Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course

Had a good day of golf on a reasonably good Golf Course. Course was still wet from recent rains and the greens seemed a little spongy but had an excellent day putting and chipping. I was teamed with two very good guys and pretty good golfers; so it was a very enjoyable day as well.

Poor conditions. All the negative reviews are spot on. Will never play again.

All the staff of this course have been historically extremely friendly but today's staff. I drove down to this course from Palisades. Hence I got there about 20 minutes ahead of a tee-time. He was rude different than prior experience. When a cart of a group ahead of our group was down, we tried to reach the front desk but the staff kept telling us "Hold" without listening at all. On our fourth call we could inform them about the cart problem. Very unusual experience at this course where staff friendliness has been a trademark over the past ten years.

I play this course occasionally because it's close by. Half of the holes have dirt/little grass growing and resembles a typical muni course. Some fairways will have both areas of dirt as well as wet muddy ground, probably due to poor drainage. There are huge gopher holes next to some fairways where you can lose your ball even on a good shot. Customer service is poor, staff can be uppity, they seem to think it's a higher-end course than it really is. Course is not worth it at standard rates, but it's ok for a quick round if you get a deal on the price.

Pace was a huge problem and wouldn’t play here again. There are better options at this price point but I can see why demand keeps the price high. Location is great but given how slow the round played I would suggest that they take additional measures to move people along at a reasonable pace to avoid 2 groups waiting on every hole.

Overcrowded slow pace of play. Got good price but to slow

We had to wait 25 mins after our tee time to get a golf cart before we could tee off. Then after that we were waiting to hit every shot. After it was all said and done, we made the turn 3 hours after our original tee time, and finished the round 5hours and 40 mins after our tee time. Half of my group had to leave after 14 holes because they didn’t plan for the round to last almost 6 hours.

The whole course smelled really bad, the water in the ponds has a rotten smell and did not let us enjoy the game, yes it’s that bad

It is very easy to go and close to save much time+ I love to play here.

The greens were very nice but the fairways and tee box’s needed a lot of care.

Weather and pace of play were great. The course was in OK condition at best as the fairways are in need of some serious attention. Some pretty soggy areas and bare patches on every fairway. with the amount of standing water (pretty good sized puddles) on the cart path's it leads me to believe they are over watering which is causing the fairways to get burned out. Greens ran pretty true and picked up speed as it warmed up more later in the round. Will play here again but with the courses current condition I do not believe it warrants the price rate paid.

Rancho was in best shape I’ve seen it. There were only a couple of drainage issues as opposed to dozens. The sand in the bunkers was great. The greens were in good shape. The fairways were much better - still need work but better.