Played yesterday morning with friends. I normally love the course but current costs don’t equivocate to the conditions. I understand you have to aerate, but fairways weren’t cut, no roll and being ... Continue »

Played yesterday morning with friends. I normally love the course but current costs don’t equivocate to the conditions. I understand you have to aerate, but fairways weren’t cut, no roll and being a senior that doesn’t hit the ball as far as he once did, hitting longer irons and fairway woods hitting into very slow greens making the course even more challenging. That’s on me. Pace of play, a little longer than normal due to one very slow foursome that I was told letting other foursomes play thru. Nothing a week or so won’t cure.

Played here today with a 2:20 time, riding for $69. Paired with a threesome of fun guys and we started right on time. Pace was amazing for a Rustic weekend afternoon; we'd finished the front nine in j... Continue »

Played here today with a 2:20 time, riding for $69. Paired with a threesome of fun guys and we started right on time. Pace was amazing for a Rustic weekend afternoon; we'd finished the front nine in just a little over two hours, and then the back was a little slower. Total POP a smidge over 4.5 hours and plenty of daylight left on a gorgeous afternoon. A nice breeze kept temperatures tolerable. Three or four holes were CPO.

Conditions are good and the entire course is exceptionally green for how hot it's been lately. Greens are smooth, medium speed, and medium firmness, accepting full shots well. Fairways are very lush and provided good lies all day. Rough is thicker than normal for here and actually slowed offline shots down from going into the native areas. The only bunker I was in was (I think) a waste bunker and it was pretty compacted where my ball was, although a playing partner had no issue with his shot just a few feet away. Blue tee boxes were mostly good but did have lots of divots.

Definitely recommended.

Rode the blues this morning with my buddy Mark joined by 2 nice singles. Pop was 4 hrs 40 minutes on a packed course. We had a 1.5 club swirling wind for most of the day under sunny skies with temps i... Continue »

Rode the blues this morning with my buddy Mark joined by 2 nice singles. Pop was 4 hrs 40 minutes on a packed course. We had a 1.5 club swirling wind for most of the day under sunny skies with temps in the low 70s. Rustic just finished their range renovations and the turf on the range your hitting into looks tour quality. They did a beautiful job. New target flags and they had players hitting off grass. Chipping green grass super lush and putting green as usual in great shape. The winter rains have made everything so lush and green. Great fairway conditions 8/10. Greens recently received maintenance almost 4 weeks ago according to an employee and they are very healthy, shining with little to no ball mark damage. Uphillers are slower than normal but downhillers can still get away from you. Rated 8/10 Greenside rough 9/10 very thick and lush Fairway rough is decent in the 7/10 range just off the fairways Not in any bunkers today. Tees were level, lush and in great shape 8/10 Everything from the challenge to great conditions and layout are all the reason this gets recognized by golf magazine and others as a must play. Always recommending it to everyone I know.

Walked the blues on my home course with my buddy Matt this afternoon 5/1/2023 joined by a grandson 22 years old and his grandpa at 89 years young!! Impressive to see the grandpa who only played 9 hol... Continue »

Walked the blues on my home course with my buddy Matt this afternoon 5/1/2023 joined by a grandson 22 years old and his grandpa at 89 years young!! Impressive to see the grandpa who only played 9 holes hit some good running drives and some nice putts..inspiring. We had about a one club breeze most of the round and had a nice POP around 4 hrs 5 minutes.

They are doing major construction currently on the range and have temporary nets up. Such friendly staff in the proshop and they do have a nice chipping area and putting green to practice on.

Rustic is in great shape!

The fairways from all the rain we have had are very lush, green and in great shape! Very nice lies. Rated 8/10

Greens are smooth, medium paced and holding irons very nicely. I feel at current time they might be putting slower than normal uphill but you still need precision putting and chipping sidehill and downhill. Rated 8/10.

Tees lush, level and in good shape. Rated 8/10.

Was not in any bunkers.

Rough just off the fairways has improved some from my last round here and is thicker than it normally is. Rated 7/10. Greenside rough is always in amazing shape. 9/10.

So lucky to have this course so close. Highly recommended.

Feels like it's time to update conditions at Rustic. Got out yesterday as a walking single along with 3 others, all walking. Just an absolutely perfect day. The sun was out, it wasn't hot, the wind wa... Continue »

Feels like it's time to update conditions at Rustic. Got out yesterday as a walking single along with 3 others, all walking. Just an absolutely perfect day. The sun was out, it wasn't hot, the wind was probably in the 5-10mph range. Greens are definitely back to rolling fast again, but on the firmer side. The dormant fairways have sprung back to life and are looking gorgeously green with generous roll out on tee shots again. Tee boxes are in great shape, rough is thick and lush in places, especially the collars around the bunkers where you're basically left to simply take a hack to get back into play. Didn't hit a bunker (close tho!) but the sand looks pretty hard for what it's worth. POP yesterday was probably the best I've ever experienced it, about 4.5 with no waiting at all and no one behind our group for at least 1.5 holes. Might have been an Easter thing! So glad to finally have gotten some decent weather and taken advantage of the course looking so good. definitely get back out there if you haven't played it in a while. hope it's a sign of come for some wonderful spring golf ahead!

