Played 5/11/19, 11 am tee time as a three some with a single. $42 thru tee off.com. POP 4 hrs 30 min. Sunny 72° with some wind. Rancho overall condition is not good. Tee's had good coverage, hard to find a level lie. Fairways are a mixed bag, had lies on bare spots, hard pan, soft areas. There must be 3-4 different types of grass out there. Should there be rough in the middle of a fairway? Only at Rancho does this happen. Rough was spotty at best. Greens were soft, slow and bouncy. Memo to myself, don't play there again this year.

Played Sat 3/16 12:52 time thru tee off.com $40 w/cart, played as a threesome with a single. POP slow, 3 hours on the front 2 1/2 on the back, glad daylights savings had kicked in. Well, if you want to experience links golf in SoCal, Skylinks is the place for you, fairways dormant, hard, firm and fast with zero rough. Balls roll forever. Great lies on the fairways, just stay down and commit. Greens sucked, soft, bumpy, slow with plenty of ball marks (they were 2 days from punching). I was hoping they would have been hard and fast, wrong. Tee boxes over seeded and green, bunker sand was pretty good, some were kinda firm. Memo, from the blue tees don't hit more than a 6 iron off the tee on #1, the water hazard is only 180, second time in a row I chased a 5 iron into the the hazard. Aim at the two trees on the right side of the fairway. After the greens recover, and the fairways turn green and the rough grows in, I'll be back.

Played Sat 9/29 @ 12pm, $37 w/ cart, our two some joined another two. POP just under 445. Rancho is nothing special, short layout, tons of play and only 6400 yards from the black tees. Here's a typical hole, hit drive, find ball on fairway, either play it from a good lie or a thin lie that was pretty much void of grass. Greens rolled okay, medium speed with a sandy base, balls would be doing a lot of bouncing while they rolled to the hole. Way to much watering at the entrance to the greens, mudsville. The property is for sale, it wouldn't be much of a lost if the course does close.

Played Sunday 6/24 $55 online deal @ 12:48 as a foursome. POP under 4 hours, that's really good. Pretty much a mixed bag regarding the condition of the course. Tee boxes a little to lush, rough was way inconsistent, fairways provided perfect lies, fairway bunkers where like concrete, never seen grass growing out of bunker before, greens way to soft and spongy, bumby and slow. I struggled all day to get my putts to hole. Don't know why the greens were so soft. There are some good holes out there, one thing for sure you don't want to be spraying your driver out there, hazards everywhere. I'll think I'll stay away from Talega until they can somehow firm up those greens.

Sunday 6/3 210 pm tee time $50 w/cart. Played as twosome, POP only 4 hours. Toyota Cup Challenge was going on as we arrived hosted by Corey Pavin. As always the wind starts to blow after 1pm, 15-20 mph. The Goose overall condition was pure, tee boxes firm, cross mowed fairways and by far the fastest greens I've put on this year. If you can't get up and down around these greens, you're in for a long day. Love the Goose, best layout in the IE.

Sunday 845 am tee time, sunny, light wind. You never would have known it had rained the previous day. POP 5 hrs for this heavily played Muni. Tees fine, fairways ok, rough non-existent, greens excellent, firm fast any downhiller's were very slippery, d%mn those greens kept messing with my head. Back pins were tough to get at, anything long was dead. Great day for golf, too bad the putter was ice cold.

Played 11/27/2017 as a single and actually walked the course. Teed off at 9am with a threesome, POP was 4 hours. Not a soul out there, it had rained earlier that morning. By 11 am the wind was blowing hard, easily 15-20 mph (made club selection tough). Tees level and nice coverage. Fairways cross mowed with great coverage, those kikuyu fairways are sure nice to hit off. Greens were in really good shape, firm not spongy and not to grainy, rolled nice and held there line (down hillers and anything towards the ocean were pretty quick). Rough was 1 1/2 to 2" of sticky kikuyu, tough to hit out of. Overall course was in really good shape. Defiantly worth the money, by far the best deal in town.

