Recreation Park Golf Course (18): Member Reviews
5001 Deukmejian Drive
Long Beach, CA 90804 (562) 494-5000
LOCAL WEATHER
Long Beach, CA (90804)
[Full Forecast]
73°F
Fair
Fair
Humidity: 23%
Wind: CALM
Sunset: 7:06 pm
green Sunrise: 6:48 am
Wind: CALM
Sunset: 7:06 pm
green Sunrise: 6:48 am
COURSE LINKS
101. joshranz
Posted: 11/10/14 11:29p
Member Since: May 15, 2009
From: long beach
Posted: 11/10/14 11:29p
Member Since: May 15, 2009
From: long beach
Decided to give Big Rec another chance today. Happy to say things are improving. Splotchy patches on the low lying greens are gone. Grass is starting to fill in around the enlarged parts of the greens... Continue »
5 Likes.
102. ringworld
Posted: 11/07/14 8:56p
Member Since: Mar 24, 2004
From: Torrance CA
Posted: 11/07/14 8:56p
Member Since: Mar 24, 2004
From: Torrance CA
Golf conditions today were impressive.
Greens are deadly fast and very firm. Watch out for work being done on greens 1,2,4 and 17 to my recollection. The rest of the area on those greens are fine... Continue »
5 Likes.
103. joshranz
Posted: 10/28/14 3:47p
Member Since: May 15, 2009
From: long beach
Posted: 10/28/14 3:47p
Member Since: May 15, 2009
From: long beach
I have played Rec Park for over 14 years and I have never seen the conditions so bad! I understand there is a drought but that does not explain why there are muddy patches and thick weedy clumps of g... Continue »
6 Likes.
104. paulson
Posted: 10/23/14 8:13a
Member Since: Nov 17, 2006
From: Long Beach
Posted: 10/23/14 8:13a
Member Since: Nov 17, 2006
From: Long Beach
Not sure what course Ringworld played but this course might be in the worst shape I have seen it in over 10 years. Number 3 green is terrible and the others that they tried to enlarge are struggling... Continue »
4 Likes.
105. ringworld
Posted: 10/16/14 12:28a
Member Since: Mar 24, 2004
From: Torrance CA
Posted: 10/16/14 12:28a
Member Since: Mar 24, 2004
From: Torrance CA
Greens are GREAT! Hole 17 is in the process of being repaired in front and some holes (4 I can think of have patches that have been repaired) but the superintendent knows this and placed the cups awa... Continue »
6 Likes.
106. ringworld
Posted: 09/15/14 8:40a
Member Since: Mar 24, 2004
From: Torrance CA
Posted: 09/15/14 8:40a
Member Since: Mar 24, 2004
From: Torrance CA
Played Friday. Have to say the heat really got to me this time. I was dragging and the play slow so I quit after 9. This is my review for the holes I played.
Greens are in really poor shape righ... Continue »
Greens are in really poor shape righ... Continue »
7 Likes.
107. sngernz
Posted: 09/05/14 11:44a
Member Since: Jan 24, 2005
From: Redondo Beach, CA
Posted: 09/05/14 11:44a
Member Since: Jan 24, 2005
From: Redondo Beach, CA
Got out very early at Big Rec this morning, finished in 4:15 walking. Poa greens and Kikuyu fairways abound, some real patchy areas to navigate throughout the course, rough can be longer Kikuyu and w... Continue »
11 Likes.
108. plumerross9
Posted: 07/16/14 8:26a
Member Since: Apr 30, 2014
From: Hermoa Beach
Posted: 07/16/14 8:26a
Member Since: Apr 30, 2014
From: Hermoa Beach
Played 7/15, 3 hours front, ladies day, never wave up on par 3's, sometimes 3 groups on tee, never play ready golf, everybody stands and watches one player hit and on to next player, etc, never putt o... Continue »
3 Likes.
109. sngernz
Posted: 07/11/14 11:58a
Member Since: Jan 24, 2005
From: Redondo Beach, CA
Posted: 07/11/14 11:58a
Member Since: Jan 24, 2005
From: Redondo Beach, CA
Play early at Rec this AM, got around in 4:10 walking five-ball, $37 non-res rate. Some bunkers under construction on the front side as well as some new sod on greens 3 and 17, played as GUR, it may ... Continue »
3 Likes.
110. ggonzales
Posted: 07/07/14 5:41p
Member Since: Mar 13, 2003
From: Anaheim
Posted: 07/07/14 5:41p
Member Since: Mar 13, 2003
From: Anaheim
Played a morning round at Big Rec walked on as a single and went right to the first tee. Tees, fairways and bunkers were in good shape. Rough is a mixed bag of different grasses and different heights.... Continue »
2 Likes.
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