17007 Redwood Rd, Castro Valley, California, 94546
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Harold Smith
Castro Valley
2013-07-03
$21 (cart included), played on Wednesday, June 2013 at 2pm
I heard the people who own this course are losing their lease from East Bay Regional Parks. For that reason, they are letting the course go to pot in an attempt to get the golf corporations that will be bidding on it to come in with low bids, then they can bid over. Sounds like a bad business decision, but you can't argue with the fact that there is very little work done on this course in the last year. Trees are never trimmed and falling branches are all over the course...greens are mowed very infrequently and left shaggy so the wind doesn't dry them out. Areas of fairway are hard-pan while others are soaking wet due to broken pipes. Tee boxes are left unmowed for weeks. It's too bad. The course is old, interesting and deserves better care. Maybe when American Golf takes over, it will be in better shape (but then it will probably be more expensive)
$21 (cart included), played on Wednesday, June 2013 at 2pm
I heard the people who own this course are losing their lease from East Bay Regional Parks. For that reason, they are letting the course go to pot in an attempt to get the golf corporations that will be bidding on it to come in with low bids, then they can bid over. Sounds like a bad business decision, but you can't argue with the fact that there is very little work done on this course in the last year. Trees are never trimmed and falling branches are all over the course...greens are mowed very infrequently and left shaggy so the wind doesn't dry them out. Areas of fairway are hard-pan while others are soaking wet due to broken pipes. Tee boxes are left unmowed for weeks. It's too bad. The course is old, interesting and deserves better care. Maybe when American Golf takes over, it will be in better shape (but then it will probably be more expensive)