Got out early due the the heat. Apparently everyone else had the same idea and we waited from the 4th hole on. Still got around in just over 4 hours. The course was in good sahpe, but wet as it is being heavily watered due to heat. Greens were quite soft and slow, but good. Tee boxes are rapidly becoming an issue as they seem to be getting even more noticeably uneven and thin. Flat, grassy lies are becoming scarce on the tee box. All things considered, it's still a great place to work on your game, and the staff is absolutely top notch.

I've never seen Los Robles in as good a shape as it's in right now. They seem to have been working on it. Contours are being grown/cut into fairways, the greens are uniform and true and the fairways are lush kikuya. Some greens are faster than others but all are nicer than I have seen at Los Robles. Great conditions.

Greens are recovering from an apparently big punch, and have still quite a ways to go. As others mentioned, the area where the holes were punched are higher than the rest of the greens. Putting is all about luck not line, as there is nothing out there remotely resembling a true roll. The bumps kick putts (even short ones) unpredictably off-line. Other than that, the course is in great shape and is still fun to play.

Played 5/31 for the first time. Good and bad things in abundance, as with any newly opened course.

First, the bad: Some of the fairways have huge sand areas where grass has not grown in. Local rules allow for a free drop. Other fairways are rock hard and thin as if the grass didn't grow in thick enough. Another bad thing was that there semed to be no marshalling. We played to front at a nice pace (2 hours), but it took us 3 hours to play the back. A foursome 3 groups ahead of us was 2 holes out of position on a crowded day, and no one urged them along, and they didn't seem to care that the whole course was backed up behind them.

Now, the good. The layout is extremely interesting and fun. No 2 holes are really the same, and the prevailing winds cause you to have to think about your shots. The holes can be tough, but are fair. A straight-ahead short par 4 might have a multilevel, undulating green, while holes with tough tee-shots will end on a flatter, calmer green. The course is plenty long, with the tips measure 6,800+ yards. We had our hands full from the blues at around 6,500. The greens are immaculate, but who knows how long they'll stay that way in poa country...

The only other observances are:
There are no maps, layouts or overviews of the course, so as first-time players, we often had no idea where to hit, or what lay around the corner.
There seem to be lots of no-shows. When I called for my tee-time for 2, they only had one after 12, and no times for 3 or more until after 2. When we got there a little before 11, they had jst sent a foursome of singles to the first tee. Another guy showed up, but his 3 other players cancelled. There were lots of threesome groups on the course. Maybe they need to implement a 48 hour cancellation policy with a credit card.

All things considered, a fun day on a fun course that will (hopefully) only get better with time.

I usually avoid this course like the plague as it's famous for 5 1/2 hour weekday rounds stuck behind fivesomes of seniors (no offense). But it looks as if Camarillo is actually trying to improve. They are adopting a proper dress code (proper shirt and shorts, no jeans) and are tryng to get people to play in 4 1/2 hours. They have re-designed a hole (#12?) since I was there last. What used to be a somewhat short par 3 is now a 200+ yard monster over water from the back. The black tees were not there when I played last, and they are a nice addition and help give the course some needed length. They greens were in good shape and show no scars of aeration, they're just set at Senior speed like Westlake. They are also very bumpy and getting a smooth roll is difficult if not impossible. The tee boxes and fairways were cut too long, and played more like the rough than a tee. I was out really early, so I don't know how the pace of play is during the day. It's an interesting layout. If they chose to speed it up and firm it up a little, it could be a great track.

I finally got up to LP to play after having had to cancel many times. It's a great course. Local knowledge is easily worth 3-4 strokes per round, so expect a higher score first time around. Expect lots of elevation changes (all the par 3's play at least 1 club down hill) and some blind tee shots. The greens are really nice, perhaps the nicest I've seen on a SoCal public course. Anything left above the hole is almost an automatic 3 putt. A long (but easy) drive from LA, but highly recommended. Great conditions.

