Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Club

This place remembers me even though I don’t remember it .
Price is average for the ½ cart. Holes weren’t too tiring to walk through. I liked the scenery. Then again, I could be biased. Looking at Levi’s is making me antsy for the season to start. Too bad, that’s all there is to look forward to.
As far as the course goes, it played rather well. The balls didn’t mysteriously disappear in the fairway. The only drawback was waiting on the foursome ahead of us. Then again, I pegged a ball close by to let them know to hurry up. Did not see them at the back 9 at all.

Beat down course and itwill be closed in coming years. Only amusing part of playing here is the 9ers sradium being right next to it. Driving range is its best feature, course is long and boring. 6 hours is what you should expect for 18 holes on the weekend and thats too long for me.

Not a bad course but a very short one. There were a few par 4s where I was hitting a 6 or 7 iron off the tee because they were just a shade over 300 yards. The par 3s, on the other hand, were pretty tough compared to the courses around the area (Shoreline and Sunnyvale). From the gold tees, one played 200 with the pin back so it was closer to 215. On another one, was 190 because the pin was back as well. Lots of dog legs to the right so if you fade or slice the ball, you’d be golden here. Some are 90 degree dog legs where you can easily drive it through the the fairway. A very forgiving course and probably good for beginners.

Very very slow play. They over book this course and it took us 4 hours to play 9 holes. There is no Marshall to keep the pace but even if there was, you would still wait. The price was OK if you booked from GolfNow but it’s not worth the regular price you would pay as a walk in. Course is decent for the drought but there are better courses out there for a better price without the wait. Avoid this course unless you have all day and night to finish 18 holes.

Decent course, for money, played on a Monday for $ 30. Fairways are a little hard and dry, probably due to the drought. Good for beginners, a little difficult to navigate course if you never been before, no visual course lay outs.

Overpriced, slow play

I played on this course for first time ever on 5÷3÷15. This would be my last time for sure. This is a terrible golf course with sub par fairways. Very poorly maintained and you seldom find markers to guide. It feels like you are hitting the ball in a public park. Ground is rock hard and very unforgiving. There are no marshals to be found to regulate the play. People are showing up from left and right. Price is totally unreasonable for the quality of golf you would experience here.

poor fairways and tee boxes. pace of play was slow. the greens however were in good shape. Not sure what they charge on the weekend or pre twilight. Good deal for afternoon golf except on Fridays when its busy regardless. 2.5 hour for 9. But for 20 after 330 I guess its ok. I probably wont play again unless its in the afternoon on a Monday or Tuesday.

First time at SCGC last Friday, had an awesome time. The staff was great. The greens are kept in good shape. Amazingly the fairways are in good shape for being 49ers parking lot as well.

This place is without question the worst customer experiences golf course in San Jose or the South-​bay. On game day, the course is used as a car park for the new stadium. This course has gone to trash and no one there staff wise cares at all. That’s cool, Sunnyvale is down the road

I’ve been golfing this course for a long time. My foursome and I like it very much. As a Santa Clara resident, you just can’t beat the price for this golf course. And as of lately, the staff has been absolutely wonderful. Very helpful and even fun at times. What ever management is doing, it is working. Keep it up Jeff West!
Pace of play can be slow at times, then it opens up around the 5^th hole and all is good! Is it true that «they» are thinking of demolishing Santa Clara Golf and Tennis to build a «Santana Row» type of environment? If so, this is very sad news. What can be done to stop this? I love this course and want it to be in Santa Clara forever.

I’ve come here for golf lessons through the Santa Clara Recreation. Really enjoyed the classes and the instructors. Only used their driving range and putting green, but I like the open air feel.

this place is where all my league tennis matches take place.
they do not take care of the courts very well. often times, there are a few broken lights when you play at night. last night i played a match on the far court, and the net was completely broken. there were holes in it, and the middle belt that ties the net down was unattached and broken.
totally ghetto!

I have REALLY low expectations and it doesn’t take a lot to impress me at any restaurant… with that said.
I came here for a private party and it was really nice, we had a private area with tv’s for playing music and displaying photos, with bar access and a buffet with a nice variety of items.
My only issue was that I went to the restroom and there was a cockroach in the hallway, next to the kitchen. I was with a friend who knows me and my likelihood to throw a tantrum, so I didn’t. I went and told a server who I am pretty sure just ignored the whole thing.
The event in itself was nice, this was just disgusting in my opinion.

