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4800 E. Wardlow Road • Long Beach, CA 90808 • (562) 421-3388
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can1yon - Dove Canyon 
As bradleycoop said, tee boxes for black and blue were under repair so white/blue tee markers were together for most holes. This was my first time playing Skylinks and I enjoyed it. I think their fairways are in better shape and use a grass that I am unfamiliar with but it allows for the ball to sit up nice. The course was wet due to overnight rains so some collection areas were soaked. Sand traps also had moisture as well.

I enjoyed the course and played 18 holes in less than 3.5 hours on Election Day afternoon. Next time I will walk the course. I would recommend this course to the 18 handicappers of the world since there is little trouble on this course. However, $40 for greenies at twilight seems high.

Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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bradleycoop - La Palma 
I don't play skylinks that much anymore because the course isn't worth the fee. However I played there today because I couldn't walk on at lakewood. The course was in very good shape, fairway, greens, sand, and rough all seemed in good shape and much better than down the street at El Do or Lakewood (which is normally not the case). Only complaint besides the greenfee was that the tee boxes weren't the best.

Posted: Sunday, November 2, 2008
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sngernz - Redondo Beach 
First time playing here since the renovation a couple years ago. Pretty much all the previous reviews are accurate, especially the conditions of the greens ... so many ball marks (not to be confused with divots which is what you make when you swing a club) that it made the experience a bit depressing. Otherwise, the course layout is pleasant with many parallel fairways in decent condition and some water hazards. The rough could be a bit deep in some areas which was challenging. Nice new carts w/GPS. A bit high price for what you get: I'd prefer ED or Rec in the LB area for the money.

Posted: Monday, August 11, 2008
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exxchamp - los angeles 
played early am on a saturday...first trip to course and was very enjoyable layout...tight bermuda fairways...considerable ball mark damage and/or repairs on many greens was detriment to overall conditions which were good...arrived as single at 6:00am and was on course at 6:15 play was steady probably 4 1/2 hrs... i will definitely try to play here again in future

Posted: Sunday, August 3, 2008
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malinafilm - Studio City, CA 
The ONLY bad thing is the absurdity of having to wait for a FIVESOME to putt out. The reviews about ball marks on the green are true and its really sad that people just don't repair their ball marks. If this course used marshals to reprimanded the idiots who don't fix their balls it would really be in great shape. In spite of that the greens are pretty good. Overall the round wasn't too long for a Sunday and we didn't get stuck with a fifth (we had a foursome). Certainly it wasn't a 6 hour round. I'll play their again. Fun track.

Posted: Monday, July 28, 2008
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tocho261 - buena park 
told myself i was not going to play here again, but my brother talked me into it. This course is a wreck, tee box not good, fairways - hard pan, greens - pick a divot and hope it makes your ball go to the hole. Pace of play- very horrible took us over 6 hours to play. Screw you American golf. Told brother to boycott this place.

Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
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mcclejm - Culver City 
Played here Saturday 6/28. We had a 12:21 tee time, but didn't get out until 12:50 due to lack of golf carts - there was a tournament in the morning and had to wait for carts to come in from the course. The tee boxes were a bit hacked up (except at the red tees). The greens were a disaster of unrepaired divots and old divot scars, and some were soft, squishy and slow while others were dry and fast, all of which made putting pretty difficult. Overall, I enjoyed the layout of the course, with the doglegs and bunker placement, and found it a nice challenge in course management.

Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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atlasdk - Alhambra, CA 
Played 06/23 - Monday. I played Lakewood on Sat and by comparison, this course is beautiful. Love the layout. Serveral blind dogleg holes but they are very forgiving. Bunkers, GREAT!. I haven't had sands like that for quite some times. Nice and soft. Overall greens are good. 1st hole green has many ball mark damages. Very well placed hole placement on most of the greens. Eventhough this course is not long as Lakewood, but it has many good bunkers and well placed greens. Green fees are bit higher than normal but it's OK. We enjoyed the course and will definitely will return. Customer services are OK. Didn't see a cart girl all day... maybe because it was Monday.

Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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cgill831 - Redondo Beach 
It was a beautiful day, weather perfect, father in-law out with us celebrating Father's Day weekend. But over 5.5 hours to play? Allowing fivesomes should be banned at all courses! It ruined what otherwise was a nice day out with great company.

Watch out for the sand traps- sand quality needs to be improved. Bone dry on the top layer, mud underneath.

Posted: Monday, June 16, 2008
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tocho261 - buena park 
I decided to give this course another try. The good thing was I was able to get on without waiting. This and the pace were the good thing.
The bad: Greens were sanded so the putts were very slow. The sand and wet greens made the ball slow down big time. Putting was basically hit and hope. Wait a couple of days for the greens to recover.

Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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bogieman - Lakewood 
Played here today- Ah the joys of mid week golf. Love it- Great pace never waited on any hole whatsoever. The greens are fully healed from airiation and were smooth and fairly quick. Its just unreal that people dont repair ball marks which pock scarred most of the holes. Didnt really affect the trueness of the greens though. The fairways were in very nice shape, not too green looking but extremely playable- Need to make sure you leave yourself on the right level on your approaches to the green or a 3 put is very possible on these greens with some of the flag locations- fun day

Posted: Friday, June 6, 2008
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weber - coto de caza 
Simply stated, the best condition I have ever seen Skylinks .... period! Using the coupon from the LA Times, only $25. While Skylinks is not my favorite Long Beach course, I must admit that today I had a very enjoyable round. Nice condition, nice weather and a reasonably quick round (For Skylinks)

Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2008
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tocho261 - buena park 
waitied as a single for 2 1/2 hours, then waited twenty minutes to tee off, why do hackers play from the wrong tees? Group in front was horrible, very slow and playing from the blue tees. All five drove the ball 100 yards, then hit it maybe another hunderd yards. They all took about five strokes to get on the green. We got to the second tee and there was a four group wait, it was like that for the whole round. Thank GOD for the Ipod i brought or else I would have gone crazy. Teed off 12:30 finished nine holes by 4:15. Back nine was no better, finished 18 at 6:45. Was a nice six hour round, thanks american golf.

Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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RDDenn - Redondo Beach 
Played early on 5/3. Green were still recovering from aeration. As is typical here, the pin placements on some holes were unfair - at the edge of slopes. Fairways in pretty good shape. The sand, which unfortunately I was able to sample quite a bit, was inconsistent. My rant though was the group in front of us. They complained to the starter that two groups from the list were put out before them because they had things to do later. I played in the fourth group right behind them. They were a hole behind after 2. They were teeing off on 12 when the first group, a five some, was teeing off on 16. Five hour round trailing their slow play.

Posted: Sunday, May 4, 2008
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voand7 - Westminster 
The greens are punched but they did it a bit different compared to the normal way... last month they punched half of every green and then punched the other half of every green two days ago. So that the pins are all on the half of the green that is playable, still a bit bumpy but not a bad deal for $33 with the email special (cart is extra). We had such a good time yesterday that we're going back today!

Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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OCbirdies - Irvine 
I played Skylinks on Friday morning few weeks ago. The course was in very good shape. The greens were smoother here than I have ever seen before. They used to have a lot of ball marks on them but this time they were looking great. Played with some locals who felt the same way. I also really enjoyed sitting on the patio and having a sandwich after I was done.

Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2008
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geraldq18 - P'city 
Played 3/15. Course was okay. First off, the pace of play was pretty slow, it was hard to get any rhythm going. Some tees were uneven. Fairways were in okay shape for this time of year. I found myself in the traps alot! At times they were hard and at times they were fluffy, hard to figure out. Greens were in good condition. Wind was howling throughout the round. As bggpoppa said there were dirt storms! Overall course is alright, probably play other courses in the area first before returning to this one....

