Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course
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Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Back | 72 | 6431 yards | 70.5 | 126 |
Back (W) | 72 | 6431 yards | 76.8 | 131 |
Middle | 72 | 6158 yards | 69.4 | 123 |
Middle (W) | 72 | 6158 yards | 75.2 | 129 |
Forward | 72 | 5709 yards | 66.5 | 116 |
Forward (W) | 72 | 5709 yards | 73.0 | 127 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 70.5/126 W: 76.8/131 | 515 | 150 | 336 | 353 | 520 | 378 | 357 | 176 | 431 | 3216 | 360 | 388 | 535 | 180 | 368 | 168 | 405 | 300 | 469 | 3173 | 6389 |
Blue M: 69.4/123 W: 75.2/129 | 505 | 142 | 325 | 336 | 507 | 364 | 346 | 166 | 414 | 3105 | 355 | 368 | 525 | 160 | 345 | 158 | 390 | 292 | 457 | 3050 | 6155 |
White M: 66.5/116 W: 73.0/127 | 495 | 128 | 311 | 315 | 425 | 285 | 322 | 151 | 364 | 2796 | 350 | 330 | 447 | 113 | 330 | 148 | 378 | 285 | 447 | 2828 | 5624 |
Handicap | 5 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |||
Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 6 |
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Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2022 #21)
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Pace of play kind of spoiled the round. Foursome in front incredibly slow despite not being bad golfers.
Decent/subpar course
First time playing here and I paid $40 to start at 5:42 and ended up starting at 6:05 just to play 7 holes because there were no marshals or starters pushing the pace of play. (played +4 through 7)
Guy managing the pro shop is just sitting in the back not paying attention to anyone coming in.
Of the 7 holes,Tee boxes were in good condition. Fairways are pretty wide and have a variety of grass conditions (really good, decent, dirt) I'd say most of it was a bit better than decent. Rough isn't very wide so if you miss you'll be in either a dirt path or hitting into another fairway.
Design of the course is decent. A majority of the course is flat and is pretty easy.
Would only recommend this course if you are either a beginner or are looking for a cheap course and don't mind a 5-6 hour round.
Massively Overpriced
This course shouldn’t be priced anywhere near $100 per round. Absolutely obscene pricing for conditions and layout. For a mini course that is supposed to be friendly play, should be priced between $42-60 per runs as it was previously. Nothing new about it. Please change the pricing.
10th hole Ocean
Besides few holes fairway fixing has been done. With hot weather not why we had ponds and oceans on 10th hole.
Since we had semi beginner on our group, sorry for slower pace....
Avoid
I used to play this course a lot back in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I actually like the layout. The only bad thing back then was the pace of play. I guess that will never change. Now it’s not only the pace of play but the course conditions. Golf should never take 5.5 to 6 hours to finish a round. You should never hit from dirt or a hole or a pond (from over watering) from the middle of the fairway.
I see these 4 star ratings from these “mystery” usernames. Do not trust those! You’ve been warned!!!
Poorly kept
This course will eat your balls even down the fairway, puddles uneven grass, uncut down the middle. Cart died on 16th hole, golf elsewhere
This course is getting better and better
Though this course is not so good, course management get better and better recently .
Nice course
Although I have lived in Irvine for several years now this is my first experience playing Rancho. In the past I’ve only used their driving range facility. Since my daughter plays golf for Uni High School she’s played this course. I couldn’t refuse when she asked me to join her. Overall the layout of the course is good. Condition of the course was up to par and the pace of play was fine. I’d probably play this course again
Worst golf experience so far…. And I played at Victoria gardens
Booked an early tee time for July 4th (cart included) for $90+ .. got to the course early…. Paid for my tee time …. Soon after they swiped my card; that’s when they inform me that I would have to share my cart since I’m a single…. NOT O.K. !
When I expressed my hesitance to ride with a stranger (1. For simple health related concerns; 2. There were no disclaimers on their website about forcing Single players to share carts and I took screen shots afterward my interaction) the club manager insisted that ALL golf courses do this? Dude. I play twice if not 3x per week in OC / LA / IE and nowhere is this “rule” enforced especially after the pandemic. When I asked for a refund, the manager simply refused and gave me the general managers business card. I’ve tried to contact multiple times and no avail. Basically…. I Just had $90+ stolen from me.
I’m sure this place accommodates well for others…. Just not for some.
5 hour round...Again
Got hooked up with a single player named Enrique today...If you even have a 3 some or 2 some and get a tall slender 35 to 40 year old single named Enrique joining you...Just pass him on the first hole if you can. He thought he was a tour player playing in the Masters and believed a 5 hour round was standard. He played well and probably shot a 78 but good god he destroyed our 3 some. We would have passed him multiple times but the 2 groups in front of us where just as slow. I love golf but slow play is the rudest more entitled self serving thing on the planet. it's like drivers driving in the fast and middle lanes at 65 and not letting anyone pass them because they are driving the speed limit and no body is going to pass them. This was Enrique. I can not emphasize this enough. Enrique is a cancerous tumor to the golf course. Problem with this course in particular is that there are always several Enriques on it all the time. Worst pace of play in O.C.
Funniest thing ever...I marked Enriques ball because he was still a hundred yards off the green (slow as a snail) and putted out and he got mad because he said only he can mark his ball and that I ruined his handicap and now he can't use it for this round. I couldn't care less. This in a nutshell is Rancho, everyone thanks they are in a tournament and a 5 hour round is standard. I've said this 25 times but this was the last time I play here.
Could be so much better....
Other than the greens, course was in pretty mediocre condition. Senior rate was attractive. Multiple holes limited to cart path only. Seemingly too much watering as everywhere was pretty wet.