Played yesterday in nice POP of 3 hours. The greens have come back very very nicely from aeration (great chipping/putting). Tee boxes were moved up on some holes (previous review) making the course pl... Continue »

Played yesterday in nice POP of 3 hours. The greens have come back very very nicely from aeration (great chipping/putting). Tee boxes were moved up on some holes (previous review) making the course play shorter, but they need to be moved, as they are really beat up? The rest of the course (fairways; bunkers; rough) all in good shape. Great customer service. Great food in the Birdies restaurant (delicious and inexpensive).

I couldn't help but notice the relative dearth of weekend (Sunday) reviews for the LA area. Too many of you sugar plums afraid you were gonna melt in a little rain? Well I played at Alhambra on Sunday... Continue »

I couldn't help but notice the relative dearth of weekend (Sunday) reviews for the LA area. Too many of you sugar plums afraid you were gonna melt in a little rain? Well I played at Alhambra on Sunday and figured I'd just pile on. In fact, I was playing as a single on a slowish round when Mathew (Mrkich — read his Alhambra review earlier in the thread) and his buddy Daniel caught up on the fourth tee, where I invited them up. My GK baseball cap tipped them off and they let me know they were also GKers. First time that's happened to me and we continued on in good company. As he reported, conditions were pretty good overall, especially in the wet. It was very light rain when I first teed off but got the most steady on holes four through seven. If it continued, discontinuing play might have been an option. As it was, once it stopped, it was done for the round and rather enjoyable with any wetness offset by it being pretty warm out. The greens deserved special mention because in addition to being in nice shape, they continued to putt with no noticeable loss in speed. The bunker I was in was tougher to gauge because it was heavy and damp. Fairway conditions were fine and rough was generally not overly punitive. Tee box markers were grouped but the grounds provided suitable launch conditions. I think the POP was a bit slower than Mathew reported, but I wasn't tracking it too closely. A nice little change of pace course with consistently good conditions and friendly service. Enjoyed the company, too.

Played 10/30 at 11 am, POP 4:10.

It was my first trip out to this course and I was impressed. The course has a nice practice facility, with lots of targets on the range, two chipping greens, two p... Continue »

Played 10/30 at 11 am, POP 4:10.

It was my first trip out to this course and I was impressed. The course has a nice practice facility, with lots of targets on the range, two chipping greens, two putting greens and a footgolf hole.

Lots of the teeboxes were closed for reseeding so the course played shorter than normal, but the rain added a lot of length back to the course. the teeing areas we used were in okay shape. I think the rain had a lot to do with this as well. The fairways, rough and greens were all in very good shape. I was most impressed by the greens. Not only are they large and in good shape, but they can be deceiving from the fairways and tee boxes, which made my first round here more difficult. It was a nice escape from the usual poa and kikuya I usually play on at the LA munis.

Overall a great experience and will definitely make the trip back out to Alhambra (but probably only on the weekend when there isn't much traffic).

POP today was 2.5 hours. Greens are healed and in great shape. They have however aerated the fairways this past week and you will find some tough lies (they need to be cleaned up IMO). Customer servic... Continue »

POP today was 2.5 hours. Greens are healed and in great shape. They have however aerated the fairways this past week and you will find some tough lies (they need to be cleaned up IMO). Customer service excellent as always. Tee boxes, though level, seemed a little beat up (IMO). Remember there is a big tournament on Wed the 19th all day.

Greens have healed nicely and much faster than one would expect (now repair those divots on those nice new aerated greens PLEASE). Rest of the course is in very nice shape as well. Excellent customer ... Continue »

Greens have healed nicely and much faster than one would expect (now repair those divots on those nice new aerated greens PLEASE). Rest of the course is in very nice shape as well. Excellent customer service as usual. POP was 3 hours. Big tournament scheduled for Oct 19. Great deals in the shop on Nike equipment. Big Callaway event tonight from 5 PM to 7 PM at the driving range.

Played today. POP 2.5. Greens are healing nicely from aeration. Back 9 is less than a week away in 100% healing and (IMO) the front needs about another 10 days. The rest of the course (tee boxes, fair... Continue »

Played today. POP 2.5. Greens are healing nicely from aeration. Back 9 is less than a week away in 100% healing and (IMO) the front needs about another 10 days. The rest of the course (tee boxes, fairways, rough, traps) is in very nice shape. Customer service excellent. They are running some nice (check website) aeration specials through Oct 10.

Back out today in a nice POP of 2.5 hours. The aeration planned for last M/T did not come off as planned. They only did the back 9 and are doing the front 9/26. And after playing today, it will be a g... Continue »

Back out today in a nice POP of 2.5 hours. The aeration planned for last M/T did not come off as planned. They only did the back 9 and are doing the front 9/26. And after playing today, it will be a good 2 weeks (IMO) before you can really play? The back 9 work is done and very nicely I will add (they have also done all the tee boxes) but still lots of sand and healing going on. Customer service excellent at all levels and great food in Birdies. But for golf, it will be a few weeks before things return to normal (therefore I will not rate the course today).

Went out today only to find the back 9 closed for aeration. Though it shows on GK they would be aerating 26/27. Was allowed to play the front twice but decided against it. Way to crowded by the time I... Continue »

Went out today only to find the back 9 closed for aeration. Though it shows on GK they would be aerating 26/27. Was allowed to play the front twice but decided against it. Way to crowded by the time I came off of # 9. Told the front will be done tomorrow and that the course will run specials from 9/20 to 10/3 @ $22 weekday and $28 weekend and a free replay. As they have a very good maintenance crew, I am fairly certain the greens will come back as nice (or perhaps nicer) than they have been most of the summer.

Played early AM in a POP of 2.5. Course is still in very good shape, even with the recent hot days. Tee boxes fine; fairways good (work being done on # 5 - no carts inside ropes but playable); bunkers... Continue »

Played early AM in a POP of 2.5. Course is still in very good shape, even with the recent hot days. Tee boxes fine; fairways good (work being done on # 5 - no carts inside ropes but playable); bunkers fine; greens in very nice shape (even after the recent light verti cut); rough is penal if you find it. Excellent customer service at all levels and great food in Birdies. Superintendent and his staff do an excellent job on this course. New cart path being installed on # 12 and tees are moved up temporarily. And yes those are coyotes (family of 4) out by the 12th green (no feeding please).