Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course

About 1/4 holes are cart path only which is weird for summer.

On the holes where carts are allowed, the cart GPS kept telling us to back up but WE WERE LESS THAN 100 YDS AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY!!

It's like not having a cart and everyone in front of us were slowed by having to go back and forth for clubs. We were about 1.5 groups backed up.

This course will eat your balls even down the fairway, puddles uneven grass, uncut down the middle. Cart died on 16th hole, golf elsewhere

Booked an early tee time for July 4th (cart included) for $90+ .. got to the course early…. Paid for my tee time …. Soon after they swiped my card; that’s when they inform me that I would have to share my cart since I’m a single…. NOT O.K. !

When I expressed my hesitance to ride with a stranger (1. For simple health related concerns; 2. There were no disclaimers on their website about forcing Single players to share carts and I took screen shots afterward my interaction) the club manager insisted that ALL golf courses do this? Dude. I play twice if not 3x per week in OC / LA / IE and nowhere is this “rule” enforced especially after the pandemic. When I asked for a refund, the manager simply refused and gave me the general managers business card. I’ve tried to contact multiple times and no avail. Basically…. I Just had $90+ stolen from me.

I’m sure this place accommodates well for others…. Just not for some.

Though this course is not so good, course management get better and better recently .

Although I have lived in Irvine for several years now this is my first experience playing Rancho. In the past I’ve only used their driving range facility. Since my daughter plays golf for Uni High School she’s played this course. I couldn’t refuse when she asked me to join her. Overall the layout of the course is good. Condition of the course was up to par and the pace of play was fine. I’d probably play this course again

The earlier reviews made mention of lot of construction and coursework, so I had very low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised that the construction was less than had been described. Perhaps it had advanced since the earlier reviews?

There was one hole where a cement truck was blocking the cart path, and no alternatives route was provided. The course definitely requires more water and attention and with this could be excellent. I understand that the new owners have been making improvements and look forward to seeing continued progress.

Got hooked up with a single player named Enrique today...If you even have a 3 some or 2 some and get a tall slender 35 to 40 year old single named Enrique joining you...Just pass him on the first hole if you can. He thought he was a tour player playing in the Masters and believed a 5 hour round was standard. He played well and probably shot a 78 but good god he destroyed our 3 some. We would have passed him multiple times but the 2 groups in front of us where just as slow. I love golf but slow play is the rudest more entitled self serving thing on the planet. it's like drivers driving in the fast and middle lanes at 65 and not letting anyone pass them because they are driving the speed limit and no body is going to pass them. This was Enrique. I can not emphasize this enough. Enrique is a cancerous tumor to the golf course. Problem with this course in particular is that there are always several Enriques on it all the time. Worst pace of play in O.C.

Funniest thing ever...I marked Enriques ball because he was still a hundred yards off the green (slow as a snail) and putted out and he got mad because he said only he can mark his ball and that I ruined his handicap and now he can't use it for this round. I couldn't care less. This in a nutshell is Rancho, everyone thanks they are in a tournament and a 5 hour round is standard. I've said this 25 times but this was the last time I play here.

I have always liked the layout of the course. The condition of the course….not so much. The improvements made over the past year or so are really raising the enjoyment. Fairways are much improved.

I like this course, but I hate the slow play. Actually, it's not so much the slow play but the players that refuse to let anyone pass them. They feel that since they paid then they are entitled to take all the time they need. I ended up playing in just over 4.5 hours but only because I felt my group and ended up playing throw 2 other groups (though they protested for 2 holes while there was 1 empty hole between each group.) Come to find out, it was the unofficial Mens club (3 groups) having their reg. Thurs. round that was slowing the whole day down. Completely inconsiderate, selfish and entitled behavior. I teed off one hour behind them and was pushing them on every shot for the last 9 holes. You heard that correctly. I was walking and they were in carts (no cart restrictions and any holes) and I caught them at hole 10. Took me 1.5 hours to walk the front nine and 3 hours to finish. I have told myself at least 10 times I will never play here again and then I get in a rush and want to go out and play and all the tee times are taken so I end up here. Golf should be fun, but out of all the courses in O.C. this one always seems to be the slowest with the most entitled players...Players with a 25 handicap tossing up grass on every shot and pulling out a rangefinder 10 yards off the green and lining up a 2 foot putt for 2 minutes....That is this course in a nutshell.

Other than the greens, course was in pretty mediocre condition. Senior rate was attractive. Multiple holes limited to cart path only. Seemingly too much watering as everywhere was pretty wet.