Greens sanded but so far not punched. Barely affected the speed or play for a couple days. many areas of the course have been vericut, which does not affect playability. Bermuda coming out well on the Tee's/fairways, very lush. Rough patchy hit/mniss, mowed low. Mowed low around the greens, you can definitely use putter from well off greenws currently. Which when going over lar... » More

Greens sanded but so far not punched. Barely affected the speed or play for a couple days. many areas of the course have been vericut, which does not affect playability. Bermuda coming out well on the Tee's/fairways, very lush. Rough patchy hit/mniss, mowed low. Mowed low around the greens, you can definitely use putter from well off greenws currently. Which when going over large mounds to a firm, quick green is frequently a safer play IMO. Course playing firm/quick producing ridiculously long drives currently. Nice range, carts, GPS. Good restaurant onsite. highly recommended.
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Front 9 greens were punched/sanded last week, medium speed and bumpy. Back 9 greens have not yet been punched, normal medium fast/smooth. Which creates a whole new experience when you make the turn. Fairways/Tees very nice with the Bermuda out in full force with warmer temps. Greenside traps really nice, fairway traps have more rocks than I remember from years ago. Fringes mowe... » More

Front 9 greens were punched/sanded last week, medium speed and bumpy. Back 9 greens have not yet been punched, normal medium fast/smooth. Which creates a whole new experience when you make the turn. Fairways/Tees very nice with the Bermuda out in full force with warmer temps. Greenside traps really nice, fairway traps have more rocks than I remember from years ago. Fringes mowed down, which is not a good thing on the many holes with false fronts or drop offs from on or coming across greens. But do provide more bump run opportunities when short sided from just off many greens. Many areas of the course have been vericut, which does not affect playability. Rough patchy hit/mniss, mowed low. Range, carts, GPS excellent. Restaurant/men's lounge provides decent food in a friendly atmosphere. Highly recommended, but still probably 2 weeks away from all 18 greens being medium fast/smooth again.
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Golf course can to use to be a solid lay out with good variety. Unfortunately that is where the positive review ends. Had 6:09am tee time on Friday 5/8. We arrived at 5:30am to locked doors at the golf shop. Cart guy was there staging carts and said someone should be there by 6:00am. Shop opened at 6:01am with an employee clearly in no rush to help us. This left us to pay fees,... » More

Golf course can to use to be a solid lay out with good variety. Unfortunately that is where the positive review ends. Had 6:09am tee time on Friday 5/8. We arrived at 5:30am to locked doors at the golf shop. Cart guy was there staging carts and said someone should be there by 6:00am. Shop opened at 6:01am with an employee clearly in no rush to help us. This left us to pay fees, load onto our carts, have all four of us sign in with starter (Glen Ivy policy), drive to tee and tee off in eight minutes. We managed to hit our tee shots by 6:15am. I say all of this due to the “slow play” alert we received on the fourth hole. Like we were a problem. We walked off the 18th hole at 10:05am. Hadn’t seen the group behind us since the 7th hole.
On the course conditions: From history new the 5th green may not be in great shape but the front nine greens and fairways were definitely spotty and needed love. A good sized dirt patch on 9th green needed sodding instead they are attempting to use plugs which will take much longer to heal. Back nine was much better as greens were consistent as well as fairways are much better condition than the front.
Lastly the boundary system to keep carts away from greens and native areas needs to be adjusted. No less than three times did the system stop our cart and direct us reverse out of area, the problem was we were driving on the cart path. Overall a negative experience.
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I got an invite from a longtime friend I had not seen in 12 years to tee it up at El Caballero yesterday 5/8. I hadn’t played El Cab in over 15 years since attending one of Spencer’s events supporting children’s cancer treatment and research. What seems like a lifetime ago, El Cab used to be my golf team’s home course while I was at Taft high (84 grad) so in many ways this is a... » More

I got an invite from a longtime friend I had not seen in 12 years to tee it up at El Caballero yesterday 5/8. I hadn’t played El Cab in over 15 years since attending one of Spencer’s events supporting children’s cancer treatment and research. What seems like a lifetime ago, El Cab used to be my golf team’s home course while I was at Taft high (84 grad) so in many ways this is a very special place for me.

I arrived at 2:45pm for our 3:45pm tee time to take it all in and more so check out how much the club has changed2 2 since my last visit. I was blown away. While maintaining all its legacy charm, Reese Jones did an incredible job in 2021 renovating/upgrading an already fantastic golf course design, massively improving the practice facilities and fully replacing the turf tee-green. From a design standpoint, most noticeable we’re the added/improved bunkers, improved tee box sightlines, added back tee boxes, new trees replacing many of the old trees and redone large, potato chips shaped green complexes. El Cab has a discrete cell phone/photo taking policy allowing only limited use to maintain a peaceful club experience, so I snapped just a few out of respect.

Conditions at El Cab were immaculate. Medium-Fast greens, very firm and smooth. Lush, cut tight, perfect bermunda fairways. 2–3-inch grabby bermunda rough making greenside pitching/chipping super challenging. Immaculate groomed bunkers with perfect white sand (I was in a lot of them). Level, lush, perfect tee boxes.

According to the members I played with, El Caballero CC has hosted the LPGA JM Eagle Championship for the last two years, but next year the event will likely be hosted by Wilshire CC. I’ve now been blessed to play two recent LPGA host courses, El Cab and The Saticoy Club. Incredible golf courses.

Never miss an opportunity to play El Caballero CC.

Highly Recommended!
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Went off at 1:12 on 5/7, finished at 5:50.
Greens coming off punching. They were hard and fast with just a bit of bump. Difficult to hole putts.
The rest of the course was in fine shape.
Give the greens a bit more time and it will be a good value.