Posted: Sunday, March 16, 2008
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bggpoppa - Northridge 
Played today 3/15/08, started at 10:30 at our scheduled tee time.. SLOW, VERY SLOW.. the marshalls didn't really control the pace of play.. The wind was howling on the back, around 20-25mph.. made for a brutal round.. Unfortunately I was in the sand, but for a muni the sand quality is nice and fluffy. The greens rolled true and pretty quick.. Watch out on a window due to the construction in the area dirt storms all over the course!!

Posted: Saturday, March 15, 2008
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ardbroilach - Marina Del Rey, CA 
Played Friday 29 Feb. Pace of play as slow as ever.
Course not really in bad shape, but greens were very strange. Surface was soft but underneath really firm. Chip shots were bouncing through the greens - not much fun given where some of the holes were cut.

Posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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UDUB95 - Long Beach 
Slow weekend round at Skylinks. Fairways are firm, so play for some roll. Greens were in decent shape.

Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2008
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lbpublicapp - Long Beach 
The course is in good shape and only getting better. Be careful thou the burmuda is going dorment so the ball runs more. also dont be scared of the blonde color of the grass.

Posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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weber - coto de caza 
The greens are just now recovering from the recent punching. Not bad, just not great. Another couple weeks and they'll be fine. There are elements about the redesign I like, but they have created a "resistance to scoring" factor because of the infrequency I play here, I can't seem to leave myself in the right place to get "up & down" or leave easy putts. Would take a lot of local knowledge and since I only play here once a year, too many variables to allow my game to put any really good numbers here. I like the course, but never seem to score here. Also don't feel this course is worth what they're charging.

Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007
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alanmode - CERRITOS 
Played saturday 10/6/07 afternoon.Short of carts delayed our tee time about 15 minutes waiting carts coming from 18 th hole.Aerated greens almost healing to get normal conditions and so many ball marks unrepaired shows all over the greens that I repaired at least 1-3 of each greens.Especially these thin kind surface greens are more damageable than thick ones.Fairways & roughs are in decent to good conditions but almost every tee boxes little bit beated up even you can feel with your steps.Pace of play ;5hours 30minutes we barely finished in the dark.$65.00 of green fee only justify their GPS attached on the carts.

Posted: Monday, October 8, 2007
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87vette03 - long beach ,ca 
played saturday the 29th.there wasn't any sand in the containers,every green was bad with no one fixing the ball marks,there was no cart girl,their was no water in any of the tanks.at the turn we had to wait too long for food and drinks,because their was a weeding going on and not enough people to serve,bartender was very slow and did not know where the right bottles were,this course should not charge the pricing it is $ 65.it is only a $25 -$35 course. for the money i would play at a lot better course

Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2007
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jyamastoker - Los Angeles, CA 
Played twilight on Sunday 9/16. Managed to get 16 holes in before it got too dark. It's been 4 or 5 years since we played here. We liked the update to landscaping to the course.

The greens today were in such bad shape. There were lots of old and new ball marks on every green. When we putted on the greens, the balls would bounce up and down so much. Some of the fairways were dry in spots and mushy in other spots. Liked the bermuda grass on the fairways. It's so much nicer than other city courses.

The sand in the bunkers were real nice. I did notice there are a lot more bunkers than before the update to the course. It's so hard to avoid hitting in the sand traps.

I don't think it's worth the extra $$ green fees especially with the condition of the course at the present time. I notice they are planning on aerating the course in a few days. Would only play twilight here.

Posted: Sunday, September 16, 2007
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jgrundtisch - San Pedro, CA 
They wasted alot of money on renovation of course and then jacked the green fees up to pay for their mistakes. Play is very slow and service poor.

Posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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Bogey1Fogey38 - Pico Rivera 
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
Good - Brent at the desk greeted us with a smile, was courteous, and friendly. He got us out earlier than our scheduled tee time. 4hr15min round, not too bad considering we looked for balls in the dethatch junk.

The bad - Choppers flying all over the area. Not sure if they were news crews covering I-405/I-605 interchange or chopper school. Airport acivity was noisy, much noisier than Diamond Bar traffic on the fwy.

The Ugly - The front nine fairways were being de-thatched so they were torn up, lost one ball in the junk. The greens had a lot of ball marks, old and new. This made for putts rolling of intended lines. The maintenance crews were all over the place - cutting greens while we hit approach shots and while we putted, cutting fairways and dethatching. Guess Monday is catchup day, lot's of activity.

Have not played here in over 5 yrs, don't think I will be back anytime soon.

Posted: Monday, August 27, 2007
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parman18 - huntington beach 
for the slightly higher green fees for long beach courses..the course should show it in their conditions...ballmarks pock the greens...every greens...greens and fairways shaved so low..they show everything...5 hour round....need to improve course conditions if they are going to charge premium rates....

Posted: Saturday, August 25, 2007
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Bwest - Long Beach 
Skylinks is a very intertaining layout but the price can be a little high for the condition of the course. The greens have to much ball marks and the fairways are like hitting off the cart paths. The only good thing about the course is the landscaping and many lakes they added in the renovation a few years ago.

Posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2007
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golfshark - Bellflower, Ca 
Played Skylinks on 8/8/07 at Twilight. With resident card fees were only $17.00 at 4:00 PM. Finished in 3.5 hours so pace of play was excellent. Greens are pretty hard and no one fixes their ballmarks. Greens look like the surface of the moon. The fairways are finally getting some depth to them after a few years but stil not in teh best shape as it should be for the price they charge on weekends. Worth playing twilight hours but think hard about playing on weekends.

Posted: Friday, August 10, 2007
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UDUB95 - Long Beach 
Played twlight. Course is in good shape. Greens were a little slower than normal. Pace of play was slow, but I was just able to finish before sundown. Also, the course was out of carts. I don't know if this is a LBC golf issue but I have noticed this problem at Rec park too.

Posted: Sunday, July 22, 2007
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stickboy - Lakewood 
I played Skylinks for the first time in a while and the fairways are once again green. The course is still pretty firm, but I think its tons of fun, especially when you're playing as badly as I was. Plugged in bunkers. Short-sided ten feet below the green. Dead stymied behind a tree. It was hilarious. I think golfers who are playing well miss the true beauty of a course with greens like these. Is the rack rate too high for this course? You bet it is! But, let's face it, if you don't spend it here you'll just spend it on booze and chicks and guns...and waste the rest.

Posted: Thursday, July 19, 2007
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haydenlaurence - Long beach 
Teed off at 3:15 on a Sunday and miracle of miracles played in a foursome and the pace of play was great, hardly any waiting and got all the way round in 4 1/4 hours. Great. Umpteen divots on the fairway and pitchmarks on the green but the course played very nicely, fun pin locations and the greens a trifle slow but nice and true. Had a great time.

Posted: Monday, July 2, 2007
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madchef_2002 - Long Beach 
Played 6/17/07 got off around 10am finished about 3:15pm not bad. Overall the course was in good shape. But, wow there sure are a lot of unrepaired divots, both in the fairways and greens.

The greens were fun and the placement of the pins made us wonder if the greenskeeper had a hangover.

Repair the divots and this will be worth the money.

Posted: Sunday, June 17, 2007
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ohpoh - los angeles 
decent course, only problem is the divots on the greens. Nobody fixes them. Greens roll true though, but to slow for my taste.

Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007
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skeemudge - Cypress 
Played early Monday AM 5/14. Round went quick at 3 3/4 hours. Course (fairways) is coming back from dormancy nicely. Sand (especially fairway bunkers) was in need of some touching up. Hardpan on the bottom and "cave-in" fluffy near the edges. Greens were less than impressive. Unpredictably fast in places, and bumpy due to un-repaired divots. Perhaps greens would be in a little better shape if allowed to grow and slow a bit. Of course that's why I don't get paid big $$$ for course maintenance/management. Still, not bad to get out of there in less than 4 hours. A fun round before working to pay for the next round.

Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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BaronV - Orange County 
Bad divots all around, players not helping to replace their damage. Speed was o.k. with time between 4.5-5 hrs. Get ready to see helicoptors and small propeller planes fly just right over you. For $51 this place is way too expensive with twilight not kicking in til 3:00 p.m., this course would be better suited to $35-40 max.

Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007
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jduga00 - Torrance 
Tee Time was 7am and we were done at 10:30.Course is in Great Shape as the Greens are finally growing in and running smooth.

Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007
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kayro9 - Torrance 
I played 4/1/07 at Skylinks. The fairways/rough are slowly getting green after going dormant through the winter. The fairways remain very firm with an absence of rough. The greens were in the best shape I’ve seen since inception; however, many players still do not repair their ball marks. The bunker sand is also okay; however, many players do not rake them, and you might end up in a footprint. A challenging course for the area, but requires that players do their part.

Posted: Sunday, April 1, 2007
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weber - coto de caza 
While course looks terrible withthe fairways being dormant (brown brown brown) they're not too bad to play off of. The greens are very firm and today EVERY pin was tucked. As a result, not one person in our fivesome (all single digit) broke 80. The pins were just plain tough! 39 putts was the lowest any of us could muster. Playing in the wind with rock hard greens, tough pins and tight fairways was a challenge I wasn't up to meet. Maybe next week at Eisenhower? (Yea right, like that will be easier!)

Posted: Thursday, March 1, 2007
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michaelko - Arcadia 
Played sat 2/24, 6:40 tee time...first time here... pleasantly surprised. grass is starting to come back. greens consistent... they are pretty undulating, but the speed was manageable and fair. If they were faster, people would have a hard time 2putting. and responding to prior feedback, they hold just fine. The layout is nice. a couple of holes you need a little local knowledge. bunkers were perfect. 4 1/2 hr round. enjoyable course. dare i say... my favorite out of the long beach circuit? between skylinks and el dorado. would i go back? maybe. $51 to walk? I'll come back when I can pay less. other than that... thumbs up.

Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007
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ellcholo - Los Angeles, CA 
Played this course on president's day (2/19). The course was is decent shape. Greens were rock hard but were holding, due to the rain that we had earlier in the day. The greens were in poor shape with several unrepaired divots and some bare spots. Played the course with an online discount. Wouldn't pay the full rate for this course.

Posted: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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bigbigcid - Los Angeles 
I played Skylinks last week and enjoyed the golf course. Yes, the grass is dormant, but it reminded me of many golf courses around the colder regions in the country during winder. And, I thougt it looked beautiful in its own way. The greens were running well, and though firm, they were receptive to decently struck balls. I had more than a few balls suck back. I found the greens to be fairly tricky with some good undulations. The layout is intelligent, and they make very good use the limited space. Great bunker layout. Most bunkers are deep and it's best to stay out. But, the sand is quality, although a little fluffy. I played from the black tees and the course is about 6800 yards from there - decent distance. Always watch out for the short par fours. Best not to be tempted by a well guarded green. Just play for position with an iron off the tee. Overall. I will play there again. Green fees are too high, but hey, what are you going to do. It was fun golf.

Posted: Sunday, February 4, 2007
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kman - anaheim 
Played 1-31... besides for the fairways and rough being completely dormant(brown) the course was in OK shape. The greens are in pretty good shape. I liked the layout of the couse, lots of doglegs and some variety in the fairways, they aren't just flat. I wouldn't play the course for the regular greens fee but if you can get a deal from GOLF-NOW it's worth that price.

Posted: Thursday, February 1, 2007
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dortega - Manhattan Beach 
Greens are quite nice right now, a few too many ball marks but what do expect for a course that gets that much play. Overall the course is very enjoyable!!

Posted: Monday, November 13, 2006
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mbsisson - Laguna Hills 
First time I played this course and found it entertaining and slow (tournament). The course is very short but the layout does call for some course management. Fairways not bad - a little hard - ruff difiicult in some spots - GREENS -- WHAT A SHAME!! Very undulatting but hard and damaged beyond acceptance. I did not have a putt all day that wasn't over an old ball mark or a new one that had not been repaired. If I ever hear that they have repaired the greens to some kind of normal standards I would consider playing there again but not before.

Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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BetterThanWork - torrance 
Played Sun 9/17 around 1PM. Extremely slow. Took us 6hrs+. The foursome in front of us are so slow. They took at least 10min per green once they are on. 3 guys watch one guy hit each time -- on the fairway, on the greens, etc. Marshall did not do anything to speed them up. Greens are in terrible greens shape, and I hate the course layout. So many holes break left and then on the other side the hole break right using the same curve going opposite direction. So it seems like people from the other hole always playing into our fairway or us playing into them. Nice, clean facility and has good service and very friendly staff.

Posted: Monday, September 18, 2006
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sbiskar - Huntington Beach 
I actually like the layout of this course. Wayward shots to the left or right are usually playable. The greens are fast and have lots of subtle and not-so-subtle breaks. What I don't understand is the incredibly slow play tolerated by the marshal on a Sunday p.m. He asked me why there was a big gap a couple groups in front of us, as if I would know. Isn't that his job to find out and correct? We were waiting behind 1-2 groups on every tee box. I saw players in a group 2 ahead of us looking for their balls for 10 mins. after they teed off before finally hitting their 2nd shots. Drop a ball and keep everyone moving, please! We started at 1:30 p.m. and 5 1/2 hours later we were finishing #16 and it was getting dark. I was done for the day. I used an online discount price so it could have been a worse value that it was.

Posted: Sunday, September 17, 2006
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pandaxshin - Torrance 
I work in Long Beach so I usually play Skylinks on the weekdays when I have a chance. The course itself is one of the more fun courses in the area, along with Lakewood and Los Verdes. When I play, i usually play for a discount price that I can find on golfnow.com. They dont offer those discount prices anymore on the weekends so its, in my opinion, not worth the regular green fee prices of over 50 on the weekends. Its a very nice course however, it has very few straighaway holes, so it helps to be able to work the ball with your driver. Unfortunately, my working the ball right to left is not on purpose. I am hitting my second shots near tree branches all the time at this course. Like the other reviews, the greens have some damage to it with makes putting even more difficult here. The greens have many tiers, so it definitely helps to know the green layout before hitting iron approach shots. try the course on the weekday for a great value.

Posted: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
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caligolfer1031 - Paramount 
Played on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 for $24 with the Red Dot Book. Can't beat that price. The course was in good shape except for the greens. I don't think that it is so much of an issue that ball marks aren't fixed as it is the greens don't heal themselves. There is no way there could be over 100 ball marks not fixed per green. I have to agree with a previous review and say they need to dig up the greens and start over with a better grass. The rest ove the course was good from fairways to the bunkers (which are deep). I don't think I would pay full price for this course, but I would play with a discount. Pace of play was great! 4.5 hours on a Sunday afternoon is never a bad thing. Fix the greens and lower the price and this course could be one of the best in the area.

Posted: Tuesday, September 5, 2006
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mr5wood - Torrance 
Not sure what it is with this course and the greens, but a lot of divots and marks all the time. It is too bad since all of the undulation in the greens make this course a challenge with putting. I am beginning to wonder if the type of grass they use on the greens just cannot take all the play....if this is so, then the course should change it because this sure takes away from this nice fun course. The rest of the course is very well maintained.

Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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rayneman101 - Torrance 
Always enjoy Skylinks especially when the greens are in good shape. Today the greens were good.....a lot of repaired divot holes...I am not sure why this is compared to the other Long Beach courses. I am not sure if the grass is different and just cannot handle the amount of play the course gets. Otherwise this course was in great shape.....the rough was a lot longer than the last time I played here....if you can keep it in the fairway, you will get a lot of roll, otherwise you will be stuck in the rough and struggle to get it out. Very forgiving course, but the undulating greens make putting a challenge.....if only they could be in better shape.

Posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2006
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mjquick - Pasadena 
Played 8/3/06 and had a 9:24 t-time. Course is in OK shape, but does anyone out there know how to fix a ball mark! Also apparently no one can figure how to pick up a rake. For almost Five hours (on a Thursday) our group raked bunkers and fixed at least TWO ball marks per person per hole! You A HOLES should go play pitch and putts until you learn to respect the course and the game of golf.

Posted: Monday, August 7, 2006
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ddaywolf - anaheim,ca. 
Having never played the old skylinks, I enjoyed playing this one. The changes are obvious compared to the other LB muni's. The undulations and bunkering gave the course some character, but some of the greens were over done. Was looking for the windmill/clown mouth on a few of the them. Staff,clubhouse,landscaping all top notch for a muni. and worth the fee, especially if you walk it..

Posted: Saturday, August 5, 2006
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ams30gts - Montebello 
The course was in very good shape. Greens were fast and smooth if you didnt run into divots. tee boxes and fairways were great. Our foursome started off at 2:52 and finished around 7:30. A couple slower groups in front of us, but we only had to wait on maybe 2 holes. Overall a excellent golf experience.

Posted: Wednesday, August 2, 2006
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tcscb - San Pedro 
Played 7/3, teed off at 7AM, done just before 11AM. Course was in good shape overall, but geez, what is wrong with fixing a ball mark on the green. I have never seen such scarred greens. They were smooth if you got a line without marks, but those were few and far between. Tee boxes a little ragged, but the course was very green, and the fairways were great. I think they lowered the price a few dollars, so I think it was a little better value. Great to play in LA in under 4 hours.

Posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2006
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jon - Rancho Cucamonga 
Nice layout wasnt very long but still a good course. Position is a premium on this course there are some spots where you are dead. Do not go long on the the 17th if the pin is in front. I will go back and play this course again. A definite replay for me I dont know what the green fees were my partner payed I think he said it was 61.00 not bad for a weekend with a cart.. This is a players course ..

Posted: Sunday, June 25, 2006
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Filbert1 - Torrance 
Played today, took about 5 hours. Not bad for a Saturday. The pace was so slow because of foursome in front of us. Rode in 3 carts and two women in group took-(I had time to watch them several times)at least five practice swings prior to each shot. NEVER saw a Course Marshall, even once. But, great beer girl. Came by 5 times. Oh, Well, course in good condition. Alot of roll and fairways in good condition. Tough fast greens, but if you putt smart they can be conquered.

Posted: Saturday, June 17, 2006
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ringworld - Long Beach CA 
Boy I completely forgot about the Long Beach Golf Festival. What a mess. If you want a 6 hour round by all means play during the festival. Course in great shape. Rough especially thick and nasty. Greens rolling very true. Great sand almost slicing though air. Not sure if I would pay that much during the morning but as a resident what can you do if you can play an hour before twighlight at twighlight rates? New spiffy range meter is very handy but low on the advise.

Posted: Monday, June 5, 2006
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ringworld - Long Beach CA 
Greens are in good shape for muni. Fairway is growing in nicely. Not much bad to say about course but not my preference especially with price they ask (37.50 twighlight resident fee). Still fun little course with loads of trouble if you're not careful. A few of the par 5 are reachable in two with right wind conditions like yesterday.

Posted: Thursday, June 1, 2006
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mr5wood - torrance 
Played here twice this week....Wed. and Sunday. Boy what a difference in the greens in just 4-5 days. On Wed. the greens were wonderful, hardly any ballmarks, etc, however today...WOW, a lot of unrepaired ballmarks and tons of spike marks and scuffs. I do not know if people are just plain ole inconsiderate or what! What a shame, this course has fun undulating greens and challenges your putting skills but the unrepaired divots, ball marks has always been a problem with this course. They should get the Marshalls also repairing greens in between groups. I have seen this done on some of the other courses in the past.

Posted: Sunday, May 28, 2006
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Craig2000 - Anaheim 
First time back since renovation. Was suprised that the changes were not more dramatic. Pace was good, but not sure if it was due to the price increase or because it was Mother's Day. The biggest improvements were the tee boxes. The sand was very mushy. The course really doesn't look that different. Read the Surveyor Report, it's as true today as it was when written.

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006
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ranchogolfer - Torrance 
Played saturday 5/13. This was my first time back to Skylinks in the about a year. First the good - the golf shop, range, range balls, coffee shop are pretty nice by muni standards. As for the course, the tee boxes were in mostly excellent shape, and the greens while not exactly receptive are much improved over the concrete like feel they had about a year ago, and I also didn't notice so many unrepaired ball marks. I also found them to be very puttable, I know my playing partners and I dropped a couple from distance which makes the game a lot of fun. There were some negatives however - 1. the sand traps have way too much sand in them, fried eggs are the norm if you plop one in. Many traps had the consistency of mushy oatmeal. 2. While if you catch a good lie in the fairway, its really a nice lie on the bermuda here, but too often, you find yourself in old divots, and good luck there with the super tight thin lie you get left with. Overall, its not a great value at $51 compared to the cheaper price you get at rec park and elodorado, but it does some fun holes. I wouldn't put this course in my regular rotation, but its worth playing every now and again.

Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2006
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Hep10 - Corona 
I Played on April 23rd. This was the first time I've played the course since the renovation. I used to play this course on a weekly basis back in High School and it seems to me that, except for a few hole configurations changes, the course is relatively the same; decent greens and dried out fairways. The pace of play on Sunday was very good, but I believe it is because the green fees are too high for this type of course

All in all, Skylinks is a nice track and once the green fees fall in line with some of the other, and better, Long Beach courses, it will be looked upon as a must play.

Posted: Thursday, May 4, 2006
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ohpoh - los angeles 
Fairways are really hard and dry. Aeration is complete, but greens has many divots in them. People that play this course do not fix their divots

Posted: Sunday, April 16, 2006
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gshawcross - Hawthorne, CA 
Very disappointed. Course was recently re-done and it looks like they're having severe trouble with their turf. The fairways and rough seem dull and lifeless. It's not pretty to play and the greens fees are on the high side. Not even close to worth it.

Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
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mochs28 - Brea 
Decided to play in spite of poor last comments about course due to the $32.50 Saturday rate I found. Definitely a disappointment due to thin, hard packed fairways and greens. Rough was non-existent and appeared to be almost the same as the fairway. If you like to hit off of hardpan then this course is for you.... if you like your ball to sit up when you are in the fairway then steer clear of this course. The sand (lots of traps everywhere), tee boxes and time to complete the round were nice but they paled to the poor fairways and greens. It was cold and windy but I knew that when I signed up for the tee time. Even at the discounted rate I would stay away from this course unless you can hit off of hard packed fairways and greens that don't hold your approach shots. Good Luck!

Posted: Monday, March 13, 2006
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mr5wood - Torrance 
Have not played here since Thanksgiving weekend. The greens are in excellent shape compared to Nov. Need to have players to repair ball marks more routinely. Fairways are not green this time of the year with the Bermuda grass. Very challenging undulating greens especially when in good shape. Nice course, not very crowded probably due to it's higher green fees compared to the other Long Beach courses.

