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10460 West Pico Blvd • Los Angeles, CA 90064 • (310) 838-7373
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stickboy - Lakewood 
First time for me at Rancho. This is a fantastic layout. Lots of elevation changes, as well as sloping fairways and visually challenging par threes and approach shots. The greens were a little bumpy, but they showed signs of recent punching so no big deal. I was in one of the first groups and the pace of play was lightning fast at a little over four hours.

Posted: Friday, November 7, 2008
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axeljeff - Los Angeles, CA 
Arrived at the course at about 6:50am this morning (Sat 11/1) as a single walk-on and, much to my surprise, was sent out at 7:12am. (Everybody sleeping late after Halloween, maybe? Or could it have been the threatening-looking skies?) Course was a mixed bag. The greens were in great shape, soft and receptive, rolling true (although a little slow), and showing no signs of the recent aeration. Around the greens, there seemed to be far too much GUR on several of the holes. There were also some instances where the areas around sprinkler heads had some standing water, far too much to be caused by the brief rain shower we got around 9am. Fairways were a bit inconsistent; some were very good, some were a little thin and patchy. As a walker, though, I noticed that the ground was very, very soft. Overall, it played decent but not great. Getting out that early, we got in a lighting-quick round (by Rancho Park standards) of just over 4 hours.

Posted: Saturday, November 1, 2008
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kviser - Saugus, CA 
Played on 10-26-2008 with GKers danoemi and Farewaybob and Bob's friend, Mark. The course has to be the crown jewel of the LA city courses. Great layout, lush fairways and lots of elevation changes to keep things interesting. Greens rolled nicely, although some putts seemed a little bumpy into the grain. They did aerify ealier this month, but it looks like everything has grown back. You have to hit firm putts here, especially uphill. If you get the chance to play here, do it. The course has a little history (check the plaque on 18 tee), lush landscaping, and if a 5 hour round doesn't bother you, then I believe you will enjoy it.

Posted: Sunday, October 26, 2008
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Cloudsoft - Inglewood 
Conditions fair to good but starting to show a lot of brown on the fairways and wear on the greens. Some of the greens were as one of my foursome put it "bumper car" golf. Fix ball marks people!

Posted: Saturday, September 6, 2008
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DarkHorse - Encino 
Played Monday 9/1 and was lucky to get out early. Got around the qourse very quickly and played very well.

Overall, I was surprised with the conditions of the fairways. They were a lot brown in larrge patched that didn't seem to make any sense. I would have expected this in the San Fernando Valley courses due to the summer heat and the desire to conserve water, but with West LA being 20 degrees cooler, having fog laden mornings every now and then, I would expect even less than normal watering to keep the fairways mostly green. Hole #7 really brought it to my attention and hole #11 was just as bad, if not worse.

Usually, I rave about the condition of Rancho, but this time I can't.

Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008
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weber - coto de caza 
Well so much for the increased green fees causing play to diminish, Teed off 20 minutes late, almost 3 hours to play the front and just a little better on the back. Course in pretty decent shape, greens were too slow for my taste, otherwise no real complaints. Hard not to like Rancho, but hard to endure the pace of play. Given that only 4somes are permitted and there is really no trouble on the course, why does it take so long???

Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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nfuntanilla - Los Angeles 
Played 8/5 at 1:15pm and finished in 6hrs. We followed behind a junior golf tournament and boy was it slow. Especially the back 9. The course is in the middle of taking it's summer beating and it showed. Many brown spots throughout the course but playable. The greens are very slow and bumpy right now. The last 4 holes on the back 9 greens were very bumpy w/ many ball marks. Probably because players are usually tired and don't care about proper etiquette near the end of the round.....I don't know.

Take care of the courses you play on people. I know you will play them again. These city courses that offer up great tracks at an amazing value. Walking w/ a pull cart will run you $29 at Rancho. The Par 3 3rd Hole is playing the alternate greens today and that is the only deviation from what is always an enjoyable and challenging round at Rancho Park.

Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Filbert1 - Torrance 
Played Friday August 4th. Had a 900am tee time and got off on time. Beautiful day, with very good conditions. Haven't played here in 25 years, last time with my father. brought back memories! Anyway, 4 1/2 hour for a Friday and only cost $35. What a deal.. Thumbs up...

Posted: Monday, August 4, 2008
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slickdude - Irvine, CA 
This is the best muni golf course in southern Cal, for the price and quality of golf course, well maintained from tee to green. This golf course suits to only advance and low handicap golfers. If you are beginners this is not the one, you will hold up group behind you for sure. Undulating fairways on every hole and a lot of blind shots, quite narrows fairways due to course location in the middle of the city. I will return for more. Started 2:45 and not finish 18th...is a ashame...

Posted: Saturday, August 2, 2008
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nfuntanilla - Los Angeles 
Walked on Rancho at 4pm and paid the $16 resident twilight rate, got on the 1st tee right away and finished in a little over 4hrs. It gets better. Our 3some did not wait on any of the tees today. Incredible for this course!!

This course has a little bit of everything to challenge all levels of play. Dog legs, uneven lies, elevation changes, uphill/downhill lies and elevated tees. There are no water hazards on this course but trees line every fairway. There are also a few holes where positioning is key off the tee to play clear shots into the greens.

I live just minutes away from the course and I have never seen it in such great condition. This course is green right now!! Aside from a small 'ground under repair section' in the middle of the 10th fairway, the fairways and areas around the greens were lush. Your putts will roll true on the greens cuz they are smooth n fast with very little ball marks.

The time window I mentioned above is the way to go and if you're in the area around before 4pm(any later and you'll be teeing off in the dark on the 18th), and if you have your bag in the trunk like I know you do, then you need to get to Rancho. A course in this condition is an exceptional value.

Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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danoemi - Glendale 
Played 7/20/08 and the course is in great shape. The greens are pretty fast and roll true. They have really kept it in shape even after the Women's LA City tournament I played in the week before. We had a 9:30 tee time but still managed to play in about 5 hours. Which is not bad on a Sunday and at Rancho Park. I always enjoy this course and I think it's one of the best if not the best municipal course in LA.

Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
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ohpoh - LOS ANGELES 
GREENS ARE PRETTY FIRM AND DECENTLY FAST(FOR A CITY PUBLIC COURSE). FINISHED THE ROUND IN LESS THAN 5 HOURS DUE TO HAVING A TEE TIME RIGHT AFTER A SHOTGUN TOURNAMENT. ALWAYS ENJOY PLAYING HERE, SINCE IT HAS A SOLID LAYOUT. CONDITIONS WERE DECENT. NOT AS MANY PEOPLE ON THE COURSE LIKE THEY USUALLY DO. IM NOT SURE IF ITS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED GREEN FEE. THEIR IS NOW A RESIDENT AND NON RESIDENT GREEN FEE.

Posted: Sunday, July 13, 2008
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MFUJITAKI - Tarzana 
Played on Wed 6\25 at 8:00am. Golf course was in great shape. If you want to play the best municipal course, play here. Play was a little slow but is worth the wait.

