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| - This was the 2nd time I've golfed at Dobson Ranch. The first time we decided not to go back. They cram too many people on the course, which just makes the day drag along.
This time the course wasn't busy but when we get there we find out that they are over-seeding so tee-boxes can't be used, and that the carts could not leave the path. And to top it off, no cart girl on a day it was 98 degrees.
Wow, that would have been important information when the reservation was made a week or two prior. I went in a group of 9 (a group of 2, 4, and 3) for some birthday golf, which is the only reason I came back to this place. We had 2 seniors behind the group that called to complain so from early on we had rangers busting our balls.
Rather than try to get us to enjoy their miserable course and conditions, they decided to make it even more obvious that a group spending $200 ($28per person for a round) on golf and another $100 at the bar/restaurant on a Tuesday was not worth their time. They should have been throwing vouchers and coupons at us to come back and apologizing for the conditions and the lack of notice but they didn't do that. This place lacks even mediocre customer service. They cater to the guys golfing with a senior discount. If you are looking to have any fun (ie talking, socializing, smiling) and not take your golf so serious, go elsewhere.
Memo to Dobson Ranch. If you want us to take our golf as serious as a professional, start treating customers professionally, and have a respectable course. I would prefer any of the several muni's in the area that give you twice the value, and twice the service.
Icing on the cake is that hole 1 and 10 are right next to the range. There is no net to keep the multitude of range balls from littering the course. Do they care? No. Literally every place we took a shot from, the sprinkler went on. This happened to both groups. We think they were doing it on purpose (conspiracy? maybe), it was crazy how they would go on and off as we would get closer and farther away from them. We had to run back to the cart several times to save phones/cameras. The cherry on top was when I went in to get a cup of ice from the bartender after our round and she tried charging me 50 cents even though the guy she just replaced was giving them to us at no cost all day.
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