Saddleback Golf Driving Range

This range in closed. Telephone has been disconnected and if you purchased a 10 bucket discount card, you are out of luck.

Closed permanently. I went by there today to hit some balls and practice putting and there’s a big fence up and a sign out front that says permanently closed. I’m very disappointed as I have gone here for years to practice. No reason given on the sign for why they closed.

I like this range for practice. It is close, easy to get to and there is always a mat or grass area available for me. Plenty of parking. I don’t know what others are complaining about. The people working here have always been friendly and helpful to me. I’m too new at the game to pay any attention to worn golf balls, and the mats seem just fine.
I would appreciate it if the college would get off the dime and repair the netting or whatever is holding up the reopening of the driving range.

Don’t bother going here. The range has been closed for a month and they never post on the web site if they are open or not. The matts are worn out and you spend a lot of time cleaning the plastic off your clubs. The balls are so worn out even your best hit will only go 175 yards with the driver. The rubber tees are built to high for clean hits with the driver. Then the metal net enclosure is very low so your high hits just bounce off and drop not allowing you to get a real look at your shot making. Also, the group of lessons pros are the most unfriendly bunch I’ve ever experienced. They take up to many spaces and grossly over priced for what you get. But if and when the range is open and for $ 10 a large bucket you pay for what you get. Then the staff at the counter are to busy watching football or golf channel to pay attention to customers. The putting green is small and not in very good shape. If this place is operated by the school, then administration needs to wake up. It is a cash cow for the school so they need to put a focus in making the range a respectable driving range.

Terrible practice balls negate a very nice practice range. The balls are soft, beat up, dinged, and cannot provide any possible accuracy on distance or ball flight. I’ve talked to pretty much each one of the employees there, who agree the balls suck, mention that many folks have brought it up to them, but the owner has no plans to replace them. Again, too bad, because the range is nice (at least for a 15 like me). Will never go there again until they replace the balls, and do not recommend it because of the balls.

Nets are too low for mid or low handicappers with high ball flights to hit full shots. Range balls are very old and the dimples are worn off. Serious golfers wanting to practice all of their shots will be frustrated and should stay away.

I walked into the shop to get a bucket of balls and it took them a couple minutes to acknowledge me because they were watching golf on the plasma they have behind the counter. Once I was finally greeted by the elderly gentlemen behind the counter I asked him how many balls came in a medium bucket and he responded, «I don’t know I’ve never counted them» in a condescending manner. I don’t know if he was upset I interrupted him while watching TV or if he was just having a bad day but I really hope it was a one off situation because it was appalling customer service to say the least. The other gentlemen there even looked embarrassed at how rude he was.
Beside the warm welcome I got at the shop I thought the range was poorly maintained. The grass range was in bad condition and definitely wasn’t worth the price. Also, it’s difficult to gauge the depth of your ball given how the targets are set up.
This range is mediocre at best. The feeling I got here is that ownership has stopped caring and is doing the bare minimum just to keep the place going. I would strongly suggest looking at nearby ranges if you are local to get your money’s worth. Usually I only Unilocal positive reviews but if I can save even one person that is looking to go to a range consistently to improve their game, and look into another nearby range, then it was worth my time.

I love this golf range! There’s always parking, open spots, and it’s cheap if you get their 10 basket card. This is one of the best ranges I’ve been to because of it’s local. It’s quick to get to as it’s right off the 5 freeway. Parking is free. It’s perched up on a hilltop so if you get there as the sun is setting you will have a beautiful sunset as a backdrop.
The only downside is that sometimes there’s a really grumpy old man working the front, but I’ve only seen him a few times. Other than him, my experiences have been very chipper with the staff.
We come here probably ~1/​week.

An excellent range, great grass and mat tees, beginner and advanced greens, nice variety of cold drinks and cordial staff. What more can you ask for?
And the location is nice being on the property of Saddleback JC.

A large bucket (95 approximately) balls is $ 10. No wait and everyone keeps to themselves. The area is clean and you can practice on a mat or the grass.
All of the above is good enough for me. I’ll be back.

Hey its a driving range good place to practice your swing or even work on your putting. Its a low key area and its never too crowded. Its hard to see at night because the lighting is too low and you can’t see your balls travel after a certain amount of distances. The price sounds about right its kinda expensive if you go everyday tho. Besides that if your serious about golfing its a good place to drive balls but make sure you bring your own clubs.

It’s cheap for a bucket of balls and there is never a wait. The people are respectful and it’s quiet.

I am a terrible golfer. In fact, I would not call myself a golfer… the day the I went to hit a few balls with the boy and co. I was just a confused brunette wielding a metal stick.
4 stars for the range because it’s cheap and this place was not crowded on a Saturday afternoon.
Oh, and apologies to my unsuspecting victims that I nearly killed (because who knew I could hit golf balls at a 90 degree angle).

I was over my friends house and we wanted to do something «active» so we decided to look up a driving range. I Unilocaled this place and figure it might be for students only but it was also open to the public. We arrive and each bought a large bucket that cost 9 dollars for matt and 11 for grass.
First impress was wow this is a pretty cool driving range, but once we started to swing away, we notice that the netting that went around the whole entire range like a net ceiling was really annoying. You really can’t tell how far the ball was traveling. So that was the downsides.
Also they had a nice small putting green that you can practice your putting on. And in addition they had a small chipping green too.
Overall, for a Jr. College to have an actual driving range with a putting green and chipping green it is pretty cool.