Out today on a quite and cool (56 F @ tee off) morning. POP was 2 hours. Course remains in good shape from tee to green. Great maintenance staff here. Every green was cut by the time I got to 18 and c... Continue »

Out today on a quite and cool (56 F @ tee off) morning. POP was 2 hours. Course remains in good shape from tee to green. Great maintenance staff here. Every green was cut by the time I got to 18 and chipped/putted great. Great customer service in pro shop by Pete and Michelle.

Played today in 3 hours. Great Veterans Day special (free). Happy Veterans Day. Course is in very nice condition. Tee markers back to SCGA markers; tees all reseeded (level and being mowed); rough out... Continue »

Played today in 3 hours. Great Veterans Day special (free). Happy Veterans Day. Course is in very nice condition. Tee markers back to SCGA markers; tees all reseeded (level and being mowed); rough outside of fairways is 1/4 to 1/2 inch and tough to play out of; sand traps are all clean, level and playable; fairways seemed a little soft and thus not much roll out, but good lies throughout; greens are in great shape and hold shots well, chip/putt well (IMO about 8 maybe 9 in speed). Customer service is great at all levels and food in Birdies was excellent as always.

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).