Empire Ranch Golf Club

Love this course layout. Pace of play was good on the front 9 then slowed way down on the back. Course conditions have gone downhill over time, and I would like to see them capitalize more on the popularity of the driving range. They can open it for more hours or expand the size, make more money and put that into the course maintenance. Lots of ground under repair, ugly rough sue to lack of maintenance, and big puddles of water in the bunkers. For the price I expect better from this course.

At 630 am I would expect to play in three hours, not 4:15

Overall great experience. Greens roll well, well maintained rough, but the bunkers still need significant work. Many bunkers with hard sand, some with stagnant water from sprinklers - this is a chronic problem here. Nonetheless, I really enjoy playing this course.

First time playing this course, and I will play again. A lot of dog legs to hills with geens below. A strategic course where you don't always need your driver. The last hole is interesting as well.

Traps need some work, like some sand. Sure they haven't been reconditioned for 3-5 yrs

The service is absolutely terrible, the course conditions are not awful but not worth the green fee. You have to be 21+ to get a cart which is obscured. This creates maximum traffic on busy days causing an 18 hole game to run 6+ hours long. Have multiple groups of walkers in front of you is not ideal at all. In the clubhouse the food prices are absolutely not worth what you get. Mcdonald’s meals for $20+ is crazy.

Pace of play was quite slow. The group ahead of us was very slow. There were two children and a very senior player. We never encountered a course marshal.

Empire Ranch is very well-maintained from the tee boxes to the fairways and on the greens. The sand traps are not always great, but they have improved recently. Greens are always I. Good condition & sneaky fast. Could use a few shade trees around the tee boxes but other than that a very good track and well-maintained.

I will continue playing Empire Ranch. The overall experience is 5-stars based on the price/value proposition. Looking forward to my next round.

Pace of play and pace management was awful. there were 5 foursomes on the 10th hole.

They should expand the driving range and take better care of the bunkers.

Overpriced, course is maintained, but it’s just an average public course. The course marshal had a stick up you know where. We played in a foursome but the course was not busy enough so we had twosomes and singles behind us. We let one play through and would have let the others play through as well but we were keeping pace ahead of them. The marshal tried making us split into two groups to play faster, even though half of us would have to wait at the tee box for us to split up. Just didn’t make sense and the people behind us weren’t trying to rush. Total play time was a pretty standard 4 hours including a break after the 9th.

I’d consider playing at other courses for a better price and nicer staff. I’ve played here my whole life as it’s convenient, but found I get a better experience traveling just a little bit for other courses.

The only problem I had with my round is they need more rakes. For the price you pay I think they can afford more than 1 rake per bunker.