Posted: Saturday, June 28, 2008
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rkimura77 - Torrance 
Played on June 21. Good conditions, pace of play wasn't too bad. Just over 5 hrs (tee time 7:30ish) Greens are in good condition. Not fast but rolled smoothe. Hard to get a tee time so I am always thrilled to play here. Wilson and Rancho are by far the best LA City courses.

Posted: Monday, June 23, 2008
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tiagena - Gardena 
Played Sat, June 14th. Had not played at Rancho for about 10+ years. Must say that the overall playing conditions were in great shape. Greens were putting true. Fairways were very respectable. Tee boxes, except for 2-3, were kept nicely. HOWEVER, spending 5 hours 45 minutes for a round of golf is RIDICULOUS! The front nine took over 3 hours to play. Some holes (2nd & 3rd) had 3 groups just waiting to hit off the tee. It sucks when you can't get into any groove waiting that long between shots. Hate to say, but it might be another 10 years before I come back.

Posted: Monday, June 16, 2008
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REZALUTION15 - TORRANCE 
Played on Tuesday June 3rd as the 2nd group out at twilight and finished all 18!! The course was in great shape...the greens are rolling well and the fairways actually look good right now....wouldnt know how the bunkers were as I didnt end up in one. The teeboxes are in good shape....but overall I am still in awe at finishing before dark and without a wait on ANY HOLE!!??!!! I am only playing twilight here from now on!

Posted: Thursday, June 5, 2008
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taigawoods - torrance 
Great track, always a pleasure to play here, must shape your shots to score. I was surprised how fast the greens were running today, i know you might not believe me; but it was rolling like a 9 on the stimpmeter.

As usual there were a few idiots on the course who didn't belong out there. Honestly the county should start screening people and not let people out until they've put their time and practiced at the range.

all in all a fun place to play if you have patience. very difficult to get any rhythm.

Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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birdies4me - Culver City 
Played Sunday 5/18. Day after Police tourney, so course was in the best shape of the year. I wish they could keep it like this all year. First group out, all walking played in 3:45. Yeah!

Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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tonypaoletti - Los Angeles, CA 
Played the course today, 5/07. I do like the layout of the course. However, the pace was ridiculously bad - 5 1/2 hours!!! The greens are back after the punching, not too bumpy at all. The fairways were OK, except they weren't cut too short. I think if they changed a few of the tee boxes (i.e. so you can see some of the greens (#3)/fairways (#13 and #14)) and didn't book foursomes every 6 minutes, this could be a great course - not just a good muni course.

Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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ZAG-FAN - lb 
Just called to inquire about the condition of the course since they aerated the fairways a couple weeks ago. Got a serious attitude from the a-hole who answered the phone. Must be that time of the month for him.

Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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gdemeter - Los Angeles 
Great course and in great condition, with a few areas of minor reconstruction. Not crowded today at all, most likely due to the aerated greens.

Posted: Sunday, April 6, 2008
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batualla71 - glendale 
excelent condition. best value for price. i love this course. only con is driving/traffic.

Posted: Friday, March 28, 2008
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gmoore91106 - Pasadena 
Played this course Friday. Fear of rain kept the crowds away so I was able to walk on and join up with some other players. Our round lasted around 4.5 - 5.0 hrs. Despite the recent rains, course conditions were good, with a few muddy spots here and there, but the greens were playable and sped up after the sun came out.

This is a great course to walk. One little note: the snack bar is at the 12th hole - a par-3. And watch out for the squirrels. The little buggers will try to grab your food when you aren't looking!

Posted: Saturday, February 23, 2008
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ballgofar - ashland 
best bang for your buck in LA county $36 w/ cart, entire course conditions and course maintenance have improve steadily over last 2 years however always going have a 5 hours 15 minute round so bring a few beers

Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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ranchogolfer - torrance 
Shhhhhhh. Rancho is in beautiful condition. Greens were as good as I've ever seen them this morning, and some of my fairway lies made me feel like i was playing country club golf. Only bad thing I could say is some of the traps aren't so good, but hey, maybe I shouldn't be in there to begin with. Oh, and a little too much racket from the picketers in front of Fox - "umm, excuse meeee. you're disturbing my golf game." : )

Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007
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weber - coto de caza 
The greens were as nice as I can recall, and given all the play this course gets, kudos to the maintainence staff. The rest of the course was also in decent condition, not great, but OK! Love Rancho, but hate the 5+ hours it takes to get around this course. The starter was a real jerk, but then what's new. Otherwise, the marshalls were fine, except that they never could explain the super slow pace.

Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2007
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UDUB95 - Long Beach 
First time playing at Rancho. Course is pretty straight forward and can be sneaky hard on some holes. Lots of ground under repair.

Posted: Friday, August 10, 2007
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jyamastoker - Chatsworth, CA 
Played here on Saturday, July 7th with a very early morning tee time. Pace of play was very fast, it took us about 4 1/2 hours to play 18 holes. Course is in good condition. Some of the fairways were muddy (or soggy) in spots, bare in other spots. Otherwise the fairways were in good condition. Some of the bunkers were very hard packed (did not need to rake bunker after one walked out of the bunker). Greens were in good shape but some spots on the greens were a little bumpy. This is a great deal to play here for the price we paid. I love playing this course. It was nice to escape the heat from the valley.

Posted: Monday, July 9, 2007
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ranchogolfer - torrance 
Nice early morning round today at the Cho. Course is in pretty good condition; some greens are a tad on the bumpy side, but other than that, lots to enjoy. Always a good test of your skills.

Posted: Monday, July 9, 2007
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weber - coto de caza 
Ah Rancho! She's a fine old lady! Truly one of the better golf courses in Southern California. (for those who like pure golf and not all the hoopla and frills) The ultimate in a fair test of golf. While none of the holes are specatular, no great vistas, not always in the greatest of shape, brutally slow to play, it still represents golf the way it was intended to be played! The course was in very nice shape and given the lack of rain and the amount of play this place gets, kudos to the greenskeeper!

Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007
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samir237 - los angeles 
course is in great shape.playing at least twice this week. please to all not so good golfers....keep the pace up,and tee off from white box for a better experience.ego will get you nowhere in golf.

Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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echonin - Westwood, CA 
Rancho Park is not in very good condition right now and should be avoided at all cost. This is a very difficult course and should not be attempted by beginners. DO NOT PLAY AT RANCHO - ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS! GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!

Posted: Thursday, June 7, 2007
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ucladave - Santa Monica 
Played Saturday May 26th.

Rancho is in probably the best shape it can be in. Coming on the heels of last week's police/celeb tournament things are quite nice. Brand new mats on the driving range, well cut grass on fairways (a little brown in some spots though), good tee boxes, and short cut greens. If you are used to playing here, watch the greens - they are faster than usual.

