Rio Hondo GC
A view over the water from Rio Hondo Golf Club.
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3.7
1218 Reviews (1218)
5 Stars
381
4 Stars
547
3 Stars
173
2 Stars
70
1 Stars
47
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.7
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.6
73.9%
Recommend this course
1018 out of 1218 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.9
14 Reviews (14)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
3.8
85.7%
Recommend this course
12 out of 14 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.5
33 Reviews (33)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.6
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
3.8
69.7%
Recommend this course
23 out of 33 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6370 yards
Slope 125
Rating 70.9

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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Course Details

Year Built 1924
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect John Duncan Dunn (1924) Gerry Pirkl (1994)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Shirts with collars and full length shorts are required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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3.7
1218 Reviews (1218)
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Reviews 4
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4.0
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Previously Played

Rio Honda

Great course layout, management and players assistants need to get on same page, horrible pace of play after 4.holes, landscaping is well kept, solid fairways, nice greens, need to more presence after starting round, otherwise it's a great value and we'll maintained track.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
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Previously Played

Expexct 5+ hr round…

Course layout and the condition is good/fair but 9 times out of 10 times i play here, it takes avg 5 hours 30mins…

You’re gonna have to wait 5min every single shot…

Pace of play is one of the slowest in many courses around LA.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Great round of golf!

Played yesterday. Course was in good shape. Pace of play was a little slow but not bad. Always a good time. I hit my first hole in one on #14 par 3 160 yards. Best feeling I've had in a while.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice folks/Good conditions

My only gripe about this place is the layout is they have two PAR-5’s back to back, followed by two PAR-3’s and the pace of play backs up. Other than that, it’s a pretty nice spot.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Average Course Not Nice Pace

We got to the course 15min early, but allowed to start 15min later. We waited at each hole for at least 10 mins. We end up only playing 9 holes because the game was not enjoyable any more which such pace. Either the course has to space it out better or there has be a marshal that monitor the pace. There is no GPS on the Cart as well. Regular people pay $90 to play at a Gold Club and the Cart does not have GPS. green is not well kept inconsistency on the green makes the game less fun.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Goff time

The staff was very accommodating, we had two foursomes of seniors. The course was in great shape even though it gets played often. The pace was average, we caught up to the group in front only at the 3.pars. Over all we had a great time. We will be back again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 91
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Good tee time, weak body!

As I've said before, It's a well kept track and tight layout. The more you play it, the the better you choose your next target. But if you miss it, the hole will make you pay.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Overall nice course. Greens were a little bumpy, but a good overall nice experience.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 91
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Nice Day

Joined 3 fellows for some golf on a nice summer afternoon. We all had fun, but the course won (at least in my case).

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not as good as the last time

I played Rio Hondo last year and the course conditions have dramatically declined since then. It's sad because the layout is amazing. Lots of muddy spots and banged up greens.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

3 hours 15 minutes for 9 holes

The course just plays really slow. When we would drive to the par 3s there were at times 2 groups waiting. They have no marshal to regulate pace of play and because of this the following happened.

Our tee time was for 4:04 but we didn’t end up teeing off til 4:20. No marshal to guide the groups.

- the group in front of us had 3 golf carts. 2 girls only paid spectator fees but were actually playing. They were delaying their group because now it added 5 people to their group. The girls didn’t play well so that’s that. A marshal would have caught this.

- the group behind us kept hitting their ball onto us. They thought we were playing slow but we weren’t the ones holding anyone up. We played ready golf, gummies so we wouldn’t waist time putting, and quickly dropped a ball if we couldn’t immediately find our ball. A marshal would have seen this and perhaps talked to the group behind us.

The course is very green, challenging, and fun. Beautiful course but I don’t know why there were a lot of water puddles not marked with the small pink flags. First time here I did expect better course management.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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