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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
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 would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Rio Hondo Golf Club!
Thanks so much for taking the time to rate us. We're so glad that you enjoyed your round at Rio Hondo Golf Club. Please visit us again 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!
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Rio Hondo Golf Club!
We love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Rio Hondo Golf Club!
We were a 2 some. The group of 4 in front of us was playing from the blue tees. Long wait on par 3's as they did not have the golf skills to be playing from the back tees
Your feedback is important to us. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Rio Hondo Golf Club.
We love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Rio Hondo Golf Club!
Friday round
Love this course. Always in great shape and always a challenge.
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.
Pace of play
Pace of play is very poor wait every shot.
Green is too slow and too hard.
Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the delay of play during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game. We are glad to see you rated the course conditions and value to be great during your game. We will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Rio Hondo Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us at (562) 927-2329 to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Rio Hondo Golf Club!
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.
Great way to spend a day
Staff and every golfer so friendly here, fair course and well maintained. We will be back.
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.
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us at (562) 927-2329 to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Rio Hondo Golf Club!
Well designed course with narrow fairways and maintained greens. The pace of play was extremely slow. Tee off at 2:20 and only made it to hole 15 before it was too dark.
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.
We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round at Rio Hondo Golf Club!
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.
Pleasantly Surprised by my round at Rio Hondo.....
If you've read the online reviews about Rio Hondo, you might agree that it's a mixed bag of 1-star and 5-star reviews, and everything in between. My recent Sunday afternoon round there was 5-stars across the board.
First thing I noticed was a large parking lot, with plenty of open spaces and no having to look around and trying to find a spot. The guy in the pro shop was pleasant and cordial while I paid for my 120pm tee time. We teed off right at 120p, no waiting or backups, just an empty first tee box. The course itself, in my opinion and for the money, was in great shape from the tees through the greens. I was actually impressed with the courses condition considering the volume of play they get there. The course layout was good. No elevation changes, but a variety of longer and shorter par 4s and a couple pretty tough par 3s. We saw the cart girl twice while we were out there, and she was very nice as well. As far as pace of play, for this Sunday afternoon round was what I was left most impressed with. We teed off at 120p and we were returning the carts a few minutes before 6p, so it was a little more than a 4.5 hour round, on a Sunday afternoon.....
In summary I had a great round at Rio Hondo, not a single complaint comes to mind. I'd also happily recommend this course to anyone who were to ask. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Wow! We are so happy you enjoyed your round! We look forward to seeing you again soon at Rio Hondo Golf Club.
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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.