Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course

the course had no electric carts and this was guaranteed with our reservation. they then had no pull carts to rent. grass hadn't been cut in a long time. rough was 6 inch high and we lost several balls as a result. unable to buy food or drinks! bad experience. the guys in the pro shop were helpful! no score cards were available!

When you’re ball can’t be found in the rough that doesn’t make for a good round. Every player in my foursome had to take drop. I’m sure in time they’ll get the course back to normal.

Great to be back playing golf

Golf Now said there are carts NO CARTS

Mentioned to starter after round, that I thought it would be helpful if they mowed a path thru rough and path between holes for walkers. Rough is quite long in areas, OK for degree of difficulty but hard and messy to walk thru. Enjoyed all the spring time baby geese

Difficult time for all us golfers... The course was fun design. They haven't mowed in a long time. fairways were long and tee boxes also. But if you were 2 feet off the fairway, your ball is gone. It still felt so good to get out and play and thank you to the staff for staying open.

Total waste - dead animals on the course, the fairway was more rocks and dirt than grass, the pace of play was awful (two groups backed up behind one tee box for maybe 5-7 holes). The course is in decline, and we won't be returning - such a shame because it used to be my favorite.

The fairway grass is not well maintained. A lot of area, no grass at all. The distance for par 5 are all very short

I booked a tee time for 3 people originally. On the day of our round, one of the golfers was sick and couldn’t play. When we arrived, I let the person at the pro shop know, he said no problem and I proceeded to purchase $280 worth of rounds, merchandise and rental clubs. Today I get an email saying I’m being charged an extra $43 for the no show. This course wasn’t worth the $43 round to begin with, let alone the extra $43 for someone who didn’t even show. I would not recommend this course to anyone.

Nice layout, challenging greens right in the center of Irvine. If management would repair the several bare spots and empower their Marshall to attend to pace-of-play policies, this would enhance the golf experience. Otherwise it struggles to be an average So Cal venue.

I have played here 2 sometimes 3 times a month only because of it's location to me and more times then not I swear I'll never play here again. The course itself is decent, it can have some of the toughest greens and pin placements in OC at times, but it can have horrid fairways and greens at times too. My main hatred of this course is the pace of play and nobody seems to care. I have quit playing many times at the 13th, 14, and 15th hole after 4.5 to 5 hours....I have also played this course in 3.5 hours many times and not been in a rush or felt like the pace was fast at all, but these times are during the week in the early AM. When a course has 5 groups on one hole and an "ambassador" or Marshal sits there an doesn't say a word to the people wasting everyone's time or chases down a 2 some for driving past 2 or 3 groups on a hole to tee up and play through because they have been waiting 5 minutes on every shot there is a major problem with the lack of golf knowledge on the part of the Marshals. I actually had an Ambassador threaten to kick me off the course because I passed 3 groups on a hole and teed up in front of them....by the time they got to the tee box I was already driving up to the green on a par 4 and the marshal stopped me because they complained. I asked them over 3 holes if I could play through. When I finished that day I had a meal outside and a few drinks and when I was done eating (over 45 minutes) the group I past was just getting off the 18th green. I dont think I'll ever play here again unless it is early during the week because the pace of play in general on this course is the worst I have ever experienced in my 40 plus years of golfing.

After all of our rain the last few weeks the course was still cart path only as there was quite a bit of standing water or soggy patches. It was in the low 40's and it was also quite wet from the previous nights dew too. Tee off was about 5 minutes behind schedule but the pace of play stayed consistent and we did not wait at any hole after the 2nd. Weather warmed slightly as the round progressed but stayed cool even though the sun came out before the turn. As wet as it was the greens played pretty fast and challenging so our putts needed to be on point. Good morning round and we'll play here again.

Owners trying to sell this land so they're not putting much upkeep on it just trying to dilapidate the golf course so the city will agree to let them sell it. So just really lowering prices and jamming the course with as many people as possible.

Really bad drainage and there will be mud everywhere. It'll just keep getting worse but yes you can play 18 for $20-30 until they sell it

After rainy days, course configuration was not good. And pace of play was too slow.