Posted on January 17, 2019January 7, 2019 by Vic Flores

WINNER Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club #WorthTheGreenFee 2018 – Central California

Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2018 for Central California

Congratulations to Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club winning Worth the Green Fee 2018 Award for Central California.

“Worth the Green Fee,” unlike the Best Playing Conditions Award, is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users at providing a consistent, quality golf experience at an outstanding price.

Golf is expensive. It doesn’t have to be. All you have to know is where to play to get your best value and that’s something Greenskeeper.org excels. In addition to helping golfers decide where to play their next round of golf based on reviews, ratings, and maintenance alerts, we’ve recently introduced our GK Coupons service to extend golf course deals directly to our golfing community.

How Awards Winners Are Determined

Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 72,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.

We divide awards into 11 sections — Inland Empire, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Palm Springs Area, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Southern California, Central California, Northern California and Southern Nevada.

Greenskeeper.Org For the Good of the Game Award 2017 by the CGCOA

Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club

Alex326
Posted: 10/28/18 4:29a
Member Since: Nov 20, 2015
From: Monterey, Ca

Conditions remain steady at Ridge Creek. Fairways are starting to show some weathering from the summer heat in that they are 50/50 green/brown. However, even the brown areas still offer a great platform to hit from. Greens were rolling medium/fast with a bit more pitch marks than the last time but not nearly as many as from a few months ago.

Tee boxes are a solid 8, nice level and lush with very few divots. Rough is always nasty at Ridge Creek. Anything outside the first cut is game over. Same goes for the long grass around the lips of the bunkers. I lost two balls in bunkers today.

POP was ok. Given it was a weekend, I suppose it wasn’t too bad. Ridge Creek is all about keeping it in the fairway and out of the bunkers. Do that and you can set a PR. Start going wide even to the point of hitting the fairway and rolling into rough and your score balloons like crazy.

Customer service is great and I always enjoy when I have the time to eat at the restaurant afterwards.

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Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club Dinuba California Hole 4

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Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club Dinuba California Hole 1 Green-side

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Posted on January 31, 2018November 16, 2019 by Vic Flores

Bayonet Black Horse Golf Club Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2017 for Central California

WTGF Bayonet Black Horse 2017 - Central California

Bayonet Black Horse Golf Club Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2017 for Central California

Congratulations to Bayonet Black Horse Golf Club winning our Worth the Green Fee 2017 Award for Central California.

“Worth the Green Fee” is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users at providing a consistent, quality golf experience at an outstanding price.

Let’s face it, golf can be expensive. It doesn’t have to be. All you have to know is where to play to get your best value and that’s something Greenskeeper.org excels. In addition to helping golfers decide where to play their next round of golf based on reviews, ratings, and maintenance alerts, we’ve recently introduced our GK Coupons service to extend their deals directly to our golfers.

How Awards Winners Are Determined

Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 70,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.

Greenskeeper.Org Awarded For the Good of the Game Award 2017 by the CGCOA

Editor’s Note: Johnny GK and Greenskeeper.Org has been recognized by the California Golf Course Owners Association as Good for the Game of Golf in 2017. Shows you that both golfers and golf course operators understand the benefit of working with Greenskeeper.Org. We are the RESOURCE where avid and casual golfers come to make their decision where to play their next round. “Know Before You Go”® with Greenskeeper.Org. You’ll be glad you did.

#Recent Golf Course Review

Bayonet Course

aakes90278
Posted: 10/25/17 7:07a
Member Since: Dec 28, 2002
From: redondo beach

Played here yesterday in perfect weather. I have played here a few times and always look forward to coming back. The course conditions are always good and the layout is great. The course. Conditions right now are nearing great but I have played it in better. The greens were the highlight with smooth and fast surfaces and they will only get better. The tees were level, the bunkers played great, and the fairways were good but can get better with more time. There was a number of areas marked as Ground Under Repair (GUR) and I noticed many downed trees throughout the course. Great time and can’t wait to return.