While the shape of the course is great, I have to admit it might not be worth it. This course is painfully slow. Even though there are no 5somes out, it will be a miracle if you can get through in less than 5.5 hours here. The pace of play is one of the slowest I have seen, with more than a couple holes having a 2 group backlog. My group would wait on the tee box, take our shot, walk up to our balls and then wait another 5 minutes or so to take our second shot as the group in front was ever-present. I expected that they were the problem, but it turns out that they were right on another group, and in turn them on another.

I myself think that 4 hours is about the longest a round should take, and you are not going to be anywhere close at Rancho.

Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007
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michaelko - Arcadia 
Played thu 5/10, walking on as single at 1:20, called at 2:10, teed off at 2:30. hoping to get 14 or 15 in before i had to leave at 6:30. haven't played here in several years... and now i remember why... 12 holes in 4 hours. and 13 had a 2 group wait. 12 holes in 4 hours... i'll pause while that sinks in.... on a thursday, mind you....

anyways.. greens are pretty good. pretty quick, not bumpy, but wavered a bit when slowed down. rest of course in good shape.

Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2007
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alan13108 - sherman oaks, ca 
Oh my G-d, 5 and 3/4 hours. Marshall on corse but useless. Fairways and tee boxes fair condition. Greens have recently been aerated.

Great layout but way too slow.

Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2007
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uscdodger32 - Woodland Hills 
played Sunday 4/15 with barkinesq and our usual 3rd.

Course was in good shape, especially considering the play it gets. The only LA city course were you can actually make a distinction between the fairway and the rough. The course isn't considerably long, but its a fun course. Every hole presents you with an interesting situation, be it an interesting lie, approach shot, lay-up, etc.

Fairways were a little thin, but very green and very few bare areas. With the rough grown out a little, you were really rewarded for hitting the fairway. Traps were in good shape. Greens had been aerated about a week, week and a half prior, and have recovered VERY nicely. Were still a little sandy and slow, but they weren't bumpy and they rolled true.

Fun course for the history and layout. Pace was fast, considering it was 7:30 a.m. on Sunday. $40.25 a person, with cart. One of the better deals in LA.

If they gave the other LA City courses have as much attention as they gave Rancho, there would be a plethora of golf courses in great conditions to play for cheap all around the greater LA area.

Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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barkinesq - Woodland Hills 
My son was able to get a 7:30 am tee time for Sunday 4/15/07 for our usual threesome. Even though the greens had been aerated 4/10 & 4/11 they were in surprisingly good condition. The fairways were in very good shape as well. We finished our round in 4 1/2 hours. This is a great municipal course. Considering the amount of rounds played at Rancho, it is in great condition - not country club shape, but excellent for a municipal course. I wonder why the other L.A. City courses are not in as good condition.

Since I had not played Rancho in 40 years, I had forgotten the course's design. It is a difficult, but fair track. I hope to play here often - but I hear you better start before 9:00 a.m. on weekends, or you are facing a 5 hour + round.

And at least today, I beat Arnie's "12" on 18!

Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2007
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L_lucky - La Mirada, CA 
Played on Easter day, and I've never seen Rancho Park this empty before, although there was a group ahead of us that played extremely slow. The greens are smooth, no bumps, the fairway is in good condition w/ very little brown areas, and the red tee boxes are in excellent condition. I think this course is one of the better and more difficult city courses to play.

Posted: Sunday, April 8, 2007
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ranchogolfer - torrance 
Got in the back nine yesterday morning. The course is fairly decent shape right now. The greens are slow to medium speed and mostly smooth, and are very soft right now. This is a tough course to play the back nine - first three holes are very demanding right out of the shute.

Posted: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
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exxchamp - LOS ANGELES 
COURSE IN GOOD SHAPE.....WEEKEND GREEN FEE $28.50....BY FAR BEST GOLF EXPERIENCE FOR PRICE IN WEST LA....PLAYED AS SINGLE...ARRIVE 6:00....TEE OFF 7:30....FINISH 11:45....BEAUTIFUL!

Posted: Sunday, March 4, 2007
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Cloudsoft - Inglewood 
Played 2/8. A little wet but overall in good condition.
The round took 4 1/4 hours from 8:30am. Not bad for Rancho!

Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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youngae - Pasadena 
was a cheap round ($28.50), but took way to long. 5+ hrs. fairways were brown & thin. greens were in pretty good condition. (a little to spongy & bumpy)

Posted: Monday, February 5, 2007
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IGotNone - Los Angeles 
Rancho's in good shape considering it's winter. Fairways are a bit thin but the greens are rolling extremely well and the bunkers are in good shape. Best value in Los Angeles county as far as I'm concerned.

Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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weber - coto de caza 
How can you not like Rancho! What a great course, difficult to believe that with all the play this course gets the greens were in as great condition as I've very seen them (I've been playing there since 1970) Golf at Rancho is as pure as golf gets, it's all right out in front of you, just have to make the shots. The only distraction is you have to be able to maintain your focus for over 5 hours. Otherwise, there is no better "bang for the buck" than Rancho!

Posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
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birdies4me - Culver City 
While I think Rancho is a great course for the amount of play it receives, they need to pay more attention to the tee boxes.

Posted: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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darrylofscv - los angeles 
the ghost of arnold palmer left years ago. they need to pay more attention to maintaining the course than about the 12 palmer took on 18 decades ago.

Posted: Monday, November 20, 2006
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ringworld - Long Beach CA 
Busy Muni deep in West LA. Even worse if you decide to play Sunday -- which we did. Was only able to play 10 holes in 3 hours. Not good considering it was on a 6-7 hour pace to finish. Too bad the sun sets earlier nowadays. Course in relatively good shape. Greens look a bit beaten up but roll for the most part pretty true. Please FIX YOUR DIVOTS. Tee Boxes need to be rotated a bit more carefully. Some areas here were over used to be kind. Fairways were in great shape. Few trees were trimmed if memory serves but for the most part stay out of the treeline. Mature trees are extremely hard to hit over -- much worse if you try to fly it over a few of them. Expect mucho lost balls if you hit the left side of fairway on 9. They don't pick up those balls so you have to sift through that stuff. Great course for mid-week play. Otherwise stay away on weekened.

Posted: Monday, September 11, 2006
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divot1957 - BURBANK 
The course is in the best shape I've seen it in years.

Posted: Sunday, September 10, 2006
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hectorlopez - Manhattan Beach, CA 
Played this course last Sunday, and it was KILLER! Played in just under 5 hours(which is great for this course). The greens were excellent! Rolled true and pretty quick for Rancho. The greens and pace of play were the best that I have seen in a long, long time. Fairways were a little burnt. All in all FANTASTIC!

Posted: Saturday, September 2, 2006
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birdies4me - Culver City 
In the best shape ever.

Posted: Thursday, August 3, 2006
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Orpheus - Beachwood Canyon 
One of my favorite courses from the tee because of the way it requires ball movement (mostly fades) and the classic style around the greens, which are protected by slope rather than hazards (not a single water hazard on the course).

