Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course

A GC ranger went around and hassled the golfers. We(threesome) hated the hassle. Please do not bother golfers.
The course did not have enough yardage signs, red/white/blue stakes and no signs for cart path only.

Half the greens were punched and no discount was offered but I still had a good time. This course is a bit longer than most in this area and the greens are tricky. The fairways are pretty rough, need much attention but they appear to be trying to improve it a little every year. I need to play this course more often!

Teed off at 4pm. Took 3 hours to play 9 holes. Greens here covered with sand.

I went at 5p on a Sunday afternoon expecting for it not to be busy. I ended up only playing 9 holes in 3 hours - not expected. The starter didn't pair anybody up, it was at least 10 minutes waiting on each hole, and a lot of people did not understand how to keep up the pace of play. Wouldn't recommend if you know for a fact it will not be busy.

Had a great morning at this course. 1 player was late so they allowed a few groups to go ahead of us. Very friendly staff.

We walked off the #9 green and 30 minutes later we walked off the #10 green. When we teed off #10, there were 3 groups on the tee box: our 3some and 2 others. That tells all. AND, we got paired with a guy who talked for 5 hours straight. Don't go there.

Don't plan on finishing 18 if you tee off in the PM

To begin, unfortunately, I put $9.96 on my card as a "reserve" for my foursome on-line and was notified that I would be charged that amount less when we arrived at the course. Upon check-in, my buddy that covered me was charged the full price. I play quite frequently and have developed an expecting of course conditions and facilities-not to sound like a snob! There is no GPS on the carts, no course layout on the cards nor the tee boxes. You are playing this course blind. The course was "well-played" and showing obvious signs of great wear. Bare spots of dirt all over the fairways and green edges. The carts steering was something like a ride from Disneyland, making every turn an adventure!
For the price we were charged, we'll stick to the longer drive to Santa Ana, rather than staying and playing in Irvine. This facility could be a great value if the fairways were better maintained and the carts aquire GPS,-or at least have a course map on the cards & maintain the cart's overall bad condition. I was expecting more from this Irvine course and received less.

I see a number of somewhat bad reviews so far about this course, but I've been coming here for the past three years and the course is getting so much better than how it was a 2-3years ago. There will be bumper to bumper traffic in all courses over the weekend everywhere, so I don't see why people want to rant about the pace of play. For the price of the green fee + lunch combo, you can't beat it in OC. I've played just about all other courses in OC and this is one of my fav. course!

Rancho San Joaquin is a fun, fair course. There are a few undulations in this generally flat course. There are trees, but not so many as to cause real problems. Water does come into play on a few holes. The greens are in good shape. Pace of play was decent overall, but did slow down a few times. Our green fee included lunch, a pleasant surprise.

I have played here about 8 times in the past year and each time I say the same thing, "I will never play here again". I say this because the pace of play is utterly horrific. I have played at 10 AM during the week and it still took me 4.5 to 5 hours to play....3 PM during the week, just forget about finishing before sunset. I have played at different times to try to find the perfect time to go. I give up. For an extra 10 bucks I can drive down to Talega and play at 3 PM and finish with no problems. Heres the problem folks. The people that play this course truly believe that golf should take about 5 hours to play 18 holes, so when things get going slow and it takes 5.5 hours or even 6 hours these same people dont think it too bad at all. I have played packed courses before and if they have good golf marshals the game still only takes 4.5 hours max. This courses does not have marshals, but worthless ambassadors that will not tell people to move over and let groups play through. This in turn causes a bad attitude on this course. I have seen people almost get in fights because there are 2 open holes in front of 2 groups of 5 somes on the same hole blocking 3 to 4 other groups in back of them and the AMBASSADORS do nothing. The only way to make this course a better place is to get GOLF marshals that know the rules and etiquette of the game.

Pace of play poor, waiting two deep from hole 8 on

The course is being worked on, lots fairways have the large patchy areas resided, green are great condition. It would be nice if patrons would be reminded to repair their ball marks.
Still need Marshall to push slower groups, the foursome in front was not practicing ready golf on tee boxes, fairways and especially on greens. It turned out they were playing for money and it slowed the back nine to a crawl. It took an hour to play the last three holes.

Value for money is good if u get a hot deal. Need to improve the condition of fairway

Very bad and i I don't like play Rancho san jonquin

Course greens real slow
Course just installed new sod in fairways, lots of brown patches
Tee boxes from black tees was never level

The greens were in great shape, but people need to learn how fix their ball marks, it's not that difficult! The rest of the course was in fair shape, but they are in the process of replacing a lot of the bad spots with new sod. Customer service isn't their strong point, but I think that is more attributable to American Golf not actually running courses they manage. Tee times also need to be spaced out more, 8 minutes between groups is the reason the course can get so backed up, should be more like 12 apart to match the skill of most golfers playing here.

The pace of play was very slow on this day but I've played the course several times and on this day it was overly crowded. There's always great people to play with.

Fun course to play. There is quite a bit of fairway work taking place and a bit noisy. But, course in decent shape and fun to play.

The pace was horrible and the typical patchy fairways. This course has potential and had great design 60 years ago. The greens have great slope and require you to hit the proper section