Empire Ranch Golf Club
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Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Blue | 71 | 6668 yards | 71.5 | 127 |
Tournament | 71 | 6308 yards | 69.7 | 124 |
White | 71 | 6056 yards | 68.5 | 122 |
White (W) | 71 | 6056 yards | 73.6 | 124 |
Combo | 71 | 5427 yards | 65.8 | 116 |
Red | 71 | 5036 yards | 64.1 | 112 |
Red (W) | 71 | 5036 yards | 68.0 | 113 |
Fast | 71 | 3641 yards | 59.4 | 101 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 71.5/127 | 392 | 169 | 492 | 393 | 333 | 394 | 544 | 163 | 381 | 3261 | 358 | 549 | 161 | 460 | 391 | 537 | 184 | 437 | 209 | 3286 | 6547 |
Tournament M: 69.6/127 | 366 | 169 | 492 | 354 | 333 | 362 | 528 | 163 | 381 | 3148 | 358 | 510 | 161 | 345 | 391 | 537 | 160 | 401 | 189 | 3052 | 6200 |
White M: 68.2/121 W: 73.4/126 | 366 | 148 | 462 | 354 | 312 | 362 | 475 | 144 | 344 | 2967 | 330 | 510 | 122 | 345 | 374 | 502 | 160 | 401 | 152 | 2896 | 5863 |
White/Red M: 65.7/111 W: 70.7/119 | 329 | 148 | 398 | 354 | 312 | 310 | 392 | 144 | 344 | 2731 | 296 | 431 | 122 | 345 | 374 | 454 | 103 | 401 | 114 | 2640 | 5371 |
Red M: 63.5/106 W: 68.0/113 | 329 | 104 | 398 | 316 | 278 | 310 | 392 | 89 | 304 | 2520 | 296 | 431 | 91 | 305 | 320 | 454 | 103 | 346 | 114 | 2460 | 4980 |
Fast M: 59.4/93 | 259 | 104 | 299 | 263 | 194 | 209 | 286 | 89 | 222 | 1925 | 169 | 313 | 91 | 218 | 209 | 261 | 103 | 233 | 114 | 1711 | 3636 |
Handicap | 7 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | |||
Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 71 |
Handicap (W) | 11 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 14 |
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Photo submitted by the1Ivan on 03/22/2024
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Photo submitted by u314162684207 on 12/06/2023
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Photo submitted by u314162684207 on 12/06/2023
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Photo submitted by u314163499407 on 08/03/2023
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Photo submitted by linz4ucla on 06/19/2023
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Hole #18 Par 3 190+ yards Photo submitted by linz4ucla on 02/08/2023
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Photo submitted by u000003242395 on 03/23/2022
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Photo submitted by WreckerMover on 11/21/2021
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View from 18th tee box, blues. Photo submitted by u314159614330 on 09/17/2019
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Course map from back of score card. Photo submitted by u314159614330 on 09/17/2019
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Photo submitted by Titaniumhen on 12/02/2016
Love empire but there’s room for improvement
They should expand the driving range and take better care of the bunkers.
Overpriced
Overpriced, course is maintained, but it’s just an average public course. The course marshal had a stick up you know where. We played in a foursome but the course was not busy enough so we had twosomes and singles behind us. We let one play through and would have let the others play through as well but we were keeping pace ahead of them. The marshal tried making us split into two groups to play faster, even though half of us would have to wait at the tee box for us to split up. Just didn’t make sense and the people behind us weren’t trying to rush. Total play time was a pretty standard 4 hours including a break after the 9th.
I’d consider playing at other courses for a better price and nicer staff. I’ve played here my whole life as it’s convenient, but found I get a better experience traveling just a little bit for other courses.
Good course
The only problem I had with my round is they need more rakes. For the price you pay I think they can afford more than 1 rake per bunker.
Price
I would play this course more often if walking rate was cheaper than riding carts. Not sure why the price for walking and riding is same.
Good value for the money
Pretty open course. Was in possibly the best condition I’ve ever played it. Tough finishing hole for a par 3 as you typical hit into a steady headwind with a 5-6 story change in elevation from tee to green. Greens were excellent.
Under rated gem!
Empire is a great course that offers challenges for every skill level. Great layout an amazing greens!
Pace of play could definitely improve. The Marshalls don’t really seem to enforce it nor seem to care.
Other than that, I highly recommend Empire and absolutely love playing there.
Also, the food is second to none!!! Best clubhouse food in the Sacramento region! Hands down.
Not thrilled
Beautiful course with great scenery. Very well maintained--greens were immaculate. Forgiving of errant shots because so few trees and wide fairways. Less skilled players will score lower than on more mature golf courses. Problem is all the blind shots because of hills and hidden dog legs. This takes time to find your ball if you misshit or even if you make a good shot. So, you are going to get hassled by the marshall because of your pace of play--hard to avoid especially if you have never played this course before. Not fun to have drama on a Sunday after a hard week at work. Other courses in Sacramento are more forgiving in the sense that you can see where your ball lands and won't spend time searching for it resulting in faster play. Low rating because hard to meet the course requirement for pace of play. Otherwise beautiful course and fun to play.
Cart Path Only, grumpy staff
Front desk guy that checked us in was pretty grumpy and set a weird vibe for the day. The course was cart path only, which is not the best. Large divots on the fairway which my ball went into several times. Would avoid for the next 6 months and try again.
Great experience
I was added to a great group of golfers. Made my first session at Empire Ranch extremely enjoyable. I’ll definitely be back.