Rancho Carlsbad Golf Club

Practice short game is good..

Driving range and putting green is better than the other courses.

I am a Carlsbad High-school women's varsity golf player, and I can say, the course itself is very fun, I enjoy playing it whenever I can casually. Love the people who work there, the environment always makes me feel at home. This place deserves more recognition for the level of quality it is. I call it my diamond in the rough. The people who offer lessons are very credible, my family and I have taken lessons under Don Emerick for as long as I can remember. He is the best coach I could dream of having. Their manager, Gina Dells, is one of the most awesome people I have met. She really cares for the course and over the past few years that she has been here, she has improved the course so much. One of their pro-shop workers, Tony, is a funny and laid-back guy that will take care of any of your concerns covering the course. I love this course through and through, and am so proud to have grown up on it.

The perfect course to have fun at. Great for working on your short game. Great place to bring your kids. No pressure golf. Never had a bad experience. Friendly staff.

Normally a great place to sharpen your short game. All par three holes, but can be challenging. Sand traps need sand. This particular day, they were at the end of greens aeration and tee box restoration, so course was not in great shape. It would have been nice if they had a note on their website ,as to the course condition that day. Also, grass driving range was closed and only mats were available. Again, would have been nice to know that before getting there. No reason they can't provide daily course conditions and restrictions on the website.

I buy full range key and it is a disgrace that there are never tees! Spending loads of cash upgrading the food court is of no value to a golfers practice. How about pitting in decent mats like Crossings & ENCINITAS Ranch that accepts wooden tees. Thanks Mike

PS you asked for feed back to improve the course

I should have looked more closely before booking our tee time on this par three course. The weeds easily out numbered the grass and the greens were the smallest I have ever played. Friendly staff that loaded my wife’s rental club bag with three nine irons of various brands. Pull cart for $5 seemed excessive when the round was $15.

I play this course every month, sometimes more, for the past 5 years and the course condition continues to improve. The practice areas are well maintained with grass and mats and putting green. It is challenging for its modest length and I like that I can play it in 2-3 hours, depending on the traffic. It reminds me of the course I learned to play on in MI and I often see groups of kids learning to play as I did long ago. I enjoy the facility and the people that work there, they're great.

My girlfriend is just learning the game and she is doing better in this beginner friendly course. Thank you

The most underrated track in San Diego in my opinion

Ranch Carlsbad Golf Club may be the most underrated track in San Diego! Where else can you play for $1 a hole? I always prep my short game here before I play a championship golf course. This is true target golf... crowned greens make it challenging to hit greens pin high. They have nice, friendly staff and a PGA teaching professional on-site with very reasonable rates. 5 stars all around for what I was looking for in a golf round near the beach

Great course to play weekly to improve your game! Greens are challenging and conditions are nice.

Gena, Instructor and Manager, is who you should get to improve your game. Staff os so nice and professional!

Recent work on greens has made them near perfect. Finally put sand in traps which are no longer dirt hard pan. Easy to walk course, but don't be fooled by short holes. It is a challenging course with several domed greens, which make ball placement critical. Very fun course to play. Driving range has both grass and mats. Staff is very accommodating and friendly.

This course is a great place to practice. Both grass and mats on the driving range, a nice par 3 with some challenging holes. T times are easy to schedule and it's rarely crowded. Avoid lunch time because a lot of the manufacturers employees come over to try out their own equipment. They offer a lot of specials, including food and practice range combinations.

Great short course to hone your short game skills. Small greens require accurate shots, Some greens are really domed, so putting is critical. Fun, challenging course. Staff is super friendly and accommodating . The only negative is the sand traps are actually hard packed dirt traps. Little if any sand and it's like playing off hard pan. A definite negative at this course.

Super friendly staff. Nice practice range with both mats and grass. Practice putting green is on the small side, but OK. Easy walking course. Greens aren't very big and are somewhat domed, which makes for a fun and challenging day. The only issue I have is the sand traps aren't even close to being sand; they are basically dirt, and hard packed. Unfortunately, it's been that way for years, so apparently, they don't care to fix it.

This was our second time playing the course the first time it was not groomed very well. I know the fall can be hard keeping up with the leaves that have fallen and the branches so we gave it another shot. We went back January 8, well after things should have been picked up, but there were too many leaves and branches still in the fairways. That may be ok for those of you who are ‘on in one’ but a par three course is a great place for a beginner if the fairways are clean. Despite all we enjoyed each others company.

Happy New Years!

A major facelift is needed in every aspect of this course. The tee boxes are horrible. A little grass would be nice. Hole directional signs updated and painted so you can see them.

Have the greens blown off as often as needed. Too many sticks, leaves, bark from the overhanging trees.

Get new flags! They don’t cost hardly anything and they would make a big difference in identifying the location of the green and hole.

The drought has obviously affected this course because it is in dire need of water.

I have to compliment the condition of the greens. They rolled true and people have been fixing their ball marks.

Come to Caliente Springs RV Resort and I will show you what a par 3 is all about. Desert Hot Springs, Ca