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Rancho Carlsbad Golf Club
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Rancho Carlsbad Golf Course is an executive layout that is one of the area's best values. It's not a terribly formidable course but it's great for getting in some short game practice. The course is gentle enough for beginners and juniors, making it a good place for families. Opened in 1959, Rancho Carlsbad has a classic layout that is shorter and tighter than most modern golf courses. You won't come across too much trouble on this layout. There are hardly any bunkers but their absence is accommodated for with convex greens that allow the ball to run down to the other edge if you're not careful. You will also have to tee off over a stream on a few holes. Accuracy is generously rewarded but the layout isn't too punishing if you're slightly errant.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 56 | 2396 yards | ||
| Middle | 56 | 2158 yards | ||
| Forward | 56 | 1955 yards |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White M: 50.4/73 W: 52.7/78 | 146 | 101 | 125 | 116 | 78 | 87 | 84 | 120 | 80 | 937 | 76 | 151 | 96 | 85 | 171 | 139 | 81 | 139 | 108 | 1046 | 1983 |
| Red M: 49.5/71 W: 51.6/76 | 132 | 97 | 115 | 106 | 69 | 77 | 79 | 107 | 73 | 855 | 68 | 131 | 84 | 72 | 156 | 122 | 65 | 122 | 101 | 921 | 1776 |
| Gold W: 50.0/73 | 116 | 106 | 133 | 108 | 72 | 60 | 74 | 94 | 40 | 803 | 60 | 65 | 66 | 61 | 130 | 119 | 50 | 110 | 86 | 747 | 1550 |
| Handicap | 3 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 16 | |||
| Par | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 54 |
| Handicap (W) | 1 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 16 |
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Family friendly is not always a good thing
This was my first time playing this course. It is definitely target golf with small greens to hit into. The course it’s self was in good condition considering the type of golfers and action it gets. My biggest issue is the fact they do not have any marshals out there nor do they seem to have many rules. The group in front of me was 2 moms with 3 boys under the age of eight. This created a 5some to wait for. I was all set to tee off behind them and two golf carts of boys in their late teens pulled up. I told them I was waiting for the group in front of me to get off the green before I teed off. At that point they took off in their carts out to a different hole and jumped in front of all of us and just started playing. It seemed this was happening a lot as I saw other people bouncing from holes in different order. Great place to go if you just want to have some fun and hit some balls. Not the best place to go if you want to try to focus and work on your game. I did go there in the afternoon time so maybe it was just my timing.
Fun course
This is a super fun small course, the best bang for your buck in the Carlsbad/Coastal North County area, I rather come out here and play a quick round than go to the range.
When busy it tends to back up, but that's okay, for the $15 twilight rate, it's well worth it.
If you can get in when there's no crowd, you can be in and out in 2 hours.
Love being 10 minutes away from this course.
New Driving Range
The updated driving range is great. The new grass helps us practice like on a nice fairway. I bought a token and go weekly.
I’d like to see a few distance poles added and the distance from here signs redone for both the grass side and mats side
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Great for Beginners! Enjoyable time for family!
My Dad, just started to pick up golf. And my brother and I wanted to take him to a course just to ease him into course play, and Rancho Carlsbad came into mind. My dad had a great time we played the full 18. Surprisingly the morning was pretty busy, but we were able to keep a steady pace throughout. My dad’s first time golfing on a course and he got his first par that day. It was definitely an enjoyable time for a dad and his 2 sons.
Great for beginners.
Great price. Super fun for beginner golfers to learn with a grass range.
So Golfnow lies A LOT
No no no this course is wack and is nothing more than a pitch and putt longest hole is 140 I believe
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Worth the $$
Greens we fair and in good shape. Anything off the green should be considered rough. Good work for short game and putting. Fun to hangout with my buddy who is golfing only the past several months . Staff was very helpful and friendly.
Great Course for Beginners and for Advanced Short game
Took my daughter for her 1st round of golf, after much range practice. It challenged her, but did not demoralize her. Greens are in decent condition; I.e., hit a good shot and it sticks. Also, putting surface seems to be fairly true.
Much fun.
Staff was extremely friendly and helpful.
My daughter and I will be back!
Fun pitch n put minus the constant watering and mowing
Brand new golfer, 3rd month in. I have golfed here at least 4 times now and it is a very straight forward pitch n putt course with VERY FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL STAFF... Not too many hazards or trees to lose balls and a few fun, challenging, short tee box shots over rocks/ravines etc. My only complaint is the coordination of groundskeeping. Yikes. No golfer should ever worry about sprinklers wetting them during a shot or while walking through the fairway. This course seems to be always watering the turf. Also, they are constantly cutting grass or picking up leaves and at times you need to wait for the mower to finish circling the green especially if you book an early tee time. These are not huge issues at all but, definitely keeping them at a 4 star vs 5 star rating from me. Will come back always and forever.
Alright....
Pace of play very slow - I got stuck behind a group of 6. Even after taking a break and following a group of 2, things were slow. Quite expensive for pitch and putt....driving range was nice though.
Hello and thank you for reviewing 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 use your comments as guidance in doing so. Thank you for playing Rancho Carlsbad Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
Fun course and day
No complaints. Will be playing more often. Great greeting/welcome by Dan at counter.
Thanx.
u428838494, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Rancho Carlsbad Golf Club.
Love this course!
Rancho Carlsbad is a great course for us. Par 3s the whole way but still challenging! The landscape is gorgeous...trees and hills everywhere makes for good shade & lovely views.
The staff is always friendly and accommodating...looking forward to our next visit!
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Not for true Golfers
This course is a beginners course. Very short and easy. If you want to take your kids out for some fun, this is the course to do so. If you are expecting to have any sort of challenge, dont go here. Beginners! Beginners! Beginners!
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 changes. Thanks for visiting Rancho Carlsbad Golf Club. We hope to see you again in the future.
Hello, we appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Rancho Carlsbad Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
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