Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club's renovated clubhouse is on track for a fall reopening after a $9.4 million overhaul scheduled to begin in January.

Maryam Babaki, the Rancho Santa Fe Association's director of planning and development, shared a construction update on Thursday, Sept. 3, showing the project nearing completion, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The new restaurant kitchen and its upgraded equipment are close to ready, pending fire department sign-off. Flooring is going in throughout the building, and decorative tiles are being laid on an expanded outdoor patio.

Golf Club staff have already moved back into renovated offices. The temporary construction trailers on site will be hauled away now that staff have returned.

The finished clubhouse will look different from the building members last used. A redesigned lobby entrance leads into a restaurant with a more open layout centered on a circular bar. A NanaWall system of sliding glass walls will open the dining room out to the golf course, and the patio has been significantly expanded.

The building on the Golf Club campus had not been touched since 2007. Structural work included a new roof, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) upgrades, fresh interior and exterior paint, and a new sound system. The renovation includes new carpeting, furniture and chandeliers while preserving the clubhouse's historic wood beams and its plein air art collection.

"We have a beautiful plein air art collection at the clubhouse, it's absolutely gorgeous," Golf Club Manager Shanon McCarthy said at a November 2025 board meeting, when the renovation was being previewed for members. "We are keeping all of the artwork."

The RSF Association board approved the $9.4 million funding plan on Dec. 4, 2025, according to a December 2025 Union-Tribune report. Association CFO Chris Lake said at that meeting that roughly $3.9 million would come from operating cash, investments and future profit. The remaining $5.5 million is a construction loan from First Citizens Bank at a fixed rate of 5.51%, expected to be paid off by 2034.

No member assessments were raised to cover the cost.

The restaurant had been a growing revenue source before construction. In the fiscal year before construction began, it exceeded projected revenues by $463,000 and booked nearly 500 events, a 30% increase, according to the November 2025 Union-Tribune report.

Construction originally targeted an August 2026 grand reopening. No specific fall date has been announced.