Played today. Tee off at 10am.
I haven’t played in years. So I showed up early to warm up. Plus I was waiting for my brother to get there. Small bucket cost $ 5. Not bad. Because the course was not busy, they allowed us to tee off when we where ready. That was a plus.
I saw a few reviews that complained about the car (not cart) paths. Not once do they come into play. Unless your not good.
Fairways were in good shape. If you haven’t played here. Look at the score card to see how the hole is played. Example: (playing middle tee’s) I hit a driver on 12 that ended up at the 13^th green?!? Didn’t realize it was that short of a dog leg. Luckily cleared the trees on approach to save par.
Greens were impressive to approach. If you have decent back spin, attack the green, it will stick. I bladed an 8 iron that stuck when it hit, thankfully. My brother who is very good, was sucking the ball 4−6ft back when landing. Putting was tricky. Need to read carefully. Surface looked rough but was smooth to put on. We both thought the greens were decent in speed.
Tee boxes: not good. Too many were slanted. Either the ball was higher then your feet or the front was higher then the rear. Surprisingly the grass was in excellent shape, even on the par 3s.
This is a good all around place. Staff was great. Facilities too. The course makes you think about what to do before hitting.

Parking Lot Golf. They recently added roadways through the course to allow it to be used as a parking lot for 49ers games in the new stadium next year (Yes, I’m serious.). Because the course has been closed to add the roads, the greens were in better than normal condition. They were soft and slow, but not as beaten up as normal. Unfortunately, this is probably the best it will ever be. Once the parking starts, this place will die quickly.
Even with this ridiculous parking situation, it would still be an option given the lack of good local alternatives. However, the pace of play here makes it unbearable. Stuck behind several groups of clueless golfers for 5.5 hours is not my idea of a good time.

Upkeep 3
Greens 2 (slow)
Pace 3
Hitting stalls 4. (newer mats)
Get out early if you can. Long round if you don’t. Lot of regulars.

This place is a 4.0 star affair in regards to the RANGE only. They were an easy walk from the Hyatt Regency next door. We didn’t play the course but came for some practice swings only after our convention next door at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
The grass is burned out from the hotter than average summer. I’m not a huge fan of the hilly driving range style as its much easier to calculate distance in a flatter range. Regardless, they were friendly enough, had a fair amount of loaner clubs for non-​locals and the price was fair.

Rate of play is a POTA here for sure, 5 hours to play, tee’d off at 3:30, finished at 8:20, and we stopped for beers at one point at the clubhouse and still caught up to the guys in front of us (yes, no cart girl here).
Overall, decent course. Greens and tee boxes seem well maintained, didn’t see anything terrible on the course, lots of dog legs but very forgiving shortcuts. Nice place to rip out the driver. Prices were great for twilight (around $ 44 per person w/​cart after 3pm).

This review is for the tennis courts, which I have been playing at for the last 3 years for a recreational tennis league I participate in. Some criticisms I have are:
1) It can get extremely windy here which can really affect court play
2) Some of the courts are uneven and have large, long, raised cracks
3) Some of the lights on the courts aren’t working, which significantly lowers visibility
4) Sometimes it can smell pretty bad here, like sewage or garbage
The last time I rented court time myself was over a year ago, and the rates were $ 8/​hr. Since then I’ve found much better courts to play at in the South Bay, some of which are free and without long wait times.

Playing speed can be a pain here. At times, it takes more than 5 hours to finish a game due to extremely slow paced players. I actually had to quit playing after 3 holes as it took us more than 1hour to get it to 3^rd hole.
Overall the course is maintained ok, greens and bunkers are in good shape.
Cheap rates and it is convienent due to its location since it is close to workplace.
nice driving ranch and good food in it clubhouse (David’s)
No drink cart going around the course and that’s sucks !!

I use to be a resident and now try to get back and come back play to see the progress of the new stadium and I was sad to say that the last outing will be the last unless something is done. For a course that charges $ 50+ the fairway had large patches that the area was dead or gone altogether. This used to be decent but now has gone into the stage of disrepair the greens have never been great but good for a muni and now they have seen better days
its always been slow and the club members aren’t a good example they play at 5+ HOUR rounds and should be looked at by the ncga since they truely are anti fast play
sad to see you out of my roatation of courses to play