The course itself is in good shape. The heat hasn't damaged the greens so much as the humans using them (lots of ball mark damage) and the fairways are bare in some spots, but mostly lush.

That said, who knew that there were so many bad golf swings. The first few holes are unusually difficult and slow down play quite a bit. Too many 15 + handicaps playing from the blue tees; you get all you can handle from the whites, my friends.

Overall, wouldn't mind seeing more beginners over at the par 3 or some sort of regulatory policy that prohibits bad golfers...

Posted: Tuesday, August 1, 2006
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mjquick - Pasadena 
Played Friday (7/14/06). Put my name on standby list (7:30) and got out at 9:00. Course is in great shape, I just wish the pace of play was faster. You have to stand around on every shot, so took about 5.5 hrs. to play. I understand this is one of the busiest courese around, but if people would just play from the right T and play ready golf, the round would go mush faster. The foursome in front of us had ONE guy playing from the blues and I NEVER saw him hit the ball over 200 yards off the T, what a joke!

Posted: Sunday, July 16, 2006
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ringworld - Long Beach CA 
Boy it's been a while since I played this course. Needless to say I was wondering what took me so long. Course in GREAT shape. Looks like they just verticut the greens b/c the Poa and thatch were non-existent. Greens rolled true. Fairways in tip top shape. Rough not as thick and some bare spots under the trees. Course played faster than anticipated for one of LA's busiest courses at twilight. Pleased with course and speed of play.

Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
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MFUJITAKI - tarzana 
Played Wed. , the fairways were being punched as we played. It must have been windy the night before because the fairways and greens were full of leaves and twigs. Still had a great time.

Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2006
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geoffrey - Los Angeles 
In the best shape it's ever been

Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2006
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birdies4me - Culver City 
Rancho is rounding into shape for the heavy summer play. I just hope that they don't totally overwater it and let it play the way it is supposed to play.

Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2006
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snerry27 - Lakewood 
For the price, this course is one of the best in southern california.
The course has a outstanding layout, big dog legs, fully grown trees, and good elevation changes!!!

Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
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jyamastoker - Chatsworth, CA 
Played today 5/1 with an 8:00 am tee time. Took us about 4 1/2 hours to play. Not bad for a Monday. Once we got past the first few holes, the pace of play picked up. Some of the fairways were overwatered. I had several shots land near the alternate greens, which happened to be near where the sprinklers were going. The greens have pretty much recovered from the recent aerations. It was a little sandy in spots. Overall the greens were pretty much in good shape. Noticed it got very busy when we finished. Would definitely be back to play again!

Posted: Monday, May 1, 2006
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exxchamp - los angeles 
played 625 am sat 4/15.....'early bird' golfers....finished by 1045am...all in foursome walked...no wait on any shot other 'early birders' fast players.. weather great.....course condition great....just early!!! once get past first couple of holes and rationalize you haven't 'warmed' up, the rest is gravy (golfing w/out anyone one in front of you or behind you; nice course w/ nice greens; $28.50 greens fee on a weekend; comraderie great w/ other 'crazy mofo's' who would get up at 500 to play uncrowded golf on great course in middle of LA)..............

Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2006
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exxchamp - westchester, ca 
consider rancho my home course....is the best public course in greater west los angeles area for the $...play early to avoid 5+ hour round....way above average for level of play and monetary value

Posted: Saturday, March 4, 2006
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birdies4me - Culver City 
Terribly over watered. Greens ok. Tee boxes need work. Fairways ok. Rough too wet.

Posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
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birdies4me - Culver City 
Once again disappointed with the over watering of this course. If you hit a good shot and are expecting it to bounce or release, you can just forget about it because this course is just too wet. It hasn't rained in months, but you would never know it from
Rancho.

Posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
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weber - coto de caza 
Since moving to Orange County, only get to play Ranco about once a year. Always a great day. However the condition of the course was as poor as I've seen it in some time. (I know it's the middle of winter!) beacause this is such a great track, you tend to overlook the shaby condition and the almost 5 hour round. But I'll be back again next year.

Posted: Friday, January 27, 2006
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suckatgolf - manhattan beach 
nice course but most people don't care enough to fix divots. the other day I noticed every green had burn marks dotted everywhere from the mower leaking fuel or something.

Posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
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exxchamp - los angeles 
play rancho regularly as a single 6:00am.....great layout; good challenge; best public course w/in 25 miles of LAX....need to play early; anytime after 9:00am is 5hour+ round and very tedious; can play 9 or 18 early and usually weather is perfect...

Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
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birdies4me - culver city 
Teed off at 6:18 on Sat. 11/12..We were the second group out and we finished in 3:50 all walking. So it is possible to play Rancho in less than 4 hrs. We could have played in 3:30 if the 1st group had played the front 9 faster. The course is in great shape, thanks to the staff..greens and fairways are great. Maybe they could just let the rough grow up a little.(I know, that would slow down play, but it would be a truer test.) The starters here are great, thanks to them all...

Posted: Monday, November 14, 2005
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L_lucky - LA MIRADA, CA 
I played on 10/12, and the course was in overall good condition. This was my 3rd time playing this course, and all three times it was windy and the sun shines directly at you in some of the holes, making it difficult to see where your ball lands. The greens are multi-colored, but runs smoothly. The overall conditions are okay.

Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Mark0342 - Los Angeles 
Played at 6:48 tee time, little foggy but Marshals were great in helping as to when course was clear. Conditions on course great. Challanging holes with a woderful layout. Would recomend to anyone as long as tee off before 8am otherwise 5hr round.

Posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
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jeywada - Monterey Park, Ca 
Just played this course for the first time, Sunday 9-4-05 at 2:18 tee off. Barely finished in the dark at 8:00P!!! However, that being said- if you can stand an unbearably absolute rediculous slow round, it is worth every penny. I thought it was in great condition. The greens were awesome!! Smooooth, perfect with no divots/ball marks at all. By far, the best city run course I have ever played. The course is challenging but fun at the same time. There are also some pretty nice and wide fairways with some holes having some character to boot.

Posted: Sunday, September 4, 2005
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Orpheus - Beachwood Canyon 
Played here yesterday afternoon and teed off around 2:50pm. First, the course is looking nice; the crew is doing a wonderful job and your efforts are apparent. The greens, fairways, tee boxes and traps were nice (fixed a lot of ball marks, though).

But I can't resist a comment on the pace of play; my friends and I are all very good golfers but don't mind taking our time. Anyway, one of the players in front of us took more than 12 strokes on multiple occasions. She always insisted on holing out and we once counted her taking 15 strokes before reaching the par 5 17. In other words, we weren't able to finish our round.

For all the parents out there and begining golfers, here's a tip: practice. My parents introduced me to the game when I was young, but they did not allow me to play on a course (a par 3 at that) for a year after I picked up the game; until then, just practice. It will make your time on the course more enjoyable.

