Las Positas Golf Course

Stopped in for a pleasant morning with my friend. The pro shop was rude and overall unpleasant… The course was decent. The sprinklers will spray on you while you’re driving if they happen to be turned on. Will probably come back.

All of the staff are stellar. The course isn’t the easiest out there which keeps me coming back. Great Tri-​Valley municipal. The beautiful girls in the snack carts are a refreshing distraction from my bad golf game. The prices are great. The only reason I didn’t give the course five stars is because I love looking at the airplanes taking off which distracts from me from my bad play and the back nine noise from the freeway, but the the freeway noise is just two holes.

Las Positas is a golf course that deserves 4 stars but only with the understanding that 5 stars should be in the caliber of Pebble Beach or Pine Valley. 5 stars should only be enjoyed by those who are willing to pay for it. That being said, Las Positas is as good as it gets for the rest of us.
1)Golf
The executive course provides beginners an opportunity to learn their craft in a surrounding which is encouraging and fun. A well maintained 9 holer for the beginner, novice or pro which serves its purpose, to prepare those for the beast that is adjacent to it.
The championship course is brutal. To the weekend golfer who breaks 90, consider yourself the lucky few or perhaps you missed a putt or 5 on your scorecard. Some of the holes were redesigned, so the course features a mixture of difficulty, ranging from fun to maddening. The greens are fast, deceptive and yield three putts that make men cry and drink. The course is well maintained, divots are dressed as if by magic considering its a public course. Still, each golfer should be responsible in repairing and replacing their divots. But, you know, that’s not
reality.
The practice facility is perfect. The range has grass tees and is tee box quality and features flagged targets. There is also a nice chipping area with a well undulated putting green. Spending an hour a week would be smart if you wish to take on the beast.
2)Restaurant
People who don’t play golf come here to drink beer, watch sports on the dozen or so flat screens and enjoy the usual, but high quality food. Breakfasts, sandwiches and salads are reasonably priced and is considered comfort fare. Did I mention beer? Yes, i did. Good beer is what you should expect and thats exactly what you can get. In short, if you don’t like the restaurant its your fault.
3)Staff
The staff is attentive, courteous and friendly. Without staff of this caliber, people would no longer come here and the place would turn to garbage. They are in the background and supportive so its patrons can enjoy food, beer, wedding receptions and golf.

Greens are usually in pretty good shape and a nice walk for the weekend warrior. I did not care for the staff in the past, always felt as if they thought they were doing me a favor, but in the pass few month the staff has been great, very friendly and good peeps. Nice big putting green with plenty of break to practice those fast downhill knee knockers. Range is a couple steps away but both mat and green hitting areas. It’s a complete setup. I’m a fan!

Las Positas golf course is normally one of my favorite spots to play golf in the East Bay. The course is walkable, has some challenges, and is an all around fun course for the reasonable price. That being said my normal group played yesterday 01÷24÷16. There was no rain during our round but it did rain the day before. The course was pretty much unplayable because of all the mud and standing water. Normally when we play during the winter storms it’s typical to get some water and mud especially in the rough. But a day after rain there wasn’t a dry spot even on the fairways. We were all soaked and uncomfortable after the first hole. There were a couple spots off the fairway where there were deep holes of mud and water that may be a safety concern. We had to quit playing after the 9^th hole because we were all muddy and wet despite having our waterproofs on.
Like I said I normally love playing this course. I would just advise caution when playing here after a day of rain because it might be pretty wet/​muddy and dangerous. It would have been great if the attendants at the pro shop offered us ½ off or credit for another round or even warned us of the conditions as it wasn’t really playable. This is just a warning to my fellow golfers since we are expecting a lot of rain this season.

I got married here last Spring. The price was AMAZING so we couldn’t say no. This place isn’t typically used for weddings, more so banquets. The food was really good but please make sure you have a strong bridal team to take care of everything else.
Jenny was VERY accommodating which was great for me because I knew how I wanted everything arranged. Don’t expect her to be a wedding organizer– leave that to your bridesmaids. She scheduled herself another meeting during our rehearsal and was offended when one of my bridesmaids wanted to take over organizing it because she was having us all walk out in the wrong order. The day of the wedding my bridesmaids went to decorate but none of the tables were set up and the chairs for our ceremony were left out overnight and were wet and had bird poop on them. My husband actually went that morning to help clean up… on the day of his wedding.
The room can fit 130 maximum but I would NOT recommend it, its a tight squeeze and was hard for me to navigate between tables in my ballgown.
Half way through the wedding my husband realized that the cases of champagne we brought to be served were not out so he and the best man had to go into the walk in fridge to find it themselves because one of the servers couldn’t locate it.
I give this place 4 stars because it worked with that we wanted, it was cheap and we were able to utilize the grounds however we wanted which I really appreciated. It was pretty, clean, and the food was good.

