Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club

Disclaimer : I was in Ridge Creek's players club several years ago , when I had more money & more time to play, and have always liked the course , but only played it twice in the past year. My only complaints about RC are (1) it's on the pricey side, compared to other muni courses, especially on their twilight rates, and (2) the pace of play can be agonizingly slow, as the rough is totally unforgiving, and the average hacker will lose a lot of balls (and spend a lot of wasted time trying to find them all, to no avail ), and the few times I've seen a ranger there, nothing is done to speed up play.

Having said that, I was pleasantly surprised when I spotted a great price for RC with a hot price, as I had never seen a Hot Price for RC before, so jumped on it . I was really glad I did - Had a good round and enjoyed being back. I was playing as a single & did have to go thru several groups during the round, but it was all good.

The course was in OK shape, and the greens have always been on the faster side which makes for a nice challenge.

I should add that RC has a very nice bar & grill for your 19th hole, and the club pro Tim is a great guy, very friendly, professional & welcoming.

Excellent value and friendly staff. Course is as good as advertised.

I really enjoy the short game on the practice range. It gives me a great warm up before I start the course.

I've always enjoyed the challenge of the links style course! But to have the course in such great shape makes it a win win!! I'll start playing there more now that it's on Golf Now!

I played the course on a Thursday and there was no waiting to get on or waiting while on the course. The play was fast, the only delayed we had was when we miss the fairway, it was sometime hard to fine the ball. The greens are in great shape and where fast on this day. You must know where to land your ball on most of the greens due to the undulation of the greens. I played the black tees and most of the par fours where over 430 yards. It is one of the better course in the valley.

THIS IS WELL MAINTAINED COURSE,WIDE FAIRWAYS, LARGE GREENS WELL KEPT. THE ONLY DRAW BACK OUR GROUP NOTICED WAS THE SIMILARITY OF SEVERAL OF THE HOLES. FROM THE TEE BOX IT WAS LIKE PLAYING THE SAME HOLE OVER AND OVER. THAT BEING SAID WE WILL PLAY HERE AGAIN

Played the Blacks (72.0/123/6995) with RGM2525 on a 2 person Golf Moose deal in 3H, 40M riding. Teeing off around 8:40, the weather was breezy, sunny and in the 80's.

My 1st time here in slightly over 7 years. I see a combination of Olivas Links & Rustic Canyon here. The lack of actual water hazards, low rough close to the fairways and the undulating fairways/greens remind me of Rustic. The wide fairways and huge greens remind me of both Olivas & Rustic. The very penal native rough reminds me of Olivas.

The tees were good, mowed close, well maintained.

The fairways had good coverage and were mowed tight. Firm and lots of roll, the course played shorter than almost 7000 yards from the blacks IMO.

The rough close to the fairway is mowed down close, almost as low as fairways on some courses. However, slightly outside that is the native rough, which is both thick AND deep in many areas. Assuming you even find your ball, advancing the ball even 50 yards out of that stuff was often a challenge.

The sand traps were nicely maintained with thick moist sand that was getting fluffier as the round drew to a conclusion. Almost too fluffy on the fairway bunkers, I had a fried egg on a ball that bounced and rolled the final 20-30 yards into the trap?

The greens putted nice, firm and medium fast. They are very large & undulating, 3 putts waiting to happen.

No water hazards, but IMO, this course's slope/rating are too low. It's long, and while the fairways are wide, it's questionable whether you will even find your ball if you miss the fairway by much here. Customer service was good from all encountered. Had an excellent burger & Arnold Palmer for lunch after the round that was a little on the high end cost wise.

Like the layout, would play here more often if it was not almost 4 hours north of my house. Recommended = yes.

Check previous review for details. Great design and the usage of reclaimed water keeps the course in good shape during the hot summer. Greens underwent maintenance at the end of June so there is still evidence.

Very unique design for the area. Heathland style is the label given by the designer.

Rolling fairways (wide if you play the correct tees), massive greens (often difficult to see just how big from the approach), penal bunkers (deep even in the fairways), and multiple tee options (5k-7k+ yards), all make this course challenging/fun for every level.

The native areas are ball eaters. The added time from lost ball searches, even on shots that barely roll into the edges of the long grasses, is one of the few negatives. No one likes lost balls and very few people ever limit their searches to 5 minutes or play stroke and distance once giving up the search. Thin out the areas, stop watering, make them lateral hazards, any or all of the above will increase pace of play and enjoyment.

Overall - 4, highly recommend at least one visit to see for yourself.

Pace - 4, just over 4hrs for us. We played late so the pace was good, often the pace can suffer due to the aforementioned plethora of lost balls possible.

Course conditions - 3, winter conditions, nothing in poor shape and greens were very good.

Staff - 4, friendly and helpful from the starter to the grill to the beverage cart.

Value - 2, off the rack rate is high for the region and the location. I have heard many people say that they would return happily if it weren't for the pricing. There are a few ways to play for less, check their website.

Food - 4, full restaurant offers above average menu.

Facilities - 5, stylish new buildings, great deck, great practice areas (one of the best in the Valley).

Dinuba may be out of the way, but the course is worth the trip.

This is an extremely challenging course. from the tips it is 7482 yards. Everything is well maintained but not as green as it could be and there are weeds starting to pop up al over the place. Just needs a little TLC to get it back to pristine condition. The layout is excellent. I would go on Monday, if you wear pink then the green fee is only $35 incl. cart. Regular is $54 weekday $75 weekend. Not worth that much money.

Nancy and I go south to the Palm Springs area this time every year and have stopped in Dinuba to play Ridge Creek the last three years. We're heading south again and won't miss it. We stay an extra night and play twice.