It's 91 miles to go play this course for me, living in Hermosa but it's worth it 3/4 times a year.
What a wonderful test of golf. Fair but demanding and glorious on the eye. Intimate, sculpted, flows easily and well, interesting holes, well guarded greens that run very true.
You can score well here but if you bite off too much or get too cocky - watch out. It's a thinking course no doubt.
And the staff are just so nice and very professional.
Added bonus is a grass practice range.
And all that for $33 with your birdie card. $58 for 36. What a bargain. Love this place.
Just wish it was 50 miles closer! Still, never mind.

for $30 on CFTT it's a real deal. Great test of play, you can score, but it will catch you out if you're not careful. Some very tricky green shapes - particularly no's 4, 10 and 12.
No. 10 must be one of the hardest approaches and putting surfaces in So. Cal when you play for the back pin position. No room for error at all.
Great variety of hole types. Greens nice, but a bit of sand on them right now.
Lovely views too. Gorgeous at 7am.

Played at the crack of dawn, or should I say crack in the fog. 6.45am. Gorgeous morning. Standing on the first green, high up over the simi valley and the I-23, above a layer of fog with the golden and blue sky above, punctured by white plane trials, it was almost perfect.

Worth $10 to just stand there and feel free.

I hadn't been out here for a couple of years, preferring to make my way to Rustic Canyon - which you can see from some of the front nine tee boxes - but it seems to have really improved in terms of maintainence and grooming. It feels like a quality track now.
The course is in great shape, particularly the greens, given these times of punching and seeding. There's a couple of wicked false fronts - notably number 10, but the greens are holding nicely and putting very very true.
It's a course that deserves more kudos - yes, it's quirky but it makes you think, then think again and play yardage shots - not just blast away. Isn't that what golf is?
They also do $50 play all day on Tuesdays which is a steal if you're up for 36.
Can't wait to go back.

I've always had a soft spot for Eagle Glen but used to have doubts about the ability of the greenskeeper. Not now. I ventured there this Wednesday. Lovely day and the course was in super shape. In this time of 'returning greens', these were firm, true, manicured - just great to putt on. I'd say running at about 10. The rest of the course was in great shape too - the fairways lush and allowing the ball to sit up nicely, tee boxes almost flat (! - more work here I think) and all the staff were chirpy, attentive and welcoming.
If you've left this one off your rotation for a while - like me - go back and enjoy it. It's in great shape and at $40 online it's a steal.

This was the first time I played RH on Friday 5 June and what a little gem this is!
I went there with a friend who knows I'm a stickler for maintainence, good greens and a challenge and this one handed all of that over for only $37.

Arrived with my chum at 9.15ish, put our names down and we were off by 9.45.
The highlight of the experience for me were the fairways and the fact that you really do have to think your way around. Fairways were smooth, clean, giving, had no patches, no hard pan - a delight to hit off. The greens were true, interesting, held their lines, they could have done with another cut, but I hear the members don't like them tooooo fast.

It's tight - lots of trees hug the fairways and there's two or three water holes where the ponds are not just there for show - the long par 4 ninth being a great example of that.

Nice little clubhouse too, great staff, Stella and Newkie Brown on tap. It just got better and better.

For me, it ranks up there with Rustic Canyon as one of the great value rounds of golf in the LA area. If anyone knows any other hidden gems please tell me. Being from Hermosa Beach and having to travel 40 miles for any truly decent golf, this was a great find, it being only 20 miles away. I can't wait to go back.

Played here Weds 11/26. Fearing rain we came suitably protected. But not a drop until the dreaded 17th. First out we had the glory of all the course in front of us and that daunting first tee shot to challenge us. That over with we found a course that was very wet but entirely playable and enjoyable. The greens were particularly good: firm, speedy for winter and true - you pick your line and it stays there - can't ask for much more really. Good job greenskeeper.
Personally I love this course. It's a test, it's about course navigation and holding back, it rewards strategic shots. Plus it has some breathtaking views at various points on the course. At sunrise it is so gorgeous - you are elevated away from the hum of the commuting traffic, you can see for miles on either side of the hills and you feel free.
The pro shop guys have always been accommodating and easy to get along with too. And at $45 vis click4teetimes it's a steal.

I went out as a single last wednesday.
The Good:
• it's a gorgeous place at sunrise. It climbs over the eastern hills and makes the western hills look like a painting - just magnificent colors and shades.
• The course is a solid links test. Nice rumbling, rolling fairways that are flat but offer few flat lies.
• The key element here, which is unique in So.Cal, is the burn that traverses the whole course and pops up on about 12 of the holes. You have to look for it and it makes some approaches and some tee shots very strategic - which is what it's all about isn 't it!
The Bad:
• The greens are a mess. Some fungus has gorged itself on them and so there are horrid blotchy patches on most greens - even huge slices of new turf where the old gave up the ghost. Additionally, etiquette appears to be low on local players consciences as where the fungus recedes the pot marks take over. it really is a mess.
Conclusion:
• If the greens were in good shape this place would be dynamite. It's fun, interesting, doesn't eat your lunch if you think a bit and don't mind using more hybrids than drivers. What's more, it's a great setting and a great value.
But ask how the greens are....then say "honestly?" because when I asked before coming out the guy kept saying they are rolling fine....as long as you are where the munchers aren't.