Played 10/12 during aeration of the greens.
Good pace for a Sunday morning (4.25 hours walking) on a LA City course. Fairways and tee boxes
were in good shape considering the amount of play this cou... Continue »

Played 10/12 during aeration of the greens.
Good pace for a Sunday morning (4.25 hours walking) on a LA City course. Fairways and tee boxes
were in good shape considering the amount of play this course gets. This course is long and forgiving.

Played Encino 10/5. Pace was good. Course was in the best condition I've seen this year. Greens and fairways were in good condition. Some bare spots in fairways but overall worth the green fee. R... Continue »

Played Encino 10/5. Pace was good. Course was in the best condition I've seen this year. Greens and fairways were in good condition. Some bare spots in fairways but overall worth the green fee. Rates will be going up to 28.50 on Nov 1.

I played nine holes in the morning. The greens were the best I have seen them in a while! They actually rolled at a decent speed and rolled true. The fairways were cut and in good condition.

I played nine holes in the morning. The greens were the best I have seen them in a while! They actually rolled at a decent speed and rolled true. The fairways were cut and in good condition.

Played Tuesday morning, in the rabbit group. Conditions of the greens are outstanding for a Muni course, but a little of the slow side. Pace of play was great, at about 3 hours (but of course, we wher... Continue »

Played Tuesday morning, in the rabbit group. Conditions of the greens are outstanding for a Muni course, but a little of the slow side. Pace of play was great, at about 3 hours (but of course, we where the first group out, only got stuck behind some back niners on 17 and 18)

I played at about 7am in a 4some and it took about 4 hours. The course is in good codition and for added excitement there were 2 coyotes running around. They seemed to be in good shape also.

I played at about 7am in a 4some and it took about 4 hours. The course is in good codition and for added excitement there were 2 coyotes running around. They seemed to be in good shape also.

Okay--so this isn't Augusta or Shadow Creek, but if you are into rolling the peanut, this is a great place. The greens as of now are perfect--SLOW--but perfect. Maybe a 6.5-7 on the stimp. For the pri... Continue »

Okay--so this isn't Augusta or Shadow Creek, but if you are into rolling the peanut, this is a great place. The greens as of now are perfect--SLOW--but perfect. Maybe a 6.5-7 on the stimp. For the price of hitting 5 buckets, this is a better place to practice than the range.

Played early AM 8/7. Greens are agonizingly slow and quite inconsistent from one to the next. Most are probably running at about 3 or 4 on the stimp, but every so often there's a fast one. The coll... Continue »

Played early AM 8/7. Greens are agonizingly slow and quite inconsistent from one to the next. Most are probably running at about 3 or 4 on the stimp, but every so often there's a fast one. The collars around the greens are really nice, though, offering the option to putt or chip - these fringes/collars seemed especially well-groomed. Fairways are in decent shape without a lot of brownout or bare spots. Rough is ragged in places but generally pretty good. It's a course where you really feel like you ought to shoot a very low score, so you'll either walk away with a lot of confidence because you've bowled it over, or you'll walk away shaking your head and wondering how you can be so bad at such an easy game.

Dont'cha just LOVE golf?

I played last evening, and the course was just about empty. However, there was no consistency to any of the holes. Some greens were overgrown, and slow, while others were groomed well and super fast... Continue »

I played last evening, and the course was just about empty. However, there was no consistency to any of the holes. Some greens were overgrown, and slow, while others were groomed well and super fast. The fairways were ok, but the tee boxes were horrible. A couple of them were in fair shape, but about 75% of them looked like they hadn't been groomed in weeks. All and all, it is a great course to practice some shots on.

Hey, yeah... good idea... ok, nobody go play early in the morning! Then I'll have the course to myself! That'd be great! heh, heh!

Played this morning... early. And lo and behold , the green punche... Continue »

Hey, yeah... good idea... ok, nobody go play early in the morning! Then I'll have the course to myself! That'd be great! heh, heh!

Played this morning... early. And lo and behold , the green punchers were out! We had to play fairway temp greens on two, and putt on one that was punched. Other than that, conditions are what you'd expect at Encino. The rough was pretty long here and there, and the sand was mud. There were bugs, but not more than there usually are at Encino and Balboa this time of year.