100%, please read GDR23’s review after you’ve read mine.

I was joined by rgm2525 & GDR23 for preview round for ... » More

100%, please read GDR23’s review after you’ve read mine.

I was joined by rgm2525 & GDR23 for preview round for our upcoming 3/30 at Calabasas CC event. I used to love playing Calabasas CC 20+ years ago, prior to Greenskeeper.org, when I was in the Record Label Promotion industry. Coming back to play the course was a special treat for me, rekindling many special memories.

Outside of re-configuring the starting holes and a beautiful upgrade to the proshop, the experience was as fun as I remembered. It’s a short challenging layout with many risk-reward holes. Rather than describe the layout which GDR23 did an exceptional job in his review, take a look at the photos I just posted.

As far as conditions, in all my rounds played at Calabasas CC, this round was the best. After speaking with staff prior to play, I found out why. 2 years ago, Calabasas CC brought on new superintendent turf management team. The new superintendent had previously been a El Cab and Sherwood Country Club … enough said.

I can’t wait for our Monday, 3/30 event this month. I’m sure it will be fantastic!
» Close

What a difference 2 days makes for our Las Posas CC event that started off chaotic and finished fabulous.

It ju... » More

What a difference 2 days makes for our Las Posas CC event that started off chaotic and finished fabulous.

It just so happened that our event took place just 2 days prior to Las Posas CC new golf cart fleet’s arrival. Unfortunately, due to many depleted bad battery issues, Las Posas CC was considerably short on carts for the number of players we had. Fortunately, 17 players volunteered to walk in exchange for $25 event credit or Free Vivid Golf Polo Gift Card. THANK YOU SO MUCH. For those whose cart broke down during the event, Las Posas CC gave a free round of golf to come back to experience the club – SOLID.

My event staff group walked on what turned to be a gorgeous day to do so. Having never walked the course before, despite some challenging climbs on Hole’s 10, 14 and 18, I really enjoyed the experience. While walking Las Posas CC, I found out how much more peaceful and secluded playing the course is. Walking also gave me more time to take in all the beautiful views Las Posas CC is known for. If given the choice again to ride or walk Las Posas CC, I would walk it.

Conditions of the course were fantastic. Probably the best I’ve ever seen it which says a lot. The greens were smooth, fast and holding shots. Fairways, Rough and Tee Box all super lush. The bunkers all contain quality sand, groomed and played consistent.

After play, I make it a point to never pass-up a bite to eat at Oscar’s grill. The food is good I now make a special request for every event I have there for it to be open an hour prior to our shotgun start and an hour after play. Oscar's is located next to the 18th green with a beautiful patio view. I’ve had the Breakfast Burrito, Tri-Tip Burrito and Chicken Ceasar Wrap. I’ve been told their burger is the out of this world. I’ll probably give it a shot next time.

I highly recommend Las Posas CC. Never pass up a chance to play here. Check-out the photos I just posted and those from our past events.
» Close

Course in very nice near immaculate condition. Temps around 90 with little wind make for excellent playing conditions. T... » More

Course in very nice near immaculate condition. Temps around 90 with little wind make for excellent playing conditions. Tees and Fairways very well maintained, lush with few unfixed divots. Traps always well maintained here. Greens are firm and medium fast with few ball marks. You have to play for roll out on these greens. Layout is very spread out, so you rarely see a walker. Practice facitilies excellent. 2 putting greens, 2 practice chippings greens with sand traps. Only complain would be that often the range is set us to limit shots based on maximum distance, which may prohibit Drivers for some players. Decent restaurant for a golf course. Customer service in the Pro shop and with the outside staff has been excellent this golf season. Highly recommended.
» Close

With temps in the 80's nearing the low 90's, playing firm and fast is again the norm. 1 club wind most afternoons and th... » More

With temps in the 80's nearing the low 90's, playing firm and fast is again the norm. 1 club wind most afternoons and the weather has been about perfect most days. The layout is lush and in excellent prime season condition. Tees and fairways both lush and well maintained. Near immaculate. Sand well maintained. Rough not overseeded and is mostly dormant, clumpy Bermuda mowed low. But can still be penal with lies varying tremendously within a small area. Large Bermuda greens firm and medium quick. Smooth with few ball marks. Practice facilities and the GPS on the carts are both excellent. Restaurant good for a golf course. Customer service excellent both inside/outside the club. Highly recommended.
» Close

Rode the blues with buddies John and Ron in 4 hrs under 78 degree weather with about a 1 club wind pretty much perfect c... » More

Rode the blues with buddies John and Ron in 4 hrs under 78 degree weather with about a 1 club wind pretty much perfect conditions. Had a great time at this private CC. My first time here and one of the few privates I have not played in the surrounding area.

Starting off with the amenities and practice areas. Met by very friendly pro shop staff. Ate at the grill. Good food. Had time for a quick warm up on their all grass range. Noticed they have a really cool grass chipping area with a pyramid of golf balls waiting for you, get there early to use the practice facilties. They had two putting greens that pretty much matched and mirrored the speed of the greens. The putting greens overlook the beautiful 9th hole and 5th fairway. Our group was let out about 20 minutes early and we waited just here and there for the group in front of us. I can see members on a non busy day getting around here in just about 3 hrs.

