The Golf Club at Rancho California

I came from rocket city, alabama. My son in law boasted about this course and it was excellent. not really busy. well laid out and i thought it was challenging.. I will play here again, great value for the money. .

This course is beautiful, long, and has very fast greens. We really enjoyed playing here and had a fantastic time up until the 18th hole. The sun had not set yet, but a teenage kid in a Marshall cart came out and pulled the pin from the 18th hole while we were hitting our approach shot! I can understand moving people off when it is dark but not while there is still light on the last hole. It made for a frustrating ending to an otherwise great day.

Pretty nice course. Fairways were decent and greens were very good. Played very slowly. Really need a Marshall to keep the pace of play moving. Took almost 5 hours to complete a round.

Fairways are lush, and greens trimmed tighter than an army recruit. Pin Placement that Tuesday was like Augusta on a sunday - very challenging. But as fun as ever.

This course includes creative layout with risk/reward options that challenge the heart and mind. Fallen out of repair to some degree but still enough beauty to please the eye. Great greens! Receptive and offering a mix of breaking patterns to keep things interesting! Fun Day!

Very nice course with beautiful views and good greens! Great twilight rate of $49 for a quality course! Give it a try!

Before I get to the "course condition", I want to address the girl at the cafe/bar. I brought her the ice chest from the golf cart and she put two scoups of ice in it. Then she tells me it's $2.00. I tell he "no" so she dumps the ice into her sink and sends me back to my cart without ice. The ice she dumped melts into the sink instead of going out with us on our $240 round (foursome). The course never told "Golfnow" that they were "over-seeding" and that they were "over-watering" the course. It was super wet and soggy everywhere on the course. Not a good day of golf by any means. And definitely not worth the money. Some bunkers had white sand, but most had brown dirt/rocks in them. Tee boxes were slippery. Golf shoes were full of mud. Of course this place could have done a lot better for their patrons, but they either don't care or they are not capable of thinking things through. Hopefully next year they won't water as much, or offer a discount, or close the course for a month while the seeds grow.

the course is in nice shape, the greens are spectacular, nice sand in traps

Designed by a one of the best architects, Maintain his standard

I was visiting from out of town and found this course by sheer luck. I picked it because it was designed by Robert Trent Jones. This course was in very good shape fairways and greens were outstanding for a public course. Many of the bunkers were just redone. A few need to be redone still. That was the only drawback. I’ve played many RTJ courses around the country and this one did not disappoint. Every hole was unique in its own way. If I get back to the area, I will be sure to play this course again. The driving range needs help. It could use some seed and water. The balls I hit were a thousand years old.

This time of year, all of the golf course are being aerated, it's a necessity. Rancho California punched on 10/25-26, they are almost playable again. I didn't expect them to be this good, so soon, but I'm glad the greens will be 100% sooner than later. I noticed that they filled a few more bunkers with pretty white sand, I just wish their were more golfers that cleaned up after themselves and raked them. Ball marks too!

This course remains one of my favorites. I enjoy trying to overcome any challenges or obstacles that may have befallen me during a prior round.

Rancho California was in very good condition on the day before aeration on the 25th. My only complaint was the big globs of cut rough that caused me two lost balls. I played by myself at my own pace on an idyllic Sunday afternoon, I'll be back in three weeks, for sure!