Teed it up at Westlake golf course yesterday with Longball23 and RobStretch. It was a fun day and perfect timing to get out before the rains hit. Westlake GC is one I am very familiar with being its j... Continue »

Teed it up at Westlake golf course yesterday with Longball23 and RobStretch. It was a fun day and perfect timing to get out before the rains hit. Westlake GC is one I am very familiar with being its just 5 minutes from my house. I’ve played many executives courses and Westlake GC is everything you want out of one. Its not surprising since the course is a Robert Trent Jones design. The course features tight demanding tee shots, large mature trees to navigate around, tricky undulating greens, well positioned green side bunkers and forced carries over water. If you are hitting the ball straight off the tee, have command of your short irons and putting well, you will tear this course up. On the opposite side, if you’re wild off the tee and not putting well, it will eat you up. It may be a short course at 5000 yards, par 63, but you’ll need to play well to score well. Yesterday, I was impressed with the conditions given the time of year. The greens rolled very well and were actually fast, the fairways were NOT as dormant as I anticipated and the green side areas were well maintained. The tee boxes need some work but I can’t imagine it possible to maintain the tee boxes well considering how much play the course gets and the amount of irons used off the tee. Worth noting, there may be a fair share of risk-reward par 4’s that can be reached off the tee, but there is also a 550 yard par 5, and a couple 400 yard plus par 4’s. I recommend Westlake GC as a premier executive course and interesting game of golf.