Rio Hondo Golf Club
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 71 | 6370 yards | 70.9 | 125 |
| Blue/White | 71 | 6196 yards | 70.0 | 123 |
| White | 71 | 6038 yards | 69.3 | 121 |
| Gold (W) | 71 | 5657 yards | 72.8 | 128 |
| Gold | 71 | 5657 yards | 67.4 | 117 |
| Red/Gold | 72 | 5304 yards | 70.8 | 124 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 5103 yards | 69.6 | 121 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 70.9/125 W: 76.8/136 | 418 | 403 | 492 | 535 | 403 | 342 | 165 | 232 | 416 | 3406 | 204 | 490 | 310 | 368 | 204 | 489 | 321 | 154 | 424 | 2964 | 6370 |
| Blue/White M: 70.0/123 W: 75.8/134 | 401 | 403 | 492 | 535 | 393 | 342 | 165 | 218 | 393 | 3342 | 182 | 490 | 310 | 354 | 165 | 489 | 321 | 137 | 406 | 2854 | 6196 |
| White M: 69.3/121 W: 74.9/132 | 401 | 390 | 471 | 495 | 393 | 326 | 146 | 218 | 393 | 3233 | 182 | 478 | 296 | 354 | 165 | 477 | 310 | 137 | 406 | 2805 | 6038 |
| Gold M: 67.4/117 W: 72.8/128 | 384 | 363 | 447 | 469 | 382 | 308 | 130 | 201 | 370 | 3054 | 143 | 467 | 283 | 333 | 141 | 463 | 283 | 115 | 375 | 2603 | 5657 |
| Gold/Red M: 65.6/112 W: 70.8/124 | 340 | 336 | 447 | 469 | 339 | 308 | 130 | 191 | 344 | 2904 | 131 | 413 | 283 | 333 | 124 | 412 | 243 | 115 | 346 | 2400 | 5304 |
| Red M: 64.6/109 W: 69.6/121 | 340 | 336 | 409 | 418 | 339 | 277 | 118 | 191 | 344 | 2772 | 131 | 413 | 275 | 285 | 124 | 412 | 243 | 102 | 346 | 2331 | 5103 |
| Handicap | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
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It can be better
Greens are good but the players do not have any etiquette, no one fix their divots / ballmarks. Fairways was a bit hard and painted. Usually the cart is out but not on this day. Staff is always great. Pace of play was over 4.5 hours, there was no one behind me so I was able to circle around #4, 5, and then #6, 7 & 8 to create some space so I was not waiting behind 2 groups on the tee. I still caught up to the group ahead of me by the 16th.
Fun Course Great Greens
The guys at the pro shop are always nice and have great service! I was able to go on early to get paired up with two other guys who were really nice and made the game more fun! Unfortunately the 4 some in front of us were very slow on the greens. Other than that it was a great day out. The greens were in perfect condition, flawless! The fair ways excellent, got lots of roll with my drives for extra yardage!
Terrible pace and not organized
I tee off 20minutes later than my reservation time.
The pace was too slow and so I played only 13 holes before dark.
Terrible experience
Nice layout - slow play
Nice muni course in the middle of the town. Fairly tight course with tall trees lining many of the fairways.
Course gets a lot of play and balls are flying all over .
Only negative was the pace of play - even saw some 5somes ! Friendly staff.
We selected this course because it was less than 30 minutes away from LAX.
Probably would play it again - weekday may be better.
Great course layout and conditions.
Course was in great condition. Greens were quick and rolled true. Pace was a little slow but probably due to being pseudo-holiday (Black Friday). Anyway, highly recommend this classic tree-lined course.
First time at Rio Hondo
I enjoyed the layout and quality of the course, was very slow
Nice track
Always enjoy playing this course. But you have a ton of people who don't fix ball marks. The day we played the group ahead of us was hitting 2 or 3 balls in a foursome. It was mainly one guy who was limping. Gotta get those marshall's out there. Otherwise never a complaint.
nice
All I can say is nice, very nice for a old course is well kept. It is a moderate in difficulty and surely will play again soon. Keep it up rio hondo
A Notch above your normal public golf course
Rio Hondo is an extremely nice golf course to play. I got a great deal for $39, but even at the normal rate of $52, I feel it's a good deal.
The fairways are very well manicured... you just don't see this on other public courses.
Greens were very soft and in great condition.
We were the first group out at 6:15am, and our round took about 3 hours 20 minutes.
Nice Course
Played this muni course again by myself in a twosome yesterday with a bargain afternoon Hot Deal, met with a friendly pro-shop staff. Course was wide open at the time of play, so the pace of play was phenom. Course condition has been great thru out the tee boxes, fairways and greens, like I have said before, Rio Hondo Golf Course is a jewel in the heart of Los Angeles, great muni course owned by City of Downey.
Nice course!
The course is in good shape with green lush grass in almost every location. The only minor issue I had was that the greens were a bit slow and bumpy. But they were at least consistently like that across the entire course, so you got used to it. Pace is really slow because the course is full, because it's a nice course worth playing on. You won't zip through it in 3.5 hours, you're gonna enjoy a long 5 hour round.
Very good municipal course!
We had an excellent day. It was a great value with my VIP membership. The only small complaint was that the greens were a little slow, but ran very true.
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