Pleasanton, CA · Private
The Valley Course is Castlewood’s lower-lying 18-hole private layout in Pleasanton, distinct from its older, elevated Hill Course.
Archival Valley-labeled course photograph; capture date is unverified and the scene does not establish current turf or hole conditions.
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Private course. Public tee-time booking is not offered here.
Access is controlled by the club. Visit the course site for current club information.
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Course guide
The maintained course record, presented separately from live booking and user reviews.
The club describes meandering fairways and a course suited to walking. Its 1990 five-hole renovation is a useful reminder that old scorecards and archival photos do not automatically describe every present playing detail.
The club’s history timeline dates the Valley Course opening to 1954. It records a July 1990 reopening after five holes were renovated and says lakes were being built on the back nine that January. The Valley practice facility was expanded in 2014. These are Valley milestones, separate from the Hill Course’s 1926 opening and later work.
The club golf page distinguishes Valley’s meandering, relatively gentle terrain from Hill’s elevated shotmaker’s route. The 2026 NCGA directory credits William F. Bell and a 2009 John Harbottle redesign at facility level, without assigning all work to Valley; the club history does not name the Valley’s original designer. The existing William F. Bell credit is retained as a sourced attribution, not a resolved account of each designer’s role.
The present club site confirms an 18-hole Valley route, but its public course-tour link does not expose a readable current scorecard. The NCGA directory and older third-party cards give different opening dates and tee figures; neither establishes a current, same-tee Valley yardage, rating and slope. This page therefore leaves those structured figures blank while retaining the corroborated par 72. Ask the Valley Golf Shop for the current card before choosing tees or posting a score.
The Valley Practice Facility is described by the club as a 15-bay all-grass range with two chipping greens, two practice bunkers and a putting green. It is a separate practice area within the Valley property; no range image is counted as a playing-hole photo.
Castlewood is a private membership club with no public Valley tee-time booking link. The club’s Valley Golf Shop listing gives (925) 462-2213; confirm guest access and any event arrangements with the club. The club address is 707 Country Club Circle, Pleasanton, CA 94566.
Club golf page; club history timeline; Valley practice facility; 2026 NCGA directory.
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Around the course
A short geographic continuation from the maintained location record.
Hill remains described as a playing course. A Castlewood-authored May 2026 agronomy posting says a Jeff Danner Hill-course renovation is in the early planning stage for the next few years; the recently completed renovation was the clubhouse. No current Hill-only named-tee rated card was verified.