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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7044 yards
Slope 133
Rating 73.4

Course Details

Year Built 2001
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gil Hanse (2001) Geoff Shackelford (2001)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, Mastercard
Metal Spikes Allowed Soft spikes only
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper attire is required. Bermuda length shorts are OK. Collared shirts are required. No denim.

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4.8
779 Reviews (779)
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Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
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Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Average
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Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/05/2020

Hi u581079581. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Rustic Canyon Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Very well kept during the shut down

Didn't get to complete the course as we started at 3:30 but enjoyed every hole. In very good condition but due to walking a few holes were backed up,

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/05/2020

Hi True18. We would love to hear more about your positive experience at our course. Please contact us at (805) 530-0221 to share with us your favorite part of your experience with us. Thanks for golfing at Rustic Canyon Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/05/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, mathotj! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Rustic Canyon Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great links-style course

This course is a great links style course that increases in difficulty when the wind picks up. Greens are fast and challenging and the diversity in the design makes it enjoyable to play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/09/2020

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us, DougSoCal. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round!

Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/18/2020

Hi, mbramorski. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Rustic Canyon Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you at the course soon for another 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/18/2020

Hi Alex8615342. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Rustic Canyon Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Scottish Golf meets Pinehurst

Beautifully desgined course. Generous fairways, multi tiered, huge greens and collection areas/ aprons. Most players putt when off the green as grass is short and well kept.

Played with a local who knew the layout well, but still struggled on the greens. Most of time time, putts pulled toward 3rd greeen on East side of course.

Some things can be improved--first time playing. All flags were red , including those in front and very back of greens. It would help to have white and blue flags for traditional mid and back green pin placements.

A marshall is necessary out here, especially for afternoon rounds or weekends. Pace of play should be better than 4 hr 45 min. While we were on of the fee walking, we were usuallt waiting on carts in front of us. Golfers shoukd be given a friendly warning to keep better pace of play, or fall back a hole. Putts out here are not to win the Masters-- players should survey greens while partners are putting.

Not that this would work like it does elsewhere (eg UK), but having golfers produce a maximum handicap sheet of 24 or 30 to the pro shop is reasonable to avoid nonstop criss cross golf.

Would need a dozen rds here to best learn the greeens and areas around the greens.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 03/18/2020

Hi u1161441913. We would love to hear more about your positive experience at our course. Please contact us at (805) 530-0221 to share with us your favorite part of your experience with us. Thanks for golfing at Rustic Canyon Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very enjoyable round

Was matched up with 3 other guys, all of whom enjoyed the course and the beautiful morning. Played in 4 1/2 hours. Enjoyed being able to walk and play. A challenging course to walk due to elevation changes and maddening greens but still enjoyable. Would definitely come back.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/18/2020

gcebulski, we want to hear more about your experience with us! Please call us at (805) 530-0221. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 03/06/2020

Hi u3712508. We would love to hear more about your positive experience at our course. Please contact us at (805) 530-0221 to share with us your favorite part of your experience with us. Thanks for golfing at Rustic Canyon Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day of golf

As always a great time playing golf. Rustic does a great job maintaining the course. Keep in mind it’s winter conditions and the course is in great shape. If you want to play a challenging course then come play Rustic. The staff is great. Come out and play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/06/2020

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us, u303712984. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round!

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/06/2020

Hi, Gabriel9547560. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Rustic Canyon Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you at the course soon for another 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/06/2020

Hello, AlexKing. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Course-Terrible Round

Rode the blues in 4 hours, fantastic pace on a gorgeous day.. Great price on the hot deal. Booking as usual was fantastic, checkin as usual was simple. Course is in great winter shape. Tee boxes were all level. Fairways are currently dormant and thin, greens were very nice, rolled true. I had no problem checkin balls up. The only negative are the traps as they do have rocks in some. I highly recommend this course for a change of pace and to work different aspects of your game. It’s pure links and when the wind gets going it makes it more difficult. Much better than being in the snow in Ohia.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/06/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, jasonburcham! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Rustic Canyon Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

No pin placement info

This has always been a favorite course of mine. Today however I was very disappointed because they no longer offer ANY information on pin placements. It's too difficult a course to have to guess that . I won't be back unless they change it back too at least a colored flag system.

Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 03/06/2020

Hi Alankaplan. Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We take single star feedback very serious at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Rustic Canyon Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 02/28/2020

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, rcoch300. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed from your round with us. Thanks for choosing us!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
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Commented on 02/28/2020

Hi flynnj2149. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Rustic Canyon Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Fantastic greens

This course is great to play on but there’s always a bottleneck on the 10th 11th and 12th hole A slower pace towards the end. But if you don’t mind slow play at the end I recommend you play it I would

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/28/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us arsanchez. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Rustic Canyon Golf Course thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/20/2020

Thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Rustic Canyon Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Following a Tournament

I purchased a round for a 12:30pm tee time. So I checked in 20 minutes before and asked about how long the round would take. They let me know that it may be a little slower than normal due to a tournament that was going on but that the round shouldn’t be more than 4 hours and 30 to 45 minutes. Needless to say that I walked off after a 2 hour 45 minute front 9... that meant that we would be finishing up around 6pm. We would not be finishing because it’s dark before that. I feel that if you should be notified before you purchase the round that you’ll be following a tournament where 90% of the players were walking. The pro shop gave me a business card of the pro shop so that I can call tomorrow and hopefully get a free replay. I came to play 18 holes at a great course, but following a tournament will never happen again. Bummer! We’ll work it out, I’ve got faith in Rustic! Cheers

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/20/2020

Hi ludwig5050! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good time at rustic

Played a great round at Rustic today. Was added to a threesome nice guys and good pace. Beautiful day greens slow hamburger great.

Conditions Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/07/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Rustic Canyon Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

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