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12040 Balboa Blvd • Granada Hills, CA 91344 • (818) 363-8161
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atlasdk - Alhambra, CA
Played Sat 10/04. They aerated the 1/2 of the greens which works pretty well for us. This was my first experienced with each greens being aerated just the half of them. They place the pins where they have not aerated. Putting was OK. Overall condition of the course is alright. Enjoyed the rain... missed few putts due to rain.

Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
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mcrandop - Hermosa Beach
Nice track, poor management, way overcrowded and extremely slow. The key is to play early, or else it will be a 6 hour death march.

Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008
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mcrandop - Hermosa Beach
Had a 10:30 tee time, was told an earlier tournament had delayed everyone by half an hour. Managed to finish in 3 hours and twenty minutes! (OOPS, THAT WAS FOR THE FRONT 9). NO ONE FROM THE COURSE COULD GIVE TWO SH*TS, THEY ACT LIKE THIS IS NORMAL? F AMERICAN GOLF! Course conditions deteriorating, but that cart girl Gabby wears nice hot pants!

Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008
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TheBigDog - Saugus, CA
Played here on Friday with miguelgolf2007, Aikidomon, and Fear. Course was in nice shape and they have brand new carts! No more pushing the cart up the hill on 18 anymore....

Teed off right on time...round started off slowly....looked like it would take us well over 6 hours, but the pace picked up on the back and we finished in 5:19....quick round on a Friday for Knollwood.

The cart girl, Gabby, was her usual busy, friendly self,....we rarely went more than two or three holes between seeing her...thank you!

Posted: Saturday, August 23, 2008
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atlasdk - Alhambra, CA
Played Sat afternoon. I thought it would be very hot up in the valley but actually it wasn't bad at all. Nice breeze throughout the day. Cart girl stop by several times... cute little girl.
Overall the course is in good shape. Greens are good - medium to slow on certain holes. Bunkers are bit thin.

Posted: Monday, August 11, 2008
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barkinesq - Woodland Hills
Played in Big Dog's tournament on Friday 8/1/08. Big Dog and Greenskeeper.Org run a very well organized and fun event. The participants are friendly, and fun was had by all.

I have always liked Knollwood for its variety of holes and variance of degrees of difficulty. The course was in pretty decent shape, though I felt the greens had too many ball marks. The fairways were nicely mowed so decent lies were had in the fairways. The sand quality varied from trap to trap.

All said not bad for a county course.

Posted: Monday, August 4, 2008
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longball23 - thousand oaks
Played in the Bigdog GK tourney on Friday August 1st. Third time playing this course. This is a shorter course that is narrow. There are trees that border the first 15-30 yds of most of the tee boxes here. You must be able to shape your shots here at Knollwood from the tee depending on what hole you are on (#2, #14, #15 draws work and #10 and #16 a fade would work well).
In my mind #1, #4 and #10 are your money holes here. They are very tough holes and each have a unique toughness about them. If you have a trusty 3 iron or fairway wood that you can keep in play that should be the club of choice on at least 6 tee boxes here at Knollwood.

The course itself was in decent to good shape. The greens were semi-quick and if you were above some of the pins you were in trouble. The sand varies from bunker to bunker and there were not really any terrible spots in the sand. The fairways in most places look like they have been cut recently and are in decent shape. The front nine here is more of a challenge. The greens themselves are small here and you must be accurate with your approach shots. The rough is up in some spots around the fairways and depending which hole you are on can be tough to get out of.

This was a well run tournament for the amount of players involved. The cart girl was around and the pro-shop staff was nice. Bring your own tees if you plan on hitting balls at the range.

Posted: Sunday, August 3, 2008
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randy_o - Simi Valley
Played the course on Friday 6/20/08 with a 7:30AM tee time. Pace of play was a little slow on the front, but we did not wait at all playing the back side, probably due to the extreme high temps that day. Tee boxes and fairways were average with divots and bare spots in areas. Bunker sand is a little thin. Greens are in very good condition; soft and receptive, rolling pretty fast. It's a great course to play in the heat of summer because there is usually a breeze and you can find tree shade on all parts of the course. Cart girl came by 3 or 4 times during the round, and the pro shop staff are friendly and efficient.

Posted: Sunday, June 22, 2008
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philmr - Moorpark
Green fees are a good deal but be prepared to play a long round. We played at 3 and made the turn about 3.5 hours later. At one point there were 13 people at the teebox on #6 and we were still waiting. Carts are scarce here and there were several that were being pushed back to the cart barn because they died on the course so you have a better chance of getting on during the weekends if you're walking. Course was in good shape though.

Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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brentimai - Manhattan Beach
Great course for the money. The greens and fairways are in very good condition. Nice varitey of holes. Greens are fairly quick and tough to read.

Posted: Monday, May 26, 2008
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TinCupMunson - west hills, ca
I played in Thebigdog's tournament 5/2. His tournaments are always a lot of fun. Knollwood ( for a public course) has four very challenging holes to start your round. Expect a 5 to 5.5 hour round relax and enjoy. It is worth the money they charge.

Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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barkinesq - Woodland Hills
Played Big Dog's tournament on 5/2/08. My first tournament. It was a lot of fun. I have always liked to play Knollwood, despite its slow pace of play. Though greens had been recently aerated, they were in pretty decent shape. Knollwood is a challenging course for all levels of players, especially high handicappers like me.

Posted: Monday, May 5, 2008
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ttucker2 - Canoga Park
Usually a decent play, the fairways were in good shape. Greens were half punched, making putts very challenging. A very hilly and narrow course in most areas, but a couple of holes really open up.

Posted: Sunday, May 4, 2008
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h8bogeys - "Hate Bogeys", CA
I played at the BIGDOG's fun outing (2nd time playing) there. I was very impressed the first time around that I wanted to come back again. I was less than impressed this time, but the value of my opinion may be a little biased since the greens were just aerated about two weeks ago. I'm sure they'll be fast and healed in another 3 to 4 weeks. The fairways were nicely cut, I didn't really notice to many bare spot areas. I didn't find any fairway or greenside bunkers, so I can't comment on their consistency. Again, the greens were a little bumpy but are still running pretty fast if your "above the hole"....only advice is to stay below the hole. As far as the pace of play, I don't know if the pace of play is always like this at Knollwood but everytime this being my second time there it took us another 5 1/2 hours to finish on a weekday! I'm sure we were kind of slow because of the tournament, especially people in our group reading the putts from all different angles and still they 3-puttted....it was really funny to watch!

Posted: Saturday, May 3, 2008
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jyamastoker - Chatsworth, CA
We played on Friday morning before the greenskeeper tournament. We teed off about 5 - 10 minutes after our tee time. Pace of play was reasonable. It took us about 5 hours to play 18. Then we replayed another 9 holes, which took us about 3 hours to play 9. We had to wait on every hole on the last 9 holes.

