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Conditions
3.5
Value
3.8
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.7
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6747 yards
Slope 150
Rating 72.8

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 2019.

Course Details

Year Built 2004
Greens Bent grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire is required at all times, no cut-offs, blue jeans, or tank tops

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.6
489 Reviews (489)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 48
19th Hole Scenic Views 40
Patio Dining 36
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 115
Forced Carries 95
Narrow Fairways 95
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 96
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 89
Locals 37
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 81
Worth the Drive 38
In the 'Burbs 30

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Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Need to fix their BUNKERS....lots of weeds and dirt.
Need seed bottles on Carts.
Finished afternoon Round a little after 5 and the Bar and Restaurant was Closed??!!...on a Saturday!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course with a view

Course has to be one of the toughest I ever played, but who doesn't like a challenging golf course.
Course with the best views of the valley.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Extremely Difficult

The course is in great shape. The problem is that it is too difficult for the average golfer. Practically every hole is over one or more barrancas (steep gorges). The hillsides have tall grass, so no way you can find your ball. I usually play with one or two balls the entire round, but here I lost more than a dozen. It is quite picturesque and peaceful there, so it is worth a try if you have the skills. PS - bring a lot of balls.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 76
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Challenging course makes you want to come back

One of the most challenging courses in the area. Slopped and narrow fairways make it hard to keep the ball in play. 18th is my favorite hole because the pain is almost over hahaha. Keep the driver in the bag and use your knockdown 3 wood instead. Birdie opportunities on most of their par 3s. Try to keep your ball search to 3 mins to keep pace. Back nine is easier so don't give up just yet. Proper course management is more valuable than your long bombs. Enjoy!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tough course, fun, needs tending

I'm a 21 hop

pros:
- challenging and fun layout with many elevation changes and narrow landing zonen and greens - bring lots of balls
- mostly good greens
- beautiful scenery overlooking the valley

Cons:
- no driving range
- many bunkers overgrown
- one green had standing water from sprinklers making it unplayable
- sprinklers were running on tee box as we came up, keeping us waiting for almost 10 minutes

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Challenge but come back and try again

Bring plenty of balls, however if you don't want to simply pound a driver off the tee this is the course for you. The longest green to tee's in my experience and I was dissappointed to not walk but I can't wait to get back.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
2.0
Verified Purchaser

It's a great challenging course, but maintenance was very poor. If it goes that way I would not play there any more.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Bunkers & fairways require immediate repair.

I love playing at Ranch GC. Very challenging layout and pace of play is always good. The most of bunkers are not well maintained, which are filled with rocks and long grasses. Fairways have a lot of patches. I personally enjoyed playing here despite of the current conditions though, I don't really recommend my friends to play here now. Hope it gets better really soon.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

The Ranch

Course was very dry, it looked like they never watered it. big brown spots on the greens. Weeds in all the bunkers

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 42
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good News and Bad News.

The bad news first. I played horribly today and lost a bunch of balls! But more importantly, check out these pictures. The Ranch is finally getting fresh sand into the bunkers! It's been a long time coming but it's really happening. Not all of the traps have been filled yet but a bunch are looking really good. Cheers to Ranch improvement! I didn't see any of the boar destruction I'd seen on my last time out. The course was aerated last week, so I'm predicting a nice summer for the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Beautiful Course has become dilapidated

Unfortunately,

This once pristine course has become nothing more than a shell of itself. Teeing off around mid afternoon, it was a beautiful day with great views. Tee boxes and fairways were kept averagely, but the over all maintenance became worse and worse the closer one became to the pin. End up in a bunker, and you were more likely to be in weeds growing in the bunker than in actual sand .

I implore the owners and operators of this course to try to cut less maintenance costs. The ranch has one of the most interesting course layouts In the area, but it is terribly difficult to justify its play with course conditions as they were.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in rough shape

I have played this course once a year while visiting family in the area. It is beginning to fall apart. They no longer maintain the bunkers at all. There is grass growing in them and the "sand" is simply packed mud. Not sure why they have rakes in the bunkers because nobody uses them. Tee boxes are a little rough. Pin locations have not been changed for days. The only good thing was the pace of play because there was nobody there. The course is on a death spiral and if they don't put some money and effort back into the course all they will have left is a place to hold weddings in the clubhouse at the top of the hill. Pretty sad...

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great track, but help needed

I have played The Ranch, many times. I love the challenge of the course. If you have a good day here, it is a great round any where else! My complaint is that the pace of play needs to be more tightly monitored. The Ranch needs to make sure that the Food Cart is operational at all times, since the turn does not go by a snack shack or the club house. But I do like the track, and will be back for more golf at the course!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

For Advanced Golfers

This course is not for beginners! This is placement golf. The elevation change is unreal, and the fairways are extremely narrow. A few other things to note - buy the yardage book in the pro shop. The scorecard does not have a map/overview, and you need to hit precise yardages, especially off the tee and on lay ups. (Would've been great if someone in the pro shop would've given us this tip so we weren't playing the course totally blind). There are huge carries on most of the front nine, and if you miss the fairway, you can forget finding your ball. The bunkers were totally overgrown and the greens were in ok condition, but certainly not great.

You do not come back to clubhouse at the turn, so if you want food or drinks, you better grab it before tee-ing off. We never saw a cart runner the entire round (on a Sunday).

I will say, this course is beautiful and has some amazing views. However, be warned if you're not a precise ball striker. I spent more money on lost balls than I did on the round of golf! Even good shots are punished if you don't know your yardages.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great layout and best value in town

Great layout with incredible views. This challenging course makes you stay focused on every shot, never feeling bored. Make sure to bring extra balls, you may lose many of them if you cannot keep them on the fairway.
The monthly player club is the best value in town!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun Challenging Course

We played The Ranch on a perfect spring day. It was about 70 degrees and almost no wind. This was a good thing as it is spring and we have not played much. So wind would have made an already very challenging course impossible:)

The course itself was in good shape thanks to a wet California winder. The grass was good. There were some bare spots but overall fine. The bunkers were a disaster for the most part. It is clear that they have not done any work on them over the winter. Many have grass growing in them and not enough sand.

The course itself is a pretty serious challenge. There are a LOT of carries. I don't think there are any flat holes. But this is what makes the course great. There are safe places to hit on almost every hole. There are a couple of carries that are challenging for my wife unless she is in the perfect spot, and even then it takes a good shot.

Overall, I love playing at The Ranch and will do so again.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Too slow
Six-some in front constantly allowing 2 year pld to play.
Bunkers a disaster and looks like they have been this way fo a while.
For the daily price shiuld be better
And why no beverage cart??

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Don't miss The Ranch!

Awesome vistas on a well laid out and landscaped course! With online or in-house promotions, it is an excellent value.
Non-walking course with long drives between holes.
Note to Management: Please do regulate tee off to accommodate ALL your patrons. Setting off singles & doubles after foursomes in pre-set intervals will invariably cause unnecessary course crunch issues. Many thanks!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Need more sand

Outside of the hardrock sandtraps, this course is an awesome, unforgiving sum.itch. Be back soon.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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