Black Horse

sd3bs
Posted: 10/07/17 9:54p
Member Since: Jul 21, 2005
From: Temecula, CA

Sub four hour round on a clear cool beautiful fall day. The staff was welcoming especially the starter for our round – real nice guy, as well as the marshal out that morning! The facility has two 18 hole courses that mingle somewhat throughout the round. The tee boxes were all in great shape with a couple of the par 3’s a bit chewed up but playable. The fairways had fantastic coverage with mostly tight lies and a bit of divot damage from approach areas on the par 4’s and par 5’s. The rough was very thick and made finding shots not in the short stuff a challenge. The traps were great around the greens – I did notice a few fairway traps that were a bit shaggy around the edges. The greens were rolling pretty fast and were not holding all good approach shots real well. Most of the greens are very large and extremely sloped with a few different levels on some holes – made for a fun round of putt putt golf! I loved the views of the Bay from the course and the overall conditions! This is surely a course that a couple of rounds would make a good difference for scoring and shot selection. The rates are very reasonable for the course and worth the short drive from the south or the Bay Area. I recommend Black Horse to those that enjoy a well maintained course with great views at a fair rate!!

Worth the Green Fee 2017

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Posted on January 21, 2018November 16, 2019 by Vic Flores

Quail Lodge Golf Club Awarded Best Playing Conditions 2017 Central California

Best Playing Conditions 2017 Quail Lodge & Golf Club - Central California

Greenskeeper.Org Awards Quail Lodge Golf Club – Central California’s Best Playing Conditions 2017

Congratulations to Quail Lodge Golf Club for winning Best Playing Conditions 2017 for Central California.

Not to be confused with “Worth the Green Fee,” “Best Playing Conditions” is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users at providing consistently the best greens, fairways, rough, tee boxes and bunkers around.

The job of the superintendent is the life blood of the golf course industry and most important contributing factor to enjoying a golf experience. It takes enormous dedication, resources and expertise by a superintendent and their staff to provide excellent turf conditions. A golf course is a living, breathing organism whose health is constantly in flux. Greenskeeper.org’s trademark and creed, “Know Before You Go”®, centers on communicating these current playing conditions. The rating system used on Greenskeeper.org is in part created by superintendents.

How Awards Winners Are Determined

Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 70,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.

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Quail Lodge & Golf Club Carmel, CA. Hole 1

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Quail Lodge & Golf Club Carmel CA. Hole 7 view of green complex

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#Recent Golf Course Review

ecjaye949
Posted: 07/04/17 5:07p
Member Since: Mar 31, 2009
From: Mission Viejo, CA

Played 6/29 @ 810 am as a 2 some. POP 4 hrs, there was nobody out there (semi-private).

All grass range, no fee for balls. You could beat balls all day long. Nice short game area and putting green, did I say they were in perfect condition? By far the best conditioned course I’ve ever played, from tee box to fairways to greens 9.5/10. Greens were absolutely perfect , I mean perfect. Every put would roll so pure. If you did miss, it was all on you. Felt bad taken divots from the fairways they were that good. One thing you need is a laser range finder, all they have is 100, 150, 200 markers , that’s it.

Had a stay and play package with 2 free rounds of golf, great deal. Played Pebble later that day, great warm up course and in way better condition.

Best Playing Conditions 2017

Click HERE for our cornerstone article presenting Awards to the Best Playing Conditions 2017.

Posted on January 25, 2017November 16, 2019 by Vic Flores

Winner #2016 @QuailLodgeCA #Golf #BestPlayingConditions #CentralCalifornia

Congratulations to Quail Lodge & Golf Club for 2016 Winner Best Playing Conditions for Central California.

Congratulations to all the great golf courses out there that won Best Playing Conditions for their Region. Haven’t thought of playing there? Consider this a wake up call and give their golf course a try.

Quail Lodge & Golf Club 2016 Winner Best Playing Conditions for Central California

This year we have expanded our awards to 11 regions! @GreenskeeperOrg Winner #2016 @QuailLodgeCA #Golf #BestPlayingConditions #CentralCalifornia #Breaking

We’ve waited all year for the results , and the results are in. Greenskeeper.org proudly presents it’s Best Playing Conditions Awards for 2016.

Not to be confused with our other award “Worth the Green Fee,” “Best Playing Conditions” is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users. These golf courses distinguish themselves by providing consistent, exceptional playing conditions.

The job of the superintendent is the life blood of the golf course industry and most important contributing factor to enjoying a golf experience. A golf course is a living, breathing organism whose health is constantly in flux. It takes enormous dedication, resources and expertise by a superintendent and their staff to provide excellent turf conditions.