Posted: Friday, March 10, 2006
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kissa6768 - Redondo Beach 
Great improvement to the course - great challenge from back tees, especially if windy! I was very disappointed with the condition of the greens though- they were very spotty and my group almost implemented the auto 2 putt rule. I was very surprised that greens that were only 1.5 years old could be so poor- people just don't fix their ball marks!

Posted: Saturday, February 25, 2006
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chappy23us - Upland 
Played here 02/17/06. Even after hearing all the negative feedback about this place I still had to give it a shot since I had not played here since it was redone. What a mistake. This place was terrible at best. Greens were slow, bumpy and uncut. Fairways were OK. The only changes I could see to this boring track were the addition of some bunkers and mounds in the greens that were plain unfair in some spots. The worst part was that it was $55 to play here. Save some cash by going to El Dorado or Recreation Park. In my opinion The City of Long Beach wasted $8 million on this place.

Posted: Monday, February 20, 2006
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NutNButCup - Buena Park 
I teed off Wednesday at 6:45 and played in just under 4 hours. I agree with the previous reviewer who wrote the brown color is due to the grass being dormant. Sure the fairways are tight but they are not in bad shape. I wonder if those who do not like the fairways have a difficult time hitting from tight lies. I was amazed at how bad the ball marks were on the greens. Ball marks aside the greens rolled well. The greens will not hold a shot. Even wedge shots release a few feet. If you play this course allow your shot room to release to the pin. For those who dont hit high long irons, hybrids, or woods you should land short of the greens and let the ball release onto the greens. The rest of the course is in good shape. The starter was very friendly and the maintenance crews were courteous to golfers hitting shots. BUT, the posted green fees are too high. I played on an internet special for $32.50 with cart. Well worth the fee. The posted fee is $56 with a cart on a weekday (non Long Beach resident). Not worth the fee. If I want to spend $50-$60 on green fees I will drive to the inland-empire and play one of many courses that are better (a few are much better) than Skylinks. The Long Beach resident green fees are reasonable ($9-$12 less than what is posted on Greenskeeper). Non residents, find those discounts. I would definately play it again for less than $45 with a cart. Well, thats my 2 cents.

Posted: Friday, February 17, 2006
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stickboy - Lakewood 
Reports of the death of Skylinks have been greatly exaggerated. I played Monday, February 6, at 9:30 and got around in a little under 4 1/2 hours. From tee to green, the course is in fine condition for February. The greens are still a little thin, and require extra care. This means that players who know how to fix ball marks the right way will have to fix a few extra for the lazy, sloppy or uneducated golfers.
I suspect the reason for most of the negative feedback recently has had more to do with the higher green fees since the re-loop.
Also, a lot of players blame the greens when they putt poorly. If you can play this course without at least one three putt, you are a fine iron player or a great putter... or both.

Posted: Monday, February 6, 2006
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lbpublicapp - Long Beach,CA 
As 4 people bad mouthing this course they have no clue. #1 the grass in bermuda which goes dormant with the cold weather. Which means it is brown or "blonde" and does not grow. #2 if u fix a ball mark or 2 maybe the greens would look better. As for compacted mud with holes for greens, some times there is some mantince that has to be done and the course is open all day everyday 365days a year so they can't make everyone happy. You may ask why not over seed, well check out the poster in the proshop and it will explain why? STRONGER BERMUDA IN THE WARMER MONTHS AND KEEP IT PURE BERMUDA. Why when something is not green green green there is something wrong, as for the staff being sent to jail for the high greens fee they r set by the city not the staff. And by many peoples mouths skylinks has the best staff in the city, very friendly and go well above the standard.

Posted: Saturday, February 4, 2006
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parman18 - huntington beach 
front nine fairways very thin and marked up..greens not bad..back nine much better.....

Posted: Friday, February 3, 2006
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xavier92264 - WHITTIER 
PLAYED 2/2/06 TEED OFF AT 7:50AM. THE COURSE IS IN VERY BAD SHAPE. FAIRWAYS SUCK!! SOME GREENS ARE OK BUT MOST ARE BAD. TO MAKE MATTERS EVEN BETTER WE HAD A 5sm IN FRONT OF US THAT FELL A HOLE AND 1/2 BACK. "STAY AWAY FROM HERE"! AT 55 BUCKS ITS A RIP OFF. LAKEWOOD, BIG REC, OR EL DORADO ARE 100 TIMES BETTER THEN THIS CRAP AND AT HALF THE PRICE.

Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2006
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indelrey - South Bay 
I have been playing here for 15 years and I have never seen it in worse shape. The greens were like putting on compacted mud filled with holes and I have seen better fairways at a goat farm. The management of this course should be taken to jail for charging $50.00 bucks a round, it’s not worth .50 cents. One good thing about our round was that it only took 5.5 hours instead of the tradition 6 hours to play. I’m never going back.

Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
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lbpublicapp - LBC 
Green are looking good. Grass is dormate so the rough is very short. EVERYONE FIX YOUR BALL MARKS!!!!!

Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2006
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milli - Redondo Beach 
Slowest round I've played in a long, long time. 3-1/2 hours for 9 holes. Fivesomes everywhere.

Posted: Monday, January 9, 2006
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lbpublicapp - Long Beach 
Course is in good shape. Greens are in fairly good shape but lots of play in dec. means their on the mend. Grass is going dorment so is very short with lots of roll.

Posted: Saturday, January 7, 2006
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Garrett1313 - Cypress California 
Okay here's the real review from a true insider. My golf team (Cypress High School) is the CIF champions of the Southern Section and our home course IS skylinks golf course. Well have i got a list of improvements for the greenskeeper there to make.... POST SIGNS THAT SAY "REPAIR YOUR d%mn DIVOTS!!!!" Nobody ever fixes their divots there because it would not even make a dent in the divots that are unrepaired already on the green. There is a bright side to this course though... the fairways. I love these fairways for their firmness. So much spin is produced by them that it almost makes the ball stop on these rock hard greens. My advice to you golfers out there considering playing this course, wait until the greens have been fully revamped in order to make them softer and more resemblant to the greens of El Dorado.

Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2006
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aaho15 - Long Beach 
Excellent course that gives a challenge unlike others in Long Beach area. Enjoy playing bermuda fairways and rough, and the bent grass greens make the putts true and fast.

Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2006
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lbpublicapp - Long Beach 
Course held up well with all the rain, no more skylakes

Posted: Wednesday, January 4, 2006
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lbpublicapp - Long Beach, CA 
good looking temp. score card. new ones will be in soon. PLEASE FIX YOUR BALLMARKS

Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2006
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dhauske - Garden Grove 
Well maintained golf course but way overpriced. Cheapest scorecard I've ever seen. No map of course or holes. Only visible yardage maker is a black and white pole at 150. Yardage marked on sprinkler heads but you have to go look for them. Prefer posts at 200, 150, 100. Rec Park a better value. If you like greens contoured like potatoe chips you'll love this place. I'll take may golf $ to Costa Mesa, Mile Sq, Rec Park, Arroyo Trabuco, and even Willowick before I come back here.

Posted: Thursday, December 29, 2005
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shimadzu - Torrance 
It is a very nice course. Green is very interesting.

Posted: Saturday, December 24, 2005
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rayneman101 - Torrance 
Very windy day of golf......the greens were in terrible shape with many unrepaired ball marks, divots from clubs and obvious marks from people dragging there spiked shoes. Even several of the holes on the greens had smashed edges along the cup. Not sure who to blame for all of this.........most likely inconsiderate golfers. Too bad, this course has the potential to be great....however not really worth it's steep green fees compared to other Public Courses.

