Rancho San Joaquin is located near UC Irvine. It is one of the better public courses in Orange County and one of the most popular tee-times producing course for us here at TheGolfCourses.Net. It is very well-manicured and the maintenance personnel and course architects made sure that they designed this course to be especially beautiful. Each hole has unique characteristics. Fairways are average in width and have mostly ample landing areas. Some variance in elevation is common at this course. Hole fourteen, a par four measured at 367 yards, features a drop of more than 60 feet from the fairway to the green. The putting surfaces are in very good shape and have many subtle undulations. A few ponds come into play on 7 holes. A redesign by Robert Muir Graves happened on the course in 1972. A practice facility next to the course consists of a putting green and a very nice, large driving range. Carts are required on Sunday mornings for non church-going golfers, but management has decided that sermons should not be piped into the golf carts. American Golf manages the golf course. The ladies play a total of 5,794 yards, which is ample for some men, therefore the ladies tees sport a men's course rating of 66.7 and slope of 109.