Played a recent RPGC event on the home course and can't say that I was thrilled with the current course conditions. Unfortunately there are a lot of aspects of Rancho Park right now that have dropped ... Continue »

Played a recent RPGC event on the home course and can't say that I was thrilled with the current course conditions. Unfortunately there are a lot of aspects of Rancho Park right now that have dropped off significantly since prior visits.

Played from the blue tees and walked and already saw a lot of trouble on the first green. Quite simply, the greens right now are in pretty bad shape. They're bumpy. Picking your line is a guessing game with all of the ruts and damage. There's no consistency of speed. It's a real mess right now on the greens and I don't how it happened so quickly.

Fairways are okay in most high-traffic areas but there sure are a lot of new areas that could use some GUR flagging. A lot of thin and dirt areas just off the fairways on a lot of holes, plus a lot of mowed shavings everywhere to easily lose your ball. The bunkers were in good shape which was surprising, and the tee boxes were mostly okay being both level and decently covered with grass, but not surprisingly a few of them are quite beat up.

Playing in a tournament, the POP was actually moving pretty nicely throughout the round so that's about the best I can say. Unfortunately, not only was the snack shop at the 12th hole green closed on a busy day, but the vending machine next to it was completely empty. That's just lousy customer service when a lot of golfers know the layout and look forward to that nice refueling station before tackling the last half-dozen or so holes. Disappointing.

I'm more than certain that Rancho Park will get its act together again soon, especially when it comes to the greens, but I would certainly not recommend it right at this moment. There are just too many factors that are not up to their usual standards at this moment.