The greens have not quite recovered from aeration. I couldn't believe that one half of the greens were aerated. If your ball landed on the aerated part of the greens, your ball didn't roll too good until you got off the aerated part. It was still a little too sandy for me. Greens were still a little bumpy in spots.

Bunkers were very hard to hit out of. It seem there wasn't much sand in the bunkers. There was a guy in the group behind us who every time he tried to hit out of the bunker that he would blade his shot and hit our cart.

The fairways were looking a little dry and thin in spots. Since it was a warm day on Friday, the groundkeeper were watering the fairways if there was a gap between the players on the course. Therefore, the fairways were a little mushy on the course for some of the holes.

But overall we like playing here. The first hole is a bit of a challenge, which makes it interesting to play here. We like the price to play here plus it is close to home. No wonder it is soo busy to play here.

Posted: Saturday, May 3, 2008
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kviser - Saugus, CA
Played in TheBigDog's May 2, 2008 tourney. When they say they aerated half of the greens, they meant literally. At least half the putting surfaces were blemish free. By mid-May, the greens will be grown in nicely.

Posted: Saturday, May 3, 2008
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Bigduece2111 - Mission Hills
Course has been better, but currently under repair. Pace is still a bit slow. Greens were recently punched, so they're pretty bumpy. All in all not bad for the Twilight rate.

Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2008
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chuckbutler - Simi Valley
Slow pace with fivesomes everywhere. Traps weren't raked.

Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2008
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divot1957 - BURBANK
Fun layout. Greens are extremely bumpy. Sand quality in the bunkers is poor, like ground up pebbles. Pace at 7am on a weekday was 5+ hours.

Posted: Friday, March 7, 2008
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kviser - Saugus, CA
Played with TheBigDog's tourney on Feb. 2, 2008. As Nick has stated, the greens were the best part of the course. Winter conditions with dormant fairways and rough have left this course with a "less-than-fair rating." It's not that dormant fairways and rough is bad, you do get more roll. However, with no water, no views and a lack of scenery other than pine and eucalyptus, this can be a kind of dreary place in winter. Also, sand traps could have a little more and better sand in them. As for pace of play, let's just say that it has the typical L.A. municipal pace. Figure about 6 hours, unless it is raining, because the rain keeps the crowds away.

Posted: Sunday, February 3, 2008
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NICKESQUIRE1 - Westlake Village, CA
Played in tournament there 2/1. The greens were the best part of the course, fast and scary if you were on the wrong side of the hole on several greens, a little bumpy, but excellent overall after alot of rain recently. The tees were only in fair shape, unlevel and thin in many spots. Both the fairways and rough were generally decent, maybe a little thin in too many spots.

Posted: Friday, February 1, 2008
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h8bogeys - **H8BOGEYS**
Tees & Fairways: Played here for the first time to commemorate "The Big Dog" tournament. Thanks to "Ringworld" and his tip prior to my round on where the greens break....it helped me earn 11 one putts, 9 of them to save par! Anyhow most tees had some bare lies, slightly uneven, but definitely playable and expected during these so called winter conditions for So.Cal. The fairways were pretty firm, some bare spots, and lots of "fluffy" lies for my cart partner FEAR.

GREENS: The only slow green was the first green (my only 3 putt), most greens were pretty fast, the key is keeping the ball below the hole as most greens sloped from back to front. Hardly any pitch marks, it seems like most golfers that play Knollwood have some golf etiquette.

IMPRESSION: It's a nice little track from the blues, it plays around 6400 yards. Course knowledge is definitely a plus here. I got in trouble on a few holes due to the lack of it, but my playing partners gave me some good advice on a few holes. The only complaint was the pace.....it took us 5 1/2 hours to play....way to sloooooooooow!

Posted: Friday, February 1, 2008
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Fear - North Hollywood
Was cold out and rained just a little bit. But I had a great time playing with some new players. Thanks to kviser setting this up.

Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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grumpy1 - Saugus
very nice course. I'd like to see a few lakes/pond with fountains.

Posted: Monday, January 21, 2008
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weber - coto de caza
Hadn't playedhere since 2004, Not impressed with the general condition. I know the recent rains and cold weather have been tough on golf courses, but I goes beyond that. Not that it was bad, it just wasn't very good. I don't remember the greens being so quick when you're above the pin. Wow! My biggest grip is the slow play coupled with running so far behind. That is probably why it's been 4 years since I last played here, more than the condition. The staff was very nice given the situation.

Posted: Friday, January 11, 2008
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kviser - Saugus, CA
Played with TheBigDog and met another GK member, moneyoff, who was paired with us by chance. A fine, windy day at Knollwood. Either into the wind or downwind, except for holes 1, 7 and 14. Got to play 18 looking directly at the sun from tee to green. Should have hit it right like TBD (sorry bro). Just kidding, he kicked my a**. Good thing we didn't talk about money. Anyhow, the course looked pretty good for dead of winter: dormant rough and fairways. The greens were nice; soft and fairly fast. Looks like somebody's mower had a hydraulic leak. Many of the greens had tell-tale oil stains tracked across them. It might have an effect later. I have seen greens get burned by hydraulic leaks. Still, windy or not, we all had a good time.

Posted: Monday, December 31, 2007
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bggpoppa - Northridge
Played this afternoon.. WINDY!! backed up because of a small tournament.. Tee boxes were in good shape, not too many divots from the back tees. Fairways were dried out, but its winter time.. Greens were in great shape, rolled true and not too many ball marks.

Posted: Wednesday, December 26, 2007
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kviser - Saugus
Played with the Big Dog's Nov. 2nd tourney (Thanks BD). Course looked as good as I have seen it. The grounds crew is really trying here. Nice cut on the fairways (great striping with the mower). The greens have not yet healed from the latest aerification; close, but not quite there. There was a couple of greens that were starting to get some bermuda and kikuyu grass infiltration. In the words of Bob Marley, "kill it before it grows." Sand traps need a little new sand. Nice to see the GK guys also. The cart girl was as cute as a button.

Posted: Sunday, November 4, 2007
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TinCupMunson - West Hills, Ca
Best shape I have seen in years. This course is a very fair test of ones golf game. However they need to only put out 8 groups an hour instead of ten and not allow 5somes. This would speed play up a lot.

Posted: Saturday, November 3, 2007
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ringworld - Long Beach CA
Played BigDogs Tournament -- photos to follow.
Greens were pretty bumpy. They don't roll true but that can be expect from areation. I would give the course another 2 weeks if weather holds to play again -- and they mow them. Service was exceptional for a public links. Cart girl, Gabby, appeared numerous times. She even called in to help us get a marshal to shuttle back one of our group who had to leave earlier. Very nice. Overall course played slow. Greens could use some time to heal. And fairways were dormant so expect a lot of roll. Good time had by all, just wish I could have played better.

