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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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Conditions3.1
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Value2.9
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Layout3.7
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Friendliness3.7
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Pace2.5
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Amenities3.5
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Golfer Reviews
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.
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.
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.
Course management should be reviewed
To slow to play 14, 15,
Give up playing 16,17,18
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!
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.
Five star accommodation
Great staff
Great treatment
Scott is the coolest guy Awesome
Your feedback is very 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.
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.
Your feedback is very 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.
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!
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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.