Did not play the course, but adding my discussion topic so the recent aeration gets posted: "As of March 6, 2016, greens on the entire Alondra par 3 course and at least part of the regulation course have been punched and sanded. Staff was kind to post a notice on the pro shop window and alert me before I paid a green fee."

Played the 9 hole Lindero CC Sunday afternoon, December 8, after watching some of the final round pro golf at Sherwood. Followed Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth for 9 holes. Amazing how watching the pros helps your own tempo. Anyway, at Lindero there are 7 par 3's and 2 par 4's. It is not your typical pitch and putt. The greens are small and some are sloped. Plenty of hazards too - trees, OB, creeks, ponds, bunkers. Holes 5 and 6 are tough 190 yard par 3's that would fit in well at many regulation courses. 2 major design changes to note (the locals said within the last year). They dug a medium size pond on the par 4 7th fairway where the bunker used to be on the left. Makes the layup tougher on this short 280 yard par 4 - even more incentive to blast driver over all the trouble to get close to the green. They also dug a larger pond in front of the 150 yard 8th hole. It's now all carry to reach the green, uphill. Much tougher hole - anything short or left is wet. Course conditions were decent for December. Some dormant grass and wet spots but not bad at all. Tees can be worn from iron play but definitely playable. Check it out if you are in the Thousand Oaks/Westlake area and have time for 9.

Played Saturday October 5. Fun little 9 hole layout but never seen the course in this bad condition. The greens were especially awful. Pro shop said a fungus got them. Scheduled to aerify on Monday October 7. Hopefully that helps and the course can recover. A real shame today.

Played twilight at Pelican Hill North on Tues. 8/31/10. Not much you can say about this course. Beautiful design, beautiful views, great service, great pace of play (tee off at 3:05, done at 6:40). It's fantastic. I hate to say it, but the $140 twilight rate felt like a bargain given the quality of the golf. I love putting on these greens, so smooth. Get out there and treat yourself every once and a while.

Itslikeimsayin's review for the Chino Creek course applies to Butterfield Stage as well. Walked on as a single at 7:40 am on a Saturday (8/21/10) and joined a twosome on the 1st tee by 8:00. Finished in under 4:15. Perfect pace of play. This is a good place for weekend "value" golf. $36 to walk in the morning and they have great deals including cart in the pm when it gets hot. It was not crowded at all. The course is in pretty good shape for what it is. It is very lush all around. Greens are consistent but very soft and a little on the slow side. They putt just fine once you get used to it and hold any kind of approach shot. As previous reviewers stated, the rough is a little thick but I enjoyed this challenge because this course needs it. It is a very easy layout otherwise. The bunkers did look thin like others have said, but most are set well off the greens. You shouldn't find too many of them unless you are really spraying it. Also, the cow smell that this location is known for was much less potent than my last trip here 2 years ago. It's really not bad at all. Recommend this course for a quick, cheap weekend round where you can make some birdies - if those attributes appeal to you.

Played Encino on Sat. 8/7/2010 in the qualifier for the PLGA/LA City Match Play Tournament. The course was actually in pretty good summer shape for this highly-played muni. Fairways were cut down and pretty lush. Rough was consistent. Sand was raked and in very good condition. The greens were lush but very slow. This is just basic golf. Very easy course where the only real defense is the length of the par 3's (184, 206, 222 & 201 yards) and even then the greens are generous targets. The long par 4's are wide open so good players bomb driver and still have birdie chances. They played it as tough as it can in the qualifier (tees all back, pins relatively tough) and there were still a 64 and four 66's out of the good amateur field. Kinda fun to play in a birdiefest. One course design comment, I would love to see them use the back left tee on the par 5 second. Much better hole from back there at 548 where you have to shape a drive right to left to have a good chance at getting home in two. Seems like they dont use this tee box enough.

Played Simi Hills during the City Championship held the weekend of July 31/Aug 1. This was a very well run event with good food and prizes for the players. A and B flights available as well if you aren't a low handicapper. The course itself was in very solid condition. It's an interesting track that requires accuracy to score well. They are making changes to the course that actually qualify as improvements. Too often courses add gimmicks or tricks that make things worse. At Simi Hills, two new back tee boxes have been added. One up on the hill of the par 3 8th hole stretching it from 180 or so to 223. This is a positive addition. The view is great from up top and this adds more variety to the par 3's by having a long one in the mix. It is definitely a tougher hole now but certainly fair as there is plenty of room to miss the green in the surrounding rough. The other new back tee is on the par 4 16th. It is now 423 from the back and much more difficult to drive the ball through the fairway into the creek. The fairway bunker on the right also appears to be reshaped offering a tougher carry. This hole has been made less tricky. Other changes: back tee of #2 used as back tee for par 4 9th. Now 405 yards to a wider landing area but longer second shot. Several rebuilt tee boxes including the par 4 6th. A new fairway bunker has also been added on the right of this longer hole. It is natural in appearance and angles golfers away from the OB on the right. Excellent changes, Simi Hills. I recommend this course.