Posted: Saturday, November 3, 2007
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thingstodo - San Dimas
Played 11-02 in Bigdogs tournament. Course track is challenging, but easy enough for every level player, not overly long and the par three's are manageable. Some of the tee boxes are not level and it was hard to find a spot where it felt like you could stand comfortably. The greens were very bumpy, but most of the ball marks seemed to be tended to. The speed of the greens were pretty good, if you allowed for the rough roll to the hole.
The weather was perfect and the company was outstanding. Had a great time out there. Another great outing hosted by a great couple. Thank you!

Posted: Friday, November 2, 2007
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atlasdk - Alhambra
Played 10/27 Sat. Fairways are in good shape. Bunkers were not too good. One was wet and another was hard soil. Greens are very soft and speeds are bit slow. Nothing to brag about except they did renovated the bathrooms. I give 5.5 GK rating.

Posted: Monday, October 29, 2007
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rrichmond - Glendale
Allows fivesomes, SLOW. Greens were a mess. However, very cheap!! $28 - walking. Do they have a Marshall here?

Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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thingstodo - San Dimas
Some colleagues of mine set up a tee time here, so I thought I would get in a round before Big Dogs tourney next month. Checked Greenskeeper, noticed the green aeration alert, it was good to know because it would have been very frustrating otherwise. Oh, the starter made no mention of the green maintenance, nor that he had just sent out a SIXsome, then a Fivesome in front of us! Shame on you Knollwood. It made for an upsetting day of golf, I played pretty well actually, but lets get realistic here. Gee, could they have, lets say put two foursomes and a threesome out? Yes we were behind eleven in two groups. Considering, they were OK as far as pace was concerned. They should have not been playing the blue tees.
No matter,... waiting for six guys on one hole to hit, find ball, hit, putt, then five guys, then our foursome, the poor two guys behind us... I asked them several times if they wanted to join us, because obviously there were no rules out there as to how many footprints you could put on a green per group, but they declined. No marshal on the course, despite two phone calls to the starter, until the 16th, and then he didn't do anything.
No beverage cart until driving up the 18th fairway, again.. thanks.
It is a shame, this is a nice track, the greens will eventually be good, but the service? forget it. play somewhere else. There are many good choices around

Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2007
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1scgolfer - torrance
went out sunday morning tee time 7:32 am got out about 7:50 not to bad i guess. greens alittle beat up and kind of soft. but rest of course ok. not to bad for a muni. play was a little slow about 5hrs to play.

Posted: Sunday, September 9, 2007
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ringworld - Long Beach CA
Thank God there was a breeze and shade. Thanks again for BigDog for arranging this tournament event. Course played quickly but for some reason we finished in around 5 hours. There wasn't a group in front or behind except towards 5-6-7. Greens were in good shape but slow for my taste. Sand looks ok but is compacted. Rough is trouble so stay out of it. Tee boxes are flat. Course overall is in good shape. No complaints just a great day to play golf.

Posted: Monday, August 6, 2007
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swing18golf - Torrance
Knollwood is in good condition. greens are running very well..a little dry in the fairways but no complaints and worth the play...plus i shot my best round 71...

Posted: Saturday, August 4, 2007
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jyamastoker - Chatsworth, CA
Played twilight here on Sunday, July 22. We started about 1/2 hour later than our scheduled tee time. We managed to get 16 holes in before it got dark. The greens are in great shape. But we noticed there were lots of unrepaired ball marks on the greens. I noticed on some of the putts that some of the greens were a little bumpy in spots. The fairways were lush in some spots, a little bit bare in other spots.

And on the driving range, the balls were in real bad shape (they were really beat up). You can't tell how far your drives are going on the driving range here. Balls were cut up and the logos/marks on the balls were really faded.

Posted: Monday, July 23, 2007
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fishonreno - Granada Hills
Greens are in EXCELLENT shape and will continue to be, but only if EVERYBBODY fixes their F****** ball marks. Please people, it isn't that hard to take 10 seconds to bend your lazy A** down and repair your ball marks!!!

Posted: Monday, July 16, 2007
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kviser - Saugus, CA
Played Sunday, July 8, 2007. Fairly quiet for a weekend at this course. Got right on at 1:40 p.m. with only a 1 hour prior reservation. Greens were aerified about 2 weeks ago and it showed. They were bumpy and slow. Perhaps another week or two of growth will heal them in nicely. Fairways were a mix of mostly lush grass with some overly wet areas and also some thin areas here and there. Rough was pretty inconsistent: bumpy, dry or wet. The 3 sand traps I visited were a little untidy with other's footprints, pine needles and other tree debris. The sand, however, was nice and light, not packed down or wet. Pace of play was o.k. at about 4 hours and 45 minutes. The girl in the beer cart was "smokin' hot."

Posted: Sunday, July 8, 2007
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ams30gts - Montebello
Played Friday July 6th 11:50. Greens seem to be growing back pretty nicely after getting punched a week and a half ago. This course is definitely worth the $24 green fee through golfnow. As always the course is taken care of pretty well. Too bad for the horrible pace of play. we got stuck about 4 groups behind the tail-end of a tournament, and they were darn slow. From holes 11-13 we had to wait for at least 2 groups and for 3 groups on the par3 #13. Round took just over 5 hours, which in my book is rediculous.

Play this course. Definitely worth the money on this challenging and real fun course

Posted: Saturday, July 7, 2007
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mark_6m - Glendale, CA
Knollwood CC is a beautiful traditional style course. Fairways are tree lined and tend to be narrow to average in width. The course is somewhat undulating. It plays over 6600 yards from the tips. Greens were in good shape. Balls held well. Fairways were green and cut to a good level. Tee boxes were level and lush with typical wear and tear. The rough was lush and at a reasonable level, but still challenging. Sand was good in quality. I recommend this course.

Posted: Saturday, May 5, 2007
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akaseanmcp - Woodland Hills
-Played on 3.30 and we were stuck behind a very slow couple of groups. Marshall's did nothing.

- The course looked and played extremely nice. I find this to be one of the best values golf wise anywhere in Los Angeles.

- The cart girl was smoking hot and I bought granola bars from her despite not being hungry at all.

Posted: Tuesday, April 3, 2007
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longball23 - thousand oaks
Played this course for the first time on 3/26/07. Not a course to use the big dog on. A lot of OB left and right. If you have a trusty 5 wood,3 iron or 4 iron that is the play here on most of the tee boxes. Lots of scoring holes if played correctly. Def think as a player you should score better the 2nd or 3rd time around that you play this course. Greens were very slow and we were told that they will be punching them next week and that this course usually is known for fast greens. We were glad they were not fast because they were small greens(or at least smaller than I am used to). Lot of doglegs on this course so you need to shape your shots here. I have been told it is a 5hr plus round on weekends but we finished in 4 hr 10 minutes so I will chalk that one up to the Golfing gods above. Tough course to walk but we enjoyed walking it. Tree lined fairways and a good share of bunkering around some of the greens. Will be back to play on a weekday.

Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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uscdodger32 - Woodland Hills
Played 3/17 with my father (barkinesq). The staff at the front desk was very helpful, they let us know that they were running 15-20 minutes behind, and pointed the way to the putting green, driving range, coffee shop. Sure enough, we got out at 10:30 with a 10:05 tee time.

Now the Good: The course was in absolutely fantastic condition. Phenomenal shape. Fairways were green and lush. Rough was green and existent. You really payed when you missed a fairway, and believe me, I missed a lot of fairways. The greens were in excellent shape, and the traps played very true. The design is a lot of fun, and Knollwood tests every facet of your game. Plus, this may be the best deal in SoCal...$40 for green fees and cart weekend morning.

Now the bad: Play was ridiculously slow. They allow walking fivesomes, which can be a major problem weekend mornings. Some of the players here have no grasp of the concept, and end up taking time reading 4 inch putts, while your standing on the fairway with 2 groups on the tee behind you. Now I'm all for concentrating and playing your best and by the rules, but pick it up when you see that you're holding up 3 groups. Marshalls were non existent on the front 9, all over the back 9.

An idea for the Knollwood staff: Have a martial stationed permanently on the 6th green. This first par 3 is one of the main causes of all the backups and because of the huge backup at #6, the carts waiting to tee off actually come into play and are quite distracting on the shot into #5 green. There should be a marshall on the green making it mandatory to wave up the next group if the 7th tee is occupied. I get that most courses will be slow weekend mornings, but by the 5th, 6th, or 7th holes, most course open up so that there is very little waiting until 16,17, and 18. Not so at Knollwood. The only marshall who was constantly around was a guy named Dennis, who was very helpful.

Besides the 5 hour round, which would have been MUCH longer had we not had our 3rd player leave at #12, and the group infront of us's 4th player left, so we joined at #13 into a 5some and finished quickly. If the groups had stayed the same, theres no doubt it would have been a 6+ hour round.

So besides that, the course is definitely worth the money, the course is beautiful, fun, challenging. Just be ready for a really long round on weekends. I'll definitely be back.

Posted: Monday, March 19, 2007
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barkinesq - Woodland Hills
Played Knollwood on 3/17/07. Started at about 10:30 am and finished at about 3:30pm. Not a great pace of play, but not too bad for a Saturday morning start.

The course was in the best shape I have seen it in this year. Greens were in terrific condition. Fairways were green and pretty lush. Tee boxes were level and lush. For the price - a real bargain.

Only downer - I wish I played better. Oh well.

Posted: Saturday, March 17, 2007
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barkinesq - Woodland Hills
The layout is great and interesting. Very challenging course. A difficult course for high/mid handicap golfers. Course is fun to play, but usually crowded and a round takes over 5 hours.

Posted: Saturday, February 24, 2007
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uscdodger32 - Woodland Hills
Was able to get in 12 holes before it got dark, Saturday, 2/3. The course was in pretty good condition for this time of year. The fairways were a little brown, but the grass was all there. This course is a fun, challenging course. It doesn't really aggrevate you with really difficult holes, just a lot of elevation change, doglegs, that require you to make a variety of shots.

The starter and marshall are fantastic. We didn't have a tee time, and we got there about 1:00. He placed us immediately on the wating list, and said hed get us out in 20-30 minutes. Than he cart problems started. There was a problem with the batteries or something, so the starter called us in and said if we wanted to ride, we might not get on, seeing as those with tee-times get priority, but if we wanted to walk, we could tee-off right away. We opted to walk, and he let my father use a pull cart free of charge.

When we got to 10, the marshall came and told us, that they were closing the gates, but we could stay on and play as long as we wanted (or as long as we could see :). He told us a backway to get out when we were readdy. he also arranged to get us a cart so we wouldnt have to walk back in the dark, free of charge.

Anyway, besides the great customer service, this is a really fun track. getting a good tee time though...good luck. If you want a prime tee time, forget calling, show up in person 6:00 a.m. 7 days prior to when you want to play.

Posted: Sunday, February 4, 2007
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L_lucky - LA MIRADA, CA
I played at Knollwood CC on New Yr's Day, and the course conditions were poor. The fairways were ok, but the greens were bumpy. I would have been upset during the round if the green fees costed more than the $40 , including cart. Overall, I'd choose another course to play until Knollwood's conditions get better.

Posted: Saturday, January 6, 2007
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mlsstunts - Acton
Some things never change. Have not played this course in years because of rude and Un-Proffesional staff, and the fact that they send out walking 5-somes. Played it last week and after dealing with the rude and Un-Proffesional staff, our round of golf took forever because of all the 5-somes. On top of that the course is in horrible shape. Skip this place if you have any where else to play.

Posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
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Bigduece2111 - San Fer Valley
THis is my home course so I guess I could be a little biased. Its definitly not in the best shape I have ever seen it, but its still good. The greeens are quite slow right now. The fairways are in O.K. condition, but are currently under repair. All in all worth the green fee.

Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
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ams30gts - Montebello
Played on friday Nov 10th. Holiday rate was $40 riding. Tee time was 9:40 and went out right about that time. We finished in about 5 hours sorta slow but not too bad.

Course was in prety good condition. nice level tee boxes, greens were fast and smooth, fairways were pretty good with very few brown or bare spots.

very windy there.

course has a nice layout and is very fun to play.

i will definitely go back

Posted: Sunday, November 12, 2006
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atlasdk - Alhambra
Played Sat 10/14 twilight 2:00pm. As always, course was crowded and pace was slow. We couldn't finish the round. However, the whole course is improving very nicely. Greens are healing nicely from the aeration. Fairways are OK. Tee box areas still need some improvements. It was good to see that they are working on the course such as fixing up the bathrooms. Weather was great! Wish we could have finish the round...

Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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jcdunkdogs - Santa Clarita
Played on 10/09/06, and greens had just been aerated. Course is in fair condition, with generally a low mosture level in soil throughout. Good lies in fairways. Some areas of overwatering and underwatering were present. Don't hit it too far left/long of the 150 marker on 10th hole or you will not hold the very dry/hard ground on fairway. Greens looked good, and the aprons and approaches looked excellent. There is some small improvement project near 9th tee (fountain?) and near one of the tees on the back nine. A nice layout.

Posted: Friday, October 13, 2006
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hunterfroberts - Granada Hills
You simply can't beat Knollwood for the price. It's my home course being 5 minutes or less from my house, but I play alot of courses in the area that charge 2, 3 and 4 times the money, and Knollwood still holds up. Deceptively challenging layout. Its short but squirly. Lots of elevated greens that won't hold short chips at all, but hit a full wedge or better and you'll often find the the ball plugged on the green. Not alot of sand in play, but the greens are often fairly steep and tricky, stay below the hole. The course is in great condition, especially for late summer. The tee boxes can be a little uneven, and the rough a little spotty, but the fairways and greens can't be beat for this price. There is only one dogleg right, and all the other bends are to the left, so a draw off the tee here plays well all day. The only complaint is that play here can be very slow, especially on weekends, and they do allow fivesomes. Overall a great little mountain style course with lots of trees and hills, but few hazards.

