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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.3
93.0%
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4.4
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.4
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.6
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4.5
58 Reviews (58)
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
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4.5
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About

Holes 18
Type Municipal
Par 72
Length 6632 yards
Slope 133
Rating 71.8

Rancho Solano Golf Course sits midway between San Francisco and Sacramento, a location that makes it easily accessible from all the cities in the Bay Area. The course sprawls across hilly terrain, providing the layout with elevated tees and dramatically undulating greens. It is a tough course to walk but it's possible. Sparkling lakes dot the hills, coming into play on a few holes. There are also numerous strategically placed bunkers to contend with. The expansive greens offer some room for error but pin placement is still important. The first three holes on the back nine are some of Rancho Solano Golf Course's most challenging, especially the par-4 11th hole. Club selection is the key to this hole or you might lose your ball to the lake and even once you do seemingly reach safety, there are still bunkers backing the large green.

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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Fairways Bluegrass
Greens Bluegrass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Roger Thomas Baird

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Fairfield Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

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4.4
1151 Reviews (1151)
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Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
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5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great round of golf

Rancho Solano is a great course to play to help you hit your approach shots. They have some of the biggest greens around, so it can help you feel good about your game, but then again it can leave you with a long and tough 2 putt...

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 94
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
California Advisor
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Same Old Rancho Solano A Good One

Played here after recent deluge, course had some landslides and no where for water to go, but still course played as good as I have ever seen it. Par 3 are real good on this course, Par 4 are straight away basically, and Par 5 are reachable for longer hitters. Views are great, had a wonderful time. Had been over a decade since I played here, and it was fun to get back and see course again. Its a course with full mature trees that frame picturesque wide fairways. Large greens mean adding extra club, no more so than on hole 9. If you like the left side of the fairways to approach from there are enough out here to choose.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

soggy course and slow play

The course was cart path only. Slow, slow, slow. I will not play this course in the winter again. I would not suggest it to others for play in the winter. Play it in the summer!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

A Major Round

Honestly the course and practice facilitiy are in great shape. It was a winter day but the sun was shining bright. The tees and greens were in perfect shape as were the fairways despite the cold and recent rains. Challenging but fair. All in all my foursome ahead a great time. Service was fine too, and the cafe had it all!

I'm coming back ASAP!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Play it

Super fun course ! Only complaint was the on course Marshall he was clueless we had to wait on a tee box on the back nine for 5 -10 minutes while he visited with a couple and a 2 year old walking on the course he then gave them a ride held us up in every shot the beverage cart person might have been related the the clueless Marshall she has not been trained to stop when players are on the tee and keeps on driving toward you and doesn't stop play the course and hopefully management has a training meeting

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Marshall

I am playing this course for about 10 years, that itself says it that how much I like the course. This Sunday we started at 1:16 and we're at 9th hole by 1:45 that started waiting behind people ahead of us. They were too slow that took us over 3 hours to get to the 18th hole and all this time there was no Marshall around to tell them speed up or let these people behind you go ahead you. And suddenly when we are going to 18th, Marshall came and asked us to hurry up, course is closed. That destroyed our 18th hole. Worse than that when we pulled to the clubhouse a gentleman stopped us from going to our cars and made us to carry our bag to parking lot. I walk most of the time, that doesn't bother me but the principal of the issue did hurt and after 10 year of playing there, all 4 of us decided to not to go back there.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good Value

Very nice course layout. Only negative was the greens were very bumpy from aeration sand sand hadn't filled them in enough.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Course

I played here for the first time and I absolutely loved it. I play once every two weeks during the summer, and while it isn't the most challenging course, there weren't too many "easy" shots. The course layout was great, and each hole was unique. The greens were tough to read, but we're in great shape. Hit driver on a lot of holes. I'll be back soon!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great condition, dreadful pace of play

The layout is great and the course conditions were terrific, especially the greens. But we waited on almost every hole. The round took 5+ hours.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Surprised!

I used to belong to the men's club 18 years ago. I was very impressed with how the course matured, trees, rough & fairways. I have to give the overall condition 5 stars as this was the best public facility I hove played in 5 years. My hats off to the management.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

I strongly recommend this golf course

Very Beautiful Course!! I strongly recommend this golf course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 62
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

An exceptional muni course

Simply nothing negative I can find to say. All the notes are different and interesting. Challenging but good (fast) greens.

All layed out in a beautiful canyon. Exceptional value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Golf Experience at Rancho Solano

Played this course for the first time on Labor Day. Great facilities with friendly/helpful staff. The course was in great shape and pace of play was excellent (4 hours on a holiday). Bring your putting skills to this course. There are huge greens here with significant slope. Pay attention to pin placements (reaching green does not ensure easy 2 putt if you're not on proper level of hole position). My foursome had a great day here and we look forward to returning (with more knowledge of the green complexes).

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

My home course

With wide fairways and big greens it's a good course for beginners yet challenging for the Advanced players

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 144
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very Nice Course

Haven't played this course in probably 20 years. Took my son out and glad I did. This course was in beautiful shape, no wonder it is so popular. The greens were in perfect shape, fairways were great and the only thing I can say that is somewhat negative is that some of the traps could use more sand. Played with another twosome that play the course quite a bit so they were giving me some advice on where to hit on some of the holes. If you have a chance to play this course do it, you won't be disappointed. I had a great round thanks to the people I played with.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

course is in great shape

the green keepers at rancho solano has done a great job at the fairways and greens. the personal behind the desk is very professional, plus the restraunt staff is great. all around I rate this 5 star.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course.

Great course with big greens.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

my favorite course

I love making the drive out to enjoy Rancho Solano. The course has many elevated tees which is perfect for this straight but short shooter. It gets warm in Fairfield, so if you get a decent whack, the ball rolls & rolls. Gorgeous views of the California golden hills. Hawks soar over head. Cows graze nearby on the back 9. Staff is friendly and engaged. Can't wait to go back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course slow play

Seems like they always overbook anytime we play rancho or paradise we're always stacked on top of each other! That's the only negative I have to say about this course!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

very slow play

Painfully slow round and the ranger on the course didn't seem to care.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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