Played Thursday 5/1, afternoon T time. Second time playing here, first time on the wolf. Great course!! We began the first three holes right in the ending of a shotgun tourney, never waited longer than a minute it seemed, for these guys, after that we played at are own pace, wide open never waited. The starter came by to apologize for their drunken, hooting behavior but was never a problem.
T's, fairways, bunkers and rough were all in excellent condition.
The greens had minimal bumpiness, a scant amount of sand on top, were dry, firm and did not hold the ball as well as I would like. Still they held putting lines well and were quick, I rated them 8/10, with just a week or two from perfect.
I could tell that they recently had replaced sod in the fairways, but only by a slightly different shade, they have completely mended together.
The rough was sticky and lush, again you could only tell where they replaced sod by the shade, except on some mounds where you could see some slight gaps, that never effected my lie.
I thought all this new sod was part of their normal maintenance, not so. The local that joined our threesome, explained that the course was closed for several months, because it sustained major damage from flash flooding, last summer. I would never have guessed, it was in such good shape.

Played 4/16, after 1PM start time for $39+ tax. Second time playing the exact two 9's as the last time here, about 3 years ago. I really like this course for the condition of the course, the lakes and the beautiful houses that surround them.
The whole course was in very good condition, no GPS in the carts was a bummer. Pick up a yardage card, if it is your first time here, you will need it. Beware of the lake, on the final whole on the Gold course, it is in range of your drives.
Club house was very nice, patio looked very inviting for a drink.
Definitely worth the fee.

Played Tuesday 4/22. Excellent layout, beautiful course, but I was let down by the slow healing greens and non player friendly staff. Was the staff rude to us? that's not what I mean, the pro-shop staff was friendly enough, but what I mean is we were 45 minutes before are starting time, we were ready to go out and they told us to come back 10 minutes before are starting time. Can we have a cart to go get are clubs and drive to the range? Nope. They don't do that there, he will assign one to us 10 minutes before check in. The putting green is right next to the #1 hole. Only one twosome went off the whole time, during the 25 minutes we waited for are time. Worse, after we get are cart, there now is two foursomes on the T, and we are joined by a twosome. That's good, but we get on the course one player was a good player and the other is very new to the game and had no business playing from the blues. Seems this hassle would have been better for every body if they would have let us out early.
Greens were bumpy and appear to be slow to heal, from recent aeration, most noticeable on long putts, very good design though.
T's and rough were in good shape.
Fairways were mostly very good, but had plenty of unrepaired divot damage in some popular landing areas.
The sand trap, I was in, was moist, firm and not raked.
I cannot think of another course, that requires you to place your drives in such a precise area, maybe Pala Mesa, I remember this from the last time I played here, what I didn't remember is you better hit a precise part of the green, or you may have an impossible putt.
Golf carts are in excellent shape with state of the art GPS, use the fly over feature, for useful pointers on where to land.
Would love to play this course again when greens are fully healed, but I would rather play at one of my favorites in the IE, Oak Quarry, Goose Creek for the money and enjoy a more player friendly attitude.

Played last Thursday, 4/24. Every once in a while the golf god's smile on you. The north course must have had a tournament cancel, because they're was no one in front or behind until the 16th hole, good for me, bad for Los Serranos.
Greens no sign of aeration, soft and receptive, yet rolled at a med-fast speed.
T's, fairways and sand were all in very good shape.
Met one of the owner's sons, David, genuinely nice guy, enjoyed talking with him.
Pace of play was excellent, made me giddy, was like a country club on this usually busy course.

Played 4/15, $39 @ 11:30. This is a golfers golf course, no frills, pomp or prestige, just an excellent layout with very good conditions.
Friendly staff that gives great service for this kind of course. The clubhouse is a trailer, ok with me, everything that impresses me is out on the golf course. This course has length and requires you to work the ball left or right, except in the wind. Tried to get to cute with T shots and ended up in the desert a few times, with wind steady around 15MPH +. Be careful in the desert, some of it was rocky other times it was solid granite.
T's, greens and fairways were all in very good shape. Rough around the greens were expertly done, with first, second and third cuts.
Ice machine was provided at the restroom with large Styrofoam cups, nice touch, wish IE courses would do this.
Cart girls came around a couple of times, wearing cut off jean shorts, not complaining, course mission statement seems to be very casual, yet deliver on service and golf.
The next day we played Ocotillo, in much calmer conditions. I like it too, but wish I could have played Papago again.

Played Thursday 3/27, 10 AM start time, on less than a week old punched greens. Had a great time on professionally done, punched greens. What do I mean by professionally done? Punched holes were filled and almost all excess sand was absent. Result: greens were quicker and straighter than expected. Add to this, the $25 fee, and country club pace of 3 1/2 hours, with no one in front or behind, and you have an excellent golf experience.
The green on the 8th hole, seems to be improving from fungus, but still in poor shape.
Other than that, I recommend the course even during aeration.

Played last Thursday, 3/20. Last day of aeration discount, $25, 10:00 start time. Had a blast, greens were in better condition than expected, by the time you read this post, greens should be in very good shape.
Posted on the carts, was their new pace of play policy-
North: 4 hours
South: 4 1/2 hours
If you fall out of position, you will be asked to catch up the first 2 times.
The third time, you will be asked to skip a holes.
The fourth time, you will be given a voucher to come back and play during twilight time and asked to leave.
Our POP was just at 4 hours and we loved it! Was this because of their new policy? or because of aeration?
I hope this works out. I think it is fair, maybe even lenient, yet probably the toughest that I know of in the IE. Good luck guys.

Played Thursday, mid morning T time for $40(coupon), included small bucket.

My Dad broke his age, I almost broke my driver, the wife had a bloody marry and I was pleasantly surprised by the conditions and layout of this LA county course.

Proceeded to the range to warm up, a little different from most IE courses, they have tiers here, didn't think much of it. Started by butchering my 7 iron, then I switched to driver, took it back slowly and BANG! I hit the head of my driver, on one of the metal vertical support beams behind me. Left a small dent, but no crack or broken shaft. Would not have been a good way to start.

Really surprised at the rating here, it should be at least a 6.5 instead of 5.5. Kind of thought this was going to be a beat up old classic course, ended up enjoying it a lot.

Greens: Great condition, freshly cut, smooth, med-fast, looked faster than they were, not many ball marks.

T's: Immaculate condition, flat firm and lush, even the par 3's have a big area to rotate, so not excessively damaged.

Fairways: Very good winter condition, dormant grass but plenty of it for this time of the year.

Sand Traps: Plenty of good quality sand, but were not groomed that morning, otherwise they would have been excellent.

Rough: Was good, consistent throughout the course.

Lay Out: Classic design with modern improvements, fairways are wide enough, but course is pact into small area, chance of getting beaned is high.

Service: Snack bar lady was nice and helpful. Cart girl was nice and came around a couple of times. Wife ordered a bloody marry($8) standard rip off, but was good. Wife still does not get that when she gets loaded, her play goes down hill. Her game is coming along really well though.

My Dad shot a 78! breaking his age of 79. Good job Pops.

Played on Monday 3/10, early afternoon T time. I can be pretty tough on LA county owned courses, just seems they are out of touch with their customers- they don't offer discounts or specials, like other clubs do, but today the course was in good shape and the pace was excellent, no waiting at all. Dozens of deer just milling about was pretty cool too.

T's: Good shape no problems.
Fairways: Good winter shape, hate the drainage ditches.
Sand: Fair condition.
Greens: Much better shape than the last time I was here. Second course in a row, that the blossoming grass, slowed the greens down and knocked them down in the ratings.
Layout: Fun, keep everything on the high side, the adventure starts on the greens.

Found a hot deal here that made it a bargain, their normal price is a little high.

Played Thursday 3/6, @ 1030, excellent layout, great greens and overall very good winter conditions.
Greens: Quick and firm, very good greens with the exception of the 8th hole, has a fungus problem, avoid the front of the green for best opportunity at a smooth putt. One of the worst greens I have ever played on.
Lay out: I like the lay out here, plenty of well placed water features to keep it interesting.
Fairways: Very good winter conditions.
A must play at the deal I found here.

Played Sunday 3/2 after the heavy rains. The good news, course drains very well with the exception of the bunkers, some looked like ponds. The bad news they took advantage of the rain and punched early, not a bad idea since it rained a couple of days, I just didn't know about it, ball was bouncing everywhere.

This is basically my home course, I am always pleased with the condition of the course. The difference between having an ok round here and having I love it round, is pace of play. Today was a I love it day. It rained up until a half hour before our start time, then the sun came out and all the players stayed home, pace of play was the best since Christmas day. Very rare to have less than a four hour round, enjoyed it so much.

Greens: medium-fast, with moist greens on the front, as they dried became quicker.
T's: very nice, no complaints.
Fairways: Good shape and they drained well.
Bunkers: plenty of sand, wet, heavy, un-groomed because of rain.
Rough: short not hard to get out of.
Layout: love it, but it causes slow play if you don't play target golf.