Posted: Monday, September 25, 2006
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tomgonzales - monterey park
although i did not play well it was a pleasant afternoon with my playing partners

Posted: Sunday, September 17, 2006
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atlasdk - Alhambra
Played on Labor Day. Fairways and greens are good. Greens look slow but actually pretty fast. Overall condition of the course is good - rate 6.0 One thing great about the golf course is that they are renovating the restrooms. They should also provide cart girls. Weather was very hot, but there was no cart girl on this golf course...

Posted: Tuesday, September 5, 2006
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bthunter - Moorpark
First time I have been to this course and was very pleased. The course has a great layout with a lot of character. Course was in great shape for the most part. Greens were outstanding. However, some tee boxes had severe divot damage and were very thin. Also, don't expect them to run ontime. Everyone I talked to says they are never ontime, and I witnessed it for myself. We were scheduled to tee off at 6:30am. Didn't end up teeing off until 7. Although, all in all, a great day and definetly worth the $21 green fee.

Posted: Thursday, August 24, 2006
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mmacready - pasadena
tunnel before 12th tee has some freakin hilarious stuff written on the walls. check em out if you get a chance. overall this course was nice. rough was rough, and course played at a decent speed. but have to mention that tunnel again. Oh yeah, beer girl is hot hot hot.

Posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2006
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1doubledub - rancho cucamonga
started 15-20 after scheduled tee time. pace was slow for a weekday.

Posted: Friday, July 7, 2006
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atlasdk - Ahambra
Played 06/24 Sat 8:04AM. Crowded... actual tee off time was almost 9:00AM. Pace was bit slow, almost 5 hours. Fairways are great but the rough was "Rough" Need some creative thinking and humbleness to get out from the rough. Made the round more interesting. Greens are slow due to aeration but still playable. Overall the course is in good shape except their bathrooms. Still dirty and stinky. Wish they could clean up a bit.

Posted: Monday, June 26, 2006
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jyamastoker - Chatsworth, CA
Played on 6/18 with a tee time around 9 am on Sunday. We started about a half hour late. Took us about 5 1/2 hours to finish. Course is in good condition. (Saw aeration was taking place the day after we played.) It is important to keep your shots in the fairway. The rough was really thick. Had a few shots in the rough and most of the time I only saw the top of my balls. Really liked the layout of this course. There are not too many parallel holes. It plays difficult because a lot of holes are hilly. Had a lot of uphill and downhill lies.

Posted: Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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BUILDHOMES06 - Granada Hills
Still one of the best looking public courses I have played. Greens are in great shape, play after 8:00 severly slow

Posted: Thursday, June 1, 2006
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atlasdk - Alhambra
Played Monday 5/29. It's been a while since I played this course. I use to love this course but the course was in a bad shape on Monday. First thing I noticed was that the practice greens wasn't well maintained. Lots of tee box areas are under construction and dirty. I don't know whether due to holiday or what, very messy course. One of the restroom was stink and dirty... almost like nobody clean it for weeks. Ordered hotdogs but they were half cooked. Fairways and greens are in fair shape. I like the course layout but on Monday, they gave me bad taste. I hope it was just due to holiday. Hope they will keep up golf course ...

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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chuckbutler - Simi Valley
A five hour plus round that started late because we had to wait for a cart. There were so many fivesomes on the course that they ran out of carts. There were at least 4 groups of five in front of us and all were playing from the back tees. Probably want play here again simply because of the pace and the number of fivesomes on the course.

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006
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ohpoh - los angeles
fivesomes, fivesomes, fivesomes! I hate fivesomes! Not only do i hate fivesomes, i hate bad players that are fivesomes! I dont just hate fivesomes that are bad, i hate fivesomes that play skins.Why do you guys take your time putting when your putting four double par or worse? If you cant hit the ball straight at least 200 yards, go to the range!Group in front was playing from blue tees and couldnt hit it pass the ladies tees. HORRIBLE! At least play fast! Other than that, overall conditions and layout is good. Greens are slow though.

Posted: Saturday, May 6, 2006
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Bigduece2111 - Granada Hills,CA
First time playing on this cousre, so i didint't really have high expectations. I was wrong. Course was good. Medium speed fairways ,but wide open. Some trees, but a great beginner to intermidiate course. Greens were a little bumpy due to recent aeriation, so they should be really good in about a month or so. I will be going back atleaset once a week from now on. Great driving range too!

Posted: Sunday, April 23, 2006
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helodriver2000 - Northridge
Greens have been recently punched. The course is in fair shape.

Posted: Friday, April 7, 2006
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helodriver2000 - Northridge
Typical winter conditions for a Muni course. Greens were rolling to an 8 but bumpy.

Posted: Monday, March 6, 2006
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helodriver2000 - Northridge
The course is a typical Muni venue that gets overplayed. Lots of unrepaired divots on the fairways and tee boxes. The greens were rolling about an 8 and were bumpy but plush. Good for the price.

Posted: Monday, March 6, 2006
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chichi - Northridge
Played Knollwood C C on Wed March 1 just after 2 1/2 inches of rain finished 24 hours before. The course handled the rain magnificently. Fairways are typical of winter conditions but the greens, a little slow after the rain, are in great shape.
I remember how badly Knollwood used to handle rain but now it is one of the best around in that regards and what a bargain.

Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2006
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Mirkyman - Valencia
PLayed 2-21. Teed off at 12:00.

Overall the course was in fair shape. A little disappointed in the greens, as the practice greens were flying the course were about 2/3 of the speed.

Also whoever was placing pins must have had some fun. There was not 1 pin in the center of any green -not even front to back. Almost every pin was within 5 paces of the fringe. With I'd say at least half being within 2 1/2-3 paces. Didn't bother me much, as most were fair except for a couple that were on ridges that you actually had to run by the hole and let it trickle back down into the back of the hole. Really not your typical tuesday afternoon positions though.

Pace was astonishing for a tuesday afternoon. We were moving along nicely till the first par 3 (hole 6) where there were 2 groups on the tee. Despite that we finished the front half in just about 2hr 30mins. Normal for here. The back half got really jammed up. Waited about 15 minutes on 10, Waited on every shot thereafter until number 14 (a par 3) where there were once again 2 groups waiting. Well after a good 20+ minutes waiting, things opened up. However the back half ended up being over 3 hours 15 minutes. Almost a 6 hour round.

Its a good test. But sometimes getting on, or getting round in a reasonable amount of time may be tough.

Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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ken_schalk - los angeles/nyc
lots of people going out early on this course. took over 5 hours with
a 7:30 tee time. nice rolling terrain (some nice elevation changes) and some tricky, tree-lined doglegs can screw with your score if you're not
careful.

greens - pretty nice
fairways - pretty nice
tees - so, so - definitely some straight up bad tees.
traps - pretty nice.

