3845 Yaqui Pass Road, Borrego Springs, California 92004, US
(760) 767-0100
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About La Casa del Zorro Resort and Spa

The La Casa del Zorro Resort and Spa is an oasis in the desert one mile from Rams Hill Golf Club. There's much to do - spa, tennis, pickleball, yoga class, shuffleboard, ping pong, swimming in one of 28 pools and hot tubs and hiking and biking in the 600,000-acre Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Three dining options cater to guests.

Facts

Price Range$$$
Property Class★★★★
Acres42
Year Opened1937
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities

RestaurantsBar, Casual, Fine
Room TypesRoom
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
SpaYes

Services

Room ServiceYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?Yes
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at La Casa del Zorro Resort and Spa

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4.6
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Reviews 45
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Still a Great Layout

This is normally a 5 star course but this was not a usual day at Ram's Hill. First off, they apparently have had issues with the overseeding process, resulting in a number of pretty bare places in some fairways. Second, we followed a large Fireman Outing and while I applaud them for their service to the community, they were not best at maintaining the course - lots of ball marks not repaired, lots of foot damage on the greens, sunflower shells on tee boxes and a very slow pace - nearly 5 hours. But it is such a fantastic course design that it still rated 4 stars and I am sure that it will be 5 stars again when I visit next year.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Poor Conditions have devalued this course

As noted with several other comments above. Lots of bare grass on fairways and some greens are iffy. Sprayed green .. the 14th/ 10th hole crossover snack shack slows play .... some groups stop and no signage for play through...

No Marshall sightings On course, no beverage cart, bag service? ( nope drop your own clubs in rack.. put on cart) . For a high end course it has more of a muni - feel experience . Seems to be plenty of staff ...hmm. Training,??? .....underwhelming..

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/08/2021

Dear, u328254868,

Thanks you for taking the time to provide your feedback. I'm disappointed that your experience was less than ideal. During COVID and with the restrictions that SD County has in place, we have had to make adjustments to many of our service standards. For instance, our outside service staff is unable to load or unload your clubs upon arrival or departure. Additionally, beverage cart service is restricted to a stationary service. The beverage cart that's parked at the restrooms building after the 4th hole for the morning players and then moves to the 16th tee in the afternoon. Your comment on the location of the Ram Shack snack bar at 10/14 crossover is a good one and I will look at how we can better sign that area. Free tacos at the Rams Shack can create additional use and I will develop a plan with the Marshalls to address. On the Friday you played we had 3 Marshalls on staff plus a starter so I will address that presence as well. As for course conditions, the very warm weather in October, brought with it a fungus that affected the landing areas of 3-4 fairways. They are recovering and will transition nicely to Bermudagrass. The comment about the greens however is surprising as they are firm, smooth, fast and very healthy. The edges away from the putting surface were sprayed to prevent intrusion of foreign grasses from encroaching into the putting surfaces. Everyone at Rams Hill looks forward to the easing of the COVID restrictions so that we can return to a higher level of service for our customers. I hope that you will come give us another try so that we can show you why we have the extremely high rating that we earned from our customers. Thanks again for the feedback as it will be used to try to continue to improve.

Harry Turner

GM/COO

Rams Hill

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

What happened to one of my favorite golf courses.

This was the third time I’ve played this course, and I have never seen it in worse condition.

The greens were thin had some bare spots, looked weak.

Green speed was around 10.5 which is ideal for resort play. The starter told me they were 12.

The fairways had a lot of thin and bare spots, turf conditions were not good.

Areas around greens were also in spotty condition.

This golf course is the best designed golf course in the area, to see it in this condition broke my heart.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/25/2021

Dear Bill1015684,

Rams Hill has built its reputation on having the best playing conditions in Southern California, today Rams Hill's fairways fall short of our high expectations. Due to the unseasonal heat and humidity in October and November Rams Hill contracted a turf fungus that has left 5-6 of our fairways with thinning ryegrass. The greens and the remainder of the course however remain in excellent condition. We expect our fairways to heal completely in March when warmer ground temperatures return.

