Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course

Wasn't excited to see tractors actively aerating the fairways on a number of holes as I was waiting to tee off. Number of other fairways and cart paths were being actively torn up during the round as well. Tee boxes have recently been rebuilt with new sod (not overseeded). Greens were all in fantastic condition (other than one being renovated). Will be interested in playing again once fairway renovations are completed.

It was very slow today at 5.5 hours for 18. There was a fivesome two groups ahead that had at least a hole open between them and next group. It was a nice day so could be worse right?

Not sure if they are trying to come off as some prestige course because of the area, or just clueless, but this place is way over priced for what you get. It's not a half bad layout, but there are plenty of other courses in this part of Orange County that are significantly better kept and cheaper to play.

Firsr off, is the pace of play. It can be downright atrocious. I don't understand why it can take 5 to 7 hours to play a round here. I understand that this is an extremely populated area; however, there are other courses within a 15 to 20 minute minute drive where you don't have to deal with the snail's pace of play and offer a much better experience.

Lastly, we come to the driving range. My God, the balls are basically smoothed over and half of the shots I hit flale like a lame duck. The practice facility itself is actually one of the better ones in the area. So, if you come here to chip or use the practice bunker for free, it is actually quite excellent. But, the driving range is overpriced for a machine dispensing bucket of balls (17 bucks for a mat). If they would just put a little money into getting a better quality range ball, it would be worth it, but until then there are better options close by. Still, this place is right next to my house so if I am in a pinch, I will come here but only if I have the time to tool around in the chipping/ bunker practice area.

Worst pace of play around, took almost six hours for the round.

The new owners are improving the course including RE-doing several of the tee boxes. Should continue to get better as work goes along

New owners are investing some money into the course. Greens in good shape. Tboxes and fairways in rough shape.

Was expecting a little better conditions than what we experienced. Understanding that So Cal is in a drought, seemed as though the fairways were awfully dry/cracked due to lack of water. Greens were fantastic! I understand that they will be going through a renovation and we might try it again after that process has been completed.

Course is absolute trash. They’re supposedly redoing the bar. Why not figure out how to grow grass? Pipe one down the fairway to hit off straight dirt. Waste of 75$. Only reason I went was because the wife was busy. It’s a tragedy you all charge that much.

I first would like to say I liked the greens. They bite and are in fairly good condition. However, the fairways are hard and sparse of grass. I moved my ball to grass several times as I didn’t’ want to hit off of such tight lies. I know they’re working on it, and are trying to repair the fairways.

Didn’t like getting charged for a cart fee. Usually is included on tee off.

Overall-it’s a good course - was fun to play !

Condition is not perfect-fairways don’t have enough grass , so you often have to deal with a hard ground including around the greens.

Greens also have some bold spots, wich make them really hard to read and put

But general impression-it’s a good course -very friendly staff

Just requiring some work

Fairways were dried out and muddy in some places. Greens were good and the layout was nice. For the price (way overpriced) there are much better courses to play!!