Lives
Bakersfield
Handicap
10-14
Age
55-64
Gender
Male
Skill
Advanced
Plays
A few times a week

Review Statistics

Average Rating

3.3
3.3
Total 22 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

22 Reviews
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
1
Recommended Courses
12
Not Recommended Courses
10
Helpful Votes Count
8
Not Helpful Votes Count
10
First Review
12/30/2012
Last Review
11/10/2023

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Links at RiverLakes Ranch

Played On 11/02/2023
3.0
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Previously Played

Crappie sand traps

All of the bad reviews for this place are correct. Meaning the reviews on the traps. I know, don't get in them in the first place. Things happen. Pace was good at the time we were there. Some traps were completely empty, while others had water at 3:30pm. The greens were in good condition. Carts are trash.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair

Links at RiverLakes Ranch

Played On 11/02/2023
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Private course price, public course look

Oh my goodness the sand traps are horrible at this very expensive Golf Course. I get it we're not supposed to be in them but things happen. The carts are crappy. Rude staff. The course layout was nice. The greens were fast, but in very good condition.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Fair

Links at RiverLakes Ranch

Played On 05/25/2021
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Paid full price and got half service.

As we were checking in the kid behind the cash register was telling another customer that "there were small pinholes in the green for maintenance". When I asked him to elaborate he said "this will not affect play at all"! These greens did not have a small pinhole in them they were assaulted. The kid behind the cash register also forgot to mention that The greens had been sanded. Golf now also forgot to mention when I purchased this round of golf that the greens had been aerated and sanded! The pace of play was really good because nobody took time on the greens, we played in a very fast pace.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average

Kern River Golf Course

Played On 03/17/2021
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Just another municipal course

Nothing special, not a real value for the dollar, the staff was just a staff, greens are not taken care of. Some clown with a stick and a poker at the end of it was hanging out at the side of two different greens that I'm trying to approach. Maybe he was there to clean up the greens but he was still in my way. I'm sure when I can't get a tee time I will go out there again but since I was asked for a review here it is

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor

Kern River Golf Course

Played On 03/17/2021
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Blah blah course

The course was in winter time shape. The fairways are pretty torn up with not a lot of grass. The fairways are torn up with ditot holes, gopher holes and other garbage you could find on them. The carts are in very good condition. it did not specify on Golf now however the greens are still bumpy from being punched and still have plenty of residue sand. (This could have been mentioned on golf now)!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair

Links at RiverLakes Ranch

Played On 02/22/2019
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

A little bit of sand in the bunkers and a marshall on the course would go a long way here!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average

Kern River Golf Course

Played On 10/23/2019
2.0
Previously Played

Yellow grass fairways

I'm sure sometimes this is a nice course but today it wasn't. Pace of play was okay however the fairways have huge dead spots in them. As I was walking by a bunker and noticed there was nice looking sand. The tee boxes are very rough. the greens were nice and fast however very bumpy and hard to read when they get that way. Overall experience thumbs down.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair

Laguna Lake Golf Course

Played On 07/28/2018
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Course

Short game course. The greens are small but if you need to work on your short game this is the place.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good

Rancho Maria Golf Club

Played On 07/27/2018
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Day

My wife and I met some new friends today from our home town. Fun day on the course. The greens were slow! Overall a very good value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good

Links at RiverLakes Ranch

Played On 01/11/2018
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Low budget management

The greens are in good condition. No sand in the traps, so why have them? Too poor to put any sand in the traps! The brakes don't hold on the carts so if you're on any kind of a hill you're in trouble. No Marshalls on the course whatsoever! A 5 hour round is not what I paid for. The practice Tee's are very little grass but plenty of mud. But I'll give it to them the practice sand traps have no sand either! Even when we called the clubhouse and asked for someone to help with slow play, we got no help!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor

Links at RiverLakes Ranch

Played On 11/16/2017
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bumpy

For the most part the course was in decent shape. The greens had been punched around 5 weeks ago. I don't know why they haven't been rolled recently but they were very bumpy. A ball could not roll true on these greens. This is a very nice course when it is taken care of. I don't know why we can't have sand in the sand traps!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average

Links at RiverLakes Ranch

Played On 10/16/2017
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

SAND Traps

No SAND in the traps! For all you blabber base b******* who are going to say don't go in this and, shut up! I know this. It has been years since we had sand in those traps.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good

Links at RiverLakes Ranch

Played On 10/16/2017
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The carts are tired

We had a 3 some so that meant to carts for 3 men. The singles cart died .

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good

Links at RiverLakes Ranch

Played On 09/26/2017
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bad greens and even worse carts

12 or 13 of The greens were in terrible shape. We had to stop after nine holes and get a cart. The battery was dying we were pushing the cart up in the small bumps or hills. I don't pay this kind of money to push a battery operated golf cart around the course. The condition the course is in right now as well as the issues with the carts I would not recommend people to go to this course. If they can fix these issues everything else was good. The fairways were mowed and clean, they look very nice.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/02/2017

The dichotomy of do not recommend but giving it four stars is confusing

River Island Country Club

Played On 06/06/2017
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

River Island

My buddy and myself had a very good day playing this course. This course layout was very nice everything was nice and green. The only issue that we had was we had never been there before. There's no layout on the scorecards. Overall it was a good day and we will go back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good

Rancho Maria Golf Club

Played On 05/30/2017
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A great day of golf!

Myself and a friend had a very good day golfing at Rancho Maria Golf Course. The front nine went very smoothly we both played very good. On hole 12 the wind began blowing and it blew until the end of the round. My guess is that's just the way it plays there because you're on the other side of a small hill. And that brought on its own challenges but all in all it was a great day.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A great day of golf!

Today's round was very good, there were others on the course but we were not slowed. The greens were fast which made it challenging the wind was blowing which made it even more fun. The course is in very good shape the best shape it's been in a while. However they do have a little more to work on at this course. Everything is going in the right direction. Yes I do recommend this horse to my.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good

Buena Vista Golf Course

Played On 05/31/2016
2.0
Previously Played

No Etiquette

On the day that I played this course as well as plenty of other times that I've been out at Buena Vista there is no Marshall. You get no help from the Pro Shop when you call in about slow people. But then you look at it the people at the pro shop are the ones that put five and six people in a group and send them out to play. There are good golfers out there but there are also hacks out there who just won't move out of the way, they tear up the greens while putting.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair

Buena Vista Golf Course

Played On 05/12/2015
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

windy day

the course was in OK condition the day I played. not many people there it was a little bit windy so pace was really good. The carts are getting old and a little raggedy. There was no marshal to help with the idiots.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average

Sundale Country Club

Played On 08/14/2014
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Sundale

The course is in the middle of the city which is easy to get to easy to play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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