I hope you will return in the coming weeks to experience Ram Hill in the conditions you've come to expect. Please feel free to reach out to me to discuss.

Harry Turner

COO/GM

harry@ramshill.com

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Rams Hill

No doubt a gem of a course. Worth the drive! Beautiful layout. Friendly staff. On this day it was slow pace. I am sure it was one or two groups that caused the slow play. But would encourage any golfer to go play this course. Stunning views. Challenging from any tee.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 98
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

An incredible Jem!

I play all over the USA at 60 to 80 nice courses and this is my favorite place. Just great energy! They have the place looking great, some repaired areas from summer damage are still taking hold but coming in nicely and the greens are perfect, 11 to 12 that day. The staff is always happy to help. Resteraunt food is very good, (I had the Mahi) its just take out only, because of restrictions, sad, some of the best views you will have from a patio! Still a magical place.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is worth the crazy drive!

We have played Rams Hill on more than one occasion. Although the course has been in better condition it is still great. It is a great layout. We will continue to play Rams Hill in the future.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor value

Great course design but conditions did not warrant the price charged

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course, slow pace

Very fun golf course in good condition. A few pins were in dicey locations bordering on unfair as there was no safe option for your approach shot. Greens rolled well and were fast. Only real complaint was the abysmal pace of play. Our round took 5 hours. The cart said we were about 30 minutes behind pace for most of the round. The group behind us was on our tee box with us waiting for 5 holes or so. No marshal working back from the clubhouse telling groups to speed up.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

I had my first hole in one on hole 9, this is the biggest gem of a course in all of California

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Poor Golf Shop Management

I booked as a single, 3 other players also booked the same tee time, so I was part of a 4-some, great. The golf shop allowed 2 players in the 4-some go out as a 2-some and the 4th players was a no show. So I was pushed back a tee time put out as a single behind the 2-some. Made for a very long round.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/09/2021

Dear u4042481,

I want to thank you for recommending Rams Hill but and disappointed in the 3 star rating and am sorry to hear about your experience with our pro shop and Starter. I'm sorry it's taken me a couple of days to respond, but I wanted to fully investigate your experience in order to better instruct our staff. What I did find was that the twosome that you were originally paired with requested to the Starter that they be allowed to go out as two. Because of COVID concerns we always honor those request. It's unfortunate that you had to play as a single because I know it can seem like a very long day, playing behind other groups. Using our GPS tracking and cart monitoring I was able to verify that your round was played in 4hrs and 18 minutes and that as a single player it likely did feel like a much longer round than that. I hope to see you again soon and Rams Hill and we will work hard to make your next visit a better one. Sincerely, Harry Turner GM/COO Rams Hill

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Heaven on earth

There is no bigger treat than putting together a group and heading to Rams Hill. Not only is the course magnificent, the staff and all the amenities are first class. Wil Mayo Has single-handedly made southern California golfers no and respect the value of Ramsell. I can’t wait to get the boys together and have a golf weekend in their mini mansion. Five stars all the way around

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Rams Hill

Rams Hill is truly a hidden gem tucked away in Borrego Springs. If you are a SoCal golfer and you haven't checked Rams Hill off your bucket list you are missing out!

Course was in fantastic shape. Greens were running quick and firm. Course is challenging, but there are opportunities to score.

Excited to book my next round at Rams Hill!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Rams Hill a Gem!

Played in the first annual Ramateur tournament, and couldn’t have been more impressed with the course. We also stayed at a condo on-site and Will Mayo took amazing care of us for our round and stay.

Can’t wait to come back for my next boys trip!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Best Golf Experience In Socal

Wow! You will not be disappointed with Rams hill. From an incredibly scenic drive in to welcoming staff to a fantastic property, Rams Hill is a must play

Absolutely worth playing for anyone in Southern California, put simply you will not find a golf experience that is comparable

Rams - thanks so much for the hospitality and I cannot wait to get back soon!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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