Rustic is getting too much play. The greens are wearing down, the fairways are not nearly as good as they used to be in the first 6 months after opening. Still a very nice to outstanding course, jus... Continue »

Rustic is getting too much play. The greens are wearing down, the fairways are not nearly as good as they used to be in the first 6 months after opening. Still a very nice to outstanding course, just not as immaculate anymore. It's a pity the pace of play is quite poor. I'm not quite sure what causes it. Lack of marshalls? Poor players? I played in a twosome behind a foursome at 8:40 (the other 2some bailed after the first hole, some emergency or another), the 4some in front of us after hole 6 had an open hole and needed to be hurried along. After we finally got by them, it was much more pleasant. Still finished in 4:30-4:35 which is too slow for this course.

Played on 9.23... you'd think with such beautiful wide fairways I could hit a few of them.

Anyway, great conditions as usual... enjoyed the fog. Hitting into the soup on 16 was funny (played the b... Continue »

Played on 9.23... you'd think with such beautiful wide fairways I could hit a few of them.

Anyway, great conditions as usual... enjoyed the fog. Hitting into the soup on 16 was funny (played the back first). It was burn off for the second 9.

Too bad they have to punch the greens next week. Sigh.

Went out as a single early morning, got out in the 5 group. Perfect morning, great players, and an Excellent course.

Went out as a single early morning, got out in the 5 group. Perfect morning, great players, and an Excellent course.

Played last Saturday 9/20 and think the course is nowhere close to the condition as when I first played it. The fairways are getting spotty and the greens slower and bumpier. Overall, its still a go... Continue »

Played last Saturday 9/20 and think the course is nowhere close to the condition as when I first played it. The fairways are getting spotty and the greens slower and bumpier. Overall, its still a good, challenging course and worth the $50 compared to other courses in the area.

beautiful course, a must play. Watchout for # 14. if you want to challenge yourself play the blue tees, if not then play the white. Watchout for rattlers and enjoy.
Tommy Herd

beautiful course, a must play. Watchout for # 14. if you want to challenge yourself play the blue tees, if not then play the white. Watchout for rattlers and enjoy.
Tommy Herd

Was just checking in to see everyone's opinions on Rustic Canyon, and was glad to see the warm reviews.

Being that I was at Rustic Canyon for much of the construction and during grow-in, as well as... Continue »

Was just checking in to see everyone's opinions on Rustic Canyon, and was glad to see the warm reviews.

Being that I was at Rustic Canyon for much of the construction and during grow-in, as well as play it on a regular basis, I want to tell you the effort Jeff Hicks makes to keep this golf course in the best of shape given the parameters.

Some of you might grade RC as light or thin in some areas, especially in the rouge areas and off of the tee. This is INTENTIONAL, in an effort to let all of you golfers understand that this is a course that is based off the original nature of the site--it wasn't created. Most of the contours you see in the fairways were existing when the natural grasses of the area were cleared, much like the earlier courses from Golf's Golden Age in California, so please take-in and enjoy the nautral beauty of Happy Camp Canyon, and Rustic Canyon.

In an effort to help the cause to affordable golf, which yes, is kinda nervy since the recent price increase, but will help ions in the cause, if you happen to see a un-filled divot or pock mark on the greens or even in the fairways, properly attend to it. It makes the course great for all of us.

Enjoy Rustic Canyon. It was designed and built for all golfers in Southern California who like to play the way the game was meant to be played, and this is the type of course that when playing it, you become a better golfer because you are concentrating on hitting the shots you know how to hit, or have always wanted to try!

An uncommonly interesting course offering plenty of challenge but loads of playability. Clearly, this is a course you have to play a few times before you know how to get yourself around the greens an... Continue »

An uncommonly interesting course offering plenty of challenge but loads of playability. Clearly, this is a course you have to play a few times before you know how to get yourself around the greens and huge aprons. It's not in great shape at the moment - the greens are pretty hacked up and the tee boxes struck me as being quite badly damaged in some places. Still, it's an awesome value and an absolutely outstanding design. I'd like to go back and play golf on it, rather than doing what I did yesterday! By the way, the mapquest directions to this course will get you lost.

Will certainly play this course again. Links style course with large greens that take some practice. Putter used many times around these greens. Course in good shape and challenging.

Will certainly play this course again. Links style course with large greens that take some practice. Putter used many times around these greens. Course in good shape and challenging.

Played a 4.5 hour round with an 8:50 tee time on Saturday. Greens are recovering pretty well from the aeration, although there are some spots that are getting a bit brown. In fact, I would say the c... Continue »

Played a 4.5 hour round with an 8:50 tee time on Saturday. Greens are recovering pretty well from the aeration, although there are some spots that are getting a bit brown. In fact, I would say the course in general was a bit more brown than usual, but that could definitely be a product of all of the heat the area has been getting lately.