Empire Ranch Golf Club

Great layout on a beautiful property at the base of the foothills. No two holes are alike, and the front 9 is completely different from the back. Also, 5 par 3’s is a nice touch. Empire could be the best public course in the area if they only kept it in better shape. Only 2 bunkers have actual sand, the greens are lumpy, and the grass in the fairways is either dead or flooded. It’s a shame that they let it get this bad, but I guess when the tee sheet is completely full there is no need for them to improve

Having played this course numerous times previously, the greens were in awesome shape and fast. The course was in decent shape but it had just rained so a lot of wet areas on several holes, making my black shoes brown now. Several holes had ground under repair, but they were being worked on. Pace of play was good having finished in about 4 hours. Staff is always friendly and would play again.

Did not enjoy the amount of walking required. Even with a cart I had to walk back and forth from the cart path so many times I felt like I had walked the full course

It is a fairly well maintained course and is always busy being an only golf course in Folsom area.

One thing I always notice that there are many soggy patches of grass that seem dying of over-watering. If your approach shot does not get one the green. it will not roll on. It is wet and very soft especially in low areas.

Bunker's gotten more sand but some are wet. again too much watering.

Greens always preety good.

I hope the greenskeeper or manager can address the soggy condition.

Slow play high handicappers course no respectable Marshals Overrated OVERPRICED

Some of the reviews here put me off trying this course, but I thought it was great. started at 2PM on a cool day, caught up with another group and joined them. pace was fine. grass condition was fine. all the traps I hit into had fine sand in them (2). The blind fairways over hills were a challenge for a first timer, and I'm sure I still have a ball sitting in the middle of one fairway that I just couldn't find over the blind hill. I enjoyed it a lot and will try it again. a lot easier than Apple Mountain or The Ridge in my opinion. I'm a high handicapper and shot to my handicap here.. it was fun and encouraging after losing so many sleeves of balls at Apple Mountain.

Far too often courses don’t manage the pace of play. There is rarely a Marshall on this course and often times groupings are waiting 5 to 10 minutes to tee off, specifically on the 18th. Drawback of having a par 3 as the finishing hole. Perhaps flip the front and back 9 so people stopping at the turn also don’t hold up play while getting food.

It really takes away from this course, which is pretty open and fairly simple yet fun to play. It is the only course in Folsom and it’s pretty much always full.