I love Rancho. HOWEVER --- I would never tee off there more than 1 hour to 1.5 hours after sunrise. Most complaints about Rancho are for slow play. We tee off there either Saturday or Sunday within the first 5 or 6 groups and play in 4 hours-ish. Sometimes less, sometimes a little more.

For $39 (non resident, weekend price) it's the best bargain in LA. I mean, there are some totally nasty dog tracks like Alondra or Victoria that are in that same price range. For as much play as Rancho gets, which is about the most in the country, it's normally in very good shape. The conditions of the greens come and go. They're usually always at least "good" and sometimes "great". Every now and then a green or two gets beat up pretty bad for some reason. In particular, hole 14 was very bad for part of the year (disease) but recovered well.