Empire Ranch Golf Club

Would give it 5 stars and it’s not their fault that it was a little muddy. Had record rain fall. Love the layout and considering the rain amounts it actually drained pretty good. Haven’t played here in a few years but plan on coming back soon. Let it dry out a bit first.

The greens were in great condition and seem to roll true. My first time seeing a par 3 finishing hole. Overall a good experience.

I noticed a group of women in holiday garb at the practice area. The starter let another group out ahead of them. I joined a group(as a single) after them. They went off the first tee as 4 and 2. After that they joined up and created a bottleneck. Starter said they all know how to play and will pick up and move on - they didn't - and when they couldn't keep up with group ahead - marshal flirted with them and got them more out of position. Who lets a 6-some play - and on a FRIDAY

Wow, I was shocked. The last 2 times I played, it appears that a new greens keeper may be needed. They claim the water pump went out and they could not water. What....no back up plan. What about a water truck? Not sure water has to do with the weeds in the T-boxes and the women's restroom not working for almost a year. Not worth the money at this point.

Course is pretty torn up right now. Fairways, approach areas, fringes and some greens are in pretty bad shape. From what I hear they had an irrigation pump failure which aide the grass to die and then when they got it working again, they had to over water due to the severe heat. The.n it looks like animals got into the turf looking for bugs and that’s resulted in lots of dug up areas and dead patches. They are working hard to fix stuff but it’s not in great shape. Luckily the greens for the most part are decent. Hope things get fixed up soon.

We frequent this course on a regular basis since it’s close to home. If it weren’t for that, not sure we would play here much. The pace of play is always an issue and the rangers don’t do anything about it. We played mid morning on a Saturday and it took almost 6 hours. We saw the ranger twice in the front who said he was hoping the pace would pick up but never saw him on the back nine. When we got to 18 there were 3 groups waiting. Crazy!

Course conditions are struggling. The bunkers are hard wet dirt and fairways are overwatered and in poor condition. Hoping they can get things turned around. Tee boxes were over seeded and long. Definitely not worth $75 IMO.