Hunter Ranch Golf Course

So, I am not the best golfer, but don’t try the back nine unless you have several sleeves of balls. Not an intuitive course, too many «over the hazard» or blind pins for my liking. Looks like a cow pasture that had minimal shaping for a golf course. But the early price was cheap and the breakfast excellent. Their candied bacon ain’t for me, but it was thick cut. I didn’t ask what coffee they used but it was great. All in all, I would pass on this course and just hit a local winery instead — especially Eberle or Tobin James.

Ordinarily if I get stuck with a slow round I will never return to a course. But I played on New Year’s Day here and only had time for nine holes. Granted it took almost three hours but it was coming off a frost delay on a busy day.
But what a 9 holes. Design of this track challenges every golfer with trees, gullies, ponds, fast greens, doglegs and hills. They started us on the back nine and I was fortunate enough to pair with a couple locals. On the back for the first few holes do not pull out the driver. We played from the whites.
The two par 5s proved the most challenging on the back. The 13^th is a dogleg right where if you get a good drive it will roll down a hill to a flat spot about 220 to 230 yards out. Of course, we all want to be big hitters and get on in 2. Bad choice. There’s a pond on the right paralleling the hole. So if you fade your second shot you are in the drink, which I did. Hitting 4 sailed it right and OB, take drop on in 6 and two-​putt for the shameful ocho.
The other ass-​kick par 5 on the back is 17. It’s a slight dogleg right then uphill, playing like 600 with a ravine about 150 yards out. Of course the pin was up on top of the second tier.
Just a lot of fun. Will return to play the whole place. On a holiday walking it was $ 65. For the serious golfer. Whites had a slope of 131.

My favorite course in Paso. Really good greens. Fun layout. Great food. If you are a decent player handicap under 10 this is gonna be the course to play in the North County. The other courses are just too easy. This one plays through Oak trees and demands a lot of different shots.

Great breakfast! Server was awesome. Very nice golf course. Greens were in excellent shape. Considering the california drought conditions the fairways were better than expected. Nice pro shop. Very friendly staff.
Only issue was pace of play. We caught a fivesome on the 13^th. Took them over 20 minutes to play the 14^th hole. We get to the 15 th tee and they are just hitting their second shots. They made no offer to allow us to play thru. We skipped the 15^th hole and went to 16. No one was in front of them. When we finished 18 they had just teed off on 17. Why do courses allow fivesomes on the course?
We never saw a marshall/​player assistant all day.
Without the fivesome this would have been a five star experience!

I really enjoyed my hot Philly sandwich. We were able to sit on the shaded patio and look out at the pretty green patio while eating. After lunch we walked around the course and enjoyed the pond and bridge. Watch out for flying balls!

Beautiful course that appears to be well maintained. We were given tokens to get some range balls to warm up before our tee time, and they had no problem with us booking back to back tee times so we could have a 5-​some.
I’m not going to lie, I got pretty hammered while we were playing so I don’t remember much about the course or my golf game this day, but I knew I had a great time lol minus the ass hole who said to us «really, you’re not going to let me play through» as we were waiting for the group infront of us to finish.
Is it worth the $ 100+ with a cart? That’s debatable, but overall, I’d come back again and play if I’m in the area…

Played there today. Definitely not a terrible course. Definitely not worth 100.00…for a 100.00 round you shouldn’t have bare spots on the fairways and definitely shouldn’t have two big mounds of dirt on the first green.

Fantastic course!
But you better hit it where your looking. Rough is worth ½ a stroke everytime your in it. And if you can’t hit the rough, well, maybe you should stay at your muni…
I laugh at the no cart girl comments. It’s a small town people! Water dispensers &/​or fountains are EVERYWHERE! She’s out there, book your tee time on the weekend. After 10, she’ll get to ya.
Could they provide you with more, sure they could. But then it would cost more.
Day in, day out, give me Hunter. Their motto says it all, ‘Small town charm, World class golf’!!!

Mother’s day brunch was amazing! The staff was so warm and friendly! Save my reservation for next year!

this place is definitely on the pricey side, but its definitely worth saving up for and playing atleast once. absolutely beautiful course and very well maintained. i would recommend playing it atleast once.
i would give it 5 stars if the green fees werent so steep.

This is a fine course, and the more I play it, the more I like it. Excellent fast greens, very challenging but fair, many visually interesting holes. Moderately hilly, but after taking a cart the first time I now always walk it and carry, much better played that way. Very nice staff, pretty easy to walk on during the week. I usually use most every club in my bag during each round and the approach shots require a lot of thinking and shot shapes.
Very challenging when the coastal winds come up!