Greenskeeper.org’s registered trademark and creed, “Know Before You Go”®, centers on communicating these current playing conditions. The rating system used on Greenskeeper.org is in part created by superintendents. Greenskeeper.org views it’s Best Playing Conditions Awards as it’s highest honors.

Want to treat yourself to some choice conditions? Want and experience you can remember? Consider playing at one of these great golf courses in your area.

Click HERE for our previous article: “Best Playing Conditions for 2016.”

Quail Lodge & Golf Club

BGarcelon
Posted: 12/09/16 8:55a
Member Since: May 15, 2015
From: Walnut Creek

Played Quail Lodge 12/4/16 along with fellow GK Guru Krajon01 as part of the GK Review Guru outing. Quail Lodge is beautiful, 18 hole golf course nestled in the Carmel Valley, about 10 minutes from Pebble Beach and 17 Mile Drive.

The course is perfectly tucked into the canyon between the Santa Lucia Preserve to the west and, and Carmel Highlands to the east. The course wraps around an established development of homes on the front and back side along with the lodge residences, with the Carmel River snaking around sections of the course.

The course plays at 6400+ from the tips, and is a mix of challenging par 3’s, narrow par 4’s and doglegged par 5’s.

The course is on par with what you would expect when it comes to playing in the Monterey Peninsula. Fairways, greens, bunker complex’s, and overall playing surface are exquisite, and as good or close to the Pebble Beach Company Courses.

To me, the signature of of this course is the small postage stamp greens which are firm, fast, pure, and true. These greens rival championship courses frequented by the PGA Tour.

Another feature that stands out to me is the bunker complex’s which were fair, yet provided a challenge with their depth and size throughout the course.

I enjoyed the course as a whole, from check-in to finish. The starter, cart attendants, and pro shop staff are welcoming, and very informative.

While technically a resort course with private membership, guests do not need to stay at the lodge to play.

The course is affordable, fun, fair and challenging. I cant wait to go back and play it again.

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Quail Lodge & Golf Club Carmel California Hole 3

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Krajan01
Posted: 12/07/16 8:13p
Member Since: Oct 30, 2016
From: Walnut Creek, CA

Really beautiful course on the sunny side of the Carmel area. The course was in absolutely beautiful shape. Very neat contours inside of the Carmel Valley canyons with great views. The course was narrow and quite demanding off the tee. The fairways of poa annua grass were absolutely immaculate. If you hit it in the fairway you were guaranteed an outstanding lie. And the greens, as you’ll often see in the Monterey area, we’re very small and guarded by difficult and deep bunkers. But they rolled beautifully.

This was another really great experience of golf in the Monterey area. And the pace of play was so fast it allowed for some touring of that gorgeous part of the state after the round is over. If you’re going to go to Monterey and play a few rounds add this to your list.

Why Did We Expand the Regions?

It’s simple. Greenskeeper.org has been growing. We expanded the number of regions because golfers like you have reported about golf course conditions of the golf courses you play. In short golfers come to us if they want informative, relevant golf course reviews and it’s all due to your, our GK Community’s, diligence. You let us know your experiences and well if we hear about it everyone else does too.

Why so Many Regions?

Golf is an experience and every experience is unique. Different golf courses offer different experiences. What we look for in golf course reviews offers a little insight into every golf course we play. Not just one point of view but many, and by providing many different points of view you get a clearer picture of what each golf course has to offer. To that end we felt it necessary to provide regions with their own highlighted golf course. Local players can enjoy the fact there is a great facility they can play just around their corner. Golfers looking to experience new golf courses can play these and experience first-hand these unique golf experiences. Put simply, we allow not just your high-end. daily fee courses to shine but the local municipal as well. They all deserve a fair shot and they all deserve to shine.

Look for additional Golf Course highlights from our Best Playing Conditions for 2016.

Posted on January 23, 2017November 16, 2019 by Vic Flores

Winner #2016 @PacificGroveGC #Golf #WorththeGreenFee #CentralCalifornia

Congratulations to Pacific Grove Golf Links in Pacific Grove, California 2016 Winner Worth the Green Fee for Central California.

