Longtime lurker been in and out of the game thought I'd post a review from our visit last week. Great playing conditions, fun layout, lots of up and down hills, huge greens well protected by sand trap... Continue »

Longtime lurker been in and out of the game thought I'd post a review from our visit last week. Great playing conditions, fun layout, lots of up and down hills, huge greens well protected by sand traps, good service - its now on my course to play list when up here. Thank you for the recommendation GK.

Played the morning of 9/1. PoP was pretty poor at 4:45 (more about that below). The course is in really good shape overall. Very lush & green as opposed to the bone-dry surrounding hills & makes for... Continue »

Played the morning of 9/1. PoP was pretty poor at 4:45 (more about that below). The course is in really good shape overall. Very lush & green as opposed to the bone-dry surrounding hills & makes for a great contrast. I played it last weekend at the same time in the morning & the fairways were soggy & squishy, like it was winter. This time around, they were much firmer & provided good roll-out. Hopefully they keep it more on the firm side through fall.

The Greens - 6.5/10. Medium/Fast & soft. Some of the greens are pretty chewed up & most had more ball marks than usual. Definitely due for an aeration. Certainly not the usual quality.

The Fairways - 8.5/10. Very lush with no thin or brown spots. Great roll-out & perfect lies. Me Likey!

Sand Traps - 7.5/10. Nice, firm sand in the bunkers. Well maintained.

Tee Boxes - 7/10. A couple of the par three tees were chewed up, but overall good.

Super nice Starter, who did a great job of explaining the local rules & also told us they are striving to bring the Pace of Play down to 4:16. I'm glad they are acknowledging the slow-play issue, as I've experienced nearly 5 hour rounds 2 weeks in a row, while teeing off before 8am! Hopefully they can get a handle on this issue.

Overall, this course is one of the best deals in Northern California in terms of Cost/Conditions. It's a fantastic layout, in above average shape, at a very affordable green fee. If they can give the greens a little TLC & speed up the PoP, Rancho Solano would get a solid 9, in my book.

Love this course. Big greens leading to some challenging putts. Nice variety of holes. Good course conditions.

Love this course. Big greens leading to some challenging putts. Nice variety of holes. Good course conditions.

Little late on my review, apologies! Played 9/12 with Johnny GK, BGarcelon & Alex326. Really great group & it was an absolute pleasure to tee it up with these guys.

As previously stated, the cour... Continue »

Little late on my review, apologies! Played 9/12 with Johnny GK, BGarcelon & Alex326. Really great group & it was an absolute pleasure to tee it up with these guys.

As previously stated, the course is solid: Great conditions, the layout is fun & interesting with a mix of elevation changes, doglegs & water. The greens are the defining feature of the course, just huge, medium-fast & undulating. You can easily leave yourself 100-ft+ putts on multiple greens & leaving your ball above the hole is a problem.

The staff were very friendly & the beverage cart came around at good intervals. Didn't get food, but Alex had a breakfast burrito that looked delicious & was about the size of the greens out there. Pretty sure it took care of his breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Great course, great time! Will definitely be back soon.

Way Ovedue!

Spent the morning with Johnny, Alex, and BSF a couple Wednesday's ago at Rancho Solano. This is my favorite course outside of the East Bay as its pretty easy to get to and offers a good... Continue »

Way Ovedue!

Spent the morning with Johnny, Alex, and BSF a couple Wednesday's ago at Rancho Solano. This is my favorite course outside of the East Bay as its pretty easy to get to and offers a good challenge while also being fun.

It's known to many as the Home of the 3Putt! Huge greens, pretty firm and decent speed...

The course was in great shape overall. Checkin was easy... and the grill was clean.

Just a hop, skip and jump off 80 if your traveling between SF and Sacramento

Played Rancho Solano on 9/12 with the GK crew. This was my first time playing here and What a fun course! Track has elevation changes, water features and great conditions throughout!! Course desig... Continue »

Played Rancho Solano on 9/12 with the GK crew. This was my first time playing here and What a fun course! Track has elevation changes, water features and great conditions throughout!! Course design offers the option of grip it and rip it without too much risk of being heavily punished. Yet it has enough trees and water hazards to keep you honest and make less than driver a viable option at times.

Greens are HUGE and have several big undulations throughout. Three putts are easy to do on these greens. All but a couple of greens were in fantastic shape rolling smooth at a medium-slow pace. Just a couple of greens had some brown spots on the edges but again the greens are so big the brown spots were 40-50 feet away from the pins

Green side bunkers had excellent soft fluffy sand. Tee boxes were flat and lush and the cart gal came around a number of times.