Posted: Saturday, February 11, 2006
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tdcephas - Inglewood, CA
The course is in excellent condition; the greens are smooth and fast. Played there on Sat. 1/21; expect windy conditions this time of year.

Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
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baileysdad - newhall, ca
loved the course layout. makes you use all your clubs.

Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006
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1scgolfer - Torrance
course in pretty good shape but too many tee times to stay on time. had 7:24 sunday morning,but didn't tee off till 8:00. talked to starter and was told they book early tee times before it gets light, but nobody tees off until it gets light. so first tee time is about 15 minutes late. was told they do it all the time. but course is fun.

Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2006
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axeljeff - Los Angeles, CA
Played the course last Tuesday (before the most recent storms). While the course was a lot more green and lush than it is during the summer months, portions of the course were suffering from overwatering. There were several areas under repair, presumably because of cart damage to oversaturated fairways. (On some holes, they definitely should have been allowing carts on the path only, but weren't, so I foresee more GUR in the near future.) Even where the ground wasn't under repair, it wasn't unusual to find mud on my ball after bouncing on the fairway. The greens played reasonably well, though there were a couple that seemed a little bumpy. Overall, the conditions were pretty good, but definitely could have been better with improved water management and cart restrictions where appropriate.

Posted: Monday, January 2, 2006
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seminole - Sun Valley
Course is in good shape, but over saturated in many fairways. High ball hitters will get a lot of mud stuck to their shots. Greens are somewhat fast and mostly true to line. The pace of play at Knollwood is horrible. They forever put fivesomes out and then most people do not play from the appropriate tee boxes to slow the pace even further.

Posted: Friday, December 30, 2005
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alanmode - Cerritos
Played sunday,12/4/05 morning. Amazingly surprised by their course conditions being green fee category of $40 & managed by american golf. Especially greens are in superb shape better than any other $100 fee courses.Very fast ,well receptive & beautifully manicured.Except some tee boxes beated up(mostly par 3) & some wet ,soaked fairways is unbelievable this course just charge $40 weekend.Just keep it up !
What a windy day was we considered 2 clubs even affected rolling ball on greens.

Posted: Monday, December 5, 2005
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csail - VALENCIA
Course is in pretty decent condition. Greens are above average condition. Played back 9 on Sunday morning in less than 2 hrs.

Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
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berryv1 - Arleta
course in great condition , best I have seen in a long time !

Posted: Saturday, November 5, 2005
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w6st - Canyon Country, CA
Weekday super twilight, great value. Fast pace.

Posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2005
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jsmaru - LOS ANGELES
FAIRWAYS WERE TORN UP WITH CARTS DRIVING THROUGH SOAKED AREAS. MUCH MUD AND VERY SOFT FAIRWAYS. GREENS WERE IN FAIR CONDITION BUT TEE BOXES WERE AERATED AND STILL NOT LEVEL IN ANY PLACE.

Posted: Monday, October 31, 2005
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carsonlockwood - NORTHRIDGE, CA
WHEN SIGNING UP THEY DO NOT INFORM YOU OF SANDING AND POCKING THE GREENS THAT DAY.
THE 5 SUMS THEY ALLOW RUINS THE PASE OF PLAY AND THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE THE MARSHALLS MOVE THE PEOPLE ALONG.
AFTER PLAYING THERE SEVERAL MONTHS WE ARE NOW CHANGING COURSES.

Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2005
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tjarnot - West Los Angeles
"Goat Ranch" is too high end. I would use the phrase my playing partner quoted while we were on the course...Dog Track. Not only poor fairway condition...the greens were reminiscent of a pimply faced teenager. It was hard to find my ball mark to repiar it amongst all the other marks on the green on several occassions.
I won't be playing here again any time soon, Nad I would recommend any of the Sepulveda Basin courses (Balboa, Encino, or Woodley Lakes) over this course as they cost about the same are in much better condition for "much played" courses.

Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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berryv1 - Arleta
This is one of my faorite courses to play , but this time around it was in poor condition , cant explain why , we have had a pretty mild summer , no reason for the fairways and rough to have so many bare spots , overall condition was poor

Posted: Sunday, October 2, 2005
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helodriver2000 - Northridge
Not bad for what you pay in green fees. Busy course but the staff tries hard to accomodate.

Posted: Monday, September 19, 2005
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helodriver2000 - Northridge
Always fun to play. In pretty good condition for a publink type course.

Posted: Monday, September 5, 2005
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Ljblanford - Venice, Ca
The immortal words "goat ranch" somewhat come into play at Knollwood. I remember playing there 4 or 5 years ago and thought it was great. Now, well let's just say even at 33 bucks...it ain't worth it. Bare patches in the middle of the fairways?? Hard to believe were playing "rollovers" in August....

Posted: Monday, August 29, 2005
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kawamura - Alhambra
The course is in good condition a great value but pace of play was ridiculus (3 hour half round). Tee time was at 2:44PM.Finally teed off at 3:30PM. Got to the 16th hole and got kicked off the course because it was getting too dark.

Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2005
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jimmy6872 - Valencia
Pace of play was slow due to fivesome groups. Found the tee boxes to have some unlevel stances due to divots. Greens were in decent condition witn ocaisional bare spots and non repaired ball barks. Overall, course was in good condition and would recommend for the value.

Posted: Monday, July 4, 2005
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DrTribble - Encino
Played there on 5/15/05. They allow 5-somes and it took us over two hours to play the first 6 holes. There was no sign of a Marshall on the course for the first 9 holes.

Posted: Saturday, May 21, 2005
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snoogs20 - los angeles
decent course for the price but definitely over-rated. conditions currently were quite thin tee to green. the layout isn't very challenging. i'm happy i played it once, probably won't be on my frequent re-visit list.

Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2005
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bigmac - lakewood
Mother's Day and Father's Day special - all moms on Mother's Day and all dads on Father's Day will receive 50% discount off their greens fee...

Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2005
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DRathgeb - Oxnard
Terrible Sunday afternoon experience. Extremely slow including several fivesomes. The only marshal we saw appeared at he 7th hole (3 hours after we teed off at 2:40) to tell us the carts had to be in by 7:30. At 7:25 we still had three holes to play. Extremely ball marked greens many of which appeared a full day or two old. Made the already bumpy greens worse.

Posted: Monday, April 11, 2005
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drew_222 - Glendale, CA
Played Knollwood last week. It was extremely windy when I played so there were a lot of leaves and debris on the course. The course has a lot of elevation changes and was challenging for me and will probably be for all mid to high handicappers. There are 4 par 5s and many challenging par 4s. It is definitely worth the experience if you haven't played Knollwood... and you can't beat the price. Don't play there on a hot day though.

Posted: Thursday, April 7, 2005
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salrbob - Granada Hills
What makes this a tough course are the greens. Only about 4 are flat and the rest undulating.

