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Conditions
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Value
4.1
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.4
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6302 yards
Slope 137
Rating 71.1

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 09/2019.

Nestled at the base of Mount Diablo, Deer Ridge Golf Club wanders through rolling, oak-dappled hills. The course has several challenging holes but the hazards are balanced by more player-friendly elements like wide, forgiving fairways and generous greens. There is also plenty of room off the tees and at just over 6,300 yards it is a manageable length as well. Though it is gentle enough for beginners, the thoughtful routing and hilly terrain keep it interesting for low handicappers. Deer Ridge Golf Club's front nine is more open and slightly less difficult, but the back nine gets a little trickier with more trees and more dramatic elevation changes coming into play. The terrain gives each hole a unique character and different challenges. The wind can also be a major factor. Good course management will be well rewarded.

Course Details

Year Built 2004
Fairways Winter Rye
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Andy Raugust

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared or golf type shirts required; No blue jeans, no cut-offs; Ladies appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.8
475 Reviews (475)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 26
Watching the Game 11
Patio Dining 9
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 45
Elevation Changes 42
Undulating Greens 31
This course/club is great for:
Locals 56
Seniors 28
Advanced Golfers 20
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 37
Worth the Drive 29
Convenient to the City 25

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Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Fairways and Greens were rough

Most of the fairways played like intermediate rough. Not a lot of mowing had occurred recently. #10 especially was in poor condition. 4"-6" weeds made up the fairway.

All of the bunkers were soaking wet and lacking sand.

The greens appear to be diseased. In the past the Deer Ridge greens have been immaculate. Fast and true rolling. They were anything but that.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/11/2019

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Deer Ridge Golf Club. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Deer Ridge Golf Course

Played using hot deal which made the fee very affordable. Played from the white tees. Tee boxes, fairways and greens are in good condition with greens plaing true. Several bunkers are hard n barely playable. Rough are cut just enough to punish errant shots, but not cut too high to make them unplayable. But don’t go into the tall weeds as ball be likely be lost. Will surely be playing this course more.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/11/2019

Hi Arispacheco. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back!

Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/11/2019

Hi, Arturo9902557. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Deer Ridge Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you at the course soon for another 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Friday golf

Pace was great completed in 3 hrs. Company was fun and weather was good.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 06/03/2019

Arturo9902557, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Deer Ridge Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course layout

Course is well laid out with nice fairways and greens.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/11/2019

Thank you for taking the time to review us. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Deer Ridge Golf Club thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/30/2019

Thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Better than expected

I heard that the course was in poor shape. It was actually pretty decent. There were parts of the fairways that were patchy or uncut but, overall, the course was in pretty good shape.

The bunkers were fine. The greens were on the slow side.

The biggest problem were fivesomes that were allowed out which slowed up play.

All in all, not bad and we'll return. It turned out to be a pretty fun day.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/30/2019

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

A Nice Place to Play

You will not find a golf course maintained as well as this one for the price. Excellent value and a great Sunday Morning excursion.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Eh, not what I expected

No markings to let you know which hole you’re on. And no food or bar on the day I played. And no drink cart.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/16/2019

Hello, thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/07/2019

Hello, thanks for the 5-star review! We appreciate the feedback about your round and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/03/2019

Thanks for the great review! We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round with us and hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/03/2019

Hello, bridgestone12. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Even after 6

I had a fun day no problems except my game but it was my fault course is great people are great I was even after six and I was 11 over after nine

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Staff friendliness

very friendly and experienced staff; nicely cut fairways and greens. Highly recommend to everyone!.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Friendly Enough Staff, Not well managed

I honestly hate to be negative in a review but sometimes negative feedback can help management know where to make some changes so hopefully this is not taken as mean spirited because that is not my intent. The greens were hot or miss, understand they need to be aerated but some of the greens were just patchy bumpy. All of the bathrooms were locked on the course. The snack shop/grill was closed when we came around the turn around 9am. Some areas that should have been cut back were left to grow and weeds were a bit out of control. Mind you if this was a 35 dollar course, I wouldn’t have much to complain about. But for 50 bucks I expect a little better. Still, 50 on a Saturday morning would be a decent price if the greens were in better shape, bathrooms were open, and I could order a breakfast sandwich and a Bloody Mary at the turn. Again, staff was polite so always appreciate that. This course can be better but until word gets around that it’s back on track, gotta move this course down the list a bit.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 04/23/2019

Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us your feedback. We're sorry to hear about your poor experience with us - these are not the expectations we strive for a Deer Ridge. We have made note of your feedback and have forwarded it over to our management team for improvements in the future. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge and we hope you reconsider returning for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointed

Deer Ridge is in great shape. The greens are rolling pretty good. You can make putts with a good stroke.

Deer Ridge management is very generous letting the golf teams from the local high schools to play matches and play on weekends at a reduced price.

We played this past weekend and wanted to play more. There was no one out playing in the afternoon so we wanted to play more. Replay rate was a little high. We asked for a break since we payed full price earlier.

The person in the clubhouse would not budge so we left and played alone Tree for less than the replay rate.

They had not players. Not sure why they let us walk?

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/25/2019

Thanks for the great review! Book another round with us soon.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 04/09/2019

Hello, thanks for the great review! We hope to see you again for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Previously Played

This course has gone downhill

The pace of play is ridiculous. This has happened on numerous occasions. Almost 2hrs to play 6 holes on a weekday. Greens aren’t good but not horrible. Fairways are manageable but not great. But the pace of play is just outright ridiculous

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 03/22/2019

Hello, thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the delay of play during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next round. We are glad to see you rated the course conditions and value to be great during your round. We will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing and we hope you reconsider returning for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens are very good, as compare to the rest of Antioch and Brentwood courses..

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 03/18/2019

Thanks for the great review! Book another round with us soon.

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always like to play golf here; very friendly staff; super great price; nice golf course!.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/15/2019

Thanks for the great review, James! We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round with us and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing Deer Ridge GC!

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