Young guys in the Pro Shop rude to senior golfers on more than one occasion. Since the course also is less successful in their fairway care during the drought than most others nearby, there are better places to go.

After passing by this course many times on our family’s trips to SoCal (via 580 to the 5), I decided to give this course a go this past weekend. This is a nice muni course situated right next to the Livermore/​Pleasanton Airport.
Pro’s:
· Customer service and really good value-​the clubhouse staff is friendly and accommodating. I was immediately able to walk on at 07:00am on a Saturday (can’t beat $ 48 on a weekend)
· Layout-​The course layout is very challenging. I played from the Blue tee’s (slope rating 132) and it was tough. The Par 5’s are long and are dog legs, especially on #18, and on most holes, there are lots of hazards and bunkers to navigate around.
· Greens-​The greens were in amazing shape. There were a little soft, but playing at 7am you should expect that, but they rolled fast and relatively true.
· Fairways– What makes this course challenging is the trees and occasional bunkers that line the fairways. If your able to keep the ball in the fairway, or at least within reach, your good shape. The good amount of fairways, especially on front 9, that were in bad condition. There were some fairways, i.e. 5^th hole fairway, that had a lot of sections marked off as «ground under repair». It almost felt like you had to negotiate around a mine field, but Livermore is part of the valley and some fairways are just victims valley heat and drought.
Con’s:
· Unfortunately, the fairway conditions were a bit of a negative in my book. Over the last couple of months, I have played at golf courses in both Bay and Sacramento/​Foothill areas, and have pleasantly surprised at how well those golf courses have responded to the drought conditions, except for most of the fairways at this course. Although the fairways were bit of a negative, not a real game changer cause the course is still challenging.
Overall, really enjoyed the course and will definitely play this course again.

I recently went to Las Positas for a round of golf, and I wasn’t dissapointed. Probably my favorite golf course in the area, it is a challenging and fun course for the experienced and beginner alike. The people at the store were extremely nice, and the game was fantastic. The only thing that I really didn’t enjoy, and the only reason why I have given this place a 4 out of 5 rather than a 5 out of 5, is the amount of wildlife that was on the course. On hole 3, I kid you not the entire fairway was covered in geese, squirrels, and other types of birds. I managed to hit 2 birds on my tee shot, and it made me feel really bad to be honest. Other than that I had a great experience and I definitely recommend this place.

Review is for footgolf only. Cheap and fun. Well worth it. Decided to go becuase it was one of the few courses who openly advertise footgolf when you call or look online. They have seperate dedicated 24″ pins on the par 3 course. Rental soccer balls were $ 3 extra.
Breakfast burrito in the bar was good after the round too.

Best place to play golf. I have to give it a one star so no one else takes my tee time. I love this place that I’m willing to do what it takes to keep it a secret. If you read this review then you deserve to get a tee time :)) you will love it out there.

Love this place, immediately while checking in at the proshop I was greeted with a smile and welcomed by Scott Gregory. What a nice young man, customer service and greeting patrons and customers is everything sometimes. The course is well tended by the way, also just a tip the wind picks up in the afternoon. The bar and grill is amazing, Voni is such a sweetheart. What beauty inside and out, gotta love her. The sandwich was amazing and the ambience was splendid. Drop in and hit some balls and kick your feet up here at Las Positas…

Good course and I like the layout however, the fact that they do not police the slow crap golfers out there gives it a 3 star… I watched as a group in front of us took longer than usual to play that in the end it became just a dreadful 5 and a half hour round. Really!!! Get marshals on both sides getting people moving! Also the fact that the refreshment truck does not take cards is silly. It is 2015… Technology allows you to take charges anywhere. Lastly the range and range balls are crap… To charge a decent amount to play and have such poor services are a shame. It is a great course with poor management.

This is an excellent place to play if you don’t have to drive super far to play it. Backhanded compliment but it’s a pretty good course.
The variety of holes makes the course shine, especially on the front. It has long par 5’s, clever par 3s over water and sand a few uphill and hilly holes on the back. Hole 7 is a shortish par 4 that has sand traps funneled and pinching in towards the green. The course requires you to be good with different clubs off the tee, a little too narrow to whale away with driver all day. Wind can be a factor too.
What I don’t like is that with drought condition nothing to hold your ball up from spinning into some of the ponds. Fairways are bare in many spots. So don’t go within 10 yards of a pond if you can help it. I know, easier said than done.
Greens are all in really good shape. Excellent range and practice facilities. Place probably gets a ton of play on the weekends so go during the week. You do need a bit of course knowledge as some of the tricky holes not marked out or mapped.
A nice 9-​hole is here as well for when you need to tighten that short game or just don’t have that much time. It’s a complete golf facility.