Posted: Saturday, March 19, 2005
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wdgoodin - Santa Clarita
Got out and played the back 9 again on 3/11. WOW, what a difference a weeks makes. The course dried out and is in great shape. I have never seen Knollwood like this. The fairways and greens were in great shape, considering the $15 fee to play 9 holes. I did not notice the previously mentioned problems with the T-boxes. This is a great way to start the morning off, played 9 in ~1:45.

Posted: Thursday, March 17, 2005
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chuckbutler - Simi Valley
Worth the fee. Pace a little slow due to walking fivesomes.

Posted: Friday, March 11, 2005
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melnick - rancho palos verdes
Course was in pretty good shape except for the tee areas which were very uneven with many bare spots. Mostly staight ahead holes except for a few doglegs on the back nine. Great deal through 24/7 golf - $28.50 with cart including a $6.00 range card. Very slow round, almost 6 hours on a Tuesday afternoon. Suggest playing before the summer - not a course worth trolling around if the temperature is over 100.

Posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2005
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Swanky007 - Canyon Country
A great course for the $. If it's good enough for O.J. it's good enough for me.

Posted: Monday, March 7, 2005
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blk3red8 - highland park
very nice,fairways are green no bare spots.greens are plush but fast at times

Posted: Sunday, March 6, 2005
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wdgoodin - Santa Clarita
Got out to play the back 9 on Fri 2/25. Playing conditions were better than what I expected...although you could still find standing water in some traps and the low lying areas were a bit moist. The greens were in nice shape and rolled pretty well. Fairways typical for Knollwood, but no bare spots. Got around the track, walking with our 3-some, in 1Hr-45min. Blinding speed for this track.

Posted: Monday, February 28, 2005
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quark - Reseda
Lots of fun.Short from the white tees.Big advantage to those who can set-up their seconds with controlled tee shots.Greens can be tricky.Watch the slop 'cause most greens broke towards the Valley.

Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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tchen8 - Valencia
was itchn to swing the sticks. Storm cleared up just a bit. 1st time playing Knollwood, conditions were like any other golf course after 24 hours of rain but still playable.

Fun course, makes you utilize all the clubs in the bag. Twilight 1230p - $15.50..........bargain.

Posted: Thursday, December 30, 2004
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biggame - Simi Valley
WHOOOH! I get to the course @ 6:00 AM (not quite dawn) and there are 7 people on the waiting list (not to bad). 8:00 AM rools around and there are still 3 in front of me! I chose to play just the back 9 at this point! Really disappointed that I waited 2 hours to play a 3 HOUR back 9!

Now on to the course... Not 1 tee box is flat here! The fairways are good and narrow. The greens are exelent (fast & but easy to read). Challenging course but it takes to bloody long to play a round! If you have 5+hours, like a challenging narrow course and like to wait this is the course for you.

Posted: Saturday, December 4, 2004
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ejayfire - temecula
nice course plenty of elevation change, will play again.

Posted: Wednesday, December 1, 2004
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bigmac - lakewood
50% off green fees on Saturday, December 18

Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2004
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express90029 - Los Angeles
The course itself is quite challenge, yet the problem is pace of the game. Slow pace kills the rhythm of game and swing.
Marshall there doesn't seem helpful to resolve the slow pace.
So many beginners expect you to wait and test your patience level, oh well what do you say?
At least on Nov.3, the day when we played, it took more than 5 hours to finish up to 17 holes, couldn't finish due to darkness after sunset. We teed up before 12 P.M. and unable to finish the game, that is really serious problem we got to think about to play again there.
I hope it helps you to choose the course you like to play.
I just spoke frankly, no offense though.
Sharing my experience with others, thanks for reading.

Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2004
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Gus - Agoura Hills
I played today having not played there in 6-7 years, so it was like the first time. This course is a diamond in the rough. It is a great layout, with some holes reminiscent of LA Country Club's celebrated North Course. That made it so much sadder that the course is in the shape it's in. The best fairways are half green, with most of it being brown. They aerated the greens earlier this month, and they are really nice. Soft, receptive but not mushy. The bunkers need definition and new sand. The tee boxes need leveling and repairing. It's also a slooowwww round, with many of the holes proving a little too difficult for many of the regular weekday customers. The layout is still wonderful. Personally I'd love to see the course cost more than it's 21.50 green fee if they could bring the course back to a good condition. Go for the layout, not the conditions.

Posted: Tuesday, September 28, 2004
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chuckbutler - Simi Valley
Greens were punched and very sandy. Staff did tell us before hand so it was not a surprise. Some very wet and/or muddy spots in fairways. Sand quality was very poor, crusty and thick. I've seen the course in better shape.

Posted: Thursday, September 9, 2004
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divot1957 - Burbank
The greens are the best feature here right now, fairly smooth & true with good speed. Fairways inconsistant, some scalped & dried out in spots, others with water-logged areas. Tee boxes need help. Overall, not bad for L.A. municipal course.

Posted: Friday, August 13, 2004
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ohpoh - los angeles
decent layout, horrible conditions. Might be from the weather, but everything is dry out. Played for the first time here, probably wont be playing here again

Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2004
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lipncin - Temple City
Played here a couple of times lately. The greens are among the best in the County and the fairways are in good shape. The teeing areas need work. Maybe if we were left with sand mix on the tees we could help. It doesn't seem like the tee boxes are a priority to the maintainence staff. Keep up the good work on the greens.

Posted: Sunday, July 25, 2004
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weber - coto de caza
I have played this course ever since moving to Los Angeles in 1970, and while I only play here about once a year now, I can confirm the prior feedback comments .... the greens are by far the best I've ever seen them! In fact the entire course, with the exception of the tees, is in the best condition I've seen it. My compliments to the County and/or the greenskeeper for such improvement.

Posted: Saturday, July 17, 2004
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RSCHWINN - Northridge
Played again since it is the best course at the best price near me.Greens are the best I have seen inmaybe 10 years.Pace of play was decent,but it was a Tuesday.Many of the tee boxes are unlevel but I heard the will be redoing about 7 or 8 of them in the next year.Still a good course and still worth the money

Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2004
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1scgolfer - TORRANCE
this is a very good course to play, conditions were very good except for tee boxes. very uneven and not very much grass. everything else very good. too bad i played so bad, but i did help my partner a couple of times.

Posted: Monday, July 12, 2004
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fngolfer - Montebello
What is up with the tee boxes? Maybe the wife left the greenskeeper for the UPS guy. Also, I'd like to find that rooster that cocka doodle doos in your back swing and tee one up off his friggin beak. Shut the hell up. Otherwise, the fairways are near perfect as were the greens. Rough was way up and lush. Gotta be a strong driver to score well here. Good test of golf. OJ is missing out.

Posted: Sunday, July 11, 2004
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Nkeboy2323 - Northridge
Been a while since I played here, but it looked great, except the tee boxes (Like others have said before me). Greens were very soft, and lets you stick them close, but the uphill approaches are still tricky. They have cut many large fringes which leads to approaches that makes it look like yer ball will bounce up but often stick short. Fairways were great for a course that gets a lot of play and like always, the pace of play was slow because of 5-somes.

