Played Thursday afternoon and the course is in fine shape. Greens are nice and smooth and the rough and fairways are in good shape. My only complaint is getting something to drink out at these two c... Continue »

Played Thursday afternoon and the course is in fine shape. Greens are nice and smooth and the rough and fairways are in good shape. My only complaint is getting something to drink out at these two courses is a pain in the (at) #R$. I wish they would pay someone to stay at the snack bars later, since they raised the fees and all.

Played Encino on Sat. 8/7/2010 in the qualifier for the PLGA/LA City Match Play Tournament. The course was actually in pretty good summer shape for this highly-played muni. Fairways were cut down an... Continue »

Played Encino on Sat. 8/7/2010 in the qualifier for the PLGA/LA City Match Play Tournament. The course was actually in pretty good summer shape for this highly-played muni. Fairways were cut down and pretty lush. Rough was consistent. Sand was raked and in very good condition. The greens were lush but very slow. This is just basic golf. Very easy course where the only real defense is the length of the par 3's (184, 206, 222 & 201 yards) and even then the greens are generous targets. The long par 4's are wide open so good players bomb driver and still have birdie chances. They played it as tough as it can in the qualifier (tees all back, pins relatively tough) and there were still a 64 and four 66's out of the good amateur field. Kinda fun to play in a birdiefest. One course design comment, I would love to see them use the back left tee on the par 5 second. Much better hole from back there at 548 where you have to shape a drive right to left to have a good chance at getting home in two. Seems like they dont use this tee box enough.

Played here Wednesday 7/21 for the first time. Didn't expect much being a muni but were surprised first by the rental cart price..$24 per cart. The reason became obvious when we actually picked it u... Continue »

Played here Wednesday 7/21 for the first time. Didn't expect much being a muni but were surprised first by the rental cart price..$24 per cart. The reason became obvious when we actually picked it up. They have what are probably the nicest carts we have ever used. No GPS but brand new deluxe in super condition.

The course has no "gift" holes since the par 3s are all long. There was only a single 90 degree dogleg right which required a good tee shot to pass the trees for a clear second shot. Yardage from the whites was about 6400 yards. Not too tough to get on in regulation on the par 5s and the greens putted very true although a little slower than expected downhill. Bunkers were a little rough with some being a little "crusty" while others had some pebbles as well as sand.

Weather finally cooperated and it was much cooler than expected. Not a bad layout and we both agreed that we would play it again.

First time playing this course. We had a tee time around 7 am. It took us just over 4 1/2 hours to play 18. Not bad for a holiday. Course is in good shape. Tee boxes and fairways were in decent s... Continue »

First time playing this course. We had a tee time around 7 am. It took us just over 4 1/2 hours to play 18. Not bad for a holiday. Course is in good shape. Tee boxes and fairways were in decent shape for a muni. Fairways were a little mushy in spots as the grounds keeper were over watering some of the fairways. Fairways were a little thin in spots but overall in good shape. Bunkers were in good shape today. Due to the drizzle in the morning today, the sand was a little wet. Rough was in decent shape with thin spots here and there. Greens were in great shape. There were unrepaired ball marks here and there, which is not the courses fault.

Course is fairly flat. The par 3s are fairly long here. I was surprised that most of the fairways were fairly wide where you can just grip it and rip it. It was nice they got rid of the old run down (and almost broken) golf carts. Not used to parking the golf carts without the click sound when you park. We saw a lot of people walking the course with the new green fees in effect. Course didn't seem overly busy for a holiday.

Went out this afternoon, 6/9 at 2:30 as a 3-some and got around in a touch under 4 hours. We could see the twilight rate surge on the course behind us. Overall, the course was in very nice shape. Tee ... Continue »

Went out this afternoon, 6/9 at 2:30 as a 3-some and got around in a touch under 4 hours. We could see the twilight rate surge on the course behind us. Overall, the course was in very nice shape. Tee boxes were generally very good to excellent: generally flat and well covered and no bare, chewed up areas. Fairways tend towards shorter vs. lush, but no noticable bare areas and a fair amount of roll, which is to be expected on these SF Valley munis. No complaints there. In one bunker and it was in good shape. The large greens were a medium fast pace and in very nice shape -- a minimum of pitch marks and rolled pretty true. Fortunately for me, the rough was mostly not too challenging, but not bare either. As a pretty straight forward muni, I thought the course was in very good shape. If you like this course, now is a good time to play it. As an aside, we saw a little wildlife drama. A coyote jogged about 20 yards by me as I approached the 5th green. My partners called my attention as I set up to putt, and when I looked back, watched as the coyote spotted a squirrel out crossing in the middle of the fairway. The coyote cut him off from the trees as the squirrel made an obviously doomed dash, and the coyote finished him off just feet from the nearest tree trunk. Life and death in the big city. Kinda sad, because you could see early on that the squirrel was screwed. Would've liked to see him close enough to the trees to make it a contest.

Greens are in good shape, but they will be aerifying soon. Fairways were in nice condition, without problem areas. Got some good roll in the fairways, making several of the par 5's reachable. If I cou... Continue »

Greens are in good shape, but they will be aerifying soon. Fairways were in nice condition, without problem areas. Got some good roll in the fairways, making several of the par 5's reachable. If I could only hit a decent second shot... Sand was light and fluffy, even the wet bunker (one greenside) wasn't bad. Left side rough on 13 had a lot of gopher holes. I think one swallowed my ball.

Played 3/31 at 9:00 am. Nothing magical about the course, but great opportunities to hone your stokes. The course is in nice condition after all the rains this year. The rough is especially lush makin... Continue »

Played 3/31 at 9:00 am. Nothing magical about the course, but great opportunities to hone your stokes. The course is in nice condition after all the rains this year. The rough is especially lush making my typical second shot more difficult than usual. Some traps were hard while others were deceptively soft...best advice: stay out of 'em. Greens were in good shape, but they will be punched in the next week or so. The price of golf at LA munis went up last year. Looks like some of that new money was spent a the Sepulveda Dam golf complex. The range has all new mats AND all the golf carts are brand new. This is very welcome news. In addition, you can now pay for carts at the STARTER WINDOW with a CREDIT card. All welcome changes to the muni course.

Played with friends 8/29/09. Teed off at 9:40 am and finished about 3. However it wasn't because course played slow, but because one of our friends in the foursome is disabled and moves a little slowe... Continue »

Played with friends 8/29/09. Teed off at 9:40 am and finished about 3. However it wasn't because course played slow, but because one of our friends in the foursome is disabled and moves a little slower than the rest of us. The course was in very good shape considering the - heat over 100 degrees. The greens were in excellent condition. Fairways were green and groomed nicely, though there were a few bare spots. Over all our group had a very good time!

Haven't been here in a while. Love this course. It was wet and foggy at tee off around 7:30 am so not much roll after hitting tee shot......course was a little wet in the fairways and rough. Greens... Continue »

Haven't been here in a while. Love this course. It was wet and foggy at tee off around 7:30 am so not much roll after hitting tee shot......course was a little wet in the fairways and rough. Greens were in great shape and rolled very well. I love all the L.A. City Courses.......