Played Monday 730 am on 8/7/17, day after the Will Jordan Classic. POP was only about 4 hours. I knew the greens would be good, which they were. That was the highlight of the course. The overall course conditions are not good. GUR is everywhere, they must of went through 5/6 cans of white spray paint prior the WJC.
1. This is the only course I know of that you'll need at least a 6" tee. Some of the tee boxes have super thick spongy kikuyu grass. It's hard to get the tee in the ground because of this.
2. Fairways are a hit or miss, thin lies, good lies or spongy lies. Plus there is absolutely zero roll.
3. Bunkers looked to be in good shape.
4. Greens were the highlight of the round, medium fast, rolled very true, held there line nicely.
Glad it only cost $32 to walk, that about what's it worth.

Played 6/29, called the day before, open tee time for a 2 some at 210 pm. Drove up there the day before with a buddy of mine. It was his BDay, and he was going to pay for the green fees ($495 x 2 + caddie fee and tip) that was a smooth $1250, ouch!!! Pulled into the lodge (2 hours early), parked car walked down to the practice putting green and boom, greens had been punched (tiny holes) and top dressed, talk about a buzz kill!!! As the old saying goes "should have been here yesterday." Discount at Pebble, fat chance, still played the course, gold tees 6400 and some change. Weather 58-60 degrees with a 10-15 mph wind, damn it was cold + the course plays way longer than the yardage. The mystic is defiantly there, from US Opens to PGA tourneys. Overall course condition was great, greens where a big letdown, you had to wipe away the top dress on your line before you putted to get a clean roll, punched holes really didn't effect the putts to much. Tees great, fairways great, considering how much play this place gets. I hit 13/14 fairways & 7/18 greens. Caddie was a huge help, from picking aiming spots off the tees, carry distance and putting lines. Would love to play there again with better weather and greens. Check this course off the bucket list.

Played 6/29 @ 810 am as a 2 some. POP 4 hrs, there was nobody out there (semi-private). All grass range, no fee for balls. You could beat balls all day long. Nice short game area and putting green, did I say they were in perfect condition? By far the best conditioned course I've ever played, from tee box to fairways to greens 9.5/10. Greens were absolutely perfect , I mean perfect. Every put would roll so pure. If you did miss, it was all on you. Felt bad taken divots from the fairways they were that good. One thing you need is a laser range finder, all they have is 100, 150, 200 markers , that's it. Had a stay and play package with 2 free rounds of golf, great deal. Played Pebble later that day, great warm up course and in way better condition.

Played Monday 6/12 @ 7:30 am as a single, hooked up with a threesome. Weather was sunny, zero wind, felt like playing indoor golf. POP was a little over 4 hours, never waited on a any holes. As for the condition of the course one thing that really stood out would be the greens. I don't think they changed the hole locations from the previous day. On #1 the cup was all beat up, tons of foot prints and this weird white foam (same foam that was on the practice putting green). Plus the locations didn't match the score card. The greens were soft, your ball would leave huge divots, somewhat bumpy, medium speed, not the best I've seen them. Usually you can tell when the greens have been mowed and the new hole locations have been set. Other than that, tees and fairway were perfect (please people fill your divots) rough height consistent. Condition wise it doesn't get any better. I'll be back, give the layout a few more weeks for the greens to firm up and get quicker.

Played 4/17/17 @ 930 as a single, hooked up with three other players. POP was at 4 hrs. Windy and cool. perfect golf weather. Fairways were as good as I've ever seen them at SCGC. Great coverage, ball sat up like it was on a tee. Nice to see the 45 degree mow pattern of the fairways, that added a nice wow factor. Greens were very firm, medium fast ,a little bumpy at times, overall they rolled pretty true. As always, putting towards the ocean fast, away from the ocean slow. Chipping from the sticky kikuya grass towards the ocean makes it tough to gauge the proper speed. Hats off to the super, course is in great shape, the Pride of the Pacific is back.