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Golf Course Review Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Rams Hill Golf Club

Golf Course Review Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Reviewed by: 24hourgolf, San Marino
Played today early to beat the heat. Which really never came, making it a great day in the desert.

Golf Playing Conditions 8.99 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 8.99 GREAT

The course is in fabulous condition. As others have noted. Having played here numerous times, I wanted to get back here before it closed.

Tee boxes fine.

Fairways nice with good roll (never had a bad lie).

Rough was manageable but stayed out all round.

Greens were just wonderful all round in chipping/putting holding shots.

Customer service is excellent at Rams Hill. Even found a silver lining regarding the virus  — Traffic down and the return trip was outstanding. It may be a long drive for many of us? But I cannot imagine you will complain to much should you play here.

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Golf Course Review Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Rams Hill Golf Club

Golf Course Review Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Reviewed by: blakej824, Tustin

Golf Playing Conditions 8.92 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 8.92 GREAT

Walked the blacks yesterday in just about 4 hours on a picture perfect day.

Staff was incredible as always, and as previously noted is out bringing ice cold water out to golfers on the course which is just A+.

Not much to add to the previous detailed reviews, the course is in EPIC shape. Some over watered fairways as mentioned and the greens were a bit slow for my liking but everything was deep green and smooth.

Cannot wait to return.

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Golf Course Review Rams Hills Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Rams Hill Golf Club

Golf Course Review Rams Hills Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Reviewed by: apisarski, Costa Mesa
After not playing golf for the last few months I got the invite to join my brother Matt, Tim, and Jim to play a round yesterday 5/10/20 at Rams Hill. I have only played this track a few times in December for the GK Play events, so I was interested to see spring conditions. As we pulled up to the course we were asked to wear a mask in the clubhouse and we had our temp scanned.

They give you a wristband that show you are good to go. All the staff was extremely friendly as usual.

Kitchen for to go food and drinks. Got an amazing breakfast burrito and headed to the range. Range was immaculate as always and it is always nice to warm up with the ProV1 range balls. After remembering how to swing, I headed over to the practice green to to see if the putter still worked and met up with the rest of the group.

The Review

Golf Playing Conditions 8.92 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 8.92 GREAT

We teed off in individual carts and off we went. Pace of play was fantastic at just under 4 hours and we never waited on a hole. As we headed off down the fairway to hit our second shots, we noticed no coolers or sand to fill divots in the carts.

After landing in a fairway bunker I had to foot rake my steps the best i could as rakes were pulled to make sure no Covid could be spread. If you landed in someones foot or swing mark, you received a free drop. Bunkers were mostly fluffy white sand with exception to one damp bunker I found.

Fairways were perfect with no bare spots and hardly any discoloring from the recent heat wave. Tee boxes were lush and flat and occasionally wet from morning watering. Rough was short and not too penal.

Greens were firm but receptive and not too fast. Made for good reads and only one or two 3 putts for the group. Also Rams hill has added these ball retrieve devices to the cups so you can lift you ball out with your putter. Pretty slick and helps the old back when you pick up you ball. I personally hope these are adopted by more courses in the future.

Final Thoughts

All in all great day with a good group on a great course. Rams Hill is a must play right now as their season wraps up next month. Get out there and play a round before summer heat really sets in. Next week looks to be in the mid 80’s.

One thing I forgot is they had a an employee wearing PPE driving the course delivering ice cold waters every few holes. This was fantastic and made the nearly 100 degree heat completely manageable. Every time I play Rams Hill I’m truly impressed by quality of the course and the staff. I cant wait to go back. – ALEX

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Golf Course Review Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Rams Hill Golf Club

Golf Course Review Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Reviewed by: Andrew1, Ontario, Cal.

Golf Playing Conditions 7.36 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 7.36 GREAT

Played on Nov 2nd. Couldn’t ask for a better day to play.

The Course is great shape but with a exceptions of just a few Dry Spots on some of the fairways as well as close to some greens.

