Played today, POP 3:54.
Santa Ana winds made for a dificult day.
Greens have been recently aerated with small holes, and no sand (maybe yesterday?).

Course is in good condition, but between the g... Continue »

Played today, POP 3:54.
Santa Ana winds made for a dificult day.
Greens have been recently aerated with small holes, and no sand (maybe yesterday?).

Course is in good condition, but between the greens and Santa Anas (estimated at about 20 mph) made for a difficult day for scoring.

Sunday round at Hansen Dam with Kassper7 and another friend with a 9:44 tee time, riding from the blue tees. Was already impressed with how green the course looked driving up the main driveway, but wh... Continue »

Sunday round at Hansen Dam with Kassper7 and another friend with a 9:44 tee time, riding from the blue tees. Was already impressed with how green the course looked driving up the main driveway, but while the coverage was good, there were still a good amount of thin lie areas to deal with and the rough was just slightly more lush. Not bad though overall.

I forgot to ask about the aeration dates at the new 'front desk' at Hansen (it's no longer adjacent to the first tee box), but they have not been currently punched and were in fact in pretty decent shape throughout the course. Medium to medium-fast speeds and consistent lines were the order of the day, but a few ball marks out there and maintenance was working to fix a few of them as well. Not bad though overall.

Tee boxes ranged from good, to fine to what the #!@*? Mostly all flat and level though. And the bunkers were generally pretty thin but playable. I was in the greenside bunker on 14 and it was only recently dried out so had to hit it like a pitch shot.

We had a very slow group of players in front of us so POP was not ideal, and the cart service was non-existent which is a shame on such a very hot day. Had to wait until the turn to get a drink and a bite so that's not ideal on that kind of a day.

But again, overall it's definitely not a bad place to play right now. I have definitely found Hansen in more ragged condition than this weekend, but there is room for improvement. I would also assume that they'll be punching soon so don't forget to inquire in advance.

Played here last Sat. Tee time just before 8am, finished in 4:20. Should be quicker that early, but the City won't pay for Marshall's... Now the course, really good overall shape, especially for end o... Continue »

Played here last Sat. Tee time just before 8am, finished in 4:20. Should be quicker that early, but the City won't pay for Marshall's... Now the course, really good overall shape, especially for end of summer. The tee boxes are fