Rancho Park Golf Course

I've read about the pace of play and now I've experienced it it is absolutely terrible know martial waiting on every hole never again

Teed off at 1:00 pm Monday and was done by 4:15. Lots of twosomes. Got lucky I guess.
The fairways were pretty tough but the greens were good. Misplaced a few balls in the overgrowth between the trees. It was an overall good round of golf.

The course layout is great. You can see how it hosted tournaments back in the day. And on 18 there's a plaque commemorating Arnold Palmer taking an 11 or 12 on the hole. BTW isn't it Arnold who stars in the "While we're young" commercials to discourage slow play? The last two time I played this course, it has taken at least 5 hours to play. People behave as if they're at a country club. It's worth a round to check the layout and to play in the middle of LA but the pace may keep you away afterwards.

I have been playing Rancho for many years. The greens are in very nice condition and it is a course that makes you use almost every club in your bag. Close to home, great layout, lots of variety, consistently nice weather.

Downside is pace of play- 5 hours and other golfers. The traps are unrated and ball marks on many greens. Can't blame that on Rancho, they do a great job with the amount of play they get.

Had walked this course back in the early 1980's the last time the L.A. Open was held here, but had never played it. Played the blues (6419/70.7/124) through GolfNow for $38.49 including a cart on a beautiful afternoon in the low 70's. POP was an issue even for a weekday, 4H, 45M, waiting on nearly every shot from the 3rd hole on.

Loved the traditional, tree lined layout even though it is a par 71. Constantly up/down rolling hills. The only holes that curved were basically 4,5,10 & 18, the rest were straight. There are numerous holes where you tee off over the top of a hill to a blind fairway, which because they were straight, I did not see as an issue. Only three par 5's, and an oddity is that two of them are #17 & #18, both of which are very scoreable.

The greens putted nice, relatively smooth for poa annua, medium speed. No real severe putts, but playing 6" to 12" of break was not uncommon. They consistently had some of the tightest pins I have seen for a non tournament round set-up, there were 5-6 that were barely on the green. Only downside for the greens were the sheer amount of ball marks on some greens, which is a golfer more than a course issue.

Both the fairways and the rough were winter thin, with both occasional lush and hardpan thrown in.

The tees were a mixed bag. On the holes that were in the sunlight, they were good. Luckily this covers 80% of the holes. On a few tees that were in the shade, they were basically dirt with some occasional grass, very poor condition.

The sand traps had a decent amount of good sand. However, typical city course conditions, you could tell they were not regularly maintained by the course and far too many golfers were not raking their footprints.

Customer Service was excellent, they matched me up and got me right out on the 1st tee on time. Snack stand and numerous water stations on the course. Fun course, not as tight as I remembered/expected, I would play here often if I lived closer in spite of just OK conditions.

The track is pretty good (especially for a municipal course) but you must be ok with the fact that the pace of play is notoriously very, very slow here. The 18 hole round took nearly six hours with a near half hour delay at the snack bar on the par three hole 12. Seems the works get so gummed up on that hole that every group hits the snack bar to keep up their morale.

As long as pace of play is not a factor regulating your enjoyment then you should thoroughly enjoy this course. If slow play takes away from the fun for you I feel it only fair that you have been warned in advance. Playing through will only cause you to miss holes and still be packed in tight anyway.

The pace here is always slow, but it is the nicest public course in the city.

Great challenge, but pace of play is often times terrible here

Teed of with the first light of dawn. Thought it was going to be crowded but there was actually few golfers on this Holiday. Finished in less than 4 hours. Very good for this course.

Wait, waiting....every single hole wait 5-10min...
My tee time12:20 we play just 12 hole.....wow.

Started at 1:40PM, instead at scheduled 12:24PM and was able to play only 11 holes (last two in the dark). When complained to the staff on duty at 5:15PM I was told they were just running behind and I shouldn't complain since my booking was through golfnow with reduced rate.

overall course condition was ok, but it took 5 1/2 hours to finish 18

It's not Riviera Country club, but the LA Open used to be played here. Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer played this course! It is truly a championship course. It needs some TLC but it is still a challenge if your looking for a fun inexpensive round of golf.

I had a tee time at 12:24pm. I did not tee off until 1pm. I thought I could do 18 holes for sure. As we played the pace was 20minutes a hole. By the time I finished 9 holes it was 4 pm. Do not come here unless you plan on being here the whole day!! Literally will never come here again, I could play anywhere else and get 18 holes in without a problem.

Picked the course purely on its Location, heard good things before I played and it didn't disappoint. A bunch of nice and long Par 4s for those who fancy themselves off the tee and very impressed with the greens. Some obvious repair work in places but to be expected in December. Looking forward to playing there again soon

By far the best play to play in L.A One of the classic W. Bell layouts, often referred as "the poor mans Riviera" I love this course great practice facility and even though L.A is the midst of a drought its in great condition.

Decent course. Layout was good. Greens hard to read fairways nice and wide great condition for a muni course

The course is fun and challenging. Up and down and plays well.. GREENS ARE AWFUL! Slow then next hole fast, break then no break they're bumpy, shot an 86 and probly could have shot low 80s if the greens rolled properly

I was surprise by the pace of play the day it was good. The course lay out is different but nice! Fairways little wet because over watering, tee boxes not bad, greens are well maintained. Staff may need some training on how to be nice to public. I'll come back because of the Golf Course.

You realize, this is a classic course, still holds up to the modern game if the greens are fast. Tree lined, dog legs, and a good amount of hilly terrain to boot. It's a real gem, that we can play it for cheap, but that comes at the cost of the pace of play and over-crowding. 5 hours is a guarantee if you tee off after 9am. And that is because LA City courses put out 6-minute foursomes. That means, there are 10 groups in an hour! That means, when an average hole is supposed to take 13.333 minutes (13.333 x 18 = 240 minutes or 4 hours), there are already 3 groups on every hole to start! And you wonder why it takes over 4.5 hours and 5 hours+ to finish 18 holes. Couple that with some serious hackers who shouldn't be here but are here because of the cheap rates, you're in for a long round. Overcrowding for the sake of cheaper rates don't make for fun golf too often. You have to get out before 8am to have any semblance of a 4 hour round.
The greens are still recovering from the punching and they are bumpy right now.
The bunkers are very good now, softer sand and not hard-packed mud like they used to be for years on end.
Fairways are OK, not great, Some spots are still hard and dry no grass or bare.