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MEET THE TEAM
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lint McCrory's passion for
golf began at an early age.
His father, who worked in
the industry, got him into
the game when he was 3 years old.
The new Operations Manager at
Rancho Del Sol Golf Club loved the
game so much he taught a lot of his
friends while growing up and has
been an instructor since joining the in-
dustry himself 10 years ago.
A lifelong Menifee resident,
McCrory has been at Rancho Del Sol
for 18 months, starting as a First Assis-
tant Golf Professional and Tournament
Director.
But since taking over the new role in
December his responsibilities include
managing staff, booking and running
golf tournaments, communicating
with the superintendent about golf
course conditions, launching the re-
vamped men's and ladies clubs, grow-
ing the rounds and reputation of
Rancho Del Sol's new Disc Golf
course, and much more.
Here's what McCrory had to say
about Rancho Del Sol and what he
hopes to accomplish in the future:
What are some of your goals as
Operations Manager? To get golfers
to experience our great Pete Dye-de-
signed course, to showcase our great
Avery Jenkins-designed Disc Golf
course, and to make Rancho Del Sol
one of the premier places to play in the
Inland Empire.
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What do you like best about the
course? The Pete Dye design is my fa-
vorite part. I love how the front 9 is
more level and open golf, then the
back 9 is a lot of elevation change and
target golf. It feels like you're playing
two different courses.
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What do you want golfers to come
away feeling after they've played Ran-
cho Del Sol? I want golfers to feel like
they had a great experience and got to
play a great golf course that is going to
make them want to come back and
beat their previous score.
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If you had to play one hole at Ran-
cho Del Sol every day for the rest of
your life, which one would it be and
why? Hole 10, because there are so
many different ways to play it. You
can be aggressive off the tee and
have a wedge into the green or play
conservative and have a short iron
into the green.
The green also has a unique design
with the undulations and different
levels, which allows you to be creative
with approach shots as well as when
chipping around the green.
There are a lot of great options for
pin placements too, which makes this
hole very fun and challenging to play
– even though at 341 yards from the
Black Tees it is not very long.
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One thing you'd like golfers who've
never played the course to know?
When you look into the Pete Dye de-
sign you can see how he put a lot of
small details into the course that make
it challenging, but also rewarding to
the golfers who play it the way he
wanted it to be played.
I think that if golfers look at the de-
sign of the course when they play, it
will help them make decisions that
will allow them to shoot their best
scores.
TAKING
THE LEAD
As new Operations Manager,
Clint McCrory hopes to
showcase the best of
Rancho Del Sol