Played 9/4/20 @ 855 walking. Course was alright for the most part, but any day playing golf is a great day for me... Tee boxes were level with a few having issues- especially the par 3s. Fairways were... Continue »

Played 9/4/20 @ 855 walking. Course was alright for the most part, but any day playing golf is a great day for me... Tee boxes were level with a few having issues- especially the par 3s. Fairways were the worse part of the course- overwatered and soggy. Not sure if they were doing that for the heat wave or not, but everyone was driving through the soggy parts with carts and making a mess. There are many bare spots on the front 9. Rough was not much longer than the fairway and is almost non-existent. Sand traps were mostly hardpan with a lot of pebbles, but you can hit out of them. Greens were the best part of the course, they were medium fast with a few bumps. This course gets a lot of traffic and they do a great job with what they have. I used to be real critical of this course, but it used to be a trash dump so you have to give them some slack...

Played here on Monday, 5/4/20. Since the course just re-opened on 5/2, it is understandably in poor condition. Guy who checked us in was very nice and fast. They are only allowing walkers (not providi... Continue »

Played here on Monday, 5/4/20. Since the course just re-opened on 5/2, it is understandably in poor condition. Guy who checked us in was very nice and fast. They are only allowing walkers (not providing sanitized carts like other courses) and enforcing “normal Covid-19 guidelines”. On the positive-side, the flagsticks are in with shallow cups so you are putting into a hole, not a raised cup like some other courses.

The biggest complaint among the patrons is that American Golf is now charging $40.00 for seniors to walk. The rate before the Covid crisis was $28.00. Basically, they are price gouging during the Covid-19 crisis.

They have cut the salaries of their employees and increased the rates to play a course in poor condition. Thank You American Golf!!

So I am a member at this club and have played it many times. The membership is a great deal but quite frankly they are just benefiting on great location. The driving range is always slammed and the pa... Continue »

So I am a member at this club and have played it many times. The membership is a great deal but quite frankly they are just benefiting on great location. The driving range is always slammed and the pace of play is extremely slow.

However, they know they have a lock down on the Irvine area and see no need to improve things because they are always slammed.

The course conditions are sub par, there are no water stations available at any hole, and they basically don't really care about you because there is so much demand.

They also, have no motivation to improve because they already have so much business already... but beware, if you are a golfer looking for a destination golf outing this is not the place for you.

However, if you are ok with enjoying good Southern California weather with a 5 hour+ wait time per round with a slightly over priced golf round... than enjoy

play this course about once a year because it's close by and i'm either lazy or cheap. every time i regret it hehe. check-in was friendly and was able to get on earlier than scheduled in later morni... Continue »

play this course about once a year because it's close by and i'm either lazy or cheap. every time i regret it hehe. check-in was friendly and was able to get on earlier than scheduled in later morning when i usually play. teeboxes from black in generally awful condition, with plenty of unrepaired divots, uneven lies, multiple types of grass. fairways were similar, with some completely bare spots of dirt, multiple grasses out there so you had no idea what kind of lie you were going to get. rough ranged from fluffy to thick to downright swamp as there were areas with unmown grass up to 5 inches in standing water. greens were sanded and ran inconsistently, there were some remnants of what may have been some punching but minimal holes, it was just mostly slow, bumpy, and sandy. bunkers sometimes had fluffy sand and sometimes wet hard packed sand depending on whether they got water. why did i have to drive the cart through multiple rivers of standing water? POP was slow at 4h45min. no drink cart, pick something up at the turn while you're waiting on the two groups that area already on 10 teebox. yeah, don't really recommend playing here.

Funny when I think about playing golf, this course rarely comes to mind? It's not far from where I live, reasonably priced, and I can generally get out without issue. So when I read the recent revie... Continue »

Funny when I think about playing golf, this course rarely comes to mind? It's not far from where I live, reasonably priced, and I can generally get out without issue. So when I read the recent review, I thought I'd go for it. After playing I remembered why I don't play here all that often.

Conditions clearly are not all that great, but it is playable. Greens usually are better than they were today. Slow and bumpy. Fairways had some bare spots and some "rough spots". Both bunkers I found were OK.

My biggest complaint is all the back nine play, which is something I think about from the moment I tee off on #1. Wasn't too bad this time, but I have been burned in the past. Truth is this course could be good, if someone would put some $$ into it.

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 f... Continue »

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.

Course review: Really? You gotta be kidding me...

Played today with my two regular Monday partners and joined by a nice single woman who hit the ball pretty well, but took her sweet time with pract... Continue »

Course review: Really? You gotta be kidding me...

Played today with my two regular Monday partners and joined by a nice single woman who hit the ball pretty well, but took her sweet time with practice swings. POP 4.75 hours, all on us. $35 senior rider fee at 2:22pm.

Tees were either uncut, 2" rough-length and sometimes choppy coverage grass, or very thin, hard-pan with extreme difficulty even getting a tee into the ground. Very ugly to look at.

Fairways were a patch-mix of bare dirt, extremely thin grass lies, some good coverage/lies and/or any combination of thatched-grasses making up the rest. Very, very rare to have a decent lie. With all the rain we've had, I am puzzled as to why the fairways are in such s--t condition.

Rough - more of the same.

Bunkers were actually OK, a decent layer of 1" crispy lighter sand over a firm base.

Greens were punched about 3 weeks earlier. They are about a week away from being fully healed. Oddly, in spite of their very bumpy putting condition, and medium-paced greens, they were the bright spot of the course. Should be good soon. Cannot say the same thing about the rest of the course.

No cart lady. The female 'Ambassador' at the first tee came by and brought a cheery light midway through the round, which was appreciated.

Play elsewhere if you can. Please don't make me play here again for another year.

Played RSJ on 1/30. Tee boxes and greens were heavily sanded, but generally in good playable shape. Otherwise, standard RSJ conditions, very spotty in many areas. Course was packed mid-week, but pace ... Continue »

Played RSJ on 1/30. Tee boxes and greens were heavily sanded, but generally in good playable shape. Otherwise, standard RSJ conditions, very spotty in many areas. Course was packed mid-week, but pace of play was still decent at 4:30.

But still a rare bargain course in OC that is a fun play.

Got out to Rancho San Joaquin after not touching a club for 6 months.... The course was in fair condition. Greens, having been punched about a month ago have healed and are rolling well no bad breaks ... Continue »

Got out to Rancho San Joaquin after not touching a club for 6 months.... The course was in fair condition. Greens, having been punched about a month ago have healed and are rolling well no bad breaks on the greens.

Several spots on the fairway with excess water. It was very muddy in some spots (the golf cart almost getting stuck once) which i couldn't really understand why.

Marshalls were great, had POP in mind and even pushed the group in front of us without us asking. At the end of the day it's Rancho San Joaquin... decent layout, can get boring in some spots, but it's in Orange County 4.5 hour POP on a weekend and I didn't have to drive far or break the bank.