I was plesantly surprised by the layout. I really loved every single hole on the back nine and I would say other than hole 9 for big hitters you can pound driver here off every tee. I found the layout to be fun, challenging and other than hole 3 no blind shots and a course that is right there in front of you. I really enjoyed the par 4 4th, 11th, 13th and 17th holes. A great course where you need to at times on a handful of tee shots work the driver both ways. Not an overally tight course like Sunset Hills, Malibu etc but tight enough to make you golf your ball. I was lucky to play the same ball for the entire round. The layout contained numerous fairway and greenside bunkers to avoid and several penalty areas lining both sides of the fairway. A couple strong par 3s and some great elevated tee shots. For sure worth a membership here for golf.

The greens were in great shape rolling pure, receptive and soft as far as landing your irons. Several of the green complexes had false fronts and slopes to navigate your putts. If I had to guess around 10 on the stimp. Our group did repair and fix about 5 to 8 fresh ballmarks per green. Overall rating 9/10

Fairways on the first couple holes were tighter and drier than say the last 15 holes which were just beautifully padded lush grass. They provide divot mix on the cart and out in some of the fairways which is a nice touch. Fairways overall solid 9/10.

Tees nice and level and lush in great shape. Rated 9/10.

Loved the sand. Was in 3 greenside bunkers with perfectly raked pancake soft fluffy material. Rarely do I see bunkers above or at an 8.5 which Im rating these at.

Rough was healthy just a little longer than the fairways. Rated 9/10

Golfmoose/Vivid players are in for a treat for the upcoming outing. Highly recommended.
» Close

Played today on a beautiful day here in N CA.

Course has really become very playble and much more enjoyable th... » More

Played today on a beautiful day here in N CA.

Course has really become very playble and much more enjoyable the more I play it since early Feb when I first played.

Played all 18 on a twilight round in 3.5 hours. $22 to walk.

Tee boxes level and playable. Fairways are nice and wide and provide good lies and very nice roll out.

Rough is 1/2 inch and not a friendly place to be. + numerous OB areas along many fairways, a creek running through the property requiring carries over several greens. And don't forget the water holes.

Traps are big and there are many but they all were very playable.

Greens are in good shape after being punched last week. They look surprisingly good for such a short time. They chipped and putted just fine all round.

Great service in the shop. Huge driving range and very busy. Good practice areas.

Highly recommended.
» Close

Played yesterday, Monday, March 9. Called the starter around noon and he said he had an opening for a single at 1:20, p... » More

Played yesterday, Monday, March 9. Called the starter around noon and he said he had an opening for a single at 1:20, perfect. Showed up a little early and he worked me in at 1pm. Played with some great guys, Marty, Chris and George. $46 to walk. POP the usual 4.75hrs. Acceptable for Nado, it just gets a lot of play.

Conditions good to great all around. Blue tees mostly level with adequate coverage. They were playing a little bit more forward than usual. Fairways were very good to excellent. Very good cushion and good amount of roll. No problems whatsoever. Just a joy to play from. Rough wasn't too penal, just an inch to inch and half long, so not much of a problem.

Even with some morning rain, the bunkers were just fine.

Greens were in good to great shape. Sneaky quick downhill. Got a little bumpy later in the day which is expected, but no huge complaints.

Customer service is always great. Sean/Shawn is a new starter and he's already fitting right in. Great guy. Proshop check in no problem. Beverage cart around twice. Always a treat to play Coronado. Highly recommend and it's a great walkable course.
» Close

A good tittle for this course is you get what you pay for! It was inexpensive and course conditions showed. The track... » More

A good tittle for this course is you get what you pay for! It was inexpensive and course conditions showed. The track sits inside a gated community and the layout is a typical Florida course. Flat with numerous water hazards. As far as the layout goes, no complaints. A good mix of hole variety with plenty of water hazards throughout. Some forced carries over the water and some lateral so kudos to the designer.

Conditions were pretty bad. Fairways were non existent. Just some grab grass, clover and dirt. I will say the last few fairways were a tad better but still in the “poor” rating category. Tee boxes were even worse. Mainly sand from maintenance recently filling in all the divots. Hopefully that’s a good sign of things to come. The nice thing was there were a couple of artificial mats. Those presented the best hitting surface of the day.

Believe it or not. The sand traps were actually decent. As for the greens. Well they started off ok then got a little worse. But with a couple of birdies on the day, I can’t complain too much about the greens.

Misc. golf carts are gas powered and have GPS. Course was quiet and I finished in around 3 hours or less. Restaurant was closed. Overall fun layout with poor conditions.
» Close

Walked the blues this morning in group 1b with buddies John, Ron and Mark under beautiful weather conditions about 70 de... » More

Walked the blues this morning in group 1b with buddies John, Ron and Mark under beautiful weather conditions about 70 degrees with a up to 10mph breeze that felt great. About 110 player Golfmoose/Vivid event that had POP about 5 hours. We actually hardly waited at all for the twosome in front of us.

