Rancho San Marcos Golf Course

GK Guru Visit Rancho San Marcos Golf Course Santa Barbara California

Reviewed by: Alex326, Monterey, Ca

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When I got the email to join the others to play Rancho San Marcos, I immediately replied back that I was in. I didn’t even bother to check the date or what else I had going on that day (today). It’s one of those courses that when you get a chance to play, you go play it. In fact I worked the night before, got off in the morning, drove 3 hours to the course, played 27, drove 3 hrs back to go to work. In addition to the great course conditions and super fun layout, it’s all about location location, location!

Background

RSM is located in the Santa Ynez mountain region just east of Solvang and north of Santa Barbara. I used to come to this area a few times a year for cycling both having a national mountain bike race in the Firestone ranch down the road and for road cycling (got admit it was nice when they shut down Hwy 154). The area is a great little wine retreat getaway that has fantastic weather most of the year. Playing here today has rekindled my love for this area. Before, I always enjoyed coming down to play Rancho San Marcos because it was a great track. Today was more about a great setting with a golf course in it. I’ve already started planning on when I can come back down with the wife, bikes and dog for a long weekend.

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If you are a wine connoisseur who like to play golf this place needs to be on your bucket list. Same goes for those cyclists out there (Kevin) who like to tee it up in the afternoon after a morning spin.

The Review

Conditions wise, GDR23 was spot on in that everything is an 8-8.5 right now. Just flat out excellent conditions all around. The greens were stingy with the birdies today but that just adds to the challenge. Almost all breaks were predictable and the greens were rolling true, they just had enough of a challenge that we couldn’t drop the putts. Greens were receptive to approach shots giving all players several looks throughout the day.

Again the course is fantastic shape and well worth a weekend getaway.

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