Posted: Friday, August 19, 2005
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goldenbear1979 - West Los Angeles 
My home course, I played Thursday 8/18/05. Tee time was at 1:36pm and I actually teed off at 1:37pm and finished around 6:45pm. A little over 5 hours but not bad for being the most played course in US. Like always the group ahead of us was playing slow (funny how it's like that at every course). The funny thing was that the group in front of us had the balls to tell us to play slower because our foursome was playing "too fast". Marshall (Rudy) thought that was real funny. Oh well what can you do, Muni couses? Course looks over all in good condition. I believe the #1 tee box will be fixed in the next few days. I saw the greenskeeper mowing the entire back tee area on the first hole so we should be able to use the top blue tee box soon. They were mowing like crazy the last couple of days, rough fairways and tee boxes. Fairways actually look lush but are still over watered. Greens on the other hand look like their about to die and wilt. Greens need to be cut or aerated but over all fair. Rough was somewhat easy but still need to be fix with all that bald areas. Nothing too dramatic in the course layout. I noticed a lot of checkerd flags on the greens with back tee positions on almost all the holes except on a couple of par 3's. For $22 on weekdays including friday is the best bargin in town and only 28.50 on the weekend. Plus the snack shop by the par 3 12th sells a large soda for $1.50 unheard off in the golfing world. Pace of play is probably the only grip most people have for this course. Challenging yet not too hard this course is worth playing. Plus it's a great course to play to get your handicap index down since the rating and slope is 71.7/126 with only 6628 yards. And with the closing par fives(17th and 18th) it is really fun. It may not be the PGA championship at Baltusrol Golf Club but those two par fives are easy birdie holes with huge greens. One more thing to add. The plaque on number 18 that tells of how Arnold Palmer shot a 12 on that hole needs to be taken care of better. It's part of golf history and should be respected and instead of putting it near the tee box they should replace it near the practice area at the end of the 18th hole to make everyone feel better once they finish the hole. Plus everyone can see it, not just the players. Just a thought. Go play this course it is worth the money and is fun.

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005
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luxor - Beverly Hills 
For those of you who don't know, this used to be the venue for the L.A. open so you'd think with so much history, it would be great. No. Not even close. Too bad because it could and should be a great course. Apparently, it's the busiest course in the entire United States and maybe that's why you should expect 6 hour rounds plus. Managed by the city now, the green fee is extremely low which is the only plus for this mess. Tragic.

Posted: Saturday, July 9, 2005
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weber - coto de caza 
Mid day round at Rancho thatplayed in about 4 1/2 hours, for Rancho, that's ok! Course was in verynice shape, impressed with the greens given all the play.

Posted: Friday, July 8, 2005
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grumbass - Southbay 
Greens and fairways not yet fully recovered from aeration. Men's club has a tournament first thing Saturday morning, Apr 30 so you may want to consider skipping Rancho this weekend.

Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005
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birdies4me - culvercity 
Rancho will be aerating 4/4/05 according to the board at the course. I would call to confirm.

Posted: Monday, April 4, 2005
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cgill831 - Los Angeles 
I knew better, but I was desperate to play. 5 hours and 15 minutes with no marshalls in sight!

Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2005
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leonine99 - Santa Monica 
Not the greatest course in SoCal, but yard for yard, the best deal for $23

Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2005
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ohpoh - los angeles 
course is in good conditions. The rough is very penalizing. Hard to find your ball as it is to hit out of. Course still a 5 and a half hour or more round.

Posted: Sunday, March 20, 2005
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birdies4me - Culver City 
I Play Rancho quite a lot and find that they CONSTANTLY over water the course. After the rain, they could have just turned off the sprinkler system for a week and it would have been great. Guys, just water the greens when necessary, over seed the fairways and give the marshals sand(lots of it and have them fill divots when they are trying to push groups early in the day....

Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2005
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toddieo - Manhattan beach 
The weather took alot out of rancho! Many large trees just fell over from the wet ground. The GREENS were very good!!!! Held shots and rolled very true for this time of year! NO CARTS THIS WEEK, THE WET WEATHER HAS LEFT THE GROUND VERY SATURATED, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WEEKEND BUT IF YOU NEED A CART CALL AHEAD! The poor sandtraps, need some work!!!! Most still have water in them and have eroded from run off. Over all Rancho Park is still very playable right now, especially for $22.00 what a steal. If the weather holds off then rancho will be awsome in 2-3 weeks. REMEMBER FIX YOURS AND 3 OTHER BALL MARKS ON EVERY GREEN!!!!!!!

Posted: Thursday, January 13, 2005
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cgill831 - Los Angeles 
The usual Rancho round...pretty good greens, a bit wet for such a nice day, and really slow play. Didn't see a Marshall the whole round. If I wasn't playing so well, I would have walked off the course once we crossed the 5 hour mark (tee off at 8am).

Posted: Thursday, December 23, 2004
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ranchogolfer - Torrance 
Got out this a.m. - course is in pretty nice shape for Rancho, and the greens are running very quick, and mostly smooth.

Posted: Friday, December 17, 2004
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weber - coto de caza 
The greens were very nice! Smooth and reasonably quick. The fairways and rough were typically "spotty" Very easy to pull a terrible lie. But Rancho is Rancho! A great old track, which is always a pleasure to play, even if it takes forever.

Posted: Friday, December 17, 2004
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divot1957 - Burbank 
GREENS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE COURSE HAS BEEN OVER-WATERED AND IS VERY SOGGY AND MUDDY.

Posted: Monday, December 13, 2004
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grumbass - Redondo Beach 
AVOID RANCHO! Aeration of greens and fairways is still in progress. Played 11/04, most on the greens resemble sandtraps and most of the fairways have been punched. The grounds crew was working hard but give it a week or you will be disapointed.

Posted: Friday, November 5, 2004
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toddieo - Manhattan beach 
WOW! To my suprize the first green on friday at rancho was not sanded and plugged! This first green was one of the best I have seen at rancho park period!!! The second and third just as fine!!! The 5th hole was the first green with holes and sand? OOH well I thought, but alass the 6th hole was pure putting agian? In all rancho park had 3 greens mixed on the high point in the middle of the course that aeration had begun. I went thinking just get it close and avoid the 3 puts but this was a pleasent suprise!!!! The weekend I'm sure will be the same and on monday they willl finish the job the heavy rains stopped last week! get out and hit a green you will be rewarded! Best 15 greens I have seen at rancho since playing there since 1995!

Posted: Saturday, October 23, 2004
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jbull29 - West Covina 
Played here on October 3. Only a 4 hour round on a Sunday. Greens were soft, but surprisingly quick. Cant beat the weekend rate if you are a walker. Make sure to make a tee time because there is always a great deal people playing no matter what time of day. All in all the course is not too tough. The only real hazards are the trees that line each fairway. But if you hit em straight you can go real low.

Posted: Wednesday, October 6, 2004
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biggame - Simi Valley 
I think this is a great city of LA course. The greens are very hard and fast and the Fairways were very green and wide. Pretty good layout. For the twilight rate of 17$ how can you beat it!