Congratulations to all the great golf courses out there that won Worth the Green Fee for their Region. Haven’t thought of playing there? Consider this a wake up call and give their golf course a try.

Pacific Grove Golf Links 2016 Winner Worth the Green Fee for Central California

This year we expanded our awards to 11 regions! @GreenskeeperOrg Winner #2016 @PacificGroveGC #Golf #WorththeGreenFee #CentralCalifornia #Breaking

We’ve waited all year for the results, and the results are finally in. Greenskeeper.org proudly presents it’s 2016 Worth the Green Fee Awards for Central California.

Let’s face it, golf can be expensive. But it doesn’t have to be. All you have to know is where to play to get your best value and that’s something Greenskeeper.org excels. In addition to helping golfers decide where to play their next round of golf based on reviews, ratings, and maintenance alerts, we’ve recently introduced our GK Coupons service to extend their deals directly to our avid golfers. Our GK Coupons program has been received very well by both Golf Course Operator and Golfer.

Click HERE for our previous article: “Worth the Green Fee for 2016.”

Pacific Grove Golf Links

3-4bravo
Posted: 09/12/16 7:45a
Member Since: Aug 9, 2016
From: Bakersfield, CA

Played on 9/10 with a foursome. Tee time was 7:30am, but we didn’t go off until 7:40. We thought we were in for a long round, but after the first two par 3s everything just opened up. Finished just under 5 hours, which isn’t bad considering 2 of the guys I played with aren’t very good golfers.

Fairways were in great shape, as were the greens and tee boxes. Rough had thick parts and then thin parts, but overall was good, especially around the greens. Was never in a bunker, but the sand dunes on the back nine had that fine beach sand. The front played away from the ocean and more in some houses, and the back played literally on hwy 1 and the beach. On a clear day I’m sure the views are awesome. Overall the course is very short and pretty straightforward, but fun nonetheless. Call ahead when you’re on 8 and order a breakfast burrito from the restaurant. You won’t be disappointed.

This was my first time playing golf on the peninsula, but I feel that PG will be on my list for my next visit.

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Pacific Grove Golf Links Pacific Grove California.

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Pacific Grove Golf Links Pacific Grove California. View of Hole 16 & 17

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Pacific Grove Golf Links Pacific Grove California. Hole 12

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CenCalGolfer33
Posted: 05/01/16 10:11p
Member Since: Apr 27, 2010
From: Fresno

I plays this course about a week ago from when I am writing this review.

This course is one of my favorite courses I have played! I won’t go into a hole by hole description like I typically do with most of my reviews, since I’ve only played this course once and the others numerous times.

The front 9 runs through the trees and neighborhood, and has a lot of elevation changes, and opens with two Par 3s, which is interesting, then two Par 4s and then two Par 5s and then two more Par 4s and then a long Par 3. The front 9 is tree lined, like I said earlier, and there is quite a few blind shots, knowing this course can help out a bit. But the front 9 was very fun. This course isn’t that long, so for longer hitters it can be really fun to hit a lot of wedges into greens. The greens were great! Ran true all day, not really any ball marks and they said they weren’t going to punch this Spring, which worried me but they were great!

The back 9 is the bread and butter of this course, and is where they get the name, Poor Man’s Pebble Beach. The firsr hole is a short Par 3, but then the rest of the back is nearly on the ocean. We picked the most picture perfect day you could play. Slight breeze and not a cloud in the sky. The hardest part of this side of the course was the dunes, and the blind shots you have to hit, again course knowledge is important but I noticed myself trying to see what was coming up next before I played a hole, since these holes run all next to one another.

For the price, this course was practically a steal!!! A round, a cart, and range balls, were 75 bucks. The Pro Shop attendant was super friendly! Was just a great all around day of golf! 75 bucks compared to 500+ I’ll take the lesser and play more! Even though Pebble is still in the works!

Why Did We Expand the Regions?

It’s simple. Greenskeeper.org has been growing. We expanded the number of regions because golfers like you have reported about golf course conditions in more places you play. In short golfers come to us if they want informative, relevant golf course reviews and it’s all due to your, our GK Community’s, diligence. You let us know your experiences and well if we hear about it everyone else does too.

Why so Many Regions?

Look for additional Golf Course highlights from our Worth the Green Fee for 2016.