My third time playing here and the conditions were the best that I have seen them in 3 rounds out here,,

The fairways were very lush with perfect lies. Rated 9/10. Very little to no problem areas. The rains the last two months have really made this place lush.

The rough was also gorgeous, thick and in very nice shape. Long enough for your ball to sit down but not to long where you couldn't advance it or put it on the green. Rated 8.5/10

Tees were also very lush, level and in great shape. Rated 9/10

Greens were very pure with no blemishes and semi quick, maybe a 10.5 on the stimp. They have some bigger sloped greens with a nice mix of bunkering at times guarding the green complexes. Green rating 9/10.

Was in 2 greenside bunkers and 1 Fairway bunker that were in good shape. Rated 8/10

Play for position here at Las posas and be smart on the par 5 7th hole, par 5 10th hole and par 5 12th hole to try and make birdie the conventional way. Holes 3, 10, 12, 16 and 17 make you work the ball off the tee both ways. Couple long par 3s from the tips on the front nine. I love the 18th hole where you can let one rip with the driver and get some hang time on your drive.


Fun course.

I would recommend eating at Oscar's restaurant right to the right of 18 green. Great burritos and wraps.
» Close

First time back at Sterling Hills this weekend after my first visit back in 2020. I played in a Rancho Park Men's Club e... » More

First time back at Sterling Hills this weekend after my first visit back in 2020. I played in a Rancho Park Men's Club event and walked the course with a 9:40am tee time. I didn't remember much about the layout from my first time there but enough to know it was a challenging 18 with lots of elevations, some water features and very tough green complexes.

I really did enjoy the layout of the course despite playing some of my worst golf ever. There are some interesting carries here and lots of areas that will make things difficult for you if you're not course aware. The fairways are wide in most cases, but a few of the holes require less than driver if you're playing smart. There are also plenty of homes surrounding each hole but they don't feel suffocating at all - really barely noticeable in most cases.

Conditions are pretty nice with the greens being the best part. They are very tricky, very tiered and roll quite fast. I did not remember what a challenge they were from the first trip here, but I won't forget again anytime soon. The fairways had some good coverage but there were a lot of thin areas - playable for sure, but not in optimum shape. I was in a few bunkers and while they looked a bit thin, they played just fine when actually hitting the sand. Tee boxes were okay - not terrible, not great.

I enjoyed playing here again and would like to redeem myself with a decent round next time.
» Close

Every time I think my game is in a spot to take on Angeles this course just kicks me in the mouth. Didn't help that it w... » More

Every time I think my game is in a spot to take on Angeles this course just kicks me in the mouth. Didn't help that it was a windy day, but it was only slightly more windy than usual out here. Teed off at 11:50 on the first day after springing forward and finished in about 4.5; pace was generally good with a few waits but nothing egregious.

Been a while since I've been here and the course is in pretty good condition. I would never call the fairways "lush" but they're definitely not summertime burnt out thin and provide good lies. The extra growth definitely helps prevent wayward shots from going too far off line into OB areas without sacrificing too much roll out.

Teeboxes were in good shape and greens were running at the posted 11. Huge undulating greens where it's almost a guaranteed 3-putt if you're in the wrong spot. Was in a couple of bunkers and the sand wasn't consistent; a few were a little on the thin side while some had heaps of new soft sand.

If you've played here before you know there isn't really any "rough" here, just more of a collar around the fairways that's cut low before turning into desert or wood chips.

Like it's been said before, the course wouldn't be worth the rack rate but if you can find a deal in the low $100s it's a worthwhile splurge to test your game. You're not going to find any frills beyond the 2 bottles of water in the cart; the snack shack closes up early and the cart girl made a few passes and then called it a day around 2, but the course is in nice shape right now
» Close

First time at Indian Canyons (South) and was blessed with a perfect 85*F weather day with light 5mph cool winds. All sta... » More

First time at Indian Canyons (South) and was blessed with a perfect 85*F weather day with light 5mph cool winds. All staff interactions were top notch with Lee helping out at the front desk, the bartender pouring me a delicious Transfusion (with real grape juice none of that pre-mixed crap), and Bobby the starter was very friendly as he helped me tee off earlier than my scheduled time at 12:40pm joining a threesome. Good POP today just over 4hrs, no one playing in front and only a couple groups behind us.

Course conditions were lush from tee to green, fairways had good roll out with favorable lies, rough had good length to easily find ball. Greens were overall rolling medium-fast with good coverage, some (5/18) did have pitch mark issues but was warned about that prior from the starter. These greens were pretty "fair" for the most part holding well with approaches and did not have what I think excessive slope compared to the greens I've been playing at the greenskeeper/golf moose private club events lol.

Cart service made 3 turns during the round, water stations and stocked/clean bathrooms throughout the course. Carts had GPS and two complimentary water bottles were included in a prefilled ice chest. I love when courses pre-fill the ice chest with ice, it's the little things that count.

Rate was $140 w/ cart and honestly was worth the money. The conditions, staff interactions, scenery, course layout, ice with free water bottles, and POP did not make me feel bad for spending $100+. Hoping to return one day to try the North course.

I recommend playing this course right now! :)
» Close