A beautiful fall day before thanksgiving had a wonderful round of golf at Laa Positas, the course is in good shape thanks to the recent rain and the greens are still the best in the Bay Area. The pro shop staff is awesome starting with the head pro Jeff D, Scott, Tony, Travis, Thomas, Chris and Jo Jo. and the cart boys Kevin, James and Gregg. They all make you feel very welcome the minute you walk through the door. A great place to enjoy a round of golf at a great price.

Now this what a golfer needs Polite employes great food and good putting Had to leave Refunded some money
Very nice

Just started to play golf and, since I was in the area, I decided to play 9 holes on the Executive Course at Las Positas today.
Was charged $ 21 including $ 3 for a rolling cart. This is their posted rate. It seemed a little high to me but maintenance costs for a golf course are high and it’s apparent that they put a lot of effort into taking care of the course. 4 stars for the quality/​condition of the course; 3 stars overall because of the relatively high cost.
Despite the water shortage, the greens/​fairways were green and well watered; over-​watered and a bit mushy in some places. Although it’s a short and relatively flat course, it’s actually a quite interesting and challenging course w/​rolling «hills» and strategically placed bunkers — lots of bunkers and some very thick rough. So, despite it’s short length, it is challenging to place tee shots. Call it luck but I was able to play through w/​o ending up in a bunker. So, I cannot comment on the quality of the sand, which others rave about, although it probably would have been good practice to hit some sand shots.
There were a lot of people on the 18 hole course, but just me and another solo player were the only ones I saw on the 9 hole when I played it, which was just fine w/​me. This allowed me to take my time and replay as many swings as I liked; I brought a lot of extra balls for this purpose. The course is located right next to the airstrip at the Livermore Municipal Airport and you will get some engine noise from take offs and landings. It wasn’t really bothersome, but people to take their game much more seriously than I do might take exception to the noise.
I ate at Beeb’s Sports Bar after I finished my round. It was ok. Like the golf course, it was a little pricey but not out of line w/​the area. Food was also ok; nothing special. Seems like a popular place for golfers and non-​golfers alike to meet and eat/​drink. However, I don’t think I’ll eat/​drink there again unless I’m really hungry/​thirsty after playing a round. Just too many other options available.

We played the 9 hole. It was a lovely day. A 3 par course with a smattering of sand traps. The greens were in nice shape despite the drought. The hills are mild so it is perfect for the kids who don’t tolerate a lot of hills with their bags.
I thoroughly enjoyed my first time out in 15 years.

Growing up in the teeming metropolis of Mumbai, India, golf wasn’t exactly top of my list of sports to either play or learn — any open space (and the even rarer patch of grass) was devoted to cricket (the national obsession) and I did not get my first taste of golf till friends dragged me to the putting green at the beautiful golf course at Cornell University a few years ago.
While I wasn’t hooked, that sublime first experience made me open to the idea of learning the sport when my brother-​in-​law asked if I’d join him at a five-​week class at Las Positas Golf Course. Being the meticulous researcher he is, he’d figured out this was the best value going at $ 99, and it was halfway between our homes in the TriValley. Bonus for me was it was right next to Beeb’s (an establishment I love!) — which meant an excuse to grab breakfast or après golf drinks there — so I was in!
The course was in five one-​hour weekly sessions on Sunday mornings — our instructor was the LPGC pro Travis Howser and he took our diverse six-​person class through the fine points of putting in week 1, chipping/​pitching in week 2, short irons in week 3, hybrids and drivers in week 4, and a 2-​hole round where he illustrated golfing etiquette in week 5.
What I loved about the class was not just Mr. Howser’s patient and thorough instruction, but also his personal attention to each students issues. He also made it very easy for a beginner like me — all clubs, balls and other learning implements were supplied when he found out I wasn’t ready to make an investment in golf equipment.
Another thing I loved was that Mr. Howser sent us emails after every class detailing key points of what we had learned (like how the putter needs to be gripped, the proper stance and follow-​through during driving, etc.) and frequent reminders to practice. This last part was also ridiculously easy — you just showed up at the pro shop, borrowed clubs and balls as needed, and off you went to the practice green or range!
Definitely recommend this class to anyone wanting to learn the game or refresh their skills. Can’t wait to get back and hit the course!

Beautiful golf course. All around in general. They cater to 18 holes, 9 holes, ranges, and practice putts. My friend and I decided to golf today and keep in mind we haven’t played before lol so this is new to us. It was an epic morning of golf lmao.
The customer service is great. They assist you with mapping, pricing, rentals, and more. The pricing wasn’t bad either. The golf-​cart experience was amazing for $ 14 per person. The 9-​holes are about $ 13. This is something new comers should be playing rather than the serious 18-​hole. That game is way too competitive and you can be left for dead easy lol.
This golf course is great and the best times are early morning here; its not too crowded. Although I think before coming here, you should golf at a smaller and more local area that isn’t highly competitive or even at a higher level type place.