Ridgemark Golf & Country Club, Hollister, CA

Heard some good things about this course and decided to check it out. My major complaint is in regards to maintenance. Basically the course was in horrible condition. The greens were full of ball marks, extremely bumpy and full of leaves. I can handle this most of the time considering a lot of this has to do with inconsiderate play, on the other hand on one hole the green was entirely unplayable (as such the management decided to make a "temporary" green...which happened to be on the fairway in front of the original green...ever try to putt on a fairway?). I understand that sometimes people vandalize and do other sorts of ridiculous things to greens that cost owners time and money...but when an entire green is on a fairway I expect to receive a discount or at least a warning/apology for the condition.

Also for a $50 course that has a dress code I pretty much expect to have onboard GPS...this isn't a knock on this course along b/c I give a 3 star rating to every course that doesn't have onboard GPS when they charge over $50 and have a dress code (which I don't mind at all but it does say that your course is worthy of it).

All in all its not a bad course. I do think its overpriced and during the time I happened to visit, the greens (when they were present) were in very bad condition. I would only recommend this course if you're making use of a coupon or some other discount...otherwise I could rattle off a dozen $50 courses within 40 miles of it that outpace it by far.