Played here today with a 12:30 tee time booked a few weeks ahead of time at their premium rate for times booked 2+ weeks ahead. That was the first twilight time at $54 and then I paid $16 more at chec... Continue »

Played here today with a 12:30 tee time booked a few weeks ahead of time at their premium rate for times booked 2+ weeks ahead. That was the first twilight time at $54 and then I paid $16 more at check-in for a cart, despite the course playing as Cart Path Only today. (I would prefer to walk here but I'm having an issue with my foot when I walk courses lately.) No takers on my Meet & Play, so I got paired with a twosome and another single, a fun group. For Rustic playing CPO on a weekend, pace was surprisingly decent at just about 4:45 total. There were a couple annoying instances with CPO where the GPS mapping is poorly done and it would lock up my cart thinking I was off the path when I wasn't.

There are signs posted all over the place that Ventura County is installing a reclaimed water line through the golf course property and it sounds like they are at the county's mercy on it and have no control over it. It says they'll try to minimize disruption of golf, but ultimately it's out of their hands. There were big tractors parked between 10 green and 11 tee and a sign behind 10 tee saying the black and blue tees for 11 were closed, but I think that only applies when the workers are present. The tee markers were out so I played from the normal blue tee box.

Conditions are mixed and wintry. Greens are smooth, medium speed and quite accepting of full shots. My playing partners said all the recent rain has the greens much slower than they were a few weeks ago. The rain also has the large collars around the greens playing too soft. I thought I hit a perfect shot into 18 landing about 10 yards short of the green and it just grabbed and stopped right there. Fairways are dormant and some have little sprouts of green grass in clusters, giving them a bit of an unkempt appearance. They play pretty good, though, offering mostly tight lies. Not a whole lot of rough to speak of except around the greens. Bunkers were decent but several had no rakes for some reason (these weren't waste bunkers). Blue tee boxes were mixed; some had lots of divots and others were pretty good.

Overall it was another glorious day at Rustic. (I almost holed out from around 240 yards on 16, where my downhill 3-wood into the wind approach shot stopped about 12 inches from the cup. That was fun.)

P.S. Had the "Oink" Burger in the snack shop before the round. Really tasty!

had a post storm round sun 2/26, definitely wasn't expecting the course to be in top shape considering the downpour we'd gotten lately but was surprised to find that with the exception of many bunkers... Continue »

had a post storm round sun 2/26, definitely wasn't expecting the course to be in top shape considering the downpour we'd gotten lately but was surprised to find that with the exception of many bunkers which turned into actual water hazards, the course drained nicely. Fairways are winter conditions, a few more divots out there than i'd seen in the past, but generally in good shape. even with all the rain it didn't affect rollout too much, and i was surprised to not find it very muddy at all. greens were probably most affected as they were very soft and a little spongy which made it hard to judge speeds as it seemed to vary by hole. tee boxes were in mostly good and lush condition. enjoyed walking the hanse tees on a overcast day with a chilly breeze. surprised it was a 5 hour round because there was minimal waiting, pace was actually good so i'd recommend walking so you're not just waiting on every shot. Even when the course isn't in the best shape it's still a ton of fun.

So after T R I went to Rustic Canyon. Got right out with a great group. Course is in winter condition (fairways brown) but they give a great roll out. Until the wind comes up, which it did when we hit... Continue »

So after T R I went to Rustic Canyon. Got right out with a great group. Course is in winter condition (fairways brown) but they give a great roll out. Until the wind comes up, which it did when we hit the back 9. Great downwind, difficult into it. Tee boxes all fine. Traps playable. Greens played fast and gave one a run for their money all round. Great customer service in the shop. Sr rate $45with card.

Walked the blues yesterday 12/26/2022 teeing off around 10:35am joined by a nice threesome of guys from Orange County area who were very fun to play with. Our POP was 4 hrs 45 minutes on a packed day ... Continue »

Walked the blues yesterday 12/26/2022 teeing off around 10:35am joined by a nice threesome of guys from Orange County area who were very fun to play with. Our POP was 4 hrs 45 minutes on a packed day for golf and perfect weather 75 degrees some clouds with mixed sunshine and not a breath of wind. Fairways are firming up and producing more run out like the course is designed for. Even 16 and 18 fairways which are historically lusher had some nice rollout. Need to compress irons even more this time of year at Rustic. Visually they are more brown than lush but still provide adequate playing conditions. Rated 6.5/10 Greens are fantastic. Rolling smooth and firm but still not as fast as I am used to on this course. Holding high Irons nicely. Rated 8/10. Tees are beautiful, lush and level and in good shape. Rated 8/10. Was in bunker just in front of 1 green that had a nice soft base underneath and easy to splash out of. Rated 7/10 Greenside rough is still in its lush stellar 9/10 shape. Fairway rough can vary from lush, to thin to hardpan depending on the hole and area. Fringes are firming up some but are still soft in many places. I commend the course as they have done a great job in fixing many problem areas on every hole in the fringe area other than front left side of #13. Today was an epic weather day at Rustic. The three guys I was playing with had never played Rustic and can't wait to come back. Highly recommended