Rancho Manana Golf Club

Love McDowell golf course

Was cart path only but otherwise was great fun!

Regardless of the cost we always golf Rancho when visiting once a year. This course is challenging even for the experienced golfer but loads of fun and beautiful scenery with various elevations! There are no GPS screens in the golf carts so bring your own yardage finders, you'll need it! Love having dinner and a specialty cocktail "TontoRito" afterwards at Tonto's Grill (on site) it's a great way to end a tough day of golf.

On each of the carts they state the pace of play should be around 4 hours. I have played this course now at least a half dozen times. Pace of play is more like 5 hours. They need to either spread out the tee times, or when groups fall behind, encourage them to move along, or skip a hole. There were at least 3/4’s of the holes in which there were 3 groups on a hole and half of those there were 4 groups on a hole. That’s ridiculous. Love the fun and challenging layout, but I cannot stand the wait on every shot. Unless you have 5-6 hours to play golf, I would avoid this place

Very nice course with amazing valley views. Very good food and bev, Always in good shape. A couple of holes that are a little bit funky but otherwise always very nice to play.

coming off a knee replacement, cart path only was very difficult. It made me tired so I didn't play well and that's not fun.

Played here a few years ago and it’s in great shape. Got out so early that it was wet from watering-no complaints as I was paired up with another fast playing single and we were through in 3 hours. Staff was great- il be back

Other than the pace of play, the course was gorgeous, well maintained and very playable for golfers of all ability levels. We spent a significant amount of time waiting on the group in front of us.

I have played this course at least a half dozen times. While it’s a fun, challenging layout, the pace of play is absolutely atrocious. I have never played the course in under 4 hours 45 minutes. Most of the time it’s close to 5 hours. What’s funny is they post right on their information sheet on their carts that pace of play is around 4 hours! We waited on EVERY tee box and on EVERY shot in the fairway. They need to spread out the tee times further and more importantly be not afraid to encourage people to move along. This should include making people skip a hole if they fall behind. Reality is they will probably do neither. It’s all about the money, and it’s clear that there are plenty of people who will play the course. I for one, am done. The only redeeming part of the round was I purchased a Hot Deal from GN so played the course at a discount.

Love the views from the tee boxes. Course was in great condition. It was the perfect round of golf. Will be back soon.

Tee boxes are the 1st thing I can think of. Gotta be better than that. The rest is all good. Greens, fairways, water! Bunkers with playable sand. Ill be back for sure. Hope the boxes are better then.

Course was in excellent shape. Had just been overseeded so it was cartpath only. Pace of play was good we got done in 4 hours and 10 minutes. Was starting to get backed up, but the Ranger took care of a slow group. Greens were a little slow because of the overseeding.

This course is one of my favorites. Makes you smile. some unique holes, pretty, not long but many “target” shots. Usually a little more reasonable cost than nearby courses. Views are excellent.