Rancho Maria Golf Club

Seems to have been built on a gofer mine. Staff was not nice. We had to ask where the first hole was. The cart kept rolling away bc the breaks didn’t work on a hill. Course was extremely dry. Won’t be back here to play.

Great course to play. Staff is friendly, food is great, and course is fun to play. Played it several times.

Fun to play and the staff for the most part is very friendly. Good food withe good prices. I do recommend this course for any handicap golfers.

Walked the Blues (6390/70.5/124) as part of a SLO Co. Golf tournament. Played with my neighbor Mike and his wife Doris. 4.5H POP under breezy, overcast skies in the 60's.

The courses main defenses are the sloping greens and the hundreds of 40+' tall trees that line all the fairways. Few true water hazards but a decent amount of lateral and OB that can catch really errand shots.

They had a few tees closed for resodding. I guess my reaction would be about time, because these were probably the worst tees I have played on in 2019. Decent coverage, but most needed leveling, they had not been mowed recently and there were far too many unfixed divots.

The fairways had decent coverage, much more thin than lush.

The rough was thin and not tall. However, it was penal because of how uneven it was. Good chance you would draw a poor lie.

The sand traps were decently maintained but needed more sand. Too thin around the greens.

The Poa annua greens were fairly quick but were some of the bumpiest poa greens I have putted on in awhile. And they were hard, not firm. I hit a couple of nice high irons that landed short of the pin, the first bounce was above waist high and was then chipping back from well over the green.

Quick efficient check-in. $26 to walk mid morning. No drink cart, but they had an open restaurant at the clubhouse. Very basic carts, no roof or GPS. Course has basic 100/150/200 yard stones and stones on the tee boxes for yardages. All grass driving range.

Older, parkland style course with some interesting holes that has few homes anywhere around the course. Could be a fun course to play, but could not recommend with the current conditions, too rough around the edges.

Denise and Liz in the kitchen will make your food and drink with a smile. Very hard workethe views and surroundings are countryside with no development. Find That!

Course was nice but on a number of holes the fairway is full of little white flowers which made it very difficult to find your ball even on middle of the fairway drives.

This is a great hidden gem. Was driving in the area for work and just happened on a $13 9/18 hole at 5:30 ish. Got there a little early so picked up a small bucket of balls 4$/40. Riley was super friendly and helpful. “Warmed up” and got ready to head out. The pace of play was a bit slow as there was some locals playing in groups up against each other but they let me join in and it was a fun time. I’m a high handicapper so I found some trouble in the tighter fairlanes but very much enjoyed the technical aspect of the course as most the pins are surrounded by traps. The course is set against rolling hills of the country side and it is a really great escape.

There are no trash receptacle on the course. Need trash cans by the ball washers.

I’ve played the course several times. With the recent rains, the course has been inundated with standing water. Through no fault of there own, this made for wet conditions and no cart service. The course forewarned me of the conditions and would only be walking only play. Combined with a healthy dose of wind, it made for interesting golf.

For Santa Maria you can't find a more scenic venue. Price thru Golfnow Hot Deals was great. Course layout was top notch. Pitfalls: you will get grouped with strangers, greens were bumpy as the face of the Moon, & for me the drive (1+ hour one way) was a bit much. However, I played well & wished it was closer so I could golf there more often.

Greens are rough to put on. Rain made them soft with every step making a lasting depresession and punched areas growing unevenly.

Got to the course early , but had to wait for the specified tee time. I got the impression that the shop was not enthusiastic about Golf Now players. The course wasn’t very busy , but still played decent.

Always enjoy this little course. Good shape, nice carts, nice little restaurant.