Ranch Grill at Encinitas Ranch Golf Course anchors the 6,000-square-foot clubhouse of an 18-hole championship layout designed by ASGCA member Cary Bickler and opened by JC Resorts in 1998. The on-site pro shop — voted best San Diego golf shop in the 2019 Union-Tribune Readers Poll — carries full equipment lines comparable to those at The Golf Mart, giving players a single stop for gear and tee times on Quail Gardens Drive. Five sets of tees and wind-sculpted bunkers across dramatic elevation changes have logged more than 1.7 million rounds since opening, supported by a 20-plus-bay driving range and an on-property GOLFTEC teaching facility. The PGA Junior League program based at the course captured national championship titles in 2015 and 2018, a player-development pedigree distinct from the oceanfront dining at Chart House farther down the coast. Greens, fairways, and tees run on 100 percent reclaimed water — a conservation program recognized with the 2025 WateReuse California Recycled Water Customer of the Year award. Autonomous Kress Mission Mega mowers now maintain fairway turf using GPS-guided rotary cutting patterns calibrated to coastal Bermudagrass growth cycles.