Late morning 4.5+ hour round on an always busy course. The facility and carts are very nice and well kept. The staff has always been friendly and helpful. The parking lot has some of the smallest spaces you will ever encounter. The tee boxes were all in pretty good shape but some were a little thin and shaggy. The rough is not long where you find it on the course and allow... » More

Late morning 4.5+ hour round on an always busy course. The facility and carts are very nice and well kept. The staff has always been friendly and helpful. The parking lot has some of the smallest spaces you will ever encounter. The tee boxes were all in pretty good shape but some were a little thin and shaggy. The rough is not long where you find it on the course and allows for a good stroke on the ball. Fairways all had good coverage which really improves on the back nine. Some of the sections throughout the round were a little dry and others a little damp but very playable. The traps were all damp and the fairway bunkers thin and firm. Green side bunkers had good amounts of sand but were also damp. The greens were much slower than usual with less break than most would think. The staff did have the practice greens at the same speed you found on the course which was nice for once. The overall conditions and weekday green fees make this place a great deal in the golf world nowadays. Recommended
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Played about a week ago, was paired up with a single and a twosome for the front nine, single and I played all 18. Course was in good condition overall, a few thin spots on fairways and greens were a little slower than I remember but rolled well and were consistent across all holes. Bunkers are the unfortunate thin layer over wet, heavy sand - great for fairways, not so much ... » More

Played about a week ago, was paired up with a single and a twosome for the front nine, single and I played all 18. Course was in good condition overall, a few thin spots on fairways and greens were a little slower than I remember but rolled well and were consistent across all holes. Bunkers are the unfortunate thin layer over wet, heavy sand - great for fairways, not so much around the greens (played ok using a low bounce lob wedge but seriously bladed my first adventure when the SW bounced off the wet base layer). Course is a nice mix of holes with different length par 3's, a couple short par 4's that are potentially drivable (but think hard about trying it on #14, there's a LARGE bunker in front that sits well below green level, and anything long is going to be a tough up & down for birdie). Hole location has a big impact on how difficult a hole plays - as an example, #13 (par 5) has a relatively easy, large middle section, a more difficult, smaller front area, and an even smaller and nasty back location that will make you pay dearly for any small error in direction or distance (guess which one it was when I played . . .).

For a municipal course, the conditions are almost aways good to very good, one of the nicer muni's I've played in all my years of golfing. Pricing is reasonable with specials available (Senior, Juniors and a very reasonably priced "Players Card" that knocks 50% off green fees for most rounds). Not the best or most challenging in the area, but it's in the upper tier for both. Unfortunately, that means it one of the busiest around and decent tee times can be difficult to get Fri-Sun.

All-in-all a solid and dependable option if you're in the area.
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Had a 7:00 am tee time. Walked with a buddy and an older couple. They were bang and go go go which was nice but they had little to no etiquette, if you know what I mean so with no one behind us we let them play on and never saw them! No one behind us for Three holes, we had the place to ourselves.. Tee boxes still show signs from aeration, as did some of the fairways. Fairwa... » More

Had a 7:00 am tee time. Walked with a buddy and an older couple. They were bang and go go go which was nice but they had little to no etiquette, if you know what I mean so with no one behind us we let them play on and never saw them! No one behind us for Three holes, we had the place to ourselves.. Tee boxes still show signs from aeration, as did some of the fairways. Fairways are very patchy with hard pan, dirt and some grass if your lucky. Bunkers were rock hard, all the way, including 18 fairway bunkers which my friend bounced out of with his drive, I mean it bounced out like it hit a cart path,! Lol. The best thing was pace of play, 3/12 and the GREENS!! Just slightly bumpy from aeration but firm and fast. If you know Brookside, the greens are super challenging but fun and held approach shots perfectly. Not bad but not great yet. Still fun but extra challenging conditions! GO PLAY!
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Played 10/20/24 12:30 POP 4:30 Was in the area on business and had never played here. Course was a mix of conditions. Some fairways and or sections of fairways were in great shape. While others were not. All had mostly good coverage. Some thin with a mix of clumpy grass and other parts perfect. Greens were the same. Some great, some not so much. All were very slow and bumpy f... » More

Played 10/20/24 12:30 POP 4:30 Was in the area on business and had never played here. Course was a mix of conditions. Some fairways and or sections of fairways were in great shape. While others were not. All had mostly good coverage. Some thin with a mix of clumpy grass and other parts perfect. Greens were the same. Some great, some not so much. All were very slow and bumpy from past aeration remnants. Greens have some pretty big contours in them. These greens would be very tough if ever in firm & fast conditions. Everything still very playable, just inconsistent and a mix of playing conditions. Was in a couple of traps and they were in good shape. Many tees are uneven with small teeing areas. A fun & interesting layout with elevated tee box's or steep up hill holes. Driving rang small with those weird small range balls. Very small chipping/ putting green that was in not so good shape. In playable condition and worth a look if in the area.
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Got in a round at Rio Hondo with a buddy of mine playing with a 12:44 tee time and riding, playing from the blue tees. We were paired ironically with the new head greenskeeper Tom - great dude! - who let us know that they will be aerating the Rio Hondo greens this Sunday 10/20. Something to keep in mind.

Right now Rio Hondo is slightly off from its best, which is usua... » More

Got in a round at Rio Hondo with a buddy of mine playing with a 12:44 tee time and riding, playing from the blue tees. We were paired ironically with the new head greenskeeper Tom - great dude! - who let us know that they will be aerating the Rio Hondo greens this Sunday 10/20. Something to keep in mind.

Right now Rio Hondo is slightly off from its best, which is usually quite good as it's one of the best municipal courses in LA county, and not just for the value, but its conditions as well. But right now the greens are not in optimum shape as they're rather bumpy and showing some wear and tear - that should be better after the upcoming punch. They still held shots well but just weren't near their very best.

Same applies to the fairways which were adequate but definitely a lot of thin areas and a few too many 'divots' or dry dirt patches where I would find decently placed shots. The rough was nice though and very playable but ample. The bunkers were also in pretty good shape all things considered - no complaints there. Tee boxes? Decent for sure, and mostly good, but a few were a little rough around the edges and there were a few holes with some makeshift tee areas as they're doing some work on the tee boxes so they got creative with the markers.

Carts are simple but work well and don't have any GPS. We did not have any cart service all afternoon which would have been very nice on a hot day, but like Mick Jagger says - you can't always get what you want. POP was pretty good on the front nine but definitely slowed down a lot around the 13th hole and was a slog the rest of the way which was unfortunate.

All in all it was still a fun afternoon at a solid course but just keep in mind the upcoming punch and hopefully with some rain and TLC from the new greenskeeper, Rio Hondo will be back to its very best quite soon.
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