Shadow Lakes Club
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About
Shadow Lakes Golf Club sprawls across rolling hills with Mount Diablo looming in the background. Dramatic elevation changes characterize the course, providing both challenges and scenic views of the East Bay Area. The undulations of the terrain range from subtle to dramatic and helped to determine the strategic placement of the sharply sculpted bunkers, of which there are many. The design of the golf course blends seamlessly with the existing landscape with swaths of native grasses outlining each hole and natural rocky outcroppings coming into play throughout. The course incorporates links-style characteristics as well as a variety of different challenges including water hazards and deep rough. One particularly memorable water hole is the par-4 16th. This is Shadow Lakes Golf Club's signature hole that features an island green that slopes in front, back into the water.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 35 | 3211 yards | 35.1 | 126 |
| Blue (W) | 35 | 3211 yards | 38.0 | 135 |
| Combo | 35 | 3103 yards | 34.5 | 124 |
| Combo (W) | 35 | 3103 yards | 37.4 | 132 |
| White | 35 | 3015 yards | 34.1 | 123 |
| White (W) | 35 | 3015 yards | 37.0 | 130 |
| Silver | 35 | 2831 yards | 33.2 | 117 |
| Silver (W) | 35 | 2831 yards | 35.9 | 126 |
| Red | 35 | 2539 yards | 31.8 | 109 |
| Red (W) | 35 | 2539 yards | 33.9 | 123 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 71.2/131 W: 76.9/137 | 339 | 537 | 360 | 195 | 432 | 553 | 158 | 395 | 445 | 3414 | 6605 |
| Combo M: 70.6/130 W: 75.6/134 | 339 | 517 | 345 | 177 | 423 | 523 | 158 | 395 | 427 | 3304 | 6409 |
| White M: 70.0/127 W: 74.8/130 | 317 | 517 | 345 | 177 | 423 | 523 | 148 | 358 | 427 | 3235 | 6267 |
| Silver M: 67.7/124 W: 72.8/128 | 303 | 492 | 333 | 160 | 396 | 514 | 135 | 350 | 403 | 3086 | 5947 |
| Red M: 64.7/119 W: 68.9/123 | 265 | 467 | 313 | 141 | 369 | 448 | 118 | 332 | 354 | 2807 | 5299 |
| Handicap | 11 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 | ||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
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Not taken care of
Once a beautiful course nice lay out good views.
Played yesterday fair ways are painted. Like playing in concrete. No drink cart. Limited club house. For $72 green fees not worth it I could see $30 for a course they don’t maintain. Disappointed use to love the course. Was happy when reopened. Now may never play again.
Glad to have Shadow Lakes back!
I always liked Shadow Lakes and was disappointed when it closed a few years ago. Having it back has been great. It's obvious the staff is working hard to bring it fully up to snuff. (Greens are slick and bunkers are already in good shape.) In the meantime, I've recently enjoyed three early morning rounds during weekdays and been able to breeze around the course. I kind of hope it takes a while for everyone else to figure out it's open. Really enjoying it.
Don't play on the Weekends
Great to see this course back up and running, the quirky layout is fun to tackle now ans then.
The course is growing into itself and greens are coming around, with the new greens (new 9 holes opened) basically perfect, and older ones just average.
The main issue is 9 minute tee times, clubs keep doing this and thinking it helps, it doesn't. They lost 20 people coming back because it was so slow. This paired with new golfers thinking they shoumd wait for the furthest player from the flag every time, and taking forever to play even a basic chip or outt, no Marshall (even though they said one was out there), a server who tried to make us feel like 5.30 hour round is normal on a Sunday, or just general lack of any flow during the entire round.
The course has a great chance to keep all golfers coming back, but it doesn't come with 9 minute tee times and lack of Marshall's.
Won't be playing a weekend again.
Beautiful !
I played this course back about 10 years ago and had a fantastic time on it. Unfortunately, it closed for a while, and I truly missed having it around.
Thankfully, the course is open again! I noticed some changes, but they're much nicer improvements. However, during my recent Sunday visit at 11:15 AM, it took nearly 6 hours to complete the round due to a tournament ahead of us. Despite the long wait, the course itself is so enjoyable that I couldn't complain. I'll definitely be back for another round soon!
Course is in good shape .
Greens a little slow since plug& sanding
Even with new signs on carts
Rounds are still 4:50 for 18
Course desperately needs marshals
To enforce pace of play.
Really only complaint is pace of play
Fairways are dry and fast. Greens will be great once they heal from aeration. Fun course to play for even higher handicaps.
Bad day
Greens being watered right at start of play, staff watering greens during play, had to stop play and wait for watering to stop so I could putt,wish I was warned about this before I booked 👎
Unannounced plugged and sanded greens
Be warned greens have been heavily sanded and still charging full rate
Course drains well. Great roll on the fairways even with all the rain.. Greens and bunkers in good shape too!
Needs maintenance
Nice and challenging layout but poorly maintained greens and frairways.
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