Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course

The only complaint I have is that the range is away from the starter and they would not release our cart to us because we were 45 minutes early and they said that we would have to walk to the range

Course was not in good condition, the fairways were in rough shape and the greens were also in bad shape. Would not play here again.

Slow Pace of play destroys all good things about golf. Once again, the pace of play at this course is unbearable. Played on a Tues. at 11.30 AM. It wasn't one or two groups slowing everyone up...It was every group that teed up for 2 hours before us. When this happens time and time again, it points to one and only one problem with the course : Management.

Good course and helpful staff. The greens were recently plugged leading to erratic putts and additional stokes. We did not receive any notice or discounts for the course conditions. It would have been nice to know about the conditions of the greens.

After my most recent round at Rancho San Joaquin, I am starting to understand Mark Twain's quote when he wrote:

“Golf is a good walk spoiled.”

5 1/2 hours is beyond slow play no matter how patient one is.

The management continues to overbook and stack foursome (and even fivesomes) in order to increase revenue.

And, the course is starting to have more bare and poorly kept areas throughout fairways. Only the putting greens were decent.

Even with the lower green fees, it does not feel like a bargain.

Don't bother with the cart you will do more walking if your in one. Almost every hole was cart path only. It's over priced for what it is.

Wont be back. Insane to charge $95 for this subpar pubic course. Grass conditions are awful, sand is hard dirt, entire course smells rotten. Greens were fine. Seems they put the money into off course landscaping with new flowers around the clubhouse.

I'm usually suspicious of 'poor' reviews on courses I've played before when they have not matched my experience.

In short, Rancho San Joaquin has certainly taken a turn for the worse.

While it is a decent and moderately challenging layout with nice restaurant amenities two things have occurred in the last several months:

1) The course has fallen on very poor conditions (dry areas, overly wet areas, bare spots). The greens were fairly consistent though--mostly good condition.

2) They are stacking groups up with very little time between each tee off.

As a result, my last (2) rounds were both 5 1/2 hours.

What made our round particularly miserable was a combination of a slow playing foursome and FIVEsome (yep) in front of us. Combined with the 91-degree weather that day, well, it was a tough day.

RSJ has potential for a comeback if Management can get their act together.

Let's hope they get the message.

It took us 6 hours to play 18 holes! It was a joke! That place overbooks every time we play there! Never going again!!!!!😖😖😖😖😖😖