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4.0
1334 Reviews (1334)
5 Stars
390
4 Stars
571
3 Stars
203
2 Stars
89
1 Stars
81
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
88.2%
Recommend this course
1092 out of 1334 reviews
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4.1
40 Reviews (40)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.2
87.5%
Recommend this course
35 out of 40 reviews
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4.0
111 Reviews (111)
5 Stars
43
4 Stars
42
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
6
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.2
88.3%
Recommend this course
98 out of 111 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout consistently earns high marks, with well-maintained fairways, true-rolling greens, and a challenging design that keeps rounds engaging. Friendly staff and affordable green fees make this a strong value for local golfers.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7036 yards
Slope 138
Rating 74.7

Formerly known as SCGA Golf Club.

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Course Details

Year Built 1970
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.0
1334 Reviews (1334)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 17
19th Hole Scenic Views 11
Watching the Game 9
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 48
Elevation Changes 46
Water Hazards 38
This course/club is great for:
Locals 51
Advanced Golfers 34
Entertaining Clients 17
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 31
Worth the Drive 25
In the 'Burbs 19

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Played On
Reviews 49
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/01/2022

We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at The Golf Club at Rancho California!

Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/31/2022

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Rancho California!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Like the challenge

Course layout is great.

Greens in good shape.

Fairways are dry, need rain.

Women's bathroom on course in disrepair & haven't been maintained.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/31/2022

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at The Golf Club at Rancho California!

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Commented on 06/24/2022

Thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Rancho California.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Used cart

Unable to play

We had multiple guys with COVID. We tried to cancel. They did not let us. They told us to call Golf now to cancel. Golf now was not answering the phone. Now they are charging us for no show of $208.00. WOW! Guess I will never book your course again. So stupid.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/02/2022

Thank you for taking the time to review us. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience you experienced at the course with us. Your feedback is extremely important to us. For further resolution in this matter, please reach out to our staff in the pro shop at (951) 677-7446. We hope to hear from you soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

A good layout, fairly demanding!

Enjoyed the course, but, pray for rain...it's dry.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/27/2022

Thank you for visiting us at The Golf Club at Rancho California. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course needs work

Sand traps were hard as a rock. Fairway grass was not good. Greens were tough but fair.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 05/26/2022

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Please bear with us as we work diligently to make improvements. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Course Condition and Layout

This course condition was nice. Fairways okay and the greens were fast. Layout, Weather Fantastic. Thank you guys!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/25/2022

Thanks so much for the great review. We look forward to welcoming you back to our course soon. Thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Rancho California!

Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Poor conditioning

Thought I had found a real good deal and when I saw that this was a Trent Jones design I was excited to play it. Although the layout was pretty good in keeping with his design work, the upkeep and conditioning was horrid.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
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Commented on 05/18/2022

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Please bear with us as we work diligently to make improvements. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

good course

Good course, greens putt well, some bunkers don't have sand just hard packed dirt

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/18/2022

Thank you for visiting us at The Golf Club at Rancho California. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fast greens fun times

If you’re looking for a place to play where you can get good tee times all the time, hit range balls off the grass, have a challenging but not frustrating course and fast greens that are almost always in great shape, try this place, you won’t be disappointed.

Chris D

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/18/2022

Chris, thanks for the amazing review and for choosing The Golf Club at Rancho California. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Good course

Everything was good except bunker were pretty bad . Hardly any sand . Could use some sand in the bunkers. Except few spot on fairway, course was well maintained and green was good shape. I wish people would repair their ball marks on green.

Overall it was very nice course for the money.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/25/2022

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting The Golf Club at Rancho California, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/23/2022

We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at The Golf Club at Rancho California!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/06/2022

Thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Rancho California.

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Staff Friendliness/Course Condition

Checked in 40 minutes early prior to tee time at 7:27. So I could go to the range and take my time warning up. I was told to came back at 7:15 to check in and he would give me a cart at that time. I ask if I could have a cart to go over to the range to warmup and the person rudely replied “No.”

I would have understood if there wasn’t any carts but all carts were out front. I have to get back in my truck and drive over to the range and came back and checkin.

Course: greens need to be rolled / sand trap need more sand. Has a thin layer of sand but hard pack under.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/04/2022

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting The Golf Club at Rancho California, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/23/2022

We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at The Golf Club at Rancho California!

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great experience!!

Wonderful experience!

Great Value for the price!

Loved the Layout still!

Great pace of play!

Overall my brothers and I had a great experience. Played early 6:15am tee time and finished at 10am and the went to the 19th hole to enjoy some food and drinks in there patio area, overlooks the turn, driving range and nice view of Murrieta. Only caveat was the smell inside the restaurant area, it was bothersome and almost made us not want to eat food from there. PLEASE FIX THAT!!!

Otherwise, it was a great Time.. Will be back soon!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/24/2022

Thank you for your review! We will pass along your positive experience and feedback to our team at The Golf Club at Rancho California. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course condition

Good condition. fairways okay and the greens werew good.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/29/2022

Thank you for visiting us at The Golf Club at Rancho California. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/22/2022

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Rancho California!

Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Little Improvements

This once great course was slowly drifting toward becoming a dog track. A little TLC to the greens and bunkers has made the course much more enjoyable. Hopefully they continue on this path so that this fantastic old Trent Jones Sr design can return its rightful place as one of the best courses in the valley.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
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Commented on 04/20/2022

We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at The Golf Club at Rancho California!

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