The Club at Crazy Horse Ranch
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4.7
526 Reviews (526)
5 Stars
326
4 Stars
171
3 Stars
17
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
7
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.4
97.0%
Recommend this course
508 out of 526 reviews
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4.7
35 Reviews (35)
5 Stars
26
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.8
Value
4.5
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.8
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.9
94.3%
Recommend this course
33 out of 35 reviews
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4.6
67 Reviews (67)
5 Stars
46
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
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Conditions
4.7
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.8
95.5%
Recommend this course
64 out of 67 reviews
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Course Highlights
Crazy Horse consistently delivers well-maintained fairways, fast greens, and a challenging layout that keeps golfers coming back. Friendly staff and an impressively smooth pace of play make every round feel effortless.

About

Holes 18
Type Private
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 6145 yards
Slope 128
Rating 70.1

The Club at Crazy Horse Ranch (previously known as Salinas Golf & Country Club) in Monterey boasts a reputation as "the friendliest club in the area." Opened in 1925, it's also known as one of the area's oldest clubs though they are loathe to label themselves as "traditional". The golf course sprawls across rolling countryside dotted with mature trees and the occasional water hazard. Originally opened as a nine-hole layout, the golf course may appear somewhat short at just over 6,200 yards from the back tees but don't underestimate its level of difficulty. It's a tight layout that demands accuracy, especially when navigating the small greens. There is plenty of variety at The Club at Crazy Horse Ranch, you may even find yourself using all the clubs in your bag. The golf course finishes with a stunning view of Salinas Valley from an elevated tee. The fairway slopes downhill to a well protected green guarded on the left with trees and on the right with bunkers.

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Course Details

Year Built 1925
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Rye Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Fleming (1925)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Catering

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

Available Sports

Tennis

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Reviews

4.7
526 Reviews (526)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 20
Patio Dining 10
Dinner 8
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 45
Undulating Greens 25
Bunkers 19
This course/club is great for:
Locals 46
Advanced Golfers 27
Seniors 23
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 36
Convenient to the City 24
In the 'Burbs 8

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Reviews 25
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

great course,they take good care of it

Greens always roll true here,course is always in good condition and semi challenging.It does get alot of goofballs playing here and a marshall could help keep them in check so they keep pace of play moving forward and stop with the horsing around.But all in all I love the course and there garlic fries are delicious

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

If you're not a local, you get disrespected

Before we arrived we read the average round is 4.5 hours and we had no problem with that. It was a gorgeous day.

Upon arrival, everything looked great. We were their to enjoy our Friday afternoon. 15 minutes before our tee time a staff member approved us to let us know it may be a long round. We found that we kind. The group of local who went off before us went off as an 8some so it actually pushed our 11:50 tee time back. But we were going with it as we played with 2 strangers who also never player there. As we are playing and we approach the 8th hole, the group behind approach us and say "you better pick up the pace". We have never played there and honestly were not playing slow. We were playing at a steady pace. They called the Marshall on us. Well this Marshall approached us on the turn and apologized to us for the BS. At this point I was pretty heated and my round was mentally over. I have word at a golf course and I am always respectful. It gets better as a twosome jumped in front if us and we still did not complain. After the round was over I spoke the the staff member who approached us in the beginning and he remembered the conversation. I told him that I felt like I wasted my money. I was they to enjoy myself and not deal with that behavior. His response was.."were you golf now? I said yeah. then he said, well art least you only spent $59". I was livid and stormed out. The player that called the Marshall on us came up to my playing partner in the parking lot to say he was sorry because he had 3 straight bad holes so he was just upset. That is pathetic. he decided to ruin our day because he was acting like a child. It was a big FU to us.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Everything was great except almost none of the other golfers wore masks off the course. I felt bad for the very nice staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great conditions. Fast Greens. Challenging Pin Placements.

Wind and hills will add to the difficulty on a course that proves it doesn’t have to be long to be hard. Beautiful views and some holes that are very unique. A hidden gem in Salinas as good as the Peninsula’s great courses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

I really like playing here, but Friday the 28th we had two fivesomes ahead of us and slowed pace of play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course Knowledge Helps

Course knowledge will help if/when we play the course again. Lots of elevation changes. Small and FAST greens. Some hidden dangers that aren't evident when playing. Forks in the cart path need better signage. Overall, a fun track and $60 was a fair value for a semi-private club. Apparently, GolfNow gets 'Hot Deal' times.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1000
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

Crazyhorse Ranch

Rode the Blues (6106/70.1/130) in 4.5H mid day with the SLO Co. Golf Group. $80, played with Chris and Pat. Partly cloudy, fairly calm and around 60.

Layout reminds me of a mixture of Hunter Ranch and Ojai Valley Inn. Front is hillier and tighter with lots of elevation changes. Back more parkland style. Few flat holes with plenty of mature trees. Nice collection of par 3's.

Tees decently maintained with good coverage.

Fairways and Rough both more lush than thin and generally good to play from. Both had good coverage.

Traps were excellent. Well maintained with a generous amount of thick sand.

Small greens were excellent, they putted great. Firm, medium fast bordering on fast and smooth. No tiers, but these greens have more than their share of slope. We had several pins placements that anything not babied up to the hole was a great candidate to roll right off the green.

Customer Service was excellent from all encountered. Maintenance staff was oblivious however. Every member of our group backed off at least once when they drove close by as we were on the tee or putting. Basic carts do not have GPS. The small green complexes and all the hills are why the slope rating is high here. Overall, excellent course, highly recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Still great

Played this course several times. It is still fun and challenging. Fairways are tight but not impossible to play. Several elevation changes add to the challenge. Fairways and greens are in great condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Fun course

Interesting and yet fun layout. Greens in awesome shape with quick speed. If I lived closer, I would consider a membership.

Highly recommended for a fun and relaxing day.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent track

This course is a hidden gem of a track. Off the beaten path - but well worth it. Course knowledge is very helpful if you want to score well...I’ll be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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