Played Sunday morning, 4/27, at 6:45am. POP was 4.25hrs. Riding rate was $69 at this time.

Glad to say the course is coming back into playable shape. They are focusing on the greens, surrounding green areas and the bunkers first it looks like. The greens were good on the front nine and kept getting better on the back nine, good to very good on the back nine. » More

Played Sunday morning, 4/27, at 6:45am. POP was 4.25hrs. Riding rate was $69 at this time.

Glad to say the course is coming back into playable shape. They are focusing on the greens, surrounding green areas and the bunkers first it looks like. The greens were good on the front nine and kept getting better on the back nine, good to very good on the back nine.

I found one greenside bunker and it was great. Nice fluffy sand, no problem.

Fairways are still a work in progress. The back nine was way better than the front. Hole 1 is a disaster, still. We played lift clean place in the fairway and I would recommend that to others right now.

Teeboxes were all playable and level. They need some work as they're still patchy, but it wasn't too difficult to find a nice place to tee it up.

Rough is a mixed bag. Some thick and long in places and most other areas weren't too difficult.

Marshall came around a couple times and was very friendly. He pushed the group in front of us to pick up the pace around hole 13 and they started flying after that. Really nice guy.

Lourd in the proshop was just awesome. Super friendly, too bad she only works on Sundays, she's an asset to have in the proshop.

So glad to see this course coming back to life. It's a great layout and will only get better in the coming months. They're supposed to be having a grand opening soon, so be on the lookout. I'd recommend at this time for these decent rates as long as you don't mind playing LCP in the fairways.
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Late but quick review because playing only 12 holes the previous outing, I wanted closure and went back to play 18 on Thursday 4/24 with a 12:30 start. When booking, I overlooked the fact that the greens had been punched between rounds, so my previous review pretty much stands except for a greens update. They were mostly lightly sanded with what I consider medium punch holes, b... » More

Late but quick review because playing only 12 holes the previous outing, I wanted closure and went back to play 18 on Thursday 4/24 with a 12:30 start. When booking, I overlooked the fact that the greens had been punched between rounds, so my previous review pretty much stands except for a greens update. They were mostly lightly sanded with what I consider medium punch holes, but I thought they ran surprisingly true and on the slower side of a medium that didn't feel overly sluggish. No need for a big compensation for speed, and I made putts. In the end and despite the surprise, I had a good round and wasn't disappointed. Greens were pretty clean before the aeration so give them another week and, despite any visual remnants, they should be performing quite well.
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Played a solo round at Rio Hondo this past week and was certainly disappointed with a well-over five-hour round and some crazy long waits on the front nine at the 7th and 8th hole tee boxes. There's not a marshall in sight to move this along?

Greens are recovering nicely from the latest aerification but need probably about another week or two before being in optimum s... » More

Played a solo round at Rio Hondo this past week and was certainly disappointed with a well-over five-hour round and some crazy long waits on the front nine at the 7th and 8th hole tee boxes. There's not a marshall in sight to move this along?

Greens are recovering nicely from the latest aerification but need probably about another week or two before being in optimum shape. Still, they're not bad at all right now. Fairways have a few too many thin spots for my liking but there is also plenty of good to go around. Rough is cut to a manageable length and the tee boxes (played the blue tees) were okay. I was in about three or four bunkers and they had mostly serviceable sand in them.

No GPS on the carts but they're in good enough condition to enjoy your round. But really, the POP over five hours was really a cause for serious frustration. I am always a big fan of Rio Hondo and consider it one of the best LA County munis, but it was a little bit frustrating this time out.
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Weather conditions have been excellent with temps in the high 70's to low 90's over the last week. The course is still in nice shape. Greens smooth, firm and medium fast. Tees lush and well maintained. Fairways mostly lush with the Bermuda taking over from the winter rye. With many playing downhill, LONG drives are the norm this time of year. Rough mostly clumpy Bermuda which u... » More

Weather conditions have been excellent with temps in the high 70's to low 90's over the last week. The course is still in nice shape. Greens smooth, firm and medium fast. Tees lush and well maintained. Fairways mostly lush with the Bermuda taking over from the winter rye. With many playing downhill, LONG drives are the norm this time of year. Rough mostly clumpy Bermuda which usually produces iffy lies. Sand traps immaculate. Customer service always a ++. Nice restaurant on site. Practice facilities very good. Good GPS on carts on a very spread out, almost unwalkable layout. Highly recommended.
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Course not as lush as a month ago but still in nice condition. Tees lush and very well maintained. Fairways now firm and play fast with a few brown patches here and there. Rough hit and miss, could be thick or thin. You actually want it to be thick to stop balls that otherwise will end up in the cactus w/o it. Sand is excellently maintained. Greens firm and putt medium fast wit... » More

Course not as lush as a month ago but still in nice condition. Tees lush and very well maintained. Fairways now firm and play fast with a few brown patches here and there. Rough hit and miss, could be thick or thin. You actually want it to be thick to stop balls that otherwise will end up in the cactus w/o it. Sand is excellently maintained. Greens firm and putt medium fast with few ball marks. Carts have nice GPS. Customer service excellent from almost everyone on the staff. Excellent range and good restaurant on site. Highly recommended.
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