Out with the GK Event yesterday expecting the same conditions in the 9-10 range and was not disappointed. Everything here at Rams hill is top notch. From the guard gate in the service is fantastic and... Continue »

Out with the GK Event yesterday expecting the same conditions in the 9-10 range and was not disappointed. Everything here at Rams hill is top notch. From the guard gate in the service is fantastic and you are secluded from the emptiness of the Anza Borrego state park.

Rolling carpet like fairways with nice and fast greens make for a fun day. I did notice they had some storm damage on 3 or 4 holes but it was very small and did not subtract from the overall conditions, Just a little ground under repair. Greens had a lot of play today and started to get a touch bumpy but they still rolled true and fast. Sand was good and not to firm not too soft. Rough wasn't too long and did stop balls from rolling into the desert. Over all I'd give this place a 9/10.

Playing the GK Plays out at Rams Hill on 12/8. I absolutely love the setting at Rams Hill and it seems every time I play there I find something else that's pretty cool (the room we met in after was gr... Continue »

Playing the GK Plays out at Rams Hill on 12/8. I absolutely love the setting at Rams Hill and it seems every time I play there I find something else that's pretty cool (the room we met in after was great and then there's a little patio area off the driving range over looking the creek/waterfall behind 18). Although the conditions were pretty blustery when we got there, I really loved it. I guess I'm strange that I prefer playing in conditions like that. It just lends itself to being a bit more creative I guess.

As always, every staff member I came across was super friendly, attentive and a pleasure to work with. Rams Hill always has fantastic customer service and it wasn't any different this time around. On top of that they have a nice GPS on the carts which maps the holes and allows you to get exact yardages to hazards, landing areas, etc. This really helps with the strategy of the course so that is a nice feature.

This is the second time I have played Rams Hill right after a rain storm and this time it seemed to be the most "soggy" I have played it. That being said, I think the overall condition of the course is really good. I did happen to have some pretty wet lies (it seemed most were around the greens), but I don't recall ever having it cause too much trouble. The greens were way softer than I can ever remember and with the prevailing wind yesterday, that course played LONG!

It seems to me that our current weather patterns are about 3 months behind where they traditionally are so the overseeding and overall condition of the course felt "young". I think with a bit more time, some sunshine and hopefully higher temps out there the course starts to fill in a bit. Maybe they will end up keeping the course open later in the year too, as June seems to be a bit cooler too :)

Anyway, love the layout here, the course is going to be in prime condition in the next few weeks and I had a great time with the whole GK crew. Definitely an experience out at Rams Hill and I'd always recommend it.

Rode the gold tees this morning 1st group out joined by Keith, Pedro and Ron. Met by blustery wind conditions especially on the back nine. We waited for many groups in front of us as the course was pa... Continue »

Rode the gold tees this morning 1st group out joined by Keith, Pedro and Ron. Met by blustery wind conditions especially on the back nine. We waited for many groups in front of us as the course was packed this morning. I don't get to venture out to play much with my schedule lately so for sure a treat to get to hang with some buddies for a 2 day golf trip. 1st time ever at Rams Hill and I loved the conditions as well as the layout. Several strategic fairway bunker landing areas in the 280 range that make driving a premium. Ample room with most fairway shots and those sprayed are in desert landscape. Some huge green complexes and some smaller skinny ones like number 17. Layout had a couple long par 4s like 2, 8 and 15 and some shorter risk reward par 4 like 12 and 17. Great mix of holes that would never be boring on repeated replays. Fairways a 9/10 mostly all lush. Only reason I would not rate them a 10 was due to some minor muddy areas. Very nice shape overall. Tees 9/10 all level and lush and in great shape. Rough lush, fairly thick in spots but not super penal. Rated 9/10. Was in one greenside bunker and one fairway bunker. Great sand in both raked nicely. 8.5/10 Greens were looking great to the naked eye, super soft on approach. Had one sand wedge ball sank into it own pitch mark. I was expecting the greens to roll quicker which my playing partners stated they used to. Green rating 7.5/10. Would highly recommend this track for playing conditions, layout, peace and quiet and overall enjoyment. Thanks to Johnny and Rams Hill golf course.

