Played on 11.05.2025. Never played here, and probably won't again. The greens had been top dressed a day or two before but that wasn't dsiclosed until check in.

Sand in the bunkers was inconsistent. There were footprints from the day before as they "softened" from a light overnight rain. Some fws were typical muni conditi9ns, which was shocking considering the price point.

The first 6 holes and final 4 are on the west side of 30. Lots of resort traffic and shopping district congestion, so not exactly the relaxing Hawaiian golf experinece aroumd that part of the course. No real stand out holes, however, 18 is one of the toughest finishers I've ever played.

Overall, the course and facility looks and feels tired. For the exact same price point, Wailea is a far better overall experience. I can't recommend the Royal as it does not reflect value for money for what you get.

Played here after the PGA tournament, with a quick 1 night stay at the resort so rate was 275. Overall, I echo the comments of all the people earlier in the year.

Fairways and greens were in great condition and they seemed to have fixed the divots that I'm sure the pros would have left. Putts are quick and rolled true. The bunkers had a ton of fluffy sand for most of them, so it can be hard to play if you're used to munis. Our mandatory forecaddie was okay. I got lucky and the weather was perfect with no wind and mild temperatures but heard that it can get windy at times.

The course can be kind of narrow in the sense that if you barely miss the fairway and hit it in the lava rocks that surround the fairway, then it's random whether it bounces back or you lose your ball, so it's super easy to have a ton of lost balls.

I like the conditions and layout of the course overall. But the pace of play is absolutely brutal. They're completely full on the tee sheet and the caddie said that most rounds all day are 5+ hours for however long he's worked there. My guess is from lots of lost balls and also they have a couple of very very short drivable par 4s so everyone has to wait for the group in front to clear out before teeing off.

The unlimited free food/drinks/snacks are quite nice. Includes tacos/meat bowls/chips/powerade/etc. (No free alcohol but beers seemed to be on sale.)

I do plan to go back because the course is great, but that pace of play likely won't resolve itself because it's an intrinsic course issue. They just started construction on a ton of houses by the course so in the future, the holes will be lined with houses instead of the current great scenery of just the surrounding mountains. Most of the players seemed to be local Utah residents and once the houses fill up (they already pre-sold most of them according to the broker), likely a lot of them will become members who will take up the tee sheet, turning it in something like Entrada long-term where it would cater more to members than the general public.

Happy to report that the South course overseed has progressed nicely since my last update. Fairways are now about 8/10 with good coverage except for the normal "Indian burial ground" spots where nothing seems to grow. Fortunately, these are small in size and can easily be resodded if desired. One truckload needed for entire course, whereas a few weeks ago it would have been one per hole.

Greens are the highlight of the course. Very fast, firming up nicely, but ball will still check up. You can now play a variety of pitch and chip shots instead of just flying the ball to the hole.

Sand depth is more even now. Tees are lush.

Lot of fun to play. CPO restrictions on about 4 holes. Slows down play by about 30 min.

Note: Had to fill out detail form first to be able to comment. Visited last Sunday 11/2/25 only to visit the club house and range facilities. Ended up spending 4 hrs. on 2 different practice ranges, 2 separate putting greens and near by chipping/trap practice area. Fantastic 5 star grounds conditions! All on grass of course. Practice only was $ 40.00 for unlimited access and balls unlimited. New balls all yellow. You get given a golf cart down by the starter area with your clubs already mounted via the bag drop. These people know the meaning of hospitality. Views from the Pro shop, banquet hall, Restaurant/bar are to behold, particularly looking down from the terraced outdoor sitting/dinning area. Cool stadium type view of golf course! Want to drop your handicap? Go practice here.

Golf has gotten expensive in the LBC. Paying $85-100 to play here is painful. Im quite familiar with this course, been playing here for 12 years, yet the place hasn't improved ever. Always just ok -- fairways are alright, rough doesn't really exist much, or is very patchy. I think basic maintenance is all that they do here. That would be fine if the cost was lower, the idea of playing here on a Saturday, taking 5.5-6 hours and paying nearly $100, frankly sucks. I'd rather pay an extra 20-50 to play a higher tier course. Mid-week, walking?, yea, I'll still do that out of nostalgia and if I need to stay close in the area (my daughter lives down there), otherwise, meh, treat yourself to someplace better.

