Soule Park Golf Course

Golf Course Review Soule Park Golf Course Ojai California

Reviewed by: bnr1986, both coasts

Played here 10/22 before 8 am as a walking single. caught up to a group on 8 & went through. thus finishing around 10:45. For $32, there may not be a better deal in golf. Played the back tees & although the card says par 72, I’d say its more like a par 70, even arguably a 69.

4/5/18 are par 5s a single digit should hit in 2 in today’s game. regardless, it’s a great experience and much fun, call all 3 those holes par 4.5’s if you will.

Additionally the 6th hole is a great 230+ par 3 and they even have a grown over tee box that would make the hole 285-300, and in that case it’d be a great short par 4. Although 9 isn’t too long, that’s 1 thing this course lacks in comparison to rustic canyon is a good short par 4.

Yes 9 says 333 from back, but playing uphill, it plays longer to an awesome green. Overall, you have well designed memorable holes here. 10’s a strong downhill par 3, 14-16 is a very challenging stretch and in totality you can see the great work Gil Hanse did here on Billy Bell course bones. I see why it’s called the “sister” course to rustic canyon.

Although I was staying over at OVI, I came here to play instead. Can’t say enough good things about my Soule Park experience.

Coyote Hills Golf Course

Golf Course Review Coyote Hills Golf Course Fullerton California

Reviewed by: Nickesquire, Rancho Mirage, CA
5.63Rode the Coyote tees (6510/72.1/134) in 4H, 20M early morning using Forelinx. Played as a single sandwiched between multiple 4somes on each side. Provided the opportunity to hit lots of practice shots with new irons. The weather was nice, 70’s, clear and fairly calm.

Tight, tough layout up/down rolling hills with numerous forced carries. Like the layout overall. Would be a beast to walk with the hills and the distance between many holes. Because of the tightness and many holes playing downhill, I hit long irons on about half the par 4’s with good results.

Tees were the weakest area. Numerous looked like they were recently reseeded and were furry.

Fairways played nice, good coverage but not lush. 90% were firm with plenty of roll, 10% were squishy from an abundance of morning watering.

Rough more hit and miss. Good coverage, could be 1″ or 3+” within a relatively small area.

Traps well maintained with good quality sand. Firm, which was nice on full fairway shots, not as much green-side.

Greens rolled great. Softest greens I have played in awhile, huge ball marks and irons backing up was a consistent theme. Medium fast bordering on fast and smooth. The greens here are challenging, large and if you are on the wrong side, plenty of potentially nasty putts. One green (15?) was in poor condition with numerous areas they were trying to patch, but the other 17 were very good.

Busy driving range, friendly and courteous check-in/starter staff. Drink cart out and around several times and plenty of water stations on the course. Solid layout. Would not pay rack rate, but recommended if you get a deal.

Rancho San Marcos Golf Course

Golf Course Review Rancho San Marcos Golf Course Santa Barbara California

Reviewed by: GDR23, Thousand Oaks

Had the entire day to play today so decided to cruise up to RSM for 36 holes today with my buddy RGM2525. Based on the wind conditions in Moorpark and surrounding valley areas RSM was a good call in that regard. I played earlier here in the Spring and always enjoy the peace and quiet vibe and layout at RSM.

We teed off at 8:25am for our first round riding the black tees. Our POP passing one group was 3 hours for our first nine. Our second 18 holes we also came in around 3 hours passing 2 more groups.

RSM has a huge range with Titleist range balls and a very nice chipping/sand practice area and huge putting green that like the greens on the course were in great shape.

The greens here are in beautiful shape rolling pure with little to no ball-marks. Quick putting wise yet holding irons with spin like darts. Many big undulating greens here that were a pleasure to putt on and play. Rated 8/10.

Fairways were firmer this time of year vs in the spring. Would say 25% lush, 75% brown and firm. Tons of roll if you have a low trajectory ball with your driver. Rated 6.5/10. Thought the fairways were tight but still playable.

Was only in two green-side bunkers for 36 holes on Number #2 and number #18 which contained just enough sand. My playing partner found his fair share which were firmer and maybe needed some more sand.

Tees are un-level like last reviewer stated. You could always usually find a level stance after hunting but most boxes need to be leveled some. Thought the tee boxes though were lush and looked good as far as lushness was concerned. Tee rating 6.5/10

The poorest part of the course was some of the chipping areas around the green. Many were hard-pan, muddy, thin or sometimes bare depending on where you landed. Rated 5/10.

Staff was great, great challenging layout from the back tees and the greens were great.

I also must add that I can see many players falling into the category of not wanting to play the black tees at almost 7000 yds and not wanting to play the whites at 6278 yds. A blue tee box(6500-6800) option is very needed out here.

Would highly recommend this layout and conditioning of the greens which are great. Had a great time. Thanks RSM!