Napa Golf Course at Kennedy Park - Public, 18 Holes

Playable, Traditional Design
The traditionally designed course by Jack Fleming (who also designed Olympic Club Lake Course) and Bob Baldock opened in 1968 and is playable by golfers of all skill levels as it winds through the gradual elevation changes around the estuary of the Napa River. Water is present on 16 holes but as Tom Sims, General Manager says, "Water is not all that intrusive. There are only two water carries and really the course is very playable from the correct set of tees.”

The course plays to a par-72 and has a Black Tee yardage of 6,704-yards, a course rating of 72.7 and slope of 131. However Napa Golf Course also has three other sets of tees with the shortest, the Gold Tees, a very golfer friendly 5,690-yards. The small sized greens (3,500 to 4,500 square feet) generally slope from back to front with contours on the sides calling for well struck approach shots. Bunkering is strategic, a characteristic of Fleming designs.

Most greenside bunkers set some distance from the putting surface but create an illusion of the sand being very close to the green. From the tee however, Fleming used bunkers as guides for tee shots not to create penal situations that can quickly ruin a round. Concerning the rough Sims commented, “We keep the rough relatively short at two inches because there’s enough challenge already.”

3 ½ Stars
A measure of the high regard Napa Golf Course has among knowledgeable golfers is our 3 ½ Star Rating from Golf Digest in the Places to Play listing as voted by the magazine’s readers! In past years Napa Golf Course has been the venue for qualifying rounds for the Kaiser Invitational and the U.S. Open Championship.

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þ Weekends (18 holes) - $57/player including cart
þ Weekdays (18 holes) - $47/player including cart

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