I've played here a few times this summer -- while this place is a bit most pricey than others, I think its worth the cost. Real great layout, nice views, interesting holes that provide the right amount of challenge. The folks here are real nice as well, they aren't anti-flipflop (ok, Ive been catching up on writing all my reviews tonight, so a common theme is how no one except Rustic Canyon has cared if I played in flip-flops). I really like this course, but the $150 is right at that point where I have to treat-myself to play here -- or just work the variable pricing model and pick different days/times to play. I don't like to plan too far ahead but would do so in order to play here more often.

Played for the first time on July 19th -- just getting around to writing a review. I was very impressed by the course. The architecture of the place feels like the 80s -- if y'all recall Rancho Park before they started to renovate the clubhouse, its a lot like that. So that kinda felt "old", yet was very clean and immaculate with how they care for the place. The cost is a bit more than I'd like (~100 weekday, ~125 weekend), and the drive is far for me, so this can't be too regular of a place for me. Yet I like that I found a wonderful course that's not quite the price of Oak Quarry, doesn't require me to drive all the way to the desert, and was real chill, a lot of fun, and a great challenge. And unlike Rustic Canyon, they thought I was cool cause I can shoot under 80 wearing flip flops (see my RC review for why I'm annoyed at those folks having to control everyone). Will def be playing her more often.

After posting my negative review of Rustic, I felt I needed to come here and drop another review for SP -- also it seems its been since July someone last did. I play here often, several times a month, so I have built that bias of loving my "home course" (even though I live in West LA). Its worth the drive to come here -- it takes about an hour for me to get anywhere else any way (any LBC course, or Pacific Palms or Oak Quarry or Goose Creek), so an extra 20-30 min to get to Ojai is worth it. The course is cheap -- almost a steal -- and they put a lot of work into maintaining the course. The improvements that have been made in the last 5-6 years makes this course one of the best public courses in the Ventura/LA area. Add on to that the great food they have at the course, as well as all the nice place to enjoy in the town, this is a destination that y'all should consider to be a habit and not just an occasional treat.

Played Rustic for the first time on 10/21/25. I gotta say, I wasn't that impressed. This course is suggested to me a lot, and appeared in Golf.com's Top 100 best public courses, yet I found it very meh. For the price, its alright I suppose, better than any of the Long Beach or LA public courses (which I refuse to play now they've gotten so poor and expensive). But I do have some issues: (1) the layout is rather boring. Essentially its two holes, side by side, stretched out above and below the clubhouse. More than once I aimed my shot at the wrong green. (2) the fairways were alright, yet it was brown everywhere else, and mostly flat. (3) they've got some pretty aggressive set of "rules" as to how you should behave and such (see the website, lots of threats about being kicked off the course, or having to pay extra fess etc..) (4) the layout is boring. Parallel fairways, no real flow through the course, each tee box the question is "ok, which one's the green for this hole? I see 3". (4) they wouldn't let me play in my flip flops. I put on actual shoes and walked, which was fine, yet I thought we were past holding on to these old-school rules about attire. No one (Oak Quarry, Goose Creek, Pacific Palms) has ever cared about what I wore when I played. Honestly, I'm kinda irritated by the whole experience as I expected so much more. There's no way you can tell me this course is better than Soule Park in Ojai -- a course that gets compared to Rustic Canyon often, and frankly, shouldn't belong. Compare Rustic to one of those Oxnard or Ventura courses instead. And the Golf.com folks must've skipped playing Soule Park cause there's no way this place belongs on their top 100 list without SP being ranked higher. I wanted to find a comparable place to SP, and thought this was supposed to be it.

Played today and after 1 week very little improvement is apparent in course conditions.

Fairways are not mowed and very wet conditions on many of them prevail. They are not even drying out in many areas. The middle of # 18 is a muddy mess.

Nice new sand in almost all the traps now. Very playable. But no one still rakes the traps. Unbelievable.

Greens need mowing and rolling. They are the slowest I have ever seen them.

Tee boxes are also in need of mowing and at least you can get a tee in the ground.

For a course that is under the control of Troon I really don't understand why conditions are so lacking in improvement after all the aertion they did last month.

Pace of play is pathetic unless you are one of the first 3 to 4 groups out in the AM.

I played here November 2. The course is amazing as always. The course conditions are exceptional.

I played there November 3. I've probably played this course 40 times and it always amazes me at how green the course is. It was a little windy but that's golf