Played the course last weekend and it is a superb course for long-hitters. The fairways are wide and greens are smooth and properly maintained. We started at 0630H and we were done in 4.5 hours.

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Played the course last weekend and it is a superb course for long-hitters. The fairways are wide and greens are smooth and properly maintained. We started at 0630H and we were done in 4.5 hours.

It is a "forgiving" course and I am looking forward playing it again one of these weekends.

Played Encino today (6/1) and had a 4.5 hour round (walking) which is not bad for a Sunday. Greens are smooth and soft and the best that I've seen them. Fairways are lush with some divot damage and so... Continue »

Played Encino today (6/1) and had a 4.5 hour round (walking) which is not bad for a Sunday. Greens are smooth and soft and the best that I've seen them. Fairways are lush with some divot damage and some thin spots. Tee boxes in fairly good shape. Pace of play was great for a municipal course.

I've played Encino numerous times and today (5/29) was one of the best as for the conditions, except the greens were firm, bumpy and slow. The tough pin positions did not help my play (Couple pins tuc... Continue »

I've played Encino numerous times and today (5/29) was one of the best as for the conditions, except the greens were firm, bumpy and slow. The tough pin positions did not help my play (Couple pins tucked in the extreme rear of the green) with the molasses-like greens. Tee boxes are a little uneven, but what do you expect for a muni course played non-stop. The fairways have light aereation, no plugs, but they were rolling good on long drives. The rough was being mowed all over the course, so it was pretty clean.
Great muni course, really get to use your driver off the tee and the longer 4 pars, challenge your long game.
I think it's better than the Balboa and Woodley courses.

Played here 5/11. Teed off at 9:30 and played in four-and-a-quarter hours; after waiting for three groups at #3, the course opened up and we never waited again. Course is in pretty good shape, fairw... Continue »

Played here 5/11. Teed off at 9:30 and played in four-and-a-quarter hours; after waiting for three groups at #3, the course opened up and we never waited again. Course is in pretty good shape, fairways are spotty but very firm. Greens, while generally smooth, are VERY soft and rather slow -- I hit one shot that simply plugged in its own pitch-mark! There's not much trouble to get in here, but the rough is wickedly inconsistent and can be quite penal because you can easily draw a very tough lie. Thank goodness for generous fairways. Fun course to tune up your long game.

Played Friday, 3/22. Teed off around 12:55. Course played in about five hours. Greens were smooth, but a little shaggy. Definitely slow. Some greens held pretty well, but most were pretty firm... Continue »

Played Friday, 3/22. Teed off around 12:55. Course played in about five hours. Greens were smooth, but a little shaggy. Definitely slow. Some greens held pretty well, but most were pretty firm. Third hole required you to hit 10-20 yards in front of green in order to keep your ball on the green. Most fairways were green and fairly plush, but almost all contained some areas that were thin or had little grass. All in all, not a bad golfing experience for the price.

Play here regularly. It is a good pratice course. Some fairways are good but most have patchy areas. You never know what the bunkers will be like-sometimes hard, other times soft. Most tee boxes are i... Continue »

Play here regularly. It is a good pratice course. Some fairways are good but most have patchy areas. You never know what the bunkers will be like-sometimes hard, other times soft. Most tee boxes are in bad shape. Greens are in pretty good condition considering the condition of the course in general. It is hard to determine the speed of the greens. There is no consistency. If you don't have a tee time forget walking on for 18-holes.

Played Encino 2/9. Slow play was the order of the day but that's to be expected for a Sunday. The course played pretty well for what it is. The fairways were spotty and the tee boxes the same. I was s... Continue »

Played Encino 2/9. Slow play was the order of the day but that's to be expected for a Sunday. The course played pretty well for what it is. The fairways were spotty and the tee boxes the same. I was surprised at how well the greens were for the amount of play.
I can only remember one hole(16 I think) that was bumpy. I was lucky enough to stay out of the sand traps except for once and there was actually soft sand. Not a bad play if you can get out during the week.