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Ed Fernandez
Brooks
2010-08-05
Guest (cart included), played on Thursday, July 2010 at 8am
I was invited to play this course by a friend who is a frequent visitor to Cache Creek Casino. He had accumulated numerous points from his visits, enough to warrant free play on the golf course. Wow...what a treat. A beautiful course with a great layout, spectacular views, and a formidable challenge. The staff was outstanding, the service was impecable, the GPS equipped carts with coolers were wonderful, pristine practice facility, and an awesome bar/restaurant to wind down after our round. While I did not have to pay to play this course (this time...) it is a little on the expensive side. However, if you are visiting the casino, I would much rather spend the $75-$80 playing four hours of golf then dropping that money at the casino. The course is worth it if you want to splurge and treat yourself every once in a while. I left out one wonderful feature of this course...pace of play. They only let players out a minimum of every 12 minutes so you very rarely ever have to wait on a hole. We didn't run into anyone the entire round - it was like we had the entire course to ourselves. A+ facility!
Would travel: 60-120 Miles, Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Ranks with the best in this price level
Condition of Course, Layout, Ambiance, Pace of Play, Staff
Guest (cart included), played on Thursday, July 2010 at 8am
I was invited to play this course by a friend who is a frequent visitor to Cache Creek Casino. He had accumulated numerous points from his visits, enough to warrant free play on the golf course. Wow...what a treat. A beautiful course with a great layout, spectacular views, and a formidable challenge. The staff was outstanding, the service was impecable, the GPS equipped carts with coolers were wonderful, pristine practice facility, and an awesome bar/restaurant to wind down after our round. While I did not have to pay to play this course (this time...) it is a little on the expensive side. However, if you are visiting the casino, I would much rather spend the $75-$80 playing four hours of golf then dropping that money at the casino. The course is worth it if you want to splurge and treat yourself every once in a while. I left out one wonderful feature of this course...pace of play. They only let players out a minimum of every 12 minutes so you very rarely ever have to wait on a hole. We didn't run into anyone the entire round - it was like we had the entire course to ourselves. A+ facility!