A view of the 13th green with water on the right side at Greenhorn Creek Golf Course
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4.4
212 Reviews (212)
5 Stars
129
4 Stars
62
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
93.9%
Recommend this course
196 out of 212 reviews
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4.5
15 Reviews (15)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
2
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0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.4
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.3
100.0%
Recommend this course
15 out of 15 reviews
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4.3
53 Reviews (53)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.4
94.3%
Recommend this course
50 out of 53 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private/Resort
Par 72
Length 6749 yards
Slope 142
Rating 73.2
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Greenhorn Creek Resort
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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Golf Season Year round
Architect Don Boos (1996) Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (2001) Ty Butler (2001) Greenway Golf

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Activities

Swimming

Available Sports

Tennis

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in California (2020 #26)

Reviews

4.4
212 Reviews (212)
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Target Golf

This course really makes you think, fun round, great staff, best iced tea ever in the club house. Saw more deer than I ever have.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful Setting

Greenhorn Creek is a well maintained course with interesting foothill terrain. The homes surrounding the course are also beautifully manicured and nice to see. The weather can be hot, but we hit a good day with a high of 92. For the nature lovers, there were lots of birds and deer on the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Greenhorn Creek

Exceptionally friendly staff. even brought me a bag of ice and helped me to the cart with beverages! course is in excellent shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
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
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

course and staff were great.

Only thing missing was a cart girl and pace of play was a little slow.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Golf Course is Awesome!! Staff Sucks!!!

I played Greenhorn for the first time, I love the layout: Fast Greens and fairway is well maintained. Pace of play was awesome. But be aware of the staff. I had a Golf Moose coupon for 2 players, when I checked in I was told it expired. I had to ask can I pay the difference, the person who check me in insisted I needed to pay full price. So I asked him one more time that I had pre-paid for my round and please read my disclaimers. After he looked at my golf moose coupon he told me he can take off $65 toward my round. So I paid and moved on (Strike #1).
After my round me and friend decided to have lunch at the restaurant. We where greet and sat for 1 hr before we were given a menu. The waitress came and took our order 30 minutes later, with 2 glasses of water. So we waited for another 30 minutes to get our meal. My friend crispy chicken was burnt crispy, so he complained and they took it back. The waitress brought him another sandwich with half the size of the first sandwich. We both finish our meal and we asked to refill our glass of water, so she came back and refilled it and it tasted badly. It tasted like we drink water from a garden hoses. We paid our bill with no tip (Strike #2).
We then sat at the bar to get a glass of beer I ordered what I wanted and paid. The bar tender didn’t give my receipt and I ask him that my glass of beer was charged $30.00 he insisted that he charged me the right price. I checked my account first just to make sure, so I demanded a receipt and sure enough he had over charged me. He said it was a computer error. But if I didn’t demand a receipt to check it, I would of got ripped off. He gave me my money back to make it right…. But this is (Strike #3) all in the same day..

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

GHC continues to be wonderful

My second visit this year and GHC continues to be a well worthy trip from bay-area.

The layout challenges and rewards your tee shot accuracy. The greens do not have a lot of undulations and roll fast and true with terrific conditions. Fairways are well taken care of and I didn't observe any bare spots. The only complaints are the bunkers: sand is so hard that you need to take shallow devots and hard to control the distance. Some bunkers are more or less abandoned and have lots of weeds in it (that I was fortunate to avoid).

I played both blue and gold/back tees. The gold tees are really designed for low handicap golfers (<5) as the scorecard suggested. Unlike some other courses I can shot similar scores in both tees, GHC back tees are challenging for handicap 5-9 as it requires 20ft+ long and accurate tee shots.

I played the course by myself twice and finish both rounds within 3 hours. A sheer joy.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awesome course. We were stuck behinds 4 foursomes that took 10 shots apiece . Had to.call.club house and skip two holes.

Awesome course in pristine condition. Disappointed on time of play and as a twosome we should have been able to play through instead of skipping two holes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greenhorn creek

Pro shop guys not very friendly.

Wet little in the way of snacks, drinks slow to get.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

GHC is a very challenging course. The course layout along with the fairway’s length allows the golfer to use most clubs in your bag.Also as a bonus they have new golf carts and they are very comfortable!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice Place

I love courses that present a new challenge on each hole.... This is one of them!

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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