Played here on Monday in group 1B of the Golf Moose / Vivid Golf / GK event. Great times with Johnny, Ron, and Steve. Seemed like a large contingent of people from the Southern California Golf Community FB group were in attendance, who all brought a great energy. Overall it feels like five years in, Johnny’s Golf Moose events have fostered a joyous, grateful community of their ... » More

Played here on Monday in group 1B of the Golf Moose / Vivid Golf / GK event. Great times with Johnny, Ron, and Steve. Seemed like a large contingent of people from the Southern California Golf Community FB group were in attendance, who all brought a great energy. Overall it feels like five years in, Johnny’s Golf Moose events have fostered a joyous, grateful community of their own – much like GK has – and it’s really nice to see so many familiar faces at each outing! POP was pretty good for an event like this at just under 5 hours. Enjoyed a tasty hot dog special at the turn that included chips, a soda, and a banana.

Course conditions were very nice! Greens were smooth, medium-fast, and accepting of full shots. Fairways and rough were both very healthy with the fairways providing great lies and the rough potentially presenting difficulties in some spots, and sitting up in others. Black tee boxes were fantastic. I was in one bunker and it was very good – a thin crusty layer on top of a soft sand base.

I had played here once about two years ago. The course begins with two straightforward holes somewhat out of character with the rest of the design. Overall, I much prefer the back nine to the front. Holes 10-14 are excellent, with 14 being my favorite on the course. Nice facilities with the range and large practice green all conveniently located right outside the clubhouse. Beautiful weather, great people, and a fun day on the course! Thank you Johnny for organizing these events, and thanks to Alta Vista for hosting for their first time.
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Had a super time walking the blues this afternoon 6/21/26 with my buddy Mark joined by a couple of his work colleagues who were a pleasure to play with. Our Pop was 4 hrs 45 minutes under beautiful golf weather. Swirling 1-2 club wind on the front dying down on the back nine and around 78 degrees as a high. Met by friendly staff this afternoon in the shop. Had dinner at the cou... » More

Had a super time walking the blues this afternoon 6/21/26 with my buddy Mark joined by a couple of his work colleagues who were a pleasure to play with. Our Pop was 4 hrs 45 minutes under beautiful golf weather. Swirling 1-2 club wind on the front dying down on the back nine and around 78 degrees as a high. Met by friendly staff this afternoon in the shop. Had dinner at the course after the round..Great food.

The course just finished green maintenance and the greens were in great shape with the perfect combination of being soft and receptive on approach shots and rolling medium speed on putts. Green rating 8.5/10

The fringes were soft and were just about done completely with a topsand project. Fringes were in great shape. Best I have ever seen them.

Fairways had been plugged recently and I must say they looked and played fabulous[13 fairway still has mini irrigation plugs]. Very lush with not alot of rollout on drives and very well manicured. Great shape close to a 9/10.

Rough lining the fairways was cut just a bit higher than the lush Fairways and was in great shape. Rustic has really improved their fairway rough and fringes in the last year or so. Rough rating 9/10

Tees were all level and in great shape. Rated 9/10

Was only in greenside bunker on 13 after a nice drive and 3 metal. It was compact and firm and contained just enough sand to splash out of. Most bunkers here are on the firmer side. Rated 6.5/10

Always great to be out at Rustic. This is lush city? What was built as a links bump and run course is now lush city which makes iron ball striking and chipping easier but adds extra length with limited roll on drives, whether you like the former or the present get out and play Rustic if you can get a tee time as it's in fabulous shape!!!

Highly recommended!
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Played 6/22/26 2:15 POP 3:20. Course is still in really good shape. Greens great, receptive w/ good roll. Not too many afternoon foot prints. Fairways have great coverage, green and very good to great shape. They have fixed one of their weak spots. The traps. They all have new sand and are in really good shape and consistent. Now they need to work on their tees.

Played early this AM to beat the heat and the Mon crowds. Nice living so close to a course.

Found the course in somewhat different shape then previous rounds.

Tee boxes good.

Fairways wide and giving "decent" roll but not as good as past weeks. Seems like a lot of water has been put on the course with past and coming heat. But the lies were excellent. ... » More

Played early this AM to beat the heat and the Mon crowds. Nice living so close to a course.

Found the course in somewhat different shape then previous rounds.

Tee boxes good.

Fairways wide and giving "decent" roll but not as good as past weeks. Seems like a lot of water has been put on the course with past and coming heat. But the lies were excellent.

Rough was much higher as well and needs cutting so fairly difficult to advance w/o a powerful swing.

Traps were all ok and had been raked so not an issue.

Greens were the big mistery. In the past they have been firm and fast. But no doubt they too have been heavily watered as they were soft w/o much release and did not putt with there normal speed. Even downhill putts were not as dangerous.

Always good customer service from the Monday AM pro shop. You can tell they like their work.
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Played with Rob1563 on Sat at 7:30 AM for the nice local rate of $115, which they complain about, but it's much better than the $220 for visitors. I have played here once before and remember that the layout is all over the place, which we believe was because they picked the best holes for the members' course, which left the arroyo all over the place.

The course was in... » More

Played with Rob1563 on Sat at 7:30 AM for the nice local rate of $115, which they complain about, but it's much better than the $220 for visitors. I have played here once before and remember that the layout is all over the place, which we believe was because they picked the best holes for the members' course, which left the arroyo all over the place.

The course was in great shape for early summer. I think the fairways were some of the best I have ever played on. Very good cushion and green, they did have a few soggy areas from overwatering, but I be they were fine by the afternoon in 105° heat. Greens were firm and medium pace for about an hour, then fast after the sun dried them out. I had my worst putting day in a while there. Sand traps need some help as they were in poor shape in the fairways and a little better around the greens.

Nice carts with GPS and a cool one with no free water. I would like to see more water coolers on the course, especially with the heat, but they did have some every 4 holes. Staff were friendly, and I would play here again given a deal can be found.
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