Pros:
- nice park very accessible from freeways
- awesome tees, seating on cut logs, retaining walls, and the ubiquitous bag posts at SVDGC courses
- Mach V baskets. Some may not like them, but I think they're pretty sweet
- technical course with some very fun holes
- already a nice little scene developing
- 11 holes so can be played twice easily for all kinds of dg enjoyment (doubles, wolf, skins, etc)
- Is a great winter course when the grass is green
- some really lovely shots. Hole 3, 6, and 11 stand out to me
- Even the more open shots require lots of technical skill and accuracy
Cons:
-Poison Oak in the extensive rough. If you bring kids or newbies, be prepared for this
- Hole 9 tee is kind of short and doesn't allow for a run up on a 300' plus hole.
- A little tight in there and errant throws can easily leak onto other fairways or tees.
- not sure what happened to hole 7, which for me was a course highlight.
Other Thoughts:
A welcome addition to the west valley, which finally has a course. This is a fun, social, not too difficult, yet oddly challenging course that winds its way around an old walnut orchard (like a lot of other courses around: Emerald Hills, Lake Sonoma to name a couple). Players have to hit their lines consistently to score well here, which is easier said than done! Thanks for all of the hard work SVDGC!