Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course-Irvine

Saturday, divebargolf headed to Rancho San Joaquin GC otherwise known as RSJ. Located in the heart of Irvine, RSJ is a players course. The course has rolling hills, a gentle terrain, and three lakes as a back drop. RSJ is surrounded by Orange County's brilliant city scapes and is a course that appeals to golfers of all levels. Whatever you do don't play this course unless it's for a discount! It is not worth the $60 green fee that American Golf charges. This course is worth no more than $40 per player.

On the links we had the Surgeon, PR, and the Big Cat. The round got off to an extremely slow start because we teed off behind a foursome in which two of the players had never played golf before. We caught this foursome on Hole 2. The best part of this was they waived us on to take our tee shots, however once we hit they went back out onto the green to finish their putts and then proceeded to tee off on Hole 3 before they allowed us to play through. Divebargolf doesn't salute you "Slowest Foursome Ever". Remember folks the driving range is for lessons not the course--fundamentals!!!

Slowest Foursome Ever--Par 3 Hole 2

After playing through we moved on to my favorite hole at RSJ--the Par 5 5th. This is by far the best hole on the entire course. Not only a majestic view, but precision golf shots are needed just to make par.

Par 5 5th

Divebargolf headed to the daunting Par 3 8th. This hole ate our milkshake. All three players double bogeyed the hole. We got to face the exact same layout on the Par 3 15th and every player bogeyed the hole. DBG did have to point out the disaster that was the tee box on Hole 15. American Golf--please hire a new groundskeeper ASAP--no golfer should be paying $60 to hit off this crap. The par threes at RSJ are very challenging and can really screw your scorecard.

Practicing our sand shots...from the 15th tee box.

Yet again divebargolf had an enjoyable Saturday afternoon on the links. You wouldn't have known it was August with the 78 degree temperature and the cool soft ocean breeze we played the round in. Final scores went as follows:

The Surgeon--80 + 8

The Big Cat--92 +20

PR--10 +38

After golf the Big Cat and PR built up quite an appetite so we headed over to a local establishment known as Fatburger. Here we each had a delicious burger, steak fries, and a soft drink. Fatburger's are located all over--if you're every hungry after a round head in for some delicious eats'!

See you on the tee box...