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3.7
262 Reviews (262)
5 Stars
95
4 Stars
76
3 Stars
38
2 Stars
27
1 Stars
26
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.2
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
67.4%
Recommend this course
179 out of 262 reviews
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3.4
8 Reviews (8)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.0
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
62.5%
Recommend this course
5 out of 8 reviews
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4.0
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
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2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.7
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.7
78.9%
Recommend this course
15 out of 19 reviews
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Course Highlights
Tustin Ranch delivers a well-designed layout with challenging greens and consistently maintained fairways that reward thoughtful shot-making. Exceptionally friendly staff and smooth pace of play create a welcoming experience for golfers of all skill levels.

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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6842 yards
Slope 134
Rating 73.6
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Course Details

Year Built 1989
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ted Robinson, Sr. (1989)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

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3.7
262 Reviews (262)
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Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
Previously Played

hot deal only

great course conditions greens are almost back to good except for two greens that have a disease. paid $50 on a hot deal only way I would ever play this course rack rate $110. oak creek in Irvine and Tustin ranch have overpriced OC golf in common

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 228
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Track!

A fantastic day of golf. A definite don't miss golf experience.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Another day at the Ranch...

Awesome course... quick pace and finished in 4 hours. Greens looked spotty but rolled pretty good and they did a good job of marking off the "ground under repair" areas so you don't feel back about taking a drop off a hardpan lie.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Honest review from a 7 handicap golfer.

The course is in good condition even in the winter months. I had a early tee time of 6:50 and teed off by 6:53. Pulling into the lot I could see a decent amount of cars in parking lot and I knew it was gonna be a crowded day. Clubhouse is nice. Staff is friendly. Carts are nice.

Cons: this might not bother everyone’s, but it frustrates the heck out of me. You can barely travel on the fairways before the cart tells you to go backward.. One time i was on a hill and it said I couldn’t move forward...where the only way to get off the hill was to go backwards down a very steep hill . Pretty dangerous. Technology is cool and stuff, but the fact it’ll lock your cart 115 yards from the green (no joke, I was 115 yards away from the green and it wouldn’t let carts go any more forward on the fairway with nothing but fairway grass infront of you) and won’t let you go forward is frustrating. No golfers like it. I saw many golfers having to slowly back up to get back to the cart path. It’s a pain in the buttt.

If you like fast play I’m not sure this is the course for you. A lot of people walk the course and it’s prone to elderly. Even with a 6:50 tee time and never having to wait to hit shots, My round was still 4 hours.

I ended up shooting an 80. The course is challenging but not demanding. I was scratching my head at the greens sometimes with the amount of steep hills they had. Almost like why would you even want that on a course. I’m not talking about just a downslope or an upslope. I’m talking about slopes on greens upward of 50-60 degrees. Seems a bit much and redundant. Also the greens don’t bite very well. They were a bit sandy and I saw from previous reviews a month ago that they were sandy so they haven’t cleared that up yet.

Overall the course was fun to play for my first time. Not a long course from the blues. Many times I can play it safe with a hybrid and hit 220 off the tee and be 140 yards and in on the next shot. Some fairways are tight. Par 5’s are reachable in two with a good long tee shot. Would play again but not going to make it my home course.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

What a disappointment

I will always have issue with a course that does not mention variations to the norm when you check in. First, the course was limited to cart path only. Understandable with the recent rains; however, the entire course was completely dry at the time we played and this should have been disclosed upon checking in. Additionally, the greens are in terrible shape and as a result they are growing attempting to grow out the grass on the greens, so that they can properly repair them. Completely understandable, but again, something that should be told to the player at check in. The ball could barely move on the greens throughout the course. It was almost worse than playing on punched greens.

For the money I paid, I was expecting so much more. The customer service was lousy as well and no staff member throughout the entire round - pre and post as well - ever approached us to even bother is we needed anything.

There are some amazing courses in this part of town and some are even better priced. Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bad cart

Make sure you get a cart that’s fully charged ours stopped before the 14th hole took 30 min to get us

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

walkers were snail like, in speed.

Not sure why they allow walkers ahead of carts,???and some of the greens were in really bad shape, painfully slow on the back 9 ....removes any rhythm you might have. 9 and 18 are tough holes. tough round for premium price I expected better. There did not seem to be anyone policing the playing time of some.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Potential is there but terrible greens ruin it

For the advertised price of 135$ this course Tustin ranch should be out in jail for robbery. However, I will give them credit because they obviously know the condition and gave me a discounted rate of 75$ upon arrival at the pro shop. This course has potential to be super nice but the greens are absolutely atrocious. I had to clean off my putter due to sand after every putt, and due to the firmness and patchy greens there was a lot of cleaning happening. I think 50$ for this course is the max they should be charging with a warning that greens are not good and in serious repair mode at this time. I won’t be back again unless they seriously improve the green situation.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 99
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Such an elegant treasure!

We four fun golfers spent very fun day , even we didn’t finish 18 holes since too dark.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens - Not Much

Booked on GM for what was a great deal knowing we wouldn't be able to finish 18 before dark. Course is generally in good condition but the greens were in bad shape. There was no arreation we were aware of but the condition was less than average. Would go back for sure.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Pretty course

Nice layout, with nice water fountains and man made lakes. I’ve eaten here several times with friends for Monday night football HH. First time playing as usually green fees are little high, but thanks to golf now , I got a great deal and grabbed it. Had a fun round and enjoyed HH on the patio with other golfers. Food is good here and not over priced .

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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