Rancho Park Golf Course

This was my fourth time so obviously I do enjoy playing here but today the pace was so slow we were unable to finish the last three holes due to darkness. We were a group of three and our tee time was 11:54. It was very disappointing to say the least. No one from the course apologized. They had to have known this was going to happen when there was a backload at Hole #1. Oh well we three all got Pars on the last three holes. Wink wink.

Played 11 holes. Quit after 3 hours. One to two group wait on every Tbox. Course condition OK for a Muni. Would play it again if I could get around in less than 5 hours.

First time back to play Rancho in 20 years....did not remember how hilly it was but I will remember how unfriendly it is to walk. There are no mown areas to walk from the tee box to the fairway, which means you will have some heavy pushing to do if you play from the back tee boxes and use a cart.

Course is in good shape for a muni and the greens play reasonably fast, considering where the pin placements were located when I played.

We were a twosome and got stuck behind a 3-some who would not push the 4-some in from of them. The 3-some let us through and the 4-some got the message. We played the front in 2.75 hours and the back in 2 hours after being let through.

I'd play it again, but riding this time!!

Spending a week here in LA , it was quite a challenge to find a golf course open to non members.

This one is perfect , accessible easily and quite friendly staff.

Old facilities except the range which is very nice.

You would be hard pressed to find and play Golf if you live in the city like Los Angeles. Go play this course and you will be greeted by the lush fairway and greens in this drought. Course is in exceptionally good shape considering the traffic is worst than the 405 fwy by all the foot traffic of play this place gets. Pace of play is 4 1/2 he round on Sunday afternoon.

There isn't many choices if you live on the west side of L.A. and this isn't one of them. This course boasts about being championship grade but its in terrible condition. The pace of play if poor and the staff doesn't seem to care or do anything about it.

Seriously. We're having a major drought. So how are they making the course so green now, the best I've seen it in the summer in a few years. The fairways are finally what they're supposed to be, with good grass everywhere. They've even got the rough nice and thick and juicy, at least 3 inches in the thickest areas which will make it difficult to find the ball if you're not careful! But - I will say this again - they can reduce some of the watering around a lot of the tee boxes and use it elsewhere that need it. Some of the tee boxes are so thick around the platforms that it's hard to pull the hand cart through them! I mean it's great that the course is green and has grass now and all - but in this drought, how are they doing this? But it's definitely the best I've seen the place in the summertime in at least 3 or 4 years. Play it while you can! They're about to aerate in 2 weeks' time. What a shame it's that time again. Just as as the course is starting to look good, too.

This is the second time I played this course this month. I played the courses in Griffith Park and this course is more challenging. For the golf now price, it is worth playing. This is becoming my local course .

The grass is growing back, finally, as the City has endeavored to start taking care of some of its courses, and it is looking much better. There is more grass all around, some rough are good and thick, and everything looks greener overall - it's probably the best I've seen it since 2 winters ago. May be in a month it'll be great. But - you have GOT to tee off before 8am to have any chance of finishing within 4.5 hours. Otherwise if you catch it too late it will be 5+. So schedule ahead and plan well.

Some part of fairway was bad because of sand with no grass. When the ball was there, the shot was erroneous.

2 hours to play 6 holes. I walked off. Enough said

The course is in good condition. Very good greens, fairways are nice and the ruff is very rough. Traps have decent sand and the course is generally a lot of fun to play, at least the first few holes. When we got to the fourth hole it backed up three groups. While standing in the fairway on the third hole the group behind me hit up and someone on the next fairway drove a ball right by me. No on calling "FORE". All that was okay because it was a beautiful day.
The problem is the starter was allowing doubles and even singles to play by themselves. That's great if the course is empty but we were waiting four groups deep by the sixth hole. At the turn two groups in front of us quit and the tenth hole was fine but by the eleventh hole is was three deep again. That took all the fun out of it and we abandoned ship and called it a day.

Rancho Park is conveniently located, course condition fair, greens a bit slow and bumpy. It is awfully slow, 3-4 times packed with 3 groups on one tee box, not even par 3s. No staff is even trying to get it in order. Maybe it is holiday spirit, yet I am not playing with that pace, again.

The place needs to be re-named as GUR GC. Dirt patches with no grass covers about half the fairways and rough. What rough? None. No grass. And, the only thick grassy area of the whole course is around the 18th tee boxes. Why that is, I have no idea. Why not put less water there and spread it other areas that need it? Seriously, you could pretty much paint the whole course with white lines and you would be dropping the ball on every shot. So sad. But this is so typical of L.A. Nothing ever gets fixed.

The course could be a gem but with the water shortage and the beat up cart paths this place has mud spots and dry spots everywhere. Greens look pretty good but are slower than what I'm used to. Beers are pretty expensive.

this course is in very very poor conditions, and I'm very disappointed. greens are very slow and fairways and chipping area is damaged and horrible.

I have played here many times but today the greens and fairways were bing aerated, with no mention on the golfnow.com website while booking. The course was in horrible condition. The only nice thing was a four hour round instead of the usual 5-6 hour round expected. Still not worth the money.

Sunday 1:24 tee time. First 9 took 3:15. Left at the turn. Would not have finished in daylight anyway.

No Marshall on the course to speed up play.

Get an early tee time and pack a lunch, maybe 2.

Otherwise was ok for a muni, wide fairways are forgiving, greens were in remarkably good condition for this much play.

Very slow play. Course in average condition, could of been better.

Rancho Park has hosted the LA OPEN 18 times! This course was on my bucket list to play!