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3.9
369 Reviews (369)
5 Stars
99
4 Stars
173
3 Stars
68
2 Stars
19
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
84.6%
Recommend this course
330 out of 369 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.3
12 Reviews (12)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.3
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.3
75.0%
Recommend this course
9 out of 12 reviews
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3.9
44 Reviews (44)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
84.1%
Recommend this course
37 out of 44 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6541 yards
Slope 124
Rating 70.7
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Rancho Maria Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1965
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bob E. Baldock

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks

Reviews

3.9
369 Reviews (369)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 10
Elevation Changes 8
Narrow Fairways 7
This course/club is great for:
Locals 14
Walkers 11
9-Hole Rounds 8
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 9
Worth the Drive 7

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Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/27/2021

Hi, u5977204. We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Rancho Maria Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Doug and Staff always friendly, great value for the money.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/27/2021

Your feedback is important to us, u270601211. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Rancho Maria Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/27/2021

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, u314161203157. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Rancho Maria Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 05/27/2021

Hello, u314161054631. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing Rancho Maria Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/27/2021

Hello, Fumigon. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Rancho Maria Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/27/2021

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, sorozcoj. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Rancho Maria Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Nice course and location

Because all the surrounding courses were booked in and around Santa Barbra Rancho Maria was plan B.

While driving up from Santa Barbara hard to believe there was a golf course in area with all open land, green hills, cows, and horses on open ranches.
This course is very forgiving and plays long with 6 par 5 holes, nice!

Huge sparsely located trees surround course make for very scenic play. No houses to worry about around this course. Nice one-hour scenic drive from Santa Barbara went by fast. Glad I decided to make the drive to Rancho Maria Golf Club.

Had to take phot of this HUGE tree adjacent to green on hole 16, beautiful!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/27/2021

Hello, u2126849323. Thank you for leaving us a review. We are sorry to hear your experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you will give us another try in the future. Thank you for choosing Rancho Maria Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Walked

Flat Course With A Few Challenges

Played in afternoon after wind started to kick up to 15 mph +
Fairly flat muni course with a nice big practice putting green and popular driving range.
In fairness, I had played nearby Black Lake in the morning, and after several holes on this course I realized this was not the same caliber golf experience. A few really interesting holes on front 9, including 9 itself. Overall a good practice venue and very inexpensive.

Great for locals but if you are in the area to play the most interesting courses between SLO and Santa Barbara, this is one you could probably skip.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 05/27/2021

Hi, u00000589546! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We hope to see you back at Rancho Maria Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good value

The quality of the course is right on par with many other central coast courses, but the price is better. Beet value on the central coast.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/27/2021

Hello, u348527349. We are beyond happy to hear you enjoyed a great day at our course. Positive experiences make lifelong golfers. We look forward to many good times ahead with you, and we will pass on your kind words to those responsible so they can continue to help others enjoy great experiences at Rancho Maria Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

3 hr 30 min for 9

When I booked through Golfnow, I wasn’t informed about a your tournament. We teed off about 30 minutes behind schedule. It took 3 1/2 hours to play the front nine. Could not stick around for the back. No course marshals to help push play along. I will be a different course from now on.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging

Some easy holes, some difficult and challenging greens.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/23/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, Marnamolgaard29! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Rancho Maria Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/23/2021

Hi, u270601211. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Rancho Maria Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 18
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tim Gayda

Today was very nice on a adjoining Hill we saw a Bobcat or mountain lion not sure what it was but it's always a great time it rancho Maria

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Good course

Good course, should get even better with more money being put into it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 01/24/2022

bkemp321, thanks for the amazing review and for choosing Rancho Maria Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Course

Overall a great course. I wouldn’t say it’s amazing but I also wouldn’t say it’s bad. It’s definitely a standard course which is something that you can’t say about other courses. With that said, other than a few patches of crab grass and a bumpy cart ride you will find an awesome lay out with tricky but fun greens. The view of my hometown keeps mw coming back. See you soon Rancho Maria!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/30/2021

bucky805, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Rancho Maria Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Fairways

Fix the fairways and the course would be a lot better. Cut down the dead trees, they are gonna fall on someone one day. Greens are super nice though

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/30/2021

johnpachner, thanks for the amazing review and for choosing Rancho Maria Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Rancho Maria

A decent course. Fast greens, neat layout with a mix of long par 4s and a couple of risk/reward short par 4s (290-320 yds). Decent pro shop, good restaurant/snack shack. A terrible looking driving range not fit to be a cow pasture. But, the practice green is trump tight! The speed mirrored the actual greens. Interesting no roof golf carts to boot. Decent priced.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 10/25/2021

Hi, u314159684332! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Rancho Maria Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

A few challenging holes, you definitely need to know where to leave your t-shot on #1 handicapped due to severe slop of the fairway.
Greens are excellent

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/23/2021

Hi, storrey2. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Rancho Maria Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/23/2021

Hi, u314161246152. We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Rancho Maria Golf Club!

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