Driving Range in great conditions with all you can hit for free ranges balls.

Other than that the Course is ready for the “Greenskeeper” crowd come December. Plenty of good sand in all bunkers, Tee Boxes in good shape and the greens in great condition.

Customer Service was outstanding as always.

Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California GK Plays
Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California GK Plays
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Rams Hill Golf Club

Golf Course Review Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Reviewed by: rudyclub, San Diego
Played 2/3/19 Grabbed a HD for 10 am. POP just under 4 hrs.
Fairway’s were perfect. Emerald green & lush. Ball sat perfectly.

Playing Conditions 8.75 GREAT
Playing Conditions 8.75 GREAT

Rough was no big deal. Easy to get out of with little issue. Traps were in great condition & consistent. Tees Lush & level. The only less than perfect were the greens. They were mostly in good to great shape. Looked a little rough, but actually ran smooth with good roll at a little over medium pace. But many had sick/bare spots along the fringes. They mostly did not come into play, unless you were trying to putt across them or had to land a pitch on them. 90 % of the green surfaces were not affected. Only small portions.

Really enjoy getting out here. Easy recommend to go out & play.

Rams Hill Golf Club Best Playing Conditions 2018 - San Diego County
Rams Hill Golf Club Best Playing Conditions 2018 – San Diego County

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WINNER Rams Hill Golf Club #BestPlayingConditions 2018 – San Diego County

Rams Hill Golf Club Best Playing Conditions 2018 - San Diego County

Congratulations to Rams Hill Golf Club Winner of 2018 Best Playing Conditions for San Diego County.

Congratulations to all the great golf courses out there that won Best Playing Conditions for their Region.  Haven’t thought of playing there?  Consider this a wake up call and give their golf course a try.

Rams Hill Golf Club 2018 Winner Best Playing Conditions for San Diego County

Greenskeeper.Org presents the winner for 2018 Best Playing Conditions in San Diego to Rams Hill Golf Club.

We’ve waited all year for the results, and the results are in.  Greenskeeper.org proudly presents it’s Best Playing Conditions Awards for 2018.

Not to be confused with our other award “Worth the Green Fee,” “Best Playing Conditions” is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users.  These golf courses distinguish themselves by providing consistent, exceptional playing conditions.

The job of the superintendent is the life blood of the golf course industry and most important contributing factor to enjoying a golf experience.  A golf course is a living, breathing organism whose health is constantly in flux.  It takes enormous dedication, resources and expertise by a superintendent and their staff to provide excellent turf conditions.

Greenskeeper.org’s registered trademark and creed, “Know Before You Go”®, centers on communicating these current playing conditions. The rating system used on Greenskeeper.org is in part created by superintendents.  Greenskeeper.org views it’s Best Playing Conditions Awards as it’s highest honors.

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Click HERE for our previous article:  “Best Playing Conditions for 2017.”

Rams Hill Golf Club

weber2323
Posted: 12/27/18 2:21p
Member Since: Apr 2, 2006
From: San Diego, CA

Golf Playing Conditions 8.67 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 8.67 GREAT

Teed off yesterday at about 7:30ish and only saw a 2 someone and we let a single out ahead of us and really had no one else around us the entire time. Finished a little less than 4 hours and asked the starter about going back out and we were able to get out in 15 minutes. Caught a few groups on the back so we finished as the sun had set over the mountains so we finished just in the nick of time. We got 36 holes in for $80 which is a ridiculous if you ask me.

Course conditions were very solid all around and very consistent with all the reviews from the GK outing. Greens are fantastic. They rolled really well and held shots well. Even though my putting stats were terrible I thought the speed of the greens were very fair.

Fairways were outstanding. They are about as good as you can get. Generous room in the fairway and divots were filled in. I don’t recall any blemishes in the fairways at all.

Rough had some thickness to it. It couldn’t be taken too lightly. I had a couple sitting down on me and I wasn’t able to catch the ball cleanly.

Traps were consistent and ample sand in them.

