Citizen Nine: Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course

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Citizen Nine: Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course

If there’s one area golf course that demands accuracy off the tees, it has to be Bartley Cavanaugh. Located in the small Sacramento River community of Freeport, Bartley Cavanaugh is a links course designed by Perry Dye, the son of famed golf course designer Pete Dye.

Just like his father’s layouts around the country, the younger Dye has lined each fairway with mounds and made the hitting areas of most fairways a little higher than the rough.

Plus, he’s installed railroad ties to define the water hazards and has placed some pock-hole bunkers next to a few greens to give the golfer the feel of playing an old Scottish course.

Perry designed a few holes at Bartley Cavanaugh almost exactly like his father’s signature holes found at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. The 17th hole, a par-3 of just 85 yards in length, is almost a spitting image of Sawgrass’ famed island green hole.

And just like Sawgrass’ finishing hole, No. 18 at Bartley Cavanaugh is a narrow par-4 with water along the entire left side, high mounds along the right side and has a green fronted by a railroad tie wall.

In its early days, Bartley Cavanaugh had the look of a Scottish links, but 17 years later, the trees have grown and now that has made it a more difficult course to play.

Located alongside I-5 north of Elk Grove, Bartley Cavanaugh is squeezed into a 90-acre tract which makes the total length of the course just under 5,800 yards from the blue tees.

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By John Hull - Citizen Sports Writer

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