Spring Break golfing with my buddy Robert at Hunter Ranch. This was my first time to play this course. We had an 8:30am tee time which was perfect. The place was empty. The guy in the clubhouse was extremely friendly and helpful. The greens were FAST… plus with the slope… nearly unmakeable. The fairways were great. The sand trap actually have sand (in Bako… not the case). The actual course was a challenge. We aren’t use to the downhill/​uphill lays, but who cares… the layout is BEAUTIFUL! There are so many challenging holes, especially for a first timer. After the round, we had lunch and decided we are definitely coming back. This is one of the best places I have played. The only problem was the cost: $ 87/​person plus the really expensive items at the grill. Other than that… I’m a Fan.

Still has to be the best conditioned course in within 100 miles! Year round has fast greens and solid fairways!!! Great deal for the quality of course provided. if you havent golf here please treat yourself to a real treat and challenging course. you will not be disappointed.

This golf course is beautiful as it is challenging with the greens kept in super condition. Why only 3 stars? At $ 100/​person, I didn’t like the Marshall hassling our cart to speed up play when we had to wait for the cart ahead of us to finish. Could the Marshall not see that we were waiting for the cart ahead of us? My conclusion is that the Marshall is biased and harrassed us because we were female AND non-​white which ruined my time of playing golf. Things are slow? Talk to the guys who were ahead of us. I won’t be returning.

This course is very challenge on greens and most of the holes. Course knowledge will help.
Pro’s: Good nature views, well-​maintained greens and bunkers, friendly staffs
Con’s: slow pace (two groups of 4-​some in front of us were walking and it took us 5 hours for the round) no marshal to push the pace, some unpaved cart path.

Just played there over the Weekend, had the Sunday Brunch before going to play. Food was very good, service was a little slow. We had a 2:00 tee time, and it was very warm. When we called in asking about the beverage cart. We were told several holes into the game that there was not going to be one that day. And I was told, in a rather rude tone. That I should had got something to drink before teeing off. Well maybe if we had been informed that there was not going to be a beverage cart, on this busy Holiday Weekend, we would have got beverages before leaving the clubhouse. And had I known that I was going to be spoken to that way, I probably would have chosen one of the other 100 or so coarses on the Central Coast. I think when you drive 2 hours, and pay good money to golf, you expect a lil respect.

Just played 3 rounds in 3 days. Great layout and was in solid condition. Would definitely recommend. It’s not pebble beach, but I was not expecting pebble.
Quick greens, wide fairways and just a solid layout. Good service at snack bar. Good food at restaurant.

Did not play golf here (a little out of my price range), but did have lunch. It was a beautiful central coast day, so we decided to eat on the deck overlooking the ninth green. With the surrounding vineyards covering the rolling hills it made for a wonderful and relaxing setting.
Food was great — I had the BLT (excellent thick cut bacon) and my wife had the Oriental Salad. Beer and wine selections are plentiful with many craft brews and local wines.
I would have rated it higher, but the food service was rather slow. I was «forced» to order a second beer before the food arrived. Yet, despite that, I would return, if for no other reason than the setting.

Nice course! Staff was very nice but a little slow at the turn. Cart girl was around often and was very nice.
Overall very nice course. Being from the bay, the cost wasn’t too much more and was in great shape.

Whoa hold your horses cowboy.
I am shocked reading the bad reviews.
A little reality check people.
This is a $ 100 golf course in Paso Robles, not a $ 300 golf course in Napa Valley! I paid $ 51 because I have friend who is member, but I’m not splitting hairways here!
This course is beautiful — It’s surrounded by massive oaks and vineyards. Excellent fairways, slick greens, elevation changes and some downright fun holes. I’ll take this course any day over the hundreds of So. Cal golf courses lined with cookie cutter stucco homes. I would much rather see Robert Hall picking grapes than Joe Buttcrack picking up the Sunday newspaper.
Yeah, squirrels holes might swallow your golf ball if you can’t keep it within a respectable distance from the fairway. But expect that, it a freaking golf course in Paso surrounded by vineyards — love it for what it is.
BTW — the grapes being grown in the hills surrounding Hunter Ranch is some of the best in California. Zin Golf, I tell ya.
The girls in the restaurant are great too. They will talk your ear off about wine and serve up good food. No complaints here!