Played the back tee boxes and they were all outstanding as well. Didn’t notice much differences on the other tee boxes as well.

Staff is top notch all around. The guys in our group like it so much they are already planning another one. Definitely worth playing right now.

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RECAP: GK Plays Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California Group 8 + Santa

Rams Hill Golf Club

Golf Course Review Rams Hill Golf Club Borrego Springs California

Reviewed by: sbarajasjr, San Diego

Guess I am the first review for the GK Plays outing at Rams yesterday (12/9) and as always, it was a blast. Conditions here today mirrored those of almost every other time I have made the trip and it’s hard to walk away from this course unimpressed. Overall, every aspect of the day was fantastic. Played well for the first time here and that probably added to my ratings but here they are.

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Course Review

Golf Playing Conditions 8.64 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 8.64 GREAT

Tee boxes: Played the blue tee boxes, but anytime a course of this caliber offers a fair amount of tee sets, it’s a huge plus as it helps avoid everyone playing from the same set (incorrectly I may add) thus avoiding major turf issues. Never had an issue finding solid footing, though on a few holes the turf was a tad harder to drive the tee into, however much of a first-world problem that may sound like.

Fairways: Like always, carpet-like and sparkling forest green pathways contrasting the wonderful desert background. Roll felt like it was more than fair, turf conditions were wonderful in that I had no bad lies to hit from and everyone from GK before me used the feed mix in their carts generously. Visually stunning to see a course where the fairways look like the photo on the scorecard.

Additional Thoughts

Rough: The times I found the “rough” yesterday weren’t overly penal, however I’m not certain I found anything that wasn’t fairway, water, sand, or desert more than twice. Those times the rough wasn’t half as thick as Torrey South, but it did hide the ball some and made me club up.

Bunkers: Was only in one all day and the sand consistency was excellent; offered ample amount of off-white beach style sand to at least attempt a sand save. Didn’t really hear any complaints about the fairway bunkers, so I assume all the sand was in good shape today. Did have a few bunkers that were poorly raked so I am hoping whomever that was in the groups ahead of us will give it a better effort next time.

Greens: Like all else, excellent shape sans one or two greens that had some burn out/turf issues that were thankfully on the extreme end of the pin placement. Roll today was fair (as opposed to the glass-like consistency in roll the first time I played here a few years ago) and I didn’t see any issues with the terrain. Again, my group (second to last) found quite a few craters from guys who had a heavy foot with their cleats, but that’s on them not the course.

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Final Thoughts

ETC: Cart GPS wasn’t quite as accurate as I hoped in relation to pin placement, but outside of that, great to see the investment in this software as the digital scorecard even took into account any input handicaps in its calculations. Comfortable ride, USB chargers, and ice/water bottles in the coolers a plus. Staff was attentive and genuinely nice (everyone knew GK and welcomed us multiple times). Very nice to see the new Ram Shack (I believe that was the name) on the back 9, as it was much needed in past years. Cart attendant passed by our group at least 6-7 times. Food in the restaurant was good and fairly priced. Patio after was heated and offered a comfortable environment for post-match celebration. Thanks for everything Johnny and co.; this was a great way to end the year!

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Golf Course Review Borrego Springs Golf Resort Borrego Springs California

Borrego Springs Golf Resort

Golf Course Review Borrego Springs Golf Resort Borrego Springs California

Reviewed by: rudyclub, San Diego
Played 11/24/18 10 am POP 3.5 hrs.

Golf Playing Conditions 8.40 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 8.40 GREAT

What a beautiful day in the valley. Perfect weather mid to high 70’s. Course was in really great shape and we had the place mostly to ourselves ! Fairway’s green & lush with just the occasional “non” green spot. Very nice to hit from with perfect lies.

Greens were in fantastic shape. Receptive and smooth, but ran on the slow side at medium or below. Traps were consistent and in good shape. Pretty easy course with many short dog legged holes. Saw cart girl twice. Picture perfect day of golf. Highly recommend.