San Jose Municipal Golf Course

Website says range sells last ball at 8:30, showed up at 8:05 to the ball machine closed. Looks like they packed up early tonight, pretty annoying having driven 20 minutes to hit a bucket only to turn around.

A typical municipal course, not much hazards, but a plain and simple layout. Luckily, the day I played here was a raining but sunny 🌞 afternoon, so pretty lovely 🌹 The blue sky and white clouds, just what you may need after a long week; remember to look to the right on your right hand side, when you hit your 2nd shot on Hole 18, the scene of the valley is unbeatable.

This used to be my preferred place for driving range and cheap 18-hole until recently. I came by here December 31st for driving range. When I apply my credit card to the ball machine for a large bucket, none of the balls came out. I called the front desk regarding the situation and they said to try a pin. I tried the pin but still nothing happening. I learned that the machine wasn't running, and the front desk said to come by to get an IOU to redeem a large bucket at a later point. I came again the next day on New Years day. Again the same situation that the machine either stopped working or they ran out of balls and the they did not have anyone to go out to pick up balls at 3pm. Once again, I came by Saturday, January 4th and this time the machine has broken down. The maddening thing is that there are a ton of balls inside the machine; just lift the lid and you'll see loads of balls in there. But no, unfortunately they won't just hand me a large bucket. They insist I scan the QR redeem code to get the large bucket, no matter what the case. Why is the machine constantly breaking down? From what they've conveyed, all that mud gets into the gears and it clogs up any of the cogs from working. If you have been here for a long time, you know that they did not take care of the driving range, as the greenery is no longer there; it is nothing but wet, brown mud. Needless to say, along with poor customer service and them refusing to give me a refund on my $16 large bucket, I am constantly handcuffed to them, and always wasting time, gas and money trying to get one large bucket of driving range balls.