Course in very nice condition. Played with a nice family from N.M., one of which was 6 years old. His dad had him tee up about 100 yards from the green. Surprisingly good, consistent contact.

Tees lush and very well maintained. Fairways now firm and play fast and look immaculate. Rough hit and miss, could be thick or thin. You actually want it to be thick to stop ball... » More

Course in very nice condition. Played with a nice family from N.M., one of which was 6 years old. His dad had him tee up about 100 yards from the green. Surprisingly good, consistent contact.

Tees lush and very well maintained. Fairways now firm and play fast and look immaculate. 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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Played in the Golf Moose outing on a sunny warm day with great partners. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The facility is aged but well maintained as work was being performed during our round. The practice area does not have a driving range but the putting greens, chipping area and driving nets did the job. The comfortable carts were very nice and quick but lacked an... » More

Played in the Golf Moose outing on a sunny warm day with great partners. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The facility is aged but well maintained as work was being performed during our round. The practice area does not have a driving range but the putting greens, chipping area and driving nets did the job. The comfortable carts were very nice and quick but lacked any GPS. The rough was the perfect length to slow wayward shots and allowed for a decent shot. The fairways had good coverage with divot mix placed throughout the entire course. The fairways were tight in sections with great roll on well struck tee shots. The well groomed and trimmed traps were mostly damp with very thin to thin sand coverage. Hitting from them could be difficult if you found your ball in one. The aprons around most greens was thinner Kikuyu which was difficult to chip from with most electing to use the short sticks. The greens were great with total coverage. They held shots good but did have roll out without a lot of spin. They were very quick with unseen breaks. Many were very small and well protected with the pin placements. The layout had a few water features and fairway bunkers strategically placed which came into play. There were many trees lining the holes from start to finish which made finding a ball near one with the leaves difficult or impossible. There were some elevation changes in the layout but the course is definitely flat enough to walk. The fairways were generally wide forgiving. The front nine has three par three holes playing to a par 35. The back nine at a par 37 was 400-500 yards longer and more challenging. Definitely a course our group would play again given the chance.
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Played 2/8/26 12:45 POP 4:15 First time playing the course and enjoyed it. Pretty basic in design. Generous fairways with little to no trouble off of tees. Fairways very green with great coverage, but on the tight side. Great roll out on drives! Greens were in great shape. Mostly firm, but ran slow to my taste at a medium/slow. Lots of subtle breaks that were hard to pick up es... » More

Played 2/8/26 12:45 POP 4:15 First time playing the course and enjoyed it. Pretty basic in design. Generous fairways with little to no trouble off of tees. Fairways very green with great coverage, but on the tight side. Great roll out on drives! Greens were in great shape. Mostly firm, but ran slow to my taste at a medium/slow. Lots of subtle breaks that were hard to pick up especially when the ball slowed. Was not in any traps but they all looked to be in great shape. Course was in overall great shape. I don't recall any "Signature" hole. Some water in play with one par 3 over water. A decent course that won't beat you up that was in great shape. Some very nice scenery when playing back towards the mountains
Easy recommend as a "also" course or warm up course if in the area for more than one day.
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Played early on Super Bowl Sunday, second group off. There were four of us, all walking. We played in 3:55 which is pretty good. A beverage cart caught us on the 15th green, the first time I have seen that at Rancho. Nice feature considering there is usually nothing available for the early morning crowd. The food truck was not at its place behind the driving range when we finis... » More

Played early on Super Bowl Sunday, second group off. There were four of us, all walking. We played in 3:55 which is pretty good. A beverage cart caught us on the 15th green, the first time I have seen that at Rancho. Nice feature considering there is usually nothing available for the early morning crowd. The food truck was not at its place behind the driving range when we finished. There were tables set up next to the putting green where they had a bar at one time; maybe they are doing food there.

The course generally is in nice shape.. The warmer weather really has it greening up for a winter morning. The greens were pretty good although there are a few with some of the problems noted by Roarksown1 in his December review. #2 was especially bad. The practice green was also rough. The greens on the course were better.

Just a gorgeous morning at Rancho.
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Played the Links @ SB with Alex326 and Bob as previous review indicated. I was prepared to play in any weather when asked to join more than a month ago. It was a day of days. Best treat that can't be beat at the Duke's $$. The staff gave us VIP treatment and the course was playing at my favorite links style best.
I'd post 10 in every category, then might be accused of ... » More

Played the Links @ SB with Alex326 and Bob as previous review indicated. I was prepared to play in any weather when asked to join more than a month ago. It was a day of days. Best treat that can't be beat at the Duke's $$. The staff gave us VIP treatment and the course was playing at my favorite links style best.
I'd post 10 in every category, then might be accused of over rating by the algorithm but not lying! Not many days no complaints, all compliments. This was one. And with experience of former rounds got the arrival right. Using Spyglass to warm up and portion of 17 mile drive to get to course ready to go. Maybe that's a possible change coming some type of warm up area. I think it's time for irrigation replacement also. As a resort many forego playing here for some reason when it is included in the stay? I don't know why...
If the redo changes that for the better I'm for it
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