Santa Anita is kind of a last resort course since it always has holes that I am not a fan of. However, at least at this course they are trying to do work to make it better. The last time I was there they were literally scraping the grass off of several fairways that were pretty bare to try and get them in better shape (something I dont ever see in LA Muni courses). The course is in ok shape, better then some of the other courses in the area, just not my favorite track. However, the last time I was there some of the guys working were doing doughnuts in a work cart trying to run over geese who were just laying on the course not doing anything, in fact they were driving so recklass that the tools in the back were flying out as they were trying to run over the animals, and this was between the 6th green and the 7th tee box so none of could tee off since these clowns were being idiots.

I've been playing Brookside for years and years, and what I can tell you is this past year it has been in probably the worst condition I have ever seen it. The range has been redone and has top shot to use if you want and its pretty cool, but thats where it ends. The tee boxes for the most part are incredibly uneven and a mess, good luck finding flat ground to stand on, or grass or even a shot to hit since they like to put the tee box directly behind low hanging tree branches on some holes. The fairways are destroyed due to multiple hole punching (not sure about the overseeding), so every ball in the fairay is in a bad lie with no reward for actually hitting it. The traps have very little actually sand in most of them, they are just hard pan. Lastly the greens, most of the greens were ok, just very slow, however they just punched them as well. I really hope Brookside will get better but for now whoever is in charge has really messed this place up, bad enough they have concerts and games at the Rose Bowl but in the past they have been able to keep it from getting too bad but not anymore.