Spring Valley Golf Course

It was a perfect day for golfing, every slot of tee time was filled. Pace was a bit slow, but it was a good round of golf.

Really enjoyable golf course.
Course is on a plateau up in the hills above San Jose with gorgeous views. Fairways and greens in very good shape with some challenging slopes. Pace of play is a little on the slow side but that seems to be the case on most courses these days.

A delightful course in very nice condition with some deceptively interesting greens. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the views of the surrounding hills. Pace of play was a bit slow - four and a half hours - which averages out at 15 minutes per hole, but that seems to be a feature of golf these days particularly with foursomes.

Sunday afternoon and the weather was somewhat nice when I started, but progressively got colder and it was not fun when each hole is stacked up by two to three groups. The pace was extremely SLOW. After 4 hours on my feet, I had to call it a day as the last three holes was going to take another hour and 15 minutes (at least!). I will only play this course if I can get either the first or second tee time in the morning.

They pace teams every 7-8 minutes and this results in a backed up course. Not acceptable.

If it wasn’t for that, it is such a nice course…

The course itself is well-designed and fun to play—great distance for residents of the Bay Area. The wide fairway gives great forgiveness. However, the management is a little sloppy. Reserved tee time is not enforced, so people can start early if they arrive early. The pace of play is not ideal since there is no course marshal. The group in front of me kept taking Mulligan and playing super slowly. The worst thing was that the group behind me had extremely poor golf etiquette. They teed off while my group was still on the fairway a couple of times. The closest two golf balls landed within 10 yards of where I was standing on the fairway. I would encourage the course management to teach some basic golf etiquette before people start playing to ensure a safe golf environment.

There was no cart when we checked in. A bunch of people were waiting for carts.
One hour to finish first two holes. No marshals on duty. Not recommended.

I would really recommend playing this course during the week. Took 5 1/2 hrs to play 18 holes……
The facilities are great and employees were very friendly.

Staff was excellent . Handled a 1-1/2 frost delay very well.
Course design is well and overall layout is nice.
Thanks Spring valley Staff.