Golf Course Photo, The Ranch Golf Club, San Jose, 95138
The Ranch Golf Club
Played on October 2012
4601 Hill Top View Lane, San Jose, California, 95138
1 Ranking
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Jon Holmberg
San Jose
2012-10-22

$76 (cart included), played on Saturday, October 2012 at 8am

Where do I begin? We arrived at the course only to discover there is no driving range. They have TWO nets you can hit into and about 2 dozen balls, in total, for them. Many forced carries, both tee shots and second shots, extremely tight fairways; miss a fairway by five yards and your ball is down a canyon. The hillsides are covered with brush so if you hit a ball onto one the chances are it won't roll down. Extreme elevation changes on many of the greens. Because it's a hilly course there are a lot of blind shots into the greens. All in all, a very unsatisfactory outing and lest you think I'm a hacker, my index is single digit.

Would travel: 0-10 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: Better courses for less nearby
 
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Rank ID # : 019078