Review Date
September 27, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Reviewed by: truetoform, Scratch Golfer

Summary:
I starting out, so I hit the par 3 course at Rancho. The fairways are narrow, the shortest is 80 yards, and the longest is about 135. The holes are pretty straightforward. A couple of holes have sand traps, but no water hazards. Good for beginners. There's usually no line, but it sometimes gets busy during the afternoons on the weekend. Expect to take about alittle over a hour to finish if you don't have anyone in front of you, and add another 30 minutes if there's a slow group in front of you.

Customer Service:
nt

Review Date
August 17, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: Evan Dando, Shoots in the 80s

Summary:
Rancho is my favorite public course in LA. $28 to play. $40 to ride. New greens installed 5-6 years ago. They are in AWESOME shape these days. The course is in great shape in general. Has a bad rap for slow play. Well deserved. If you can't get an early tee time then walk on. Get there about 4:30am and you should get out pretty early. If you tee off before 7am, will play in 4hrs to 4.5hrs MAX. After 8am, who knows?

This is a classic course with gigantic mature trees. The course has a lot of character and NO "gimmick" holes. A lot of subtle doglegs and minor elevation changes. Definitely NOT a flat course.

The par 5's are the easiest holes. A couple very long par 4's and the par 3's range between 180 and 210 yards.

Bottom line....the only courses in LA that I would rather play are the super nice country clubs like LACC, Riviera, etc... A comparable course would be Brookside (the long one). None of the Long Beach courses are in the league of Rancho although they are decent.

Customer Service:
Decent. The starters are much nicer than they used to be.

Review Date
January 28, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Reviewed by: rbc100, Shoots in the 80s

Summary:
The best L.A. City public course. Why? Probably because they used to hold the L.A. Open there, and it's just set up correctly. The only hazards are sand, trees, and length. Most of the fairways are wide open. Very slow on the weekends, but a great course anyway.

Customer Service:
Excellent. Good guys, not jerks.

Similar Courses Played:
Chipping area is a joke and driving range is targeted for a complete makeover (it needs one because distances are not easy to distinguish). The most putting green space in the City, although rarely do they have all 3 open at the same time.

Review Date
May 8, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: urodiculis, Shoots in the 100s

Summary:
This is a nice golf course trees make the course difficult which i like. Nice greens bunkers add another obstacle, elevation changes. Ive only played 9 on this course but so far its one of my favorite public courses

Customer Service:
Starter kind of grumpy

Similar Courses Played:
rancho three par is great too!

Review Date
November 26, 2002

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5