Played 12/8 AM. I hadn't played here in a while. It looks as if they are actually making an effort to start sprucing the place up. Tees were cut short with some shape, looking like they have plans to make them look great. The greens were the best I have ever seen for Los Robles. Smooth, uniform and pretty fast. I even saw the beverage cart 3+ times during the round. It seems to finally be going in the right direction. A surprisingly enjoyable round.

Played 10/19. Unless you like blind shots and gimicky holes, this isn't the place for you. But in spite of the poor design on a few holes, usually the place is in really good shape. Today, it was dreadful. The greens were indeed very nice, but the tee boxes (White) were very uneven and often it was difficult to get a stance due to all the bumps and rolls. The fairways were at best thin, but were often bare and/or rock hard. It was like hitting off a towel on the garage floor. Some holes' fairways on the back were nothing but divots in landing areas. I expect these conditions from a $30 muni, but not from a higher-end daily fee course like Tierra Rejada. Even though they could use a little marshalling, the people are top notch. It is unlikely that this will be a course that we will play again.

Played twilight 8/31/06 for the first time since the renovations completed. The course is, for the most part, in excellent condition. It's rare to see a kikuya sodded course in such pristine condition. Some of the greens were immcaulate, while others seemed spotted with different grass patterns. They weren't bare, just spotty. The greens were really soft. So soft that a 7-iron hit into #16 embedded itself in the middle of the green. They have switched the 9's around so what used to be 10 a few years back is now 1. Personally I liked the old route better, as the 'old' back 9 is far more interesting than the 'new' front 9. Now all the fun holes are first and the rest of the round is anti-clamatic. Still one of the best rounds of golf you can play.

Played today at 7AM. Finished quickly. The course is in good shape, especially considering the heat recently. Fairways are pretty lush. The rough is nasty long to the point of making shots from there very difficult. The greens are really soft quite bumpy and very slow. The slowest I've ever seen them. My playing partner hit a shot with an 7 or 8 iron from the tee on a par 3 and the ball embedded 2/3's of itself about into the green. I'd never seen a fried egg lie on a green before. The biggest issue facing this course right now is that the tee boxes (especially on the back 9) are in really, really rough shape. Most of them are very uneven and really beat up. There are places to hit from, but the course really needs to consider doing something major about them. Today, very uncharacteristically, the maintenance crews were quite noticeable. Several times today they stood on the greens watering them and attempted to wave us up without stopping their watering, even when they were standing on the front of the green. They need to be aware of customers and be invisible when shots are beng played.

Played Wed 7/19 in the morning as a single. The range is very beat up. Very little grass to hit off. Mostly dirt and old divots. After an hour + of waiting I heard them call a threesome to the first tee. They forgot about the singles list. I went in to remind them and they had apparently just changed shifts and the new person didn't know what the other person had going. They sent me back to the range, only to call me back once I got there to go catch the threesome that had just teed off. Pretty poor customer service from that perspective. There was no beverage cart out that day either. As for the course itself, it's one of my favorites. It was in OK shape for the most part, with lots of dirt patches in some fariways (marked as ground under repair at least). The greens were especially nice. The tee boxes could use some TLC, as many are uneven and there is a lot of divot damage on the par 3's. I still recommend this course highly, even though the customer service was off the day I went.

Played 6/21 at 6:30 AM as a single. 1 word. Awesome. The course is one of my favorites ever. No 2 holes are the same, and each has it's own challenges without being ridiculously penal. The fairways are usually very generous, and there is always a bail out spot, as well as a reward for pulling off the huge, accurate drive. There are reachable and unreachable par 5's, as well as short an long par 3's and 4's, with the 4's having some straight and some doglegs. A great mix. Greens and bunkers are tough but fair. Not much OB on the course, but plenty of sand and water and none of that stupid "environmentally sensitive area" BS. The best practice facilities I've ever seen matched only by the excellent and accomodating staff. A truly great day.