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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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Photo submitted by alecpalmer on 06/08/2024
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Golfer Reviews
Course management should be reviewed
To slow to play 14, 15,
Give up playing 16,17,18
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Hello, 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.
Five star accommodation
Great staff
Great treatment
Scott is the coolest guy Awesome
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Always a great course!
Rio Hondo is my favorite course in the southern L.A. area. It's challenging, scenic and always well-run. Look no further for a great course.
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing Rio Hondo Golf Club.
The course was open & clean.
Very friendly and fair on cost and cleanness with the COVID regulations.
Thank you for your review of us! We will make sure to pass along your positive experience to our team at Rio Hondo Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
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.
Gave away my tee time even after I showed up and paid!
I checked in and paid for my tee time 40 minutes before tee off. I booked a two-some. When my tee time rolled by I find out that the dude at the clubhouse gave away my tee time to someone else. When I went to ask him what was going on, he told me to just go after them. Not cool... first rule of Golf is to respect the tee time. Plus - we were racing against the Sun...
Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Rio Hondo Golf Club.
Definitely will be back
Had a great time playing this course. The layout is fun and challenging, fairways were in great shape and most importantly the greens were rolling! They had the kind in tuff locations, I recommend trying to always leave yourself the straight uphill putt because the greens have a ton of break in them. Lastly they have some beastly par 3s if I remember I marked one at 235. Be prepared for that guy. Overall great time, beautiful course if I’m lucky enough to get another time there I will definitely be back.
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.
Hello, we appreciate the review. We see that you rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Rio Hondo Golf Club. Please let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
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!
Hello, 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, 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.
Nice course, but slow play
We usually enjoy playing this course, but not today. Play was very slow and the fairways are still like hitting off of hard pan. Will delay playing again until there is grass on the fairways.
Hello and thank you for reviewing the course. We apologize for the delay of play during your round. Please know that this is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We work hard to accommodate everyone who visits our course and to best control pace allowing everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve. Thank you for playing Rio Hondo Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
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!
Great pace
We teed off about 10 minutes late but then the only time we had to wait after that was on the par 3's. The course was in great shape & we enjoyed a great round of golf even though we may not have played that well.
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Great service
5 star service by Scott awesome person worth my money
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 love hearing about our golfers' experiences! Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Rio Hondo Golf Club!
Thank you for reviewing us! We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Rio Hondo Golf Club, and we hope to see you again soon.
Thank you for reviewing us! We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Rio Hondo Golf Club, and we hope to see you again soon.
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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!