I really enjoyed this course and highly recommend it.

Every year I like to make a drive up to Fairfield, CA from SoCal and play 36 with GK’ers at Rancho Solano and Paradise Valley. Just a couple of very fun tracks that are always in great shape when I pl... Continue »

Every year I like to make a drive up to Fairfield, CA from SoCal and play 36 with GK’ers at Rancho Solano and Paradise Valley. Just a couple of very fun tracks that are always in great shape when I play them. Starting with Rancho Solano.

Joined by GK’ers BSF, Alex326 and BGarcelon we teed it up 7:24am and finished in little over 4 hours with no waiting. Great time! Was a beautiful morning in low 60’s when we teed off which felt wonderful to me having played Sunday in desert in 100+ temps. The golf course was in excellent condition.

Greens, running mostly smooth, medium speed (although being they are huge, with big undulations plus some severely sloped you need to be very careful on those downhillers).

Fairways, lush with good lies all day, that is when I found the fairways, was pretty wild off the tee.

Rough, fescue, mostly lush, cut down in most places to only an inch or two above the fairway height. In some places greenside higher but being I’ve been living in Bermuda or Kikuyu rough this summer, was sure nice to be able to slice through the fescue and make some great pitch shots.

Bunkers, good shape, quality light brown sand with coarse texture. Being the course was a little damp in the morning there were some tough plugged ball shots out there I saw in my group.

Tee boxes, lush, mostly level, not much divot damage.

As for the layout, I love this golf course. HUGE fun greens that I mentioned above. Hilly yet not over the top. Beautiful surroundings. Holes rarely parallel each other and challenge you with great variety. Mostly elevated tees with demanding shots. Water hazards and trees are the golf course’s main defense outside of the difficult big greens. Some challenging long par 3’s as well as short ones. Dogleg left’s and right’s but overall I think the course favors a draw. Hole #11 is my favorite and depending on the tees you play you either need to hit a big drive to get to the edge of the large lake or layup. Either way you’ll have a very fun shot to hit over a big lake to a gorgeous green. Get your camera out.

Beautiful big clubhouse. Excellent service. Treated very well throughout the experience. Saw the cart girl numerous times. Good hot dog at the turn. Alex got the breakfast burrito and it looked very tasty. I might have to try that next time.

Highly Recommended!

I played Rancho Solano with Johnny GK & CIT on 7/20. Part of a 36 hole day up in Fairfield.

We tee'd off promptly at 7:15AM, weather was perfect in the high 60's with just a hint of a breeze.

Ra... Continue »

I played Rancho Solano with Johnny GK & CIT on 7/20. Part of a 36 hole day up in Fairfield.

We tee'd off promptly at 7:15AM, weather was perfect in the high 60's with just a hint of a breeze.

Rancho Solano is tucked into the hills between Fairfield and the Green Valley area. It's about a 5 min drive off Interstate 80 which makes it very accessible to anyone headed to Sacramento or San Francisco from the Valley, and only 20 minutes from the 680/24/4 corridor.

The course was in great shape, from the tees thru the greens. From the blue tees the course runs around 6500yds. You don't need to be long off the tee to score here.

The fairways are very accessible and fair, with some mild to aggressive doglegs.

Once you get to the greens the game changes. The greens are very large with many contours, ridges, and tiers. The pin placement for the day made for some challenging putts. Your short game will make or break you here.

I really enjoy this course and the unique challenge of the green complex's.

That was a fast track last week for me with all the GK Guru rounds and GK Plays to run but finally catching up.

My first round of the trip started at Rancho Solano Golf Course Thursday morning, 7:... Continue »

That was a fast track last week for me with all the GK Guru rounds and GK Plays to run but finally catching up.

My first round of the trip started at Rancho Solano Golf Course Thursday morning, 7:16am, with BGarcelon and Cit. I loved this course for the first time playing it with it's huge challenging greens, elevation changes, doglegs, great variety of holes and fair/demanding tee shots. I loved it again. Course was in great shape. Greens again the highlight, smooth, moderately fast and firm. Fairways and rough lush with just a few brown areas. Bunkers firm but playable. Tee boxes lush in good shape. I snapped a bunch of photos I just posted. Rancho Solano Golf Course is known in the area as 4-putt capital of the world. I believe it if they had the greens running fast. There are lots of shelves on the greens, especially the back halves of them, where big trouble brews. When you see a blue pin, go after it. You’re better off over the green than short on it.

Friendly staff, nice big clubhouse, fast pace of play, the golf course is also known as one of the best values in NorCal. Highly Recommended.