Mira vista golf el cerrito

The course was designed by Robert Hunter. The restoration design was handled by Forrest Richardson and assisting architect Mark Fine. Par for the course is From the back tees the course plays to 6, yards. From the forward tees the course measures 5, yards. The longest hole on the course is 10, a par-5 that plays to yards. The shortest hole on the course is 2, a par-3 that plays to yards from the back tees.

Watch out for 5, a yard par-4 challenge and the 1 handicap hole on the course. The easiest hole is 10, a yard par Toggle navigation. Golf Course's website. The golf course, likewise, had a good bone structure, but in recent years was beginning to show signs of wear and neglect, and its bunkering had become shapelessly bland, not in keeping with its Hunter roots. It had also been the victim of overzealous tree plantings of eucalyptus and other varieties that over time had suffocated the views as well as impeded healthy agronomic conditions.

Outside of its increasingly limited panoramic views, the layout was beginning to slide as a top line golf course. That is the case no more — Mira Vista is back! Consulting original maps and viewing the only three photographs of the course, they fashioned the lines and shaping in the Hunter motif. In the course of days from start to finish, the team restored 19 putting surfaces to original shapes, sizes, and orientations, returned 44 bunkers to their design, discovered and restored more than a dozen other, provided new tees, and enacted a turf and tree management program that essentially removed trees and opened up magnificent vistas as well as restored native grass areas.

Having played the course just before and just after, I am so very impressed with the changes! Above is the before picture of the par-five 10th hole with trees to the right and different fairway bunkering.

Below is the after picture with all the trees to the right removed and the original pre-World War II fairway bunkering restored. If you were already familiar with the course, you would quickly notice that the risk-and-reward little uphill par-four seventh green has been shifted to the left and turned into a drivable hole as opposed to its previous par-three stature.

The par-five 8 th hole has a drainage ditch that was unearthed and now becomes a hazard in which you must decide whether or not to attempt to carry it with your tee shot. Behind the green, many trees had been cleared allowing one to really enjoy the vista beyond. And on the par-five 10 th , the original fairway cross-bunkers that were lost around World War II, have been reintroduced while the hillside forest on the right has completely been cleared with native grasses allowed to flourish.

Those are only a few of the changes, but the impact is impressive. Trees and limbs have thoughtfully been removed. This has opened up amazing vistas and has also allowed for better air circulation.

Shown above is the par-four 13th green. The club will stay in El Cerrito. But in a zigzag of marketing strategies, the Mira Vista is returning to its original name, Berkeley Country Club, effective this summer. The first thing you need to do is let people know you are here. Pettler describes the club as too much of a best-kept secret. He hopes the name recognition of Berkeley will pique the interest of golfers near and far.

Established in , Berkeley Country Club was conceived by a group of golfing buddies who huddled in Wheeler Hall on the UC Campus plotting a startup: acres of manicured greens and a clubhouse devoted to their sport. Financials were hammered out, designs argued, and a scouting mission ensued to secure land. According to a history commissioned by club owners, Hinks essentially donated the land to the golfing group.

About a year later, the Berkeley Country Club took root in what was then unincorporated Contra Costa County, a relatively easy country-road drive from Berkeley. The area was later annexed by the city of El Cerrito.