showed no sign of coming back. As a Pevely resident myself, I'd become a member but the price doesn't reflect the conditions. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing here but someone in management needs to crunch the financials to make it work. To not only bring in traffic but to keep golfers wanting to come back.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/23/2023

Hi , thanks for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry your experience didn’t match your expectations. It was an uncommon instance and we’ll do better in the future.

Please feel free to reach out to us with any further comments, concerns, or suggestions you wish to share. We would love to make things right if you give us another chance.

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great course and value.

This was my first time playing at Oak Valley. The greens were in great shape! Can tell the fairway needs some work. Once that gets taken care of this will be a tough place to get a tee time. Thanks for the great first exp!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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