2019.11.17 Sunday - Sunny @ 85F, slight wind (here and there)

Front Desk/Pro Shop: They were excellent, everyone was very kind, nice and helpful. The manager was very nice (thank you). As a matter ... Continue »

2019.11.17 Sunday - Sunny @ 85F, slight wind (here and there)

Front Desk/Pro Shop: They were excellent, everyone was very kind, nice and helpful. The manager was very nice (thank you). As a matter of fact, I golfed with another Greenskeeper.org golfer (rudyclub) who was very nice and helpful. He did not act bothered by my taking pictures and golfing from the white tees while he golfed from the blue. Our tee time was...actually, let me kind of start over. My tee time was 9:15AM, $91 from SupremeGolf.com, the front desk asked me if I wanted to golf at 8:15AM with another single, I said yes. The shop was so great, they let me have a buggy (I got there at 6AM) so that I could take pictures of the back nine before my tee time and to get ahead of the first golfers. So, then, at 8:15AM rudyclub and I teed off at hole #2 because two fivesomes had the two tee times before us. Since the employees did this, we felt as though we had the course to ourselves. We did not catch-up to the twosome who were in front of us until hole #17. What a great day.

(I could write a long report about each: tees, fairway, rough, traps and greens, but they are all the same; 9.5+)
Tees great only a couple of normal divots on par 3's.
Fairways were fantastic with very few places that may have been over watered or a patch of SOME brown grass, but not really noticeable to play.
Rough was great and in the same state as the fairways.
Traps, the sand was perfect. But the rings that surround the traps is the weakest part of the entire course, which don't usually come much into play.
Greens were great aside from a few unattended ball marks which people did not take care of.
The course is amazing, by and large it literally looks like every blade of grass is perfectly groomed and in place.

Played 11/18/19 8:30 am. Enjoyed a absolutely fantastic day of desert golf. Went out as a single and was paired with Trevor, another single who happened to be a GK member as well. The starter told u... Continue »

Played 11/18/19 8:30 am. Enjoyed a absolutely fantastic day of desert golf. Went out as a single and was paired with Trevor, another single who happened to be a GK member as well. The starter told us to jump a head to the 2nd to get in front of the two fivesomes that were before us. It was as if we were the only players on the course and finished our 18th on the 1st hole at around 3.5 hrs. The only other group we saw were the ones we caught on the 17th. Fairway's 98% perfect. Emerald green & lush. There a many less than perfect areas mixed around the fairway's, but were mostly only visual blemishes. Greens were really good. Running at a pace above medium. They mark them at 10.5. Noticed an occasional sick area on a couple of greens, but again mostly just visual blemishes. Had a burger at the restaurant after and it was good and with fantastic scenery to enjoy.

played on Nov 2nd. Couldn't ask for a better day to play. The Course is great shape but with a exceptions of just a few Dry Spots on some of the fairways as well as close to some greens. Driving Rang... Continue »

played on Nov 2nd. Couldn't ask for a better day to play. The Course is great shape but with a exceptions of just a few Dry Spots on some of the fairways as well as close to some greens. Driving Range in great conditions with all you can hit for free ranges balls. Other than that the Course is ready for the "Greenskeeper" crowd come December. Plenty of good sand in all bunkers, Tee Boxes in good shape and the greens in great condition. Customer Service was outstanding as always.