Posted: Monday, September 20, 2004
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JoePerches - Santa Monica 
Good condition? Nope. Greens are horribly bumpy and thatchy.
The mature trees all around the course are very pretty right now though. Tree rating: 8, Course Rating: 3.5

Posted: Friday, September 10, 2004
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snoogs20 - los angeles 
fun track. busy but in good shape.

Posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
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dyfiveaces - Los Angeles 
Good city course...5hr round...a lot of walkers...greens in good condition, fast...They had sprinklers on a lot of fairways on a Sat. at 9:00am, had to run a play shots without getting wet.

Posted: Sunday, August 1, 2004
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jslobodny - brentwood 
Played Rancho on Sunday 7/25/04 and had a great time. Greens in good shape and great weather. Play started out a bit slow..but picked up. Use your city card and play here..its worth the money. Just don't try to come here without a time...I've done that before and it's a nightmare.

Posted: Tuesday, July 27, 2004
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toddieo - Manhattan beach 
Rancho is playing like days of old. Greens are quick and firm, fairways a bit too moist for my tast but green. Ruff is present but not to penal. This is the best I have played rancho in years!!!! $22 dollars is a steal for this course. Just remember to fix ball marks and replace your diviots with sod or sand. thanks

Posted: Friday, July 23, 2004
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ohpoh - los angeles 
greens were the fastest i ever seen for a city course

Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004
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rsimper - Santa Monica 
A great layout in the middle of the city! Rancho is an old, tried and true golf course that is currently enjoying some of the best conditions I've seen for it and for Los Angeles municipal courses in general. The greens are generally smooth and of an acceptable speed and the fairways are as great as they can be, given the fact that the grass is kikuyu. The rough needs work, but hey, for under 30 bucks I can't be too picky here.

The back nine, I think, has much more character than the front, and I'd love to play this course more often, but getting out on a weekend on the wait list is a joke - bnose and I showed up and were on the list by 6:20 and didn't get out until 8...if you show up past 6:30, I wish the best of luck to you...

It's a great track - I hope they keep the conditions on an upward trend.

Posted: Monday, July 12, 2004
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bnose - Valencia 
This was my first time to the park. It was a fun time. The course was apparently in the best shape my parner has seen it, the green great fairways great. the staff friendly how could I complain. the course is very crowded but still played in under 5 hours. which is better than most courses around here. if you do not have a time be prepaired to wait. to get out to me it was worth the wait.

Posted: Sunday, July 11, 2004
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yamadax3 - Long Beach 
Played Rancho 6/26, beautiful day. Course is in pretty good shape. Greens had a very light coating of sand so were a bit slow but overall course in good condition. 5 hour round today.

Posted: Saturday, June 26, 2004
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ranchogolfer - torrance 
Played rancho today, and for this course, conditions are mighty good. Fairways are nice, and greens despite some unrepaired ballmarks, are running very smooth and true. Played early and finished in 4 hrs - sweet.

Posted: Friday, May 28, 2004
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grumbass - Southbay 
Played 05/22 before the CC. Course was in pretty decent shape, most likely in preparation for the Men's Club Championship. Extra sand was added to many of the greenside bunkers, greens and fairways were mowed tight, not as many ball marks on the greens.

Posted: Monday, May 24, 2004
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toddieo - Manhattan beach 
Rancho was in good shape today! The faiways were good, greens were healthy, flowering a bit , needed to be cut! Only fault this morning, bunkers were wet, hardpacked , needed to be raked and get some air to them. Great weather and it was fun to play Rancho. This weekend maybe bussy, but enjoy the outdoors and the course!!

Posted: Friday, May 14, 2004
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jackmack65 - Los Angeles 
Played Rancho on Friday, April 9. The course is in far, far better shape than it was over the winter. There's still a ways to go, though. Fairways are looking pretty good but still have the usual bare spots (if you play Rancho a lot you know where these are). Greens are very soft, medium-slow, and moderately bumpy. Rough is pretty good, quite lush with the usual bare or thin areas. Parts of this course still appear to be rather overwatered, but other parts - notably #2 fairway - are nicely firm and drier than usual, and that's where the grass is thriving. The annual Police-Celebrity Tournament is May 1 this year, so expect to see Rancho in its best condition for the year right around that time. Please, if you go out and play it, fix a few ball marks on every green. You'll find dozens.

Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2004
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dko315 - Redondo Beach 
First of all the service at this course is absolutely revolting. The starters are downright rude and ignorant and the marshall seems to drive around and enjoy the scenery rather than do his job. Customer service is non-existant and management should do something about it. Other than that the course itself was fairly well kept. This course would play much better if it were better staffed.

Posted: Saturday, April 3, 2004
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divot1957 - Burbank 
Best shape I've ever seen it. Less than 5 hours to play on a Saturday morning. What happened?

Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004
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yamadax3 - Long Beach 
Played Sat 3/27 at 7:36 am. Lucked out with this time. Rancho was in the best shape I've seen it in a while. Greens were soft and receptive but surprisingly on the fast side. Finished in 5 hours today. Wasn't in the traps but gave them a 6 for looking good.

Posted: Saturday, March 27, 2004
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L_A_Golf_Bum - Los Angeles 
I agree with the guy below. This is said to be one of the best courses in the city and the busiest in the country. It must be because of it's location. This course is horrible. Awesome layout but the conditions sucked. The customer service was not very good either. I'll stick with Woodley Lakes or Hansen Dam.

Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2004
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kuboosh - WLA 
Not only is the 'Ho the busiest course in America, but the absolute crapiest too. 1/10...it gets a one becaue they actually have 18 holes in the ground.

Posted: Monday, March 1, 2004
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toddieo - MANHATTAN BEACH 
POOR RANCHO PARK HAD TOO MUCH RAIN THIS WEEK! ALTERNATE GREENS TODAY FRIDAY FEB 27TH---? WE GOT A 6:18 AM TEE TIME AND SHOULD HAVE GUESSED SOMETHING WAS WRONG!!!! GOLF COURSES SHOULD TELL/ WARN WE THE GOLFING COMMUNITY ABOUT COURSE IMPERFECTIONS. NO THEY JUST TAKE YOUR MONEY AND PUSH YOU OUT THE DOOR! I HAVE BEEN LUCKY NEVER TO HAVE PLAYED RANCHO PARK WITH ALTERNATE GREENS , IT'S NOT EVEN WORTH IT! SHAME TO TAKE THE LENGTH AND SHOT MAKING SKILL OUT OF THE COURSE. IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THEM GREENS A REST ONCE AND WHILE. WHEN IT DRIES UP I BET IT WILL HAVE ITS TEETH BACK!!! PLAYERS LET EACH OTHER KNOW WHAT THE COURSE IS DOING RIGHT AND WRONG, PASS THE INFO AROUND! HIT IT AND FIND IT , DO IT AGAIN.

Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004
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hies342 - Torrance 
Slow. Soggy. Fairways were just punched. Not my favorite round at Rancho Park GC this year. Still a great layout but not worth the slow pace and poor playing conditions right now.

Posted: Monday, February 23, 2004
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TD_LA -  
The course is in very good shape (greens, fairways, the whole package). I was in the third group out this morning, and we walked the course in 3 hrs and 10 minutes --a record for me at Rancho and a great morning.

Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2004
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rkstengel - Poway 
Great course. Love to play and the staff is very courteous. This course is one of the cleanest I've seen!

Posted: Friday, January 2, 2004
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choppo - Los Angeles 
This is a classic layout on a frayed beauty. What chaffs my hide are the unreplaced fairway divots. We need to do our share to keep this course playable. Also, if you want a positive experience then you need to have a tee time and get up early. I would not play this course late morning or early afternoon. Some should being playing the par 3 and have no business on a big course. Lucky, however, these yahoos like thier sleep and usually do not infest the course until later on in the day.

Was a mixed bag of tricks for my game. On the positive side took 4 iron on #8. A baby draw on a towering flight, came down soft, but released ten feet below the stick and my ball disappeared. Ace!!! Badabinggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.

Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
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weber - coto de caza 
Ever since they "rebuilt" all the greens, they have never been as good as they were before they "fixed" them. Too bad! What a great course otherwise, even through it always takes FOREVER to get a round in.

Posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
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jackmack65 - Los Angeles 
Greens are beginning to recover from the fungal infection (or whatever it was) but they're still mostly awful. Some sections of a few greens look pretty smooth, but mostly they're chewed-up, bumpy, full of holes and bare spots. Fairways are looking quite thin and bare in many areas despite the recent (and apparently mishandled) aeration. Sand, of course, is soaking wet all the time because they just never, ever, ever stop watering this golf course. My advice: wait until the week after the police/celebrity tournament in late May or early June. Rancho is just thrashed right now.

Posted: Monday, December 22, 2003
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kuboosh - WLA 
It's sh$t ty folks. The ho is back to herself.

Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2003
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toddieo - manhattan beach 
Rancho park golf course, Halloed ground? This is the crown jewel of LA muni courses. We seem to be diappointed every time we show up! Why ohh why can we not take some time and care to make this course wonderful? Storied past and with much tradition , will it be lost??? I hope not!!! Will i play it even though the staff is indifferent, never ever see a marshall do any work! Fix any ball marks lately guys playing rancho????? But for 22 bucks i guess you cant complan! When I have broken 80 here, only a handfull of times it makes me gloat for weeks. Putts are what matter here, and hitting from the fairways.

Posted: Sunday, December 14, 2003
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michaelmanlapeg - Westminster, CA 
Two big negatives for this course are due to plenty of unrepaired ball marks on the greens and the slow pace of play (6hours). Marshall needs to do a better job of keeping the play moving. I did like the layout, however, although there were no water hazards that I recall, which are always fun. Overall this course has potential but needs lots and lots and lots of work.

Posted: Thursday, December 4, 2003
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cgill831 - Los Angeles 
I expected the 5 1/2 hour round the day before Thanksgiving, but not the horrible greens. Would someone please fix a ball mark!

Posted: Monday, December 1, 2003
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jackmack65 - Los Angeles 
Nearly all the greens are now affected with some kind of fungus or other problem that's causing brown, patchy, bumpy spots. They're all bumpy, and some are really bad. Meanwhile, they were soaking the recently punched and top-dressed temoporary greens on many holes; I'd expect to see some temp greens in play over the coming weeks. The rest of the course is in fair shape; fairways are thin in places and are showing some wear, the rough is quite lush in some places and really beat up in others... I hope they get the greens back under control quickly.

Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2003
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RTAYS - Woodland Hills 
The course is in pretty decent condition, but the pace of play is like death. Don't try to play Rancho on the weekend. Very nice weekday course. The greens are in excellent shape!

Posted: Friday, November 14, 2003
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ranchogolfer - Torrance 
By Rancho standards, course is in decent shape right now. Greens are almost recovered from aeration, however, there really are a ridiculous number of unrepaired ball marks on most greens. Fairways are very soft and thin. Tee boxes also could use some work. Many of them are very un-level. Otherwise, Rancho is still a great test of golf. Of note during our round was seeing the guy in the group behind us ace the 3rd hole.

Posted: Monday, November 3, 2003
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cutieman - Los Angeles 
Rancho was great as usual. If you can get out early enough, 7-9am, it takes 4-4.5 hours to play. Not an easy course but always fun!l

Posted: Sunday, November 2, 2003
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jackmack65 - Los Angeles 
Back to Rancho 10/9 for a nearly six-hour round. I didn't check the schedule at the course, but they're clearly getting ready to punch the greens - two of the four practice greens were punched and top-dressed. The course is in good shape generally and seems to be a bit less swampy than usual, although there are still plenty of areas that are just super-saturated and muddy as always. Greens seemed firmer than usual. The rough was really in great shape, though it was cut down on some holes and left quite long on others. If you play here, I beg you, please, please, please fix at least three or four ball marks on every green!

Posted: Friday, October 10, 2003
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ohpoh - los angeles 
very good layout, still plays about 5hours to 5hours and 15 minutes. One of my favorites out of the los angeles county courses

Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2003
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steve663 - aliso viejo 
This is a great course. It has a traditional layout, like many country clubs in the area. The entire course is in good shape, even though it gets a lot of play. YOu can't find a better value than this. The only negative is the other golfers. There seems to be too many rude people who play here. I have played around 300 different courses in my life and this is the only course where other golfers think that they are the marshall. So quit your yelling, moaning, and crybabying at fellow golfers and let the marshall do their job! The marshalls do a great job at keeping play moving at this course.

Posted: Saturday, August 23, 2003
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murphie - Brentwood, CA. 
Enjoyed Rancho today. I got out as a single at 10:15 AM. The round went pretty quick, about 4 1/2 hrs. I got the feeling however that this course usually plays a lot slower. Probably slow enough to make some golfers miserable. So for a fairly quick pace at Rancho, if you can, get out on a Monday morning.

The course was in OK shape. The greens were soft and a bit slow. The Tee boxes, fairway and rough were all pretty good. The only real bad thing was the unrepaired ball marks on the green. Putting got a little bumpy, but I guess that is be expected at a LA Public Course.

It was well worth $21.00 I would play it again for sure!

Posted: Monday, August 11, 2003
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sitsat - Encino 
Why bother? I ask myself that every time I play this track. Our tee time was a little after 3 PM on Sunday, didn't tee off until nearly 4PM. Took nearly 3 hrs to play 9 holes! Fairways were dry, patchy and generally crappy. Greens were slow, and filled with unrepaired ball marks. Flushed my 2nd shot down the middle of the fairway on the first Par 5 and the ball disappeared (taken by the group ahead?) Coming off that same green, I got hit in the leg by a flyer from the group behind me. No fore, no apology...I like the old-fashioned routing and layout of this course but this is LA public golf at its absolute worst. Balls spraying every which way, no etiquette in duffer land, actually made me long for the "serenity" of Wilson or Harding! Next time I'll drive to Rustic Canyon...