Posted: Saturday, November 26, 2005
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atnab1 - Torrance 
Greens have greatly improved since the last time I was here, but players have to fix their ball marks for the improvement to hold.

Posted: Thursday, November 10, 2005
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tcscb - San Pedro 
Played 11-6-05. Had a 6:30 tee time and it took almost 5 hours to play, waited on most holes on the front nine, picked up on the back. If it's taking 5 plus to play at 6:30, what's it like at 10? That's where the Marshall's have to earn their keep. Get it moving early, at that time it should be 4 hours max. Course is in good shape, very hard fairways and hard greens. Sand traps were in great shape, to bad I was in so many. If they would drop their green fees ten dollars I would consider this course a good value, as it is, it's just a little high priced for what you get. I don't see much difference between the condition at El Dorado or Rio Hondo. Easy to get a tee time though. A buddy of ours got a 40.00 price from Click for Tee times at 11:00 AM.

Posted: Sunday, November 6, 2005
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jus10wayns - Huntington Beach 
Course played well even though we didn't get 18 in since we played at 2:30 pm on Sunday after daylight savings time. We got in about 12 holes.

Posted: Thursday, November 3, 2005
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vdogg24 - Burbank 
Discounted Fee made the course worth the price; however, slow pace caused by crowded tee times and no first tee starter made it a very long day. Nice track, but get a discounted fee.

Posted: Monday, October 31, 2005
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Tshark_32 - Garden Grove 
Actually played 10/16 I believe. Sunday afternoon, a bit rainy and definately overcast. Figured it was a good day to try the course since it wouldn't be heavily populated. Played behing a JAG (Teen girls??) tourney with foursomes walking and a two some in a cart. It was slow. Over all the course isn't that great. the greens are desperately thin and show quite a bit of abuse from ball marks both new (repaired quite a few) and old. The course seems to be set up quite logically with a little though and planning making it play more intelligently then 14 drivers and 4 par 3's. But then again I didn't pay $300 to hit a 5 iron on a par 4. I did quite enjoy the bunkers. Most are high lipped and the sand is nice and deep.

Posted: Friday, October 28, 2005
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stuff99 - Long Beach 
Played recently. This is an over priced Long Beach course. The greens are terrible. It is a better layout than the original but the course isnt maturing well and the greens are beaten up. Nobody, I mean Nobody, ever fixes their divets. I don't know why since all of us seem to have the same complaint.

Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2005
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xavier92264 - WHITTIER 
PLAYED HERE ON THE 10/19/05. OVER PRICED AND OVER BOOKED. STAY AWAY FROM HERE. PLAY BIG REC, EL DORADO, OR LAKEWOOD YOU GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY ELSWHERE.

Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2005
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golfman123 - RIALTO CA 
OVER PRICED

Posted: Monday, October 10, 2005
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ringworld - Long Beach, CA 
I don't know why I honestly play this course. It plays extremely slow. Hard for walk-ons to get on in the morning. Greens and area surrounding greens really are a challenge for your short game. Wait I know what it is, it's the challenge. Wish I could play better. Still cannot beleive we were breathing down the necks of a foursome turned threesome turned twosome. Either we play fast or they were playing extremely slow. In any event course could use a bit more drainage, loads of standing water and mud especially around some broken sprinklers. Greens could use a roll or two but over game play was faster than normal. Fairways are a bit burned but it is after all fall.

Posted: Saturday, October 8, 2005
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CARSBYBIGD - Whittier 
Until everyone starts fixing their ball marks,tee divots, and fairway divots.....it's not going to get any better.And play to your level....don't just go for the blue tees !!! USE YOUR HEAD !!!

Posted: Friday, September 30, 2005
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goddfather40 - Aliso Viejo 
The course was in pretty good shape besides the many ball marks on the greens. Despite that, as a couple others have alluded to, the greens did roll true. Play was at a crawl, we only played 14 holes and it took us 5 1/2 hours. Marshals were non-existent. We left at the 15th tee because we saw a group a couple groups up that had a six-some working. No marshal to lay the smackdown on those morons.

Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005
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lbpublicapp - Long Beach 
best time to play is mon-thurs, wide open. and please fix your ball marks!

Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005
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ohpoh - los angeles 
first time playing this course. Wasnt impressed at all. Looks like a regular city course. El dorado and lakewood is better then skylinks. Not worth the green fee. Decent layout but, greens has hundreds of divots on every hole.

Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2005
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hrlegaspi - che carson 
ist time to play since they renovated. Took the email specials and got a good rate with a cart . I was frustrated when I saw the greens almost everyhole there were too much divots that are not repaired and notice that it goes all way back and no seems to care. What a waste of renovation.Not worth for a full price sorrry.

Posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2005
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ZAG-FAN - lb 
Played 8/29, course was in decent shape considering the amount of play and the hot weather. Greens have many unfixed divots but as another member indicated, they rolled pretty true. Long but fun day.....

Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2005
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skmoquinn - Chino Hills 
Course does not warrant $54.00 price tag. Starter is running 20 - 30 minutes behind so they put out people on the waiting list, because they have been waiting. Course went under 6 million dollare renovation witn not much changing. Round was over 5 1/2 hours. excessive price and excessive time...

Posted: Friday, August 26, 2005
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delandmk - La Palma 
This was my first time to play this course since it was rebuilt. It is a beautiful course now, with great fairways, bunkers, tee boxes and great design to the greens with some interesting contours. But, the condition of the greens suck and I am being nice in saying it this way. Every green has so many ball marks that are not being fixed or cannot be fixed because of the grass/dampness/soil combination (I think). A great course is in the process of being ruined after spending millions of dollars on it. They also allow 5 somes which surprises me for a supposed "upscale" course.

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005
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rayneman101 - Torrance 
Overall an enjoyable round, however most greens with many ball marks but somehow the greens rolled very true. The course is very expensive for what it is with a cart but using the coupon from the LA Times....$45 was worth it.

Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2005
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doski19 - Torrance 
I enjoy this course every time I've played it. Long rounds are not a factor because I mostly play during the week where my rounds are in the 4 - 4 1/2 hour range.

I think the changes to the course were subtle but made a big difference to the course. The greens are tiered wonderfully and if you find yourself on the wrong tier it could get interesting.

The price during the week $41 to walk isn't too bad. Rio Hondo is $35 and I'd easily pay the $6 more to play Skylinks.

Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2005
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knu - westminster 
Ballmarks galore!! Extremely slow play. What has happened to this course? I played several months ago and finished in about 4 1/2 hours. Played on Sat at about 2:15 pm and finished a little after 8pm.
If you are going to charge us more than the other LB courses, then provide better service.

Posted: Monday, August 8, 2005
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eurekaiv - Long Beach, CA 
Greens are littered with both old and new ball marks making putting a bit of an adventure. Otherwise the course was in very nice shape.

Posted: Friday, July 22, 2005
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tcscb - San Pedro 
Played 7/16. I played the course back in November when it first opened, and conditions are consistant as they were at the opening over all good, only real issues are the overly saturated areas. The other issue are the greens, they don't seem to bounce back well from ball mark repair. It seems like most are trying to repair their marks, but the greens look very scarred and it does affect your putt. Also, I think 62.50 is 10.00 more than it should be. It's just not that much better than El Dorado when it's in good shape. But it does make it easier to get a time when you can't find someting elsewhere. Lastly, 5 1/2 hours with a 9 AM tee time is too long by 45 minutes, no marshalls anywere in sight.

