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4.0
1338 Reviews (1338)
5 Stars
392
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
89
1 Stars
82
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.6
87.9%
Recommend this course
1095 out of 1338 reviews
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4.1
44 Reviews (44)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
15
3 Stars
3
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1
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.3
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Recommend this course
38 out of 44 reviews
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4.0
112 Reviews (112)
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
87.5%
Recommend this course
98 out of 112 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
1338 Reviews (1338)

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 45
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not a course for Senior golfers!

I'm 74 years old and can't boom out 2oo+ yd, drives any more and their "senior" tees are only moved forward on 6 holes.I have complained to them for a couple of years, but it seems to fall on deaf ears!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 07/07/2020

Hello, thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

MAINTANANCE AND FRIENDLYNESS

Staff IS NOT THE FRIENDLIEST GROIP IN THE WIELD STARTING WITH THE STARTEE AND DINISHING WITHE GUY THAT RUNS YOU OUT OF THE COURSE AT 7:30 pm. No matter which HOLE you are at. They even take the flags out so you can't see the hole position. There is no comparison the shape the course is no as to when used to belong to USGA. New management should spend some money to improve it

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/06/2020

Hello, thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for your experience during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. Please know that we are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game and we will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Rancho California. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Nice course

The course is in average shape. I think it’s priced to high for its conditions. We tried to buy into the deal but was told by the owner it was too late. 27.00 would be a fair price for this course. I would think the more memberships you sell the more money you would have to put into the course. Just sayin.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/07/2020

Hi, thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Bill

I have always enjoyed this course.

Always good conditions on the course, everyone is friendly from the clubhouse to the grill, the starter, to the cart barn employees

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not the course I remembered

Super disappointed on how down hill the quality of this course has gone. No green tee boxes, dead grass and dirt everywhere. The only redeeming feature was the greens. Outside of that, I can’t say I’ll be coming back. Used to be an excellent course. Now it’s not worth more than $20 a round.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
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Commented on 06/23/2020

Hello, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars. Please know that we are working to improve the conditions of the fairways and greens. We hope you'll bear with us through this transition and give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Rancho California.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Poor conditions, slow play, waste of money

Tee time was 9:53, teed off at 10:35, behind a group of 5 with 3 kids. Round took 5.5 hours - no Marshall keeping pace, greens in poor condition, fairways ripped up. Ordered a turkey club, forgot the bacon, asked for bacon, waited 10 minutes and got extra French fries and no bacon. This place used to be a great course, but you can tell the owners have let it go downhill. Should be charging $25 max for course conditions, pace of play, and service. Won’t be playing here again.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 07/06/2020

Hello, we appreciate the review. You rated us 2-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at The Golf Club at Rancho California. Please let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good Course, Way too slow

Like the course, have played it many times.

Lately it seems they are booking way too many t times closely together with no marshal to speed up play. 6 hour round is not fun.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/07/2020

Hello. Thank you for reviewing the course. We apologize for the delay of play during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We work hard to accommodate everyone who visits our course and to best control pace allowing everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve, and will use your comments as guidance in doing so. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Rancho California. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great round

630 tee time excellent course, awesome layout. Staff and bar were extremely friendly. Will definitely come back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great course!

Great design! Robert Trent Jones doesn’t disappoint! It’s a tremendous value! You won’t be disappointed!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value!!!

If the course was just in a little bit better shape, this would be an awesome course! The layout is spectacular, the design is incredible, it just needs to be kept in better shape!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Won't be back

Tee time notes "play early, play fast" We were first group out & cruising until we came upon a group on #14. Turns out they let folks out in the back for a "quick nine" They were anything but quick as we waited a lengthy time for EVERY SHOT & completely ruined the round. I won't be going back if this is how they run the tees. Course management doesn't seem to understand that one slow group early on affects the while rest of their day. I purposely book the earliest tee time to avoid this situation. Shame on you!

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/09/2020

Hello, thank you for taking the time to review the course. We would like to apologize for the delay of play during your round. Please know that this is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We work hard to accommodate everyone who visits our course and to best control pace allowing everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve, and will use your comments as guidance to do so. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Rancho California. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 65
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Rancho Club What’s Happening?

Booked today’s round thru the Hot Deal and honestly that was the fair price for the conditions at this course currently. The Staff inside the Pro Shop & Snack Bar were super friendly and didn’t mind sharing laughs, however the gentlemen who was checking tickets and acting as the starter needs a little attitude adjustment, I asked him a simple question to which it seemed I had annoyed him and I was completely beneath him. Course is in semi rough shape around fairways & tee boxes, greens in good shape cut a tad slow but look nice. Water areas have filled up with lots of algae which doesn’t smell great playing on certain holes.

Bunkers played very nice soft true sand inside of them. Bottom line this is one of my favorite courses around Southern California & I hope it will get a little better soon.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/10/2020

Hello, thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for your experience during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game and work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Rancho California. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/04/2020

Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Rancho California.

Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great value

The course layout is fun to play. Greens are in good shape. Fairways are ok. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Beer is cold and the food is made fresh. All around nice play to go play golf.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

My Local Track

I have played this many times over the years, I still do because of the layout and the rating is a bit higher so it helps my handicap when I do shoot a good score. I will say it is not as nice overall as it used to but simply average conditions. I also wish they would keep the range open longer. They sell the last bucket around 4 and there is a lot of daylight left during the summer to practice. There is a really nice practice area across from the club house...it’s kind of hidden. I’ll keep coming back but hope to see improvements.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/03/2020

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

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

What's up with the 5 somes!

Why are you letting out 5 somes?! We were stuck behind 2 5 somes and it took over 3 hours for the front 9 and just under 6 hours for the 18. No Marshall ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND! The shotgun start for the men's club doesn't work either. Tee times that follow the men's club off of the 1st tee need to have a bigger gap. We've had to wait for 2-3 foursomes to go through and we've been delayed for close to 30 minutes each time. They need to have at least 1 Marshall circling the course but 2 would be perfect, one for each 9.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/03/2020

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We would like to apologize for the inconvenience you experienced during your round. This is not the standard we wish to achieve. Please be assured that we are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make the appropriate changes. Thanks so much for visiting The Golf Club at Rancho California. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0

I enjoyed playing at your course however, I’m not happy with the bathrooms. They need attention.

Thanks

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/03/2020

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make the necessary changes to the bathrooms. Thanks for visiting The Golf Club at Rancho California. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Review

Course was in very nice condition, greens a little slow, but putted fair, nice to see a local course like this not price gouging during these times, will play here more often, a few courses in this area should be ashamed for what they are extorting from players, keep up the good work, drive safely, CGG...

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Rough rough

I’m a 17 handicap and I love the layout , greens were in excellent shape. Only one complaint - the group lost 4 balls within 5 - 10 yards of the greens. The rough was at least 6 inches deep in many places. I like a challenge but it’s not the US Open. Otherwise, highly recommend this course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Good course, rude staff

Played here last week with three buddies of mine. Course was in good shape and we'll play again when in the area. I would say pretty much 5-Stars all around except for the guy working the pro shop. He was pretty rude and unprofessional...seemed like he was having a REALLY bad day and hated his job. However, in spite of his poor attitude, I'd play again if in the area as I do enjoy the course and it is a very good value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/03/2020

Hello Phil, thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for your experience during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game. Please know that we will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Rancho California. We hope to see you again soon.

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