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Located just minutes from LAX, Rio Hondo Golf Club is conveniently accessible from the South Bay and Orange County. Golf Digest has ranked the course as one of southern California's "Places to Play." The 6,370-yard layout is narrow and challenging, placing a premium on accuracy off the tee. Many locals consider it to be the toughest golf course in the area. The course features tight, tree-lined fairways and subtly contoured greens that are faster than they look. It's not a particularly long layout but the par 3s provide some good length. Golfers will face a variety of challenges throughout, but there is also plenty of scenic respite. Sparkling lakes and cascading waterfalls are scattered across the landscape, coming into play on a few holes as well. In addition to the golf course, there is also a lighted, 30-station driving range at Rio Hondo G.C.
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Conditions3.9
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Value3.8
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Layout4.1
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Friendliness4.0
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Pace3.3
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Amenities3.7
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Golfer Reviews
Wednesday weekday.
Good day to play. Teed off at 930.
Played in 4.5 hrs ...
Course in ok shape
Greens Good shape.
Fairways dormant but ok.
Bunkers have new sand.
Good day.
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Golf Now Policy Change
It was credited until October
November is not credited, I'm $ 443
Damaged, to credit $ 443
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When did the hot dale policy change?
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Cute Nest
Tucked away in Downey, nice cause layout, always well maintained,friendly staff. Always enjoy my rounds here, and it's not easy....
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pace of play !!
Very slow play of pace ,! Marshall should work in the course~
We apologize for the pace of play issue you experienced. We always try to keep a great pace when having our golfers on the course. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback as we will use your review to better the experience going forward. We hope you give us another try in the near future!
Great staff
Scott is very professional
Keep up the good work
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Thank you for visiting us at Rio Hondo Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Brisk day on course
Very nice course/fairways/greens
Very,very slow pace… took over 3 hours to play only11 holes!!! With time change( dark@5) start time was delayed.. suppose to be 1:00pm( started @ 1:25) ugh….should have been able to @ least get 16-17 holes in but…….never saw a Marshall ( would have been nice to speed up players lagging) especially those others who are playing for ‘skins’ ($$)…. Slows things up for those just playing for fun. That is my only beef with it overall… needed a MARSHALL to monitor
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Rio Hondo Golf Club.
Gone down hill
Course is not in as good a shape as I played it in the past. I don’t play the course very often, but this is the worst I’ve seen it. Did they even punch the greens this year? May be not. They didn’t roll very well and most were a little bit on the thick side and very grainy, and coupled with the softness and moisture, with nobody fixing ball marks nor spike marks, they just looked damaged in the spots where they always put the pin. They need to spread it out and change it up a bit to get better conditions.
Pace of Play was the worst today. Just over 5 hours for a tee time just before noon. No reason was given, no marshals. We assumed it was because there was thick fog this morning is why there was back up, and total slow down. Waiting on every shot on every hole, watching and catching up to the group ahead at the tee and then to wait for them to finish - you know how that goes. Obviously the club doesn’t care.
Tee boxes are just ok, some do need work. Some of the fairways were bad - so many divots not filled and also dead patches spread out on some holes that badly need attention. For a course that charges slightly more than other munis, the course should be in better shape. Coupe if bunkers I hit barely had any sand, hard bottom under a very thin layer.
Very disappointed overall. Especially the pace, seeing as it’s a weekday.
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Average
Average place, only negative was pace of play very slow no Marshall or staff to assist with pace of play
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Rio Hondo Golf Club.
Great city course
Found the course to be challenging but fair. Was grouped with fellas that knew the course so had som insight on the layout.
Wonderful greens and above average fairways-well maintained overall.
Thank you for visiting us at Rio Hondo Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Thank you for visiting us at Rio Hondo Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Thank you for visiting us at Rio Hondo Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Rio Hondo Golf Club!
Nice round
Nice course, would recommend and play again. Only complaints were beat up greens (players not fixing the divots) and the back on hole 8 (long par 3)
Enjoy
Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Rio Hondo Golf Club.
Thank you for visiting us at Rio Hondo Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Rio Hondo Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
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