Played 10-20-19 with a group of GKers. Took advantage of the pre opening deal. Course is almost ready but could use a couple more weeks to fill in. Tee boxes were flat and nice. Bunkers were perfect. ... Continue »

Played 10-20-19 with a group of GKers. Took advantage of the pre opening deal. Course is almost ready but could use a couple more weeks to fill in. Tee boxes were flat and nice. Bunkers were perfect. Greens were OK running a bit slower than what it will be later in the season. There were several spots in the fairways that hadn't grown in and should have been marked as ground under repair so no one played out of them but not the case. On cart scoring system was a huge frustration. Would take scores fine for a couple holes then we would have to go through a bunch of steps to get the scores to enter. We experienced a few other glitches. No starter and we didn't find out till the next day there was a closest to the pin competition and the simulator was closed when we got in. The staff went above and beyond to try and make up for some of the problems but kind of angry to know there were other contests going on.
Still love the course and will play again when the opportunity presents itself!

Met some good friends and GKers at the course on Sunday 10/20 for the pre-opening. It was cart path only- which sounded a lot easier than it was!! LOTS of walking. Fairways are for the most part looki... Continue »

Met some good friends and GKers at the course on Sunday 10/20 for the pre-opening. It was cart path only- which sounded a lot easier than it was!! LOTS of walking. Fairways are for the most part looking pretty good. Tee boxes were level and lush. Greens were mostly in good shape and breaking at every little bump. Fun! Some of the greens were still recovering from some kind of virus or something. Sand was beautiful- and I wish I didn't know that! This is a beautiful course and one of our favorites so we forgive it some of the idiosyncrasies that come from being baked to death all summer! The staff was friendly, some still learning the ropes. The management screwed up big time- they offered free tacos on the course if you came and played cart path only for the pre-opening, and then the taco makers closed up and left around 1. Right before we got to the 14th. Since our tee time was 9:51 it wasn't like we were a late group. We were later than we'd like to have been because of the slow group in front of us (would have loved a marshal to tickle them up somewhere on the round). BUT, and this is what separates this great course from a good course, several different people went above and beyond to make this snafu up to us! From a free beer to Alex taking our orders and delivering our tacos to us on the 18th it all helped to get soothe our feelings. They'll get the kinks worked out and I sure wouldn't hesitate to play here again any chance I get. Worth the drive! (7 hour round trip for us!)

Pre-opening special, complimentary tacos at the Ram shack, closest to the pin contests (on course and on a simulator featuring the 7th hole at Pebble beach) for free rounds, fun day! Weather was beaut... Continue »

Pre-opening special, complimentary tacos at the Ram shack, closest to the pin contests (on course and on a simulator featuring the 7th hole at Pebble beach) for free rounds, fun day! Weather was beautiful, cool in the morning warming up as the day went on with just slight easterly winds. The only thing I noticed that they changed was where the counter is located in the pro shop. On to the course conditions . . . Tees: level, a little furry (but everything was, more on that later), clean and ready for play Fairways: soft and in need of a trim, very little roll out, some areas need a bit more time to fill in, some rough spots here and there, but given the time of year and coming out of summer heat very nice (like usual) Rough: very consistent and plush Bunkers: good soft sand looking well maintained Greens: very good, medium fast (not lightening quick but some unexpected roll out on certain putts), rolling smooth and true, obviously no ball marks (I did fix a few fresh ones) the aprons and green edges were still filling in on some holes but nothing major Layout: fun and makes you think about proper positioning Facilities: fantastic, from the semi-hidden chipping green just past the first tee area to the putting green to the driving range loaded with pro b's, great warm up POP: just under 4 1/2 hrs, nice and relaxed Customer service: excellent, like always, only exception was when we finished and went in to try our hand at the simulator our bags were moved from our cart, they were placed with other bags along a bag rack, my rangefinder that was in the cart was set on someone else's bag next to mine and we had to go to the cart barn to retrieve my partners cell phone and the pro v's I had left in the cup holder. We got everything straightened out but in the future they need to tell people what they plan to do so one could collect all their things right away. Overall the course still needs a few nips and tucks to get back into the pristine condition we all know and love about Ram's Hill but it was still well worth the drive and the cost. The layout is fun, interesting and challenging without beating you up the whole round. I look forward to hearing about the course rounding into shape! *After seeing the rating number I would say it came out a bit low. I would put it more in the 7.5 to 8 range today.