Sand Canyon Country Club - Desert/Mountain Course

3 hrs and 19 minutes for 9 holes on the Valley Course? It would've been a 7 hr round, if we didn't decide to leave. Course marshall "George", is a nice guy, but it didn't seem like he was fixing the source of the hold up, which was a group, 3 groups ahead of us.

Each hole we waited about 10 minutes. It would be difficult for anyone to play golf at that rate. It was a Tuesday afternoon after Memorial Day. I can't even imagine how much slower this course plays on holidays/weekend. STAY AWAY! SAVE YOUR MONEY! Unless you want to experience this yourselves. Don't say I didn't warn you!

This place is a tad pricey for me, but it is a good facility. Very challenging as you are hitting over some sort of gully on every hole. I lost a lot of balls today, but still had a good time. I will be back at some point

We had a 6:40 tee time and flew through the front nine and when we hit the back nine we were waiting on every shot. They have people play from both front and back nine so if you play the front fast you can get stuck on the back

As a local resident, the convenience of the location, the staff are nice, and the layout of all 3 courses are challenging. Now, the tee boxes are in bad shape. The fairways, tee boxes and even the greens have pools of water everywhere and every hole. I thought Vista was a muddy place now Sand Canyon too! You can't walk anywhere without stepping in mud or pools of water. The greens on the Mountain course are beat up and have duck crap on 75% of them. Hole 6 green is not a green but fairway grass. I'm confused as to why they charge so much? I had to not play 4 of the 9 holes due to conditions.

Sand Canyon is well… okay… it has great potential. There are 27 holes available on 3x 9 hole tracks. Last time I played there, they staff forgot the set up the tee boxes. The course is pretty well maintained, but could be better.

Right now, it a $50-$65 green fee but they charge anywhere from $70-$120 and it’s just not worth that. Right now, it’s greatest benefit is, it’s a fun course that will always have tee times if all other options are gone.

My wife played this golf course 20 years ago when it was operated by Troon. She raved about it. We played on Sunday. Abhorrent conditions considering the $150 green fee. Great layout. Good staff. Bizarre that cart staff won't help with bags at all. We played Soule Park in Ojai the day before for $45. WAY BETTER course conditions and value for your buck. Overall ... save your money and play somewhere else!!

Overall course conditions were alright. Fairways were mostly good, although there was a good amount of GUR around the course. Tee boxes were a little spotty. Greens were fair. Spongy and fairly bumpy most of the time. Didn’t get really true rolls. And don’t get me started on the circular “putting green.” That was actually a disgrace. Literally zero benefit in attempting to roll anything on that before the round. It’s an overall decent facility and is probably beautiful during the spring. But for a $90 weekend tee time, there are much better options out there.

We had a tee time on a Sunday at 7:10...it took us 5 hours and 20mins to play....we were waiting almost every shot. There was no Marshall around. Would not play here again

We've been playing Sand Canyon (and formerly Robinson Ranch) for 15 years. We play there once a month and truly enjoy the rounds played there. The greens are fantastic, fairways are good (getting better every week), rough is a test, but reasonable and the staff is awesome. Since the new ownership took over the course has been revitalized to its previous glory. They've moved up the tee boxes and made modified a few holes to improve scoring. Try it out, you'll have a great time.

This was my first time playing since it was purchased and converted from the old Robinson Ranch course. I always loved the layout of the Valley side but the Robinson Ranch course apparently fell on hard times and it showed. I think the new owner has done some great things with the aesthetics of putting in new ponds and lakes but to me it's still a work in progress and not significantly better in condition than the old Robinson Ranch course. Fairways were patchy with brown dirt everywhere and the rough around the greens were random with high growth in some places and dirt in others. Greens were the same and slow. To be fair, this is on par with most California public courses like Los Verdes and Harding/Wilson and being from Nevada, it's probably too harsh to judge any California course on Nevada standards. But if they are to build a resort and spa to complement the course, no way they will draw business if they don't improve the conditions significantly, esp if it's so far from LA. If ownership is reading this, I would also suggest brightening up the pro shop. It always feels dark and dingy. Very uninviting similar to the Robinson Ranch days. Cart guys could also be more friendly. Asked for a wet towel for clubs and he just said they don't give any. It's no frills. If the conditions were improved, I think it would be worth the drive and dealing with traffic to come up from LA.

This course is definitely back! Conditions were great and the greens were fast, firm and true. The staff was awesome and the pace of play was excellent. Would definitely come back.

I was nervous about this course from the start. All the reviews stating the Mountain Course is pathetic... Even at check in there was a customer complaining about the quality of the course, the pace of play etc....... I was still optimistic.

UNFORTUNATELY my optimism was soon shattered.

The course is by no means worth the price they ask, trust me. I play routinely at PGA West in LaQuinta and this is not even close to that though the price is the same.

Take my advice, spend your $ elsewhere.

It’s not worth the price!

I see the owner in his commercials stating come try it out...well I did and he should put the millions he says he put into the place on the course itself. Oh yeah and what about a Marshall or two!!!!

Pace is Glacier at best! Greens are slower than a Vermont Maple drip and the fairways are far from plush and green.

I will give them this, the personnel are polite, they gotta be to keep some sort of repeat players.

Trust me here...... Skip this place, you can find a much better value someplace else .

Played Valley/Mountain 9s. Nice course, very challenging (141/139 slopes from white tees) with narrow fairways, blind shots, doglegs, and considerable changes in elevation. Would compare it to the front 9 of Tierra Rejada. Grass on the tee boxes and fairways was a little long, but understandable considering the hot weather we've had recently. Got a yardage book (free) in the pro shop. Would recommend to everyone playing their first time as there is no GPS. My only real complaint was the price. I think $90 is a bit high (perhaps they would throw in range balls or something). I would definitely play again.

Mark

Beautiful golf course but the pace of play is awful. Seems there is no marshal to monitor.