I've played here many times since we moved here a couple years ago. It's always been a decent course and fair for the money. I'm not convinced that the new ownership is a big step forward yet, but I'll try to stay optimistic. Some notes:

Driving range: They've changed so that you're allowed to hit off the grass or the mats depending on the day of the week. Unfortunately the grass (kikuya, I believe) just doesn't put up with the abuse as well as some other strains might. They also seem to hugely over-water the grass with the result being that my cleats fill with mud and any shot not picked clean off the turf will require you to clean out the grooves of the clubhead before hitting another shot. The range is "irons only" on most days that the grass is being used unless you're backed up all the way to the mats.

The have a chipping green as well, but that needs to be scraped and redone. All shots break hard towards the driving range, so it's hard to create an interesting variety of shots to execute. They've got a lot of extra, unused space there, so let's hope they put it to use someday. In the meantime, Rec Park 18 has a much, much better short game area and is only a few miles up the 405.

The putting green, though, is quite nice. Be aware for shouts of "Fore!" though--anyone who seriously airmails or blades their approach on the 9th is going to put the ball on the putting green.

The course: It's a a short course, par 70, 5600 yards and the rough is pretty modest, so you're unlikely to lose a ball unless someone picks it up (had that happen before). The front 9 rarely calls my driver into play, but the back 9 requires it fairly often. The par 3s are somewhat bland, all being mid-distance (165-180 yards, roughly), with both back 9 par 3s playing uphill and into the prevailing breeze. The exception is the first par 3, which is tough to club right--you can't really feel the breeze up in the air and there's water short, the driving range left, and streets right and long.

Pace of play: On the weekends it's bad. Really bad. Awful. I've had 6 hour rounds here and that's just unforgivable. No reason for it ever unless management doesn't stay on top of it. Unfortunately, like most courses, the marshals have no authority and are really just customer service reps. They're not out there to make people keep up and maintain a decent pace of play. If you want to play in a reasonable amount of time, you better be off the tee before 7 or 7:30.

Pace of play caveat aside, it's a decent course for a fair price. I'll be there this Sunday.