Posted: Sunday, August 10, 2003
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nzhou3 - Santa Monica 
I played this course few times. It is always crowded even on a weekday. Normally it takes me 1 to 1.5 hours to wait as a single. I noticed that they have women's tournament on every Tuesday, so try to avoid Tuesday if you dont reserve a tee time. Because Rancho is located in west LA, the temperature is generally cooler than other city courses in the east side of the city. If it is not for the long wait list, I would play it a lot more often.

Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2003
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mattiedog - culver city 
Plays a lot different at 8 am than my usual
6 am. Greens were dry. Fairways weren't soaked. Restaurant was open, pro shop was open, men's bathroom was accesible, snack shop on 12 was open. Early in the morning, these aren't available and it's inexcusable. The course was in good shape, a good 4 3/4 hour pace, good track overall.

Posted: Monday, July 21, 2003
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jackmack65 - Los Angeles 
Rancho is now in okay shape. Greens are back to being bumpy and generally slow, with the normal number of unrepaired ball marks - that is to say, easily five to thirty on any given green. Like other LA Munis, this place is phenomenally overwatered. The beautiful condition the course was in back in May is clearly just a memory. They do have the police/celebrity tourney there every year about the same time; the week after the tournament is clearly the best week to play this faded beauty.

Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2003
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mattiedog - Culver City 
I take back some of the negative things I said about Rancho. While it still could use quite a bit of work, it was in much better condition than just a week ago. They are now finished with sanding the greens and they have turned out pretty nice. Still L.A. public course quality but good considering. The rest of the course was O.K., but much better than my previous feedback.

Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2003
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choppo - Los Angeles 
Played on July 1. This course does well in the June Gloom. However, with the sun coming out, the fairways were dry in places and in need of a good watering.
I always walk and at Rancho, I can fix a 100 fairway divots and not make any progress. Seems like I have grooved my swing at the local astro turf ranges and I only take a small slice.
Its a love hate thing with me and Rancho. Mostly its love. Now with the course a little tore up, the loving is fading. Played Wilson the week before to break the monotony. Wilson is tore up too. But the back nine is in good shape. But I digress. Rancho is worth the money.

Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2003
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mattiedog - Culver City 
I take back what I said about Rancho last month. It was in great shape then. Now it plays like downtown Baghdad. They sanded the greens again, apparently to prevent them from burning this summer. I hope so because they are terrible now. The fairways are full of divots the size of dollar bills and larger. The traps were full of very wet sand. Not just one or two but about everyone that I noticed. The entire course is a major disappointment compared to last month.

Posted: Sunday, June 29, 2003
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grumbass - Redondo Beach 
Played 6/28. Greens still in poor shape after aeration. Slow and bumpy. Give it another week.

Posted: Saturday, June 28, 2003
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jackmack65 - Los Angeles 
Went out for dawn patrol this morning, 5/21 and was absolutely delighted to see the course in truly great shape. It's a major turnaround from March -- they got it in great shape for the Police/Celebrity Tournament last Saturday, and I sure hope they keep it that way. The greens are as good as I've seen them since they were all replaced. There were still five or six ball marks to fix on just about every green, but they've healed beautifully from the aeration and they're rolling pretty smooth indeed. Fairways are as good as I've ever seen them, and some tee boxes would be acceptable at a private course. Now is absolutely the time to play Rancho... let's hope they can keep it looking and playing this nice!

Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2003
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sassyhacker - Calabasas, California 
I played Rancho for the first time in my life today 5/16/03. I really enjoyed the Course. The first hole was a Temporary Par 3 due to a Tournament being played this weekend. The course is in great shape for a public course. I was told that I wouldn't finish with a 1:30 pm time, but finished with daylight to spare. I guess I got lucky. I'm proud to say I shot 84. I'm currently a 16 handicap. The historic 18th was fun dodging balls from the Driving Range, but managed a par knowing Arnold Palmer took a 12. Rancho is everything people talk about and more. I would love to play there again.

Posted: Friday, May 16, 2003
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deeog - Inglewood 
I must agree, I have played this course my whole life and this is the best I have ever seen it. still plenty of room for improvement but its headed in the right direction, great course for the medium to high handicapp.
SWING ON....

Posted: Friday, May 16, 2003
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mattiedog - Culver City 
Played the course 4 times in last 10 days. Aeration and sanding of greens are over. Course in much better shape, best in years. Greens still have a little way to go to grow but otherwise, course in terrific shape, considering the amount of play it gets and abuse by 'public' course players who don't take care of courses.

Posted: Sunday, May 4, 2003
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jackmack65 - Los Angeles 
All 18 greens punched within the past week. Played yesterday and the course was using 18 Alternate Greens (16 & 17 have two greens each so these play on "regular" surfaces). Some of these alternate greens are better than others. With a little luck the regular greens will come along well as they heal up. When Rancho replaced all the greens three years ago, the plan apparently was to "rest" three each day & play to alternate greens, but that actually didn't happen, and in the past two years I've rarely seen any alternates in play until yesterday -- quite a different experience from "tigerwoods," but then again, it's 18 alternates now and probably will be for at least a few more days.

Rancho Park needs a new course manager and greenskeeping staff. It really could be a great course, even though the six-hour round is typical for a weekend.

Posted: Friday, April 18, 2003
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tigerwoods - Valencia 
Rancho would be a great course were it not for the excrutiatingly slow pace of play and the fact that in over 10 rounds that I have played there I have never played 18 regular greens. Every time that I go there seem to be a couple of greens that are closed with an "alternate" green consisting of mowed fairway 40 yards in front of the green with a double-sized cup punched in the center. Pack a lunch, leave a six hour window in your day and make sure to read the monument on 18 by the brick bench for a decent laugh...you'll have plenty of time to sit there and stare at it.

Posted: Monday, April 14, 2003
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jackmack65 - Los Angeles 
Played here again on Saturday, 3/30. Greens slightly better, though still very bumpy, beaten, and inconsistent in terms of speed. 17 green much faster than all others, at least on Saturday. Aeration actually begins the second week in April according to the calendar at the course. The greens will surely benefit, but check back with the course if you're playing in mid-April.

Posted: Tuesday, April 1, 2003
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jackmack65 - Los Angeles 
Potential gem of a muni, but the greens have been devastated by rude players who just never fix ball marks. Slow play is absolutely the norm; count on six hours on the weekends. It's just a shame that this once-beautiful facility has been so devastated by plain rudeness. Please, folks, repair ball marks on greens!

Posted: Sunday, March 23, 2003
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den888 - Calabasas 
Beautiful for an LA City course. Elevation changes and fairly open. Greens and tee boxes were in poor shape when I played.
If the greens and tee boxes were in better condition, this would have been a great deal for $21 during the week.

Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003
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