Played today, June 22, 2010. Finally, Angeles has become the course it should have always been.. its much more wide open and aesthetically pleasing to the eye and more user friendly for the golfer. Still very expensive at resident rate of $66.00 at 3:00pm. My buddy paid $89.00 for twilight. What we found in PRO V1's made up for the cost a little bit. We shot in the low 90's when before that would have been difficult with the waste areas that they've since removed. Fairways and greens were the best Ive ever seen them in 6 years of playing there.

Awesome golf experience. Hansen Dam is the best Los Angeles City owned Course. Long course, great fairways, soft, bumpy wet , spongy greens, tee boxes fair to good. Customer service in bar and restaurant is excellent and much better than Angeles
National. Overall for the price and bumpy soft greens, the experience is great and the par 4's and 5's are LONG. Lots of holes to let the driver go long and uphill and downhill approaches to challenge your game. We left Angeles National for this course and we couldn't be happier. I am very critical of customer service and this course passes my test. Have a great day and its freeway close.

Played birthday on 8-17-09. My buddy had to pay $18.00 over the normal twilight rate because I was playing for free. That made no sense at all. The putting green was closed and I had to go back upstairs to buy Gatorade as the snack shop was closed as well. Greens and fairways were very dry. 18th green was covered in goose droppings and effected putting line. That was very nice.

Rates have gone up to $188.00 on the weekend. Everyone in the area moved over to LA City Course "Hansen Dam" a few miles away due to costs and service. Hansen Dam is packed now. Im not sure why Angeles has taken this business philosophy in a bad economy in Sunland/Tujunga of all places, but they cant be selling very much food, drinks, beer, balls, shirts and clubs or tee times. Beginning membership rate is $3500.00.

Its a very hard course and will improve your game, but the costs is not worth it. I would pay extra to play Trump before paying full price for Angeles. Someday someone will get that no one is playing there anymore and they will drop their rates and get everyone back. They should control the SFV golf market but they don't. As for now..we see all the people that played Angeles with us as we play Hansen Dam and De Bell. Its a shame. We played there for years, but this new business approach during this economy is crazy.

Hansen Dam has improved. played 5-18-2009 at 4:00 PM. Had a great day, greens are very soft and slow and a little bumpy but OK. Fairways were nice 80% of the holes and green collars were cut perfect. New cart paths everywhere which was nice. Everything was great and user friendly. Snack shop had great food and service. We were able to finish with a beer until 8:00 PM when they closed. Angeles would have already been shut down at 6:00 Pm.

Overall, for the price it was a great experience and we will go back.

Awesome golf experience! Expensive but worth it. This is the best course in LA County if not SOCAL. We took a camera and took lots of pictures and had a blast. Staff was very nice and food was great. Very challenging course with ocean views on every hole. I read before that it was overrated and not worth the money. I disagree. It was the best golf experience Ive had and I will go back again.

I am an extremely hard critic of courses and their customer service and have posted my displeasure a few times. I have golfed a lot of LA County courses and have belonged to Pacific Palms (Industry Hills) for a few years. Week day membership is about $150.00 for the year, with discounts on golf, food etc.

I am constantly looking for a better golf experience. I have a home above Angeles National in Sunland which is rated high and just got back from PGA West in La Quinta, golfing Stadium and Norman. I golf Brookside, De Bell, Azusa, Scholl Canyon, Rancho, Alhambra (Good Deal) a lot in order to meet friends who live in those areas.

Bottom line folks! Pacific Palms and the Babe course blow every other course away. The US Open qualifier was recently held there. The views, facilites, conditions, beauty, challenge, price, food, driving range, etc. provide a better overall golfing experience than everyone else. They even give you two free bottles of water in your cart cooler. Never seen that before.

Major improvements to both courses and facilities are being completed and only getting better. Angeles doesnt have a club house and charges more. I have read the negative comments about this course and I cant believe these guys are for real. With all the courses I have golfed and compared, Pacific Palms beats everyone. I will golf Trump soon, but based on the price it cant beat these two courses.

PGA West was not more impressive than Pacific Palms and it is rated much higher in the region. That's my feedback based on a lot of comparisons that include the total golf experince not just the course.

Take a critics advice. This is a great course at a fair price.

Played 8-6-06. Incredible course. Very hard but fun. Course not in the best shape but price was right for off season. Beware of snooty locals who dont care for outsiders on the course. For kicks, You have to hit from the black on 17 "The Alcatraz" and hit the green. Due to the heat all the fish were floating dead and stunk up the place but it gave reality to the name. A must play course but should not be rated as high as it is.

Played 1-5-06. As always, very expensive.
Great day of golf. Fairways always nice, greens OK. Restaurant has much better service now. Club house still not progressing, even their website does not give accurate info. GPS still screwed up, would not let me see hole map on one par three, every other hole with GPS was no problem.

This was one of my better outings at Angeles when most have been poor. I am very critical, but they did OK this time but the price is still way too much for the service given to the customer.
Range balls travel to fairway on No. 9. This is a safety concern and violates the integrity of the fairway. I saw at least 8 balls at the beginning of the fairway.

Keep improving customer service and lower the prices and you will see more paying customers.

Golfers dont be fooled. The below listed positive comments from Twildey, Curtisjung, Willbone, Boba1949, Theshul and Bigmikepape are most likely from staff at Angeles National. See the comments regarding the staff and the repetition of the phrase "Worth every penny/money."

This course is rumored to have financial problems which explains why they have not moved forward aggressively with building a clubhouse. I dont care what excuses they will give you, the bottom line is that the clubhouse is not built. The staff, marshalls and employees are very disgruntled which is a common complaint from many golfers.

They are capable of turning things around, but seem to have an eliteist attitude when they are located in a middle class neighborhood.

The course is not worth the money as it is very expensive for the facilities provided and for the poor customer service. Course is in very good condition, but after only being a year old, it should be. Lets see what happens in two years.

Played 10-04-2005. Had to start on number 10, end at 9. Cart paths only for 18 holes makes you start aiming for the fairway near the cart path. Golf nazi was out and about to make sure you didnt enjoy yourself too much.

Nobody gave us keys to the carts so me and my partner and the other twosome had to go back into clubhouse to retrieve keys so we could start. Trash in carts after the employee placed our bags on the carts. You might want to inspect the cart before you prepare it for new players and give us a key so we can drive off, just a customer service tip!

GPS was screwed up and would not take lunch order before the turn.
No clubhouse just a trailer but still charging premium prices.
Snack Shop: Ordered tuna sandwich and got two pieces of toast, no tuna, in a foam box, nice quality control. Premium golf course? yea right!

I'll be fair, Fairways are nice and greens are in good shape. Very hard course and you will lose balls. On a financial standpoint, you might want to make it more enjoyable so that we want to come back. This course is a chore to play. Extreme course management is not my idea of a great time.

Portable bathrooms everywhere and some out of order. Scenary is bland and god forbid if you enter the natural habitat to find your ball, golf nazi will be on you in a heartbeat. Get over the natural habitat issue, transients sleep in there and it's a drainage wash! You should worry about paying golfers becoming extinct from your natural habitat course, thats what you should worry about.

Pacific Palms in City of Industry blows Angeles National away. Executive Course Scholl Canyon in Glendale has the best views in Southern California. You can see Los Angeles, Pasadena, Burbank, Glendale, Hollywood, all in one view, mountains to ocean.

Trump will be the new golf standard.

Angeles National Golf Course, First Nicklaus course in Los Angeles County? Who cares?