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4.0
1332 Reviews (1332)
5 Stars
388
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
3.6
87.9%
Recommend this course
1090 out of 1332 reviews
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4.1
38 Reviews (38)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.2
86.8%
Recommend this course
33 out of 38 reviews
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4.0
114 Reviews (114)
5 Stars
44
4 Stars
44
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
6
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.2
88.6%
Recommend this course
101 out of 114 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
1332 Reviews (1332)

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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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice little gem

This was my first time playing this course. I enjoyed it , it had some fun holes. It wasn’t overly busy so the pace of play was great. Caught the sunset while we were there. It was beautiful. I would definitely come back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Pace was really good

Pace is an important part of the game, nothing worse than having to wait 5-10 min at every single hole. Not here, the pace was spot on, had to wait most on hole 10 but the pace picked back up. Course was in decent shape, did not interact with staff much, the guy in pro shop was nice but the starter seemed a little bothered to be there. Overall though it was a good time.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Worth the money

Great course to play with the reasonable green fee.

Well controlled playing pace, fairway and green are both in good shape and friendly staff. Definitely come more often.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played

Terrible pace

It seems like pace of play continues to get worse without any help from staff.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

senior golf.

I'm 79 and play from the senior tees on most golf courses. On this course only 5 holes have the senior tees(Gold) moved up and the other 13 are with the white tees. Also you get very little roll on the fairways. No, I will not play here again!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Pick a cooler day than I did

Had not played here for about 20 years, but got a deep discount on GN. Course is inland valley, so summer heat and midday winds driven by heating differential between here & the coast can make for difficult conditions. I Usually check extended forecast before booking Temecula Valley, but my guard was down & found out the eve of playing that 101 was expected. Turned out it was only 100, but cart was included, wind, though capricious, made it feel cooler, and pace was whatever we wanted it to be, because most patrons would have chosen a cooler day. Water was only available on 2 holes. Greens were soft, large, & top-notch. Course was a little baked from 3 months of summer, but bare lies were usually only encountered when straying from the fairway. Be prepared to play out of sand, because bunkers were plentiful lining fairways & greenside, while rakes were occasionally hard to find. The course does not have convenient freeway access, & if travels to or from coincide with the notorious Temecula Valley commute, just remember you were warned!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

On the Verge

The Golf Club at Rancho California is on the verge of being good. The bones of the course are still fantastic, the Robert Trent Jones. layout has never been an issue. It's been the spotty maintenance record over the last several years that have made it only a maybe play for me as a local. Overall the golf course was fine. Tee boxes not too chopped up. Grass in the fairways. Bunkers are unkempt, but that's more a reflection on the clientele refusing to use a rake vs anything the course can do. The green side bunkers have been replenished with pure white sand. Fairway bunkers have thankfully been kept more compact and firm. Greens were spongy, spotty and bumpy. Played in the afternoon,. so it's not the best reflection of what the course can be. Lastly, we teed off at 3:15 and motored around to the 15th hole in less than 3 hours before hitting a backup. An eager staffer was collecting flags as we finished each hole. The golf shop said cards needed to be in by 6:45. We had 35 minutes to finish and it would have been tight for us to finish the last three holes based on the pace of the groups in front of us.Regardless, the staffer was encouraging us to head in because we were not going to make it. It was a weird request considering the time left on the clock. When we didn't like that option, he told us to move a hole ahead of the group struggling in front of us, we did only to find two groups on the hole in front. At that point, we decided we were done for the day. Golf courses have to find a way to manage the operation better from keeping slow groups moving, to enforcing general upkeep to making the guests feel welcome. We will play here again, but again, we are not rushing back to play here again.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great and fun course

Nice and yet challenging course. Definitely worthy the drive to come. Will sure return next time.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bert condition in 10 years

Fairways and greens were the best they’ve been in the last 20 years I’ve been playing this course. Bunkers were the best conditioned sand of any course I’ve played in SoCal area. Came expecting burnt fairways and pocked greens but both were green and lush. If the course didn’t exceed my current golf abilities, I’d drive the 40 miles each way to play it multiple times monthly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Decent track

Fun layout, decent conditions. One of the few courses that didn’t covid spike their prices

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 68
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unfortunate

Everything was good but they really need a course marshal, pro shop staff was great, course condition was mostly good and lay out was good.

My group was 3 and there was a single playing by himself in front of us. 3 of us had to wait for every shot for the single ahead.

Need a course marshal.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 42
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 57
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The challenge

Good greens and most fairways. Soft greens and tricky to read on some holes. Fairways could use a little grass seed and clutter clearing. Overall good experience

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Looking good

Fairways, tee boxes and greens look good. Much better than 6 months ago. Great value and love the layout.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 74
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Beautiful day- Beautiful course

Pro shop staff greeted us with professionalism and courtesy. They were very helpful and made our day start better

There was three of us and we never had to wait, and was never pushed from behind. I was surprised because this is a popular golf course.

Course conditions were very good from tee to green. The rough was not very high and easy to find your golf ball

Thanks

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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