Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club

IMO this is the best architecture for all courses in the central San Joaquin valley. From each tee you can see what options the designer has provided to you; chew off as much or as little as you want. Greens are receptive and fast!

My biggest complaint is the SUPER thick rough that is WAY too penalizing for a golf course that does not need such defense. Play this track from the back tees and it offers all the challenge you'd ever want without needing the thick stuff.

Will continue to play there, but would like to see it mowed down in the high areas to be more golfer-friendly :)

November 17

Greens are a bit soft but are in very good condition. Lack of play and the perfect fall weather has allowed the course to speed the greens to the point where you really have to pay attention. The size, undulations and speed make for a challenging day.

Fairways are dormant and have tight firm lies.

First cut of rough is dormant but has been left alone which is helpful for keeping balls out of the native unplayable grass.

Native grass unfortunately continues to thrive and is green thick and nasty. Any ball hit into these areas (which are everywhere) are almost always lost and result in delays and increased pace of play. I realize that for aesthetics and challenge they are necessary, but it would be ok not to continually water them. Allowing them to thin out would be a huge boost to PoP.

Sand as always is very good and the deep bunkers both in the fairway and greenside are challenging.

Tees are level with dormant or semi-dormant coverage and little to no divot damage.

One of the group members pointed out the absurdly low slope rating from the blue tees (116) and we debated if the system was in need of adjustment to not emphasize length as much or if the reviewer never left his cart lol. This course is definitely more challenging from the blues than several other local tracks with higher slopes.

Great golf course! Fairways were awesome and greens were fast. Whenever I can get a chance I try and head out to this course because it never lets me down.

This is the best public course from Bakersfield to Fresno, go there, you'll love it.

I live 30 miles from this course and I am a Rewards member. Pace of play is usually great. Recommend golfers to play this course.

My son and I love this course. Very well manicured, always in beautiful condition. Very challenging course but worth every penny! Recommend this course to everybody.

This had to be one of the best in the valley and definately the best golf course between Fresno and Bakersfield.

Very tough course but very well maintained. Tricky greens to putt but roll true. Had a great time. Definitely be back soon.

I hope the course stays with the new changes.

The course is very lush right now. Those of you that have played here before know that the course is normally set up to imitate a very hard fast links style.

Greens were softer than normal and were holding shots and allowing for some pull back on well struck shots. They were rolling smooth and slower than normal at medium speed. The speed is actually a good thing because these greens are huge with many slopes and swales. Less 3 putts equal faster pace of play. The only damage was from neglectful golfers (how can we educate the non avid players?) and it was only in areas where people tend to hit more shots on the surfaces.

Tees all lush, green, level and very few areas with any divots.

Bunkers unlike most Cen Cal tracks have sand and it is consistent throughout and very playable. The depth of the bunkers is very challenging, anything from chest high to one where I was standing 10' above the player. The fairway bunkers are not much shallower and most of the time hitting into one is a blast out with a sw and is equivalent to a penalty with no real chance to advance.

Fairways are very different than in the past. Before they were very firm and fast with lots of rollout. Now they are longer and softer and make the course play much longer but also keep shots from going off into the nasty fescue. Less ball searches equals faster pace of play. Great coverage all around.

Rough in the past was non existent until you reached the heavy native areas where even finding the ball is a coin flip. Now there is an intermediate cut that helps keep balls in playable areas. Again, less ball searches speeds up play.

The longer cut in the fairways combined with the new cut of rough is an excellent move by the course.

Ridge creeck is by far,a hidden gem,great training facilities we're you can develop your stroke.Great place!!

Best Public course in the valley. Great layout and the greens are perfect. Great place to play!!!

Layout as always is excellent, top 3 public in the area IMO.

Greens mostly smooth and quick with a few areas where golfers have not fixed their marks.

Tees level and lush.

Fairways are returning to their normal firm playing conditions and the grass is coming out of dormancy.

Off fairway areas are a coin flip for even finding the ball in the native grass that is deep deep deep after the rains.

Bunkers have good consistent sand.

Practice facilities are best in the area.

The one place things can improve is pace as the multiple searches for balls slows play. I recommend the course implement a local rule to treat the areas as laterals to help speed play. (no one goes back after their 5plus minute searches anyway)

This course is worth a visit regardless of how far you need to drive.

Even with all the rain we have received recently the course remains playable and in good shape. The greens are in amazing shape and still play quite fast; only reason for four stars for course condition is not fault to the course but there were about 4 fairways that were still pretty wet. No plugged balls or anything tho! Layout is fun, a lot of penal bunkers and don't spray your tee shots as the long stuff outside the rough is basically OB - not gonna find you ball unless you step on it. Well worth the green fees, go play ridge creek!

Great staff, nice layout and took advantage of a Hot Deal!

Ridge creek puts all other golf courses to shame.