Posted: Friday, July 2, 2004
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luggie55 - Burbank
Played on 6-27. Had a great time. The greens were really slow in the morning but then they got fast has the dew wore off. Greens were in great shape, but to me they were a little hard to read sometimes. Teeboxes were very bad. They were dry and uneven. But overall a great time if you feel like pounding the ball ff the tee every time.

Posted: Monday, June 28, 2004
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tcscb - San Pedro
Played in a tournament on 6/28. Unbelievalbe rough, deep and very difficult to advance your ball from. Fairways were a little long, but lush, greens look good, but were bouncy and slow. I think everything needs to be cut. Round was very slow, over 5.5 hours. Staff was very courteous. Decent course, but not worth a drive normally.

Posted: Monday, June 28, 2004
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wooksters - Los Angeles
Bottom line, I liked this course, except for the crappy tee boxes. Almost all were sloped. The funniest ones were when you had a dog-right and the tee box slopes left...just seemed to be a bit counter-intuitive. The greens, unfortunately were being aerated so I can't truly comment on that. I was pin-high most of the time, so putting wasn't too bad. This was a fun course...but not a good one for those that can't usually keep it in their own fairway...you know those of you who I'm talking about. Most times, there are fences or streets, so if you hit it out, it's gone. But, the fairways are of very reasonable width. Weekend play sucks when you have slow, 5-somes, and the worst are when they don't have carts. I think to speed up play, they should mandate carts on weekends before twilight. It took over 3 hours to play the front 9, and after that, we skipped ahead and was able to play the back 9 a bit faster.

Posted: Saturday, June 12, 2004
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RSCHWINN - Northridge
Played on a Wed. afternoon and got off the 1st tee without a tee time before I could get my clubs out of the car.Played here many times because it is so close and that remains the best reason for playing it.The greens are in the best shape they have been in for a while.As normal the fairways are a bit dry in some areas.Sand was harder than I recall ,I think some new sand is needed.Tee boxes overall in good shape.I take large divots with my irons and they have sand in the bottles on the carts instead of dirt and seed, I think the sand would be better off in the traps and not the bottles.Still better to play there than to be a work!

Posted: Friday, May 21, 2004
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Julie_77 - La Canada
Played on 5/16 with a 7:00 AM tee time. Greens were in excellent shape, a little slower then usual and spongy. Fairways
were in great shape with minimal divot and barespots. Tee boxes
were beat-up on some holes. Overall, Knollwood is in good playing condition. AG should eliminate 5-somes, especially on the weekends as it severely slows down play.

Posted: Monday, May 17, 2004
Member Since: February 23, 2003
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metalmd - Long Beach
Nice course. Decent layout. Only problem were the greens, especially the front 9. All greens seemed to have severe slopes. Could not stop a ball if you were hitting down hill. All shots were either way short or 8 - 10 feet past. Back 9 was a lot better.

Still I enjoyed the course and would go back, as long as somebody else drives.

Posted: Saturday, May 15, 2004
Member Since: September 1, 2003
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salrbob - Granada Hills
I've been told that the greens will be aerated in June.

Posted: Friday, May 14, 2004
Member Since: May 12, 2004
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Gquman - chino,ca
just played a tournament monday the course was in great shape compared to a year ago when we played there. the fairways were in fair shape the rough was real rough to play. the greens seemed fairly firm a little bumpy on the long putts. fyi the bogie sandwich for breakfast is a good treat.
probably my only complaint would have to be the uneven tee boxes made it difficult to pick a good spot to tee off of.

Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2004
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wdgoodin - Santa Clarita
Course not in too bad of shape for a low cost public venue. Greens still a bit bumpy from aeration, soft, and on the slower side. Tee boxes and fairways were better than expected.
Pace of play was horrid. Played twi-light at 3:24 and it took 2:45 to play the front 9. Watched two 4-somes tee off #1 ahead of us. EVeryone played it up from the blues. Not a single ball in the fairway and no one hit it much further than 150 out!! DId I mention the 2 5-somes that were in front on these two 4-somes??? I guess you just can't go to Knollwood later in the day and expect a quick round. Never saw a ranger until dusk began to fall and then they were rushing us off the course so they could lock the gates!!

Posted: Sunday, April 11, 2004
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Mirkyman - Valencia
Teed off right on tmie @ 5:36am. 4th group out and it took us 4.5 hours. Course was in decent shape. The greens are at about 98% recovered. Some squishy spots, and some bumps, but otherwise the greens were consistent. Sand was also consistent.

Fairways, rough, tee boxes were all marginal. Some lush areas, some thin areas. I'd consider it normal conditions for this course.

Overall a very good course for the price.

Posted: Saturday, April 3, 2004
Member Since: March 31, 2003
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stickman - Woodland Hills
Well, even without the rain, Knollwood was not so good. The greens were lumpy bumpy and mostly pretty slow. Fairways are typical for the "cheap" courses in the winter, tees are way better than last time I was here, but still a little beat up, sand was good, if a little shallow, and the rough was all over the place... from 6 inches to hard pan.

Ah well...

Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2004
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robertnohavandi - reseda
rock hard greens, that roll pretty fast, some new teee boxes that are still not leveled. many of the fairways were hard and bare.

Posted: Monday, February 16, 2004
Member Since: May 7, 2003
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1scgolfer - TORRANCE
I guess its winter time. Golf course isn't as nice as it usually is. Greens are fast and bumpy and very hard to read as always. Fairways don't have much grass so you get alot of bad lies when on the fairways. But its better than staying home.

Posted: Monday, December 29, 2003
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dsowul25 - granada hills
played for the first time in the winter, not as green as summer time and rough not as unforgiving. greens in good shape quite faster now than usual

Posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
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permagolfer - Los Angeles
Greens were fast and smooth. Some cup positions led to putting off the green if you did not hit the hole. Fairways mowed very tight.

Posted: Monday, December 22, 2003
Member Since: October 15, 2003
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rvalentine - Littlerock
This golf course just keeps getting in better shape from when I had played it over 10 years ago. All the new maintenance iis finally paying off.

Posted: Monday, December 1, 2003
Member Since: April 30, 2003
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mizuno25 - los angeles
Finally a course that actually decided to due something about the tee boxes. Almost all of the L. A. golf courses (city) have the worst tee boxes, uneven, destroyed whatever but Knollwood is actually doing something about it, they are making them level and putting new sod in, and now they look great. I hope all of the other courses in the area take notice.

Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2003
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melvindd - Northridge
The course is in nice shape.
Greens were fast, a little bumpy but rolled well. Fairways were ok. An overall nice day and at 33 dollars with cart, its quite a good deal.

Posted: Monday, November 24, 2003
Member Since: January 3, 2003
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