Posted: Monday, July 18, 2005
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ringworld - Long Beach CA 
A side note for the casual golfer. FIX YOUR BLOODY DIVOTS. I mean is it so hard? That and DON"T DRAG YOUR FEET ON THE BLOODY GREENS. Metal spikes are accepted on this course but if you have to drag your feet on the greens when you walk perhaps you're better suited not walking upright and dragging your knuckles on the ground instead of playing golf. Play was rather slow because of a tournament we played behind. Overall though experience was good. Greens very hard and fast. Best shots were layups that would bounce on the greens. Fairways in great shape and very lush. Expected for slow play and wasn't suprised. Although I would appreciate some of these weekend warrriors, and you know who you are, to respect the golf course and fix your divots, repair your ball marks and walk like a human being should by lifting your feet.

Posted: Saturday, June 25, 2005
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lbpublicapp - Long Beach 
GPS has now been added to skylinks. Cart fees have gone up $1 per person

Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005
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johnnylongball - Buena Park 
This was the second time I have played the "new" Skylinks. The first time was right after it re-opened. Teed off at 1:30 PM played as a twosome. Pace of play was excellent, however the condition of the course is only fair in my opinion. Tee boxes are very firm and bare in many areas. Fairways are good with the exception of weeds growing in old divot holes. Greens are firm, putt very true but have multiple old ball marks. Lack of etiqutte by those who do not repair ball marks. Sand traps are excellent. I like the new design and routing however for the price I do not believe that the course condition matches that of El Dorado or Rec Park. Course superintendent has a challenge to restore the course in better condition.

Posted: Thursday, May 19, 2005
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golfnutt - Long Beach 
Whoever is doing the hole placements most likely is not a golfer. The hole placements that we had on 5/8/05 were stupid. These greens since the makeover have one or two ridges going thru every green with plenty of space to put pin placements in between and to put the pins on the side of a slope with no chance of making the putt is ridiculous. The course otherwise is very good. The sand traps are some of the best of any course around.

Posted: Tuesday, May 10, 2005
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lbpublicapp - Long Beach, CA 
Can't Wait till Summer. Thick and lush, Smooth and fast!

Posted: Monday, May 9, 2005
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eurekaiv - Long Beach 
First time palying this course. I though the greens were fantastic... very smooth with no bare spots. Fairways were nice as well. I was mildy irritated with the chunks and tufts of long grass scattered around in the rough but that's really my fault for spending too much time outside the fairways. The only real complaint I have is the range nets are way too short. The 10th and 14th holes were littered with stray rangeballs and I had one roll up to within 10 feet while preparing to paly a shot... just a bit distracting. On the whole i'd say the course is worth the $34 resident fee after 2 but at $50+ I think I'd look elsewhere.

Posted: Sunday, May 8, 2005
Member Since: May 16, 2004
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metalmd - Long Beach 
The only thing I can say good about this course is the greens are in good shape. They are big, with lots of undulations, and can be difficult to 2 putt if you are on the wrong tier, but they do roll nicely, unlike the greens at Eldo or Rec Park.

Still it took almost 6 hours to play on Saturday, having to wait at virtually every tee box. Whatever happened to tee times every 10 minutes and that country club experience.

Definitely not worth $38 to walk on the weekends, and that is the resident rate. Non residents pay even more.

Posted: Sunday, May 8, 2005
Member Since: September 1, 2003
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ringworld - long beach 
a little different after renovation. They simplified many of the fairways. Removed the two sand traps on hole 2 and moved them to the left. Modified some of the holes like the par 5 hole 3, no more trouble far right only traps come into play on second shot on right side. But the killer are the greens. Almost all greens are three tiered. Expect major trouble if you find yourself on the wrong side. Major breaks. Simple tip follow contour as best you can to get ball path on green otherwise. Greens are firm and allow for folks there NOT to fix their divots.

Posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
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aaho15 - Long Beach, CA 
Fairways and Rough are bermuda and are just coming out of dormancy. Once rough grows, it's going to be brutal. Excellent service and greens are in wonderful shape.

Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005
Member Since: April 21, 2005
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GolforFish - TORRANCE 
Easy to see where the money was spent. Hard to see why. Before reconstruction course much better. Hole 15, Par 5 is stupid. While standing on the tee box for 14, 2 balls went over our heads and one stopped just short, golfers trying to cut the corner.

Posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2005
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x0960922 - Gardena 
Walked on as a threesome. Starter got us out within a half hour. Greens are playing firm and show no signs of aeration. One of the most challenging municipal greens and bunkers in the LA/Long Beach area. Unfortunately the rest of the course is average at best. The fairways remind me of courses where sod is placed over landfill and never takes. Many dead spots and divot damage. I can't believe i'm saying this but for the price i rather play Victoria.

Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2005
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kvoight - Hermosa 
Played on a Friday last week. 5 somes slow down the pace of play tremendously (5 1/2 hour round). Greens varied which was difficult, price is a bit high for non-residents, but good to have another decent course close to the South Bay.

Posted: Monday, April 4, 2005
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rgraynlb - long beach 
I played tuesday mar 29. The resident super twilight starts at 2 pm. $16.00! I teed off as a single and caught up to a twosome for the back nine. This is my third round since the re opening. I like the course. Yes they did raise the price, and yes, long beach residents do get a decent break in relation to non-residents (non residents super twilight isn't until 4 pm!), but Skylinks is a much tougher, fun test of golf than it was before. I like the new course. It is similar to the old skylinks, but overall a great improvement. They did just aerate a couple weeks ago, and the greens are not back yet. Givve it a couple weeks!

Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2005
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PaulReser - Long Beach 
As a member of Skylinks Men's Club I have played here several times both pre and post re-do. They gave us a very, very nice golf course and compared to our old course a fantastic course. It will only get better with age if American Golf keeps it's promise and cares for it properly.

Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005
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1scgolfer - TORRANCE 
way over rated. if you're in the fairways its just about the same course it was before. if you're not theres alot more bunkers. greens were aerated so they were'nt that good now. not a resident so really not worth the price. won't play there again unless really desperate. i see why its so easy to get out on weekends there. overpriced.

Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2005
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pturner - Long Beach 
Since the course re-construction, the course has moved up a few notches in quality and toughness.

Posted: Friday, March 11, 2005
Member Since: July 9, 2004
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ranchogolfer - Torrance 
Played yesterday, 3/6. Was my first time here since the renovation. Was disapppointed to find that the greens were being sanded, so can't review how these new greens really roll. I can attest that they are as hard as everyone else has reviewed. Also found the extremely high banked fairway bunkers to be amusing - if you're anywhere near close to the edges, your only choice is to wedge out. Most of the holes seem pretty much the same. The change to 10 is a good one, making it a dogleg now. Fortunately got out in the 4th group, and was able to finish in less than 4 hrs, but i'll bet this is a long round later in the day when the high handicappers are battling all the new sand on this track.

Posted: Monday, March 7, 2005
Member Since: February 19, 2003
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bigmac - lakewood 
Played Sunday, Feb 27...tee time 9:30, teed off 9:45, late as usual...3 hour front nine, 2:32 back nine...golf course greens in good shape, practice green (only one) starting to show wear due to overuse, too bad they did not build others...fairway bunkers still too difficult for the average player especially when a single digit handicap has to chip out from 180 yards away...this new design theory where you must see all the bunkers in front of you has got to go...build the lips of the greenside bunkers as high as you like, 60 degree wedges are built for that but give us a chance to hit a medium or long iron out of the fairway bunkers...price will always be too high due to the fact that this is a MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, BUILT AND ACQUIRED FOR AVERAGE JOE, NOT THE RICH PEOPLE...tough to stay away when you grew up playing this place and my only hole in one is old #5, but my wife might divorce me if golf requires $70 - $80 to play...here I come Lakewood and Recreation Park...

Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Member Since: October 15, 2003
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murphy - Redondo Beach 
Ditto accross the board... greens and sand traps are excellent. Greens are hard and fast. Comparable to courses of $75+ a round. Divits everywhere as this course is heavly played. 30-40 pools of water all over the course from the heavy rains. The challenging greens make it worth the price.

Posted: Sunday, February 27, 2005
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steve663 - aliso viejo 
They did a great job of redoing the greens on this course. They are no longer boring oval and circular shapes. They are larger and have many contours making for many easy to very difficult pin placements. The greens roll true and are well bunkered. If you can hit it 240+ yards off the tee there will be fairway bunkers to negotiate. High lips and ameoba like shapes make these bunkers a challenge to hit out of. Despite this, In my opinion, this course is about $10-15 overpriced. $41 for a weekday walker is too much. The fairways are rock hard with divots everywhere. There were about 40 areas of casual water. The drainage is obviously very poor. The layout is almost the same as before. Most links courses have more humps and bumps, Skylinks is too boringly flat. Lakewood, ElDorado, and Rec. Park are just as good or better than Skylinks at a lesser price.

Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005
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longview1948 - Buena Park 
Price is way to high ($53.50) for weekday. Greens are very difficult but good.

Posted: Thursday, February 17, 2005
Member Since: November 12, 2004
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parman18 - huntington beach 
greens and traps were great..fairways were poor...so thin and excessive divots...price way to high for the quality of course it is...need to drop more in line with other long beach courses for me to play there again....mile square players course better for the money...

Posted: Thursday, February 17, 2005
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tcscb - San Pedro 
Course is still in good shape. Fairways and greens are very firm, so you get lots of run on tee shots, and you must play shots into the green short. Greens very quick and smooth. Rough very light, almost non-existant. I really like the layout, and the coffee shop is open now.

Posted: Thursday, February 10, 2005
Member Since: October 23, 2003
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1957 - South Orange County 
Hello Golfers-

I am the golf course architect for Skylinks at Long Beach and enjoy comments positive or negative. Any input from any perspective is always welcome.

Cal Olson

Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2005
Member Since: December 8, 2004
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golfnutt - Long Beach 
A great course that should play shorter once summer hits which will help alot of players on the 18th hole, if you go for it make sure you can clear the water in front of the green. I find that around the greens the ground is hard and it makes chipping sometimes a challange. The best deal in town.

Posted: Monday, January 31, 2005
Member Since: May 23, 2003
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weber - coto de caza 
My first round since the remodel, and it was about what I expected. I found the course to be basically the same layout, but with many refinements and improvements. I liked it! The old Skylinks was not partically special, so this adds a nice addition to the Long Beach courses. I was surprised how empty the course was, but given the price desparity between Eldo & Rec, I understand. (I would still rather play those courses even if the price were equal, but given the additional $$, that explains the absence of players. (I'm betting in time the cost for the other two will increase and this course will decrease)

Posted: Thursday, January 27, 2005
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golfnutt - Long Beach 
Easily the best course in Long Beach right now. The new greens are not your typical elevated front to back sloped greens, just about every green has one or two ridges running thru them making it very important to get the ball on the right level.
The bunkers are the best with the quality of the sand you would expect at higher end courses.

Posted: Monday, January 24, 2005
Member Since: May 23, 2003
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matzke - Torrance 
Enjoyed the course in spite of some remnants of the storms. Greens are very good, but I'd have to play them several more times to figure them out. The fairways were still wet, but they should recover nicely in a week. There were quite a few extra "water hazards" because of standing water in the low areas of the course. Fortunately they are not in the primary landing areas, mostly in the rough or < 150 yards off the tee. Overall a very nice course. Fairways not overly generous, lots of sand on tee shots and approach shots. Bunkers are in good shape.

Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2005
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melnick - Rancho Plaos Verdes 
Just palyed here for the first time since the reopening and was very disappointed. The layout is nice but the condition has severely deteriorated. Fairways have a lot of weeds, rough is non-existent (bare), tee boxes are bare and greens have lots of ball marks. I guess what we are seeing here is a course that when it opened was in excellent shape but now is suffering from the mediocre upkeep at all the Long Beach muni courses. I would say that it is a bit better than the LA County and Long Beach muni courses but not worth an extra $20 per round. El Dorado Park is probably in better condition. Also, the round toook about 5 1/2 hours (Thurs morning) and my playing partners said that this was the norm.

Posted: Thursday, December 9, 2004
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yamadax3 - LB 
Played 11/23 for the first time. Its a nice layout considering what they had to work with. There are some areas in the fairways where all balls will funnel to. These areas are going to get chewed up quickly. Greens are big and if you're a long way away you're likely to three put. Tee boxes and fairways also in good shape. It's a nice challenge.

Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Member Since: November 30, 2002
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alanmode - cerritos 
Played 11/14/04 sunday 8;00.First time since their upgrading course.Yeah !!!!! Upgraded very well. overall good condition. But I wonder until when they'll keep this condition because I saw that course is very busy,a lot of divots on fairway ,even playing 4 kids delaying 3 groups behind at par 3 200yards. Always the pace of play is critical this kind of courses. 5 hours 30minutes.I hope keep going this condition forever.

Posted: Thursday, November 18, 2004
Member Since: March 29, 2003
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golfnutt - Long Beach 
Played on 11/14/04 my first round since the remodel and all I have to say is wow! what a job they did here. Some of the routing has changed but the overall condition of the course is fantastic. The new greens putt true and they all have ridges, some of them have two or three running thru them and with the increase in size this has turned into a putters course. The sand in the bunkers is a little softer than usual but it's better than no sand and i am sure they will firm up overtime. The green fees have been raised but it is worth the $49 weekend fee to play a course like this.

Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004
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Hankola - BELMONT SHORE 
I've played this course 3 times since it opened, and it gets better each time. No more flat greens! That's for sure. This course will make you think on how to hit shots ... it will definitely make you consider the "risk and reward" of a shot played due to the amount of bunkers, water holes and pin placement. I can't imagine how difficult this course will become during the LB City Amateur tourney - it's gonna be brutal.

Green fees: yes, they are higher in comparison to Rec and El Dorado, but I consider it a good value nevertheless. We have it so good here in LB, but people will still bitc& on how much green fees are - they a look at other munis across SoCal and California - and you will find this is great deal. In other words, stop whining and complaining about fees. If fees are so high, play at twilight - problem solved.

Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004
Member Since: June 30, 2003
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bigmac - lakewood 
forgot to mention pace of play was 5 hours and 30 minutes, teeing off at 9:30 am...do not see the rounds ever speeding up do to the difficulty of the course and the size of the greens...

Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004
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bigmac - lakewood 
Played Friday, November 12th for the first time...played the blacks all the way back...golf course is definitely much harder...fairways are very thin, grass is dormant...greens good...too much money for non-residents...drove into one fairway bunker and had to play out to the side, advancing only 40 yards...would like to play more but price will keep me away...

Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004
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tcscb - San Pedro 
Got out to the new Skylinks on 11/8. Went as a single and got on within 20 minutes max. I don't know what the previous players meant, but I thought the course was very different, from the first hole. Still short, but now water definately in play. Back to back par 5's for two and three, re-routing through out the front nine, and a brand new par three on the back. I think Cal Olsen did a great job. Course is in good shape. Very contoured fairways, lots, I mean lots of bunkering, and beautiful HUGE greens. These are greens where you need to know what side to hit them on now, or you are in danger of three putts, but they run nice, a little firm but hold short irons and wedges no problem. Fairways nice, bermuda rough tough, ball settles down. Traps nice, everything was nice, even new Nike practice balls. 54.00 with a cart for a non-resident during the week is a little steep, but a very nice course. Let's hope they and us keep it up.

Posted: Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Member Since: October 23, 2003