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We had a tee time at 12:27 pm on Sunday. The group in front of us was a 5-some playing a Scramble BUT they were accompanied by their girlfriends/wives and a baby in a scroller. The women were walking out on the course and on the greens with the players. The Starter said they knew the players and would monitor the situation. We never saw Marshall a Marshall for the entire 5+ hours.

The course needs maintenance. Garbage cans were overflowing and obviously had not been addressed for several days. The rough is long and the dried grass trimming have not cleaned up, so it is difficult to find balls. Greens had recently been punched.

We have always enjoyed playing this course. The surrounding are beautiful but this was not a good experience. The course is not maintained, so it is overpriced. Just use caution if you play

After all this rainy weather it was great to play a course that was dry and in great condition.

We were there on a cart path only day. This is a tough course for cart path only and really slows down the pace of play. The fairways are worn and muddy with little grass. Overpriced for the current conditions. If you are going to play, walking is best.

We had a late morning tee time. Played the first 3 holes just fine and then it came to a dead stop. At least two foursomes waiting on each hole. No Marshall. We had a single behind us with no place to go. We gave up on hole 13 as we had been out there 3 hours and 40 minutes. When I back into the Pro Shop there were 4 employees behind the counter. I asked about a Marshall and got no response. No one seem to care. Very unimpressed with the facility and their staff.

We always love playing Turkey Creek but the pace of play is always slow. The sign in the cart says 4 hrs 25 minutes. Our round was 5 hours and 20 minutes. We did see a Marshall but that did not speed up the pace of ball. The group in front us had their youth golfer driving the cart!!! Course is in excellent condition just be patient and anticipate a SLOW round.

We were not alerted to the green having been aerated several days earlier prior to making our reservations. Green fees should have been significantly discounted.. Pace of play was extremely slow. Foursome in front had 2 open holes. We called the Pro Shop and they said they would send the Marshall. No one came - doubt they even have a Marshall! Course was wet and extremely muddy.

Love to play both course at Blue Rock Springs. Lots of interesting and challenging holes.

We were NOT told prior to play that the course is under total renovation! In addition, when we made the reservation on Golf Now - there was NO notation as to the conditions. All of the bunkers are torn up and unplayable There were construction workers on the course. When we went back to the Pro Shop, they told us they felt bad for charging customers full price when the course was in such bad condition. Players beware before you schedule a tee time.

Those Santa Ana winds were brutal but we still enjoyed our round. Nice layout and interesting holes. We played the Vineyard. Staff did a good job controlling pace of play. We will definitely return. Only complaint - Bottled soda at $4.50 is ridiculous! We asked and were told that fountain sodas were the same price.

This was our 2nd time playing this course and it is in fabulous condition. We appreciated the course having a Starter and combining 2-somes into foursome. We will definitely return when we are in Southern California

Course allows too many twosomes and singles between foursomes. Our foursome continually had to wait for a single or twosome to pass. The course needs to group these together. Very frustrating round.

This was an extreme painful slow round of golf. On every hole on the back, there would be a group on the tee box and two foursomes waiting. I asked the guys in front of us, if this was typical and they said "yes". When I inquired as to why, their respond was "they overbook!" The course layout is very interesting and challenging. I would like to return but hesitate given the slow pace of place. I did see a Marshall drive by several times but he never stopped or appeared to do anything There was also no starter. The beverage cart circled several rounds. The greens had been aerated so this was a bit annoying. Wish we had had prior knowledge.

We have always liked this course but unfortunately, we arrived on a day that they had a local craft fair on the grounds and a loud band playing on the patio. The music was a distraction to the golfers on the course. It could be heard throughout much of the course. Definitely call ahead and see what is happening at the course on the day you want to play.

Have played here before. Nice course, just too windy. Very friendly staff!

Fairways were a bit sparse in spots. Greens in excellent conditions. Very interesting course layout. Will definitely return.

We had an 11:20 am tee time. We had to wait for a tourney to pass through hole 1, so we did not tee off until 11:52 am. We then followed an extremely slow tourney for 7 holes. The course would be wise not to schedule tee times until one hour after a tourney passes hole 1. The staff was very nice and equally frustrated with the situation.

Empire Ranch is in excellent condition compared to other public courses we have recently played. We had a great experience and will definitely return.