Played Alhambra as a walk up single on 7/4/2010. Course was in very good shape with smooth greens. Customer service was great. Please note that the new scorecard has a yardage for a new set of back "black" tees. The old back tees, the blues, were listed at 5212 yards on this short par 70 course. The new scorecard has yardage of 5266 for the blues and 5461 for the blacks with no USGA/Slope ratings yet for the latter. In most cases, there are not new tee boxes on each hole, rather new black tee markers have been placed at the tips of the existing back tee boxes. Usually 5 to 10 yards behind the blues. One exception is #3 where the tee box has actually been built back some 40 yards. It is now 293 from the tips and more difficult to drive the green. #4 is another short par 4, 256 from the blues, but with a new black tee marker of 276 yards up on the tee used for the par 3 #15 which goes the opposite direction. I think putting the tees at the tips could help the pace of play at this course. Some of the par 4's were so short that a long hitter may have to wait for the green to clear in order to tee off. This could happen several times a round. Now, there are more par 4's in the 300 yard range that had been 260 yards, so the green should be just out of reach for all but the longest hitters. A drive and a pitch will make for less backups.

Played twilight round at 3 pm on 7/3/2010. Slow pace was to be expected on a busy day and we finished after 8 but before dark. I like this layout. It has a good mix of challenging shots and birdie opportunities - overall very scorable. The greens were quite bumpy in the late pm but we still had an enjoyable day.

Got on right away at Harding as a single at 6 am on 6/6/2010. Course was in pretty good shape all around for a LA city muni. Quite lush. Only course complaint is the blue tee markers were placed on the unlevel parts of the tee boxes. There were flat areas nearby but they weren't being used for tee placement. Early summer golf at Griffith Park means that gnats and other bugs were out in force in the morning. When the sun comes out they go away, but they are quite annoying on the front nine. As far as the layout, this is a short course that should be relatively easy to score on for a low handicap player. However, I do like how it tests your driver and your ability to work the ball in particular. Holes #3, 11, 16 and 17 absolutely demand a fade (for a righty) while holes #4, 8, and 14 encourage a draw. From a pure shotmaking standpoint, the tee shots on these par 4's provide a challenge that even some private courses lack. Execute these drives well, and you should be able to attack the flag.

Played 4/2/2010 at 7:20 am. 4 hours, 20 min pace. Course is in good shape for this muni, very lush as other reviewers have mentioned. This is basic golf. A nice day to play!

Played 3/20 as a walk on single. Arrived at 6:45 and on the course by 7:15 with a threesome. Great pace of play for a Saturday morning. Finished in 4 hours on the dot. Course in good shape generally speaking. I would like to comment on some of the bunker work done on this course. Every existing bunker seems to have been renovated. There is a lot of new sand put into them and it's very heavy at the moment leading to some plugged lies and tough explosion shots. This will ease over time though as they get more play. It also seems that most bunkers have been shallowed out. This disappoints me because I always enjoyed some of the classic, deep bunkers on this course that fit perfectly with the scottish-inspired design elements. However, the shallower bunkers will play easier over time and are probably easier to maintain than the deep variety, so pace of play and maintenance should improve. There are also some new bunkers that I noticed. The best of these are on #3, the long par 5. There is now a bunker on the right side off the tee that could come in play for a medium hitter. There is another bunker in the layup area which used to be miles wide. A large ridge runs diagonally from about 130 yards out on the left side of the fairway to 80 yards out on the right side. A bunker is now in the middle of the fairway cut into this ridge about a 100 yards out. Golfers hitting their layup can now choose to hit to the wider left side but face a tougher approach due to decreased visibility or hilly lie because of the ridge. They also must carry a greenside bunker on the approach from the left. Golfers also have a choice to challenge this new fairway bunker and hit to the right side of the layup area or over the bunker. If successful, they will be rewarded with a shorter approach with a better angle free of greenside bunkers. Brilliant change to this hole. There is also a new fairway bunker on the left side of #9 that I liked. It should be easy to carry but it may steer golfers further to the right on this hole where they will have a longer approach. 3 new bunkers were added to the fairway left on #10, but they shouldn't come into play off the tee. Those are the only new ones I noticed, but I could have missed some when I was off the beaten path on a hole. All in all, I liked the fact that the changes were minor because this is a very good layout as it is. Give the new traps some time to settle before making final judgements.