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3.7
263 Reviews (263)
5 Stars
96
4 Stars
76
3 Stars
38
2 Stars
27
1 Stars
26
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.3
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
68.1%
Recommend this course
180 out of 263 reviews
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3.6
9 Reviews (9)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.1
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.7
66.7%
Recommend this course
6 out of 9 reviews
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4.1
20 Reviews (20)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.7
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.8
80.0%
Recommend this course
16 out of 20 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

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Banquet Facilities

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3.7
263 Reviews (263)
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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
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Not worth the $$

I will only play here again if there is a great deal otherwise it’s not worth the $$$. Horrible greens condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 58
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Close the course and Fix the Green first

It was the one of the top golf course but the most green burnt out and so slow. Green Condition is the most important for the golfer since you may use your putter more than once in each and every hole. You can put better in the fairway than the green here. This must be the management issue who neglected aeration and sanding on greens right time. It is easy to delay or forget the most important maintenance and ruin 5 star golf course to a horrible one.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Worst greens ever!

I have been golfing for 25 years and this course has the worst screens I have ever played on. And to charge $100 to play this course is a travesty. The greens have so many dead areas with no grass it is unbelievable. And the grass that is there is so uncut that it was impossible to putt without swinging very hard. I never leave reviews but I just had to after this round. You have been warned.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

This is the first time I played here since the 1990s. The course is in excellent condition, except for several greens which were not so nice. Overall it was excellent though. It helps that I shot my lowest score ever today too!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens in Bad Shape

For $115 I would expect the greens to be at least average. About half of them were in terrible condition... a lot of disease. the 16th green was unplayable. The greens that were visible from the clubhouse were in good condition, but not the rest. It's hard to enjoy a round of golf when you can't putt on half of the greens.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beware. Horrible greens

It looked like a landmine went off on almost all the greens so many patches filled with sand made it impossible to putt. Definitely not worth the money until they figure out the greens, save your time!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 241
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Greener pastures - Bummer

Well, it’s m sorry to say that this last round at Tustin Ranch was a huge disappointment. I think they do a decent job with this place, even though it’s way overpriced. However, the greens on TR (on 9/12/2020) were so incredibly bad, this course should be closed (until they’re fixed). TR refunding $40 bucks or so on a $190 tee time is a complete joke. The greens were mostly unplayable with heavy sand and dirt on about 3/4 of them. Seriously, I felt robbed having to even pay $150 bucks to play. We were told at the last minute as my son and I were paying, that the greens are “under maintenance” and we will be discounting the round. Now, I have played on freshly punched or aerated greens plenty of times but seriously, it was like putting in the bunker. TR needs to look closer at the course maintenance and greens keeper. That should never happen. Overall bummer. The staff was super nice as always, and the starter was amazing.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

They have lost the greens

The greens... I should say the putting surfaces are horrible. There is more dirt than grass on several of them. Aerification of dirt results in dirt. I’m not sure how the greenskeeper allowed them to get this bad. These are beyond repair. Expect to be disappointed unless you really don’t care about that part of your game.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Thursday play

Other than the horrible greens, everything was great. Fast pace. The greens though were in really really bad shape. Until the resow the greens, I I don’t believe these greens will really recover and I Hope I’m wrong.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Absolute worst

Greens were punched, staff was unfriendly, really bad overall experience. Not worth the money one bit

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Very bad green

I am a monthly member here. I had never seen the green as bad as now. 2/18 holes has grass alive, others were burned to bare ground. There were no discount for bad green. Don't play here until November 2020 because it will take a long time to regrow the grass on the greens. The fairways are in good shape. I will cancel my membership for sure.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The course had a great layout.

All the greens were irrated, so all 18 greens were filled with sand. Couldn't really put when its a thinned out bunker. Other than that, we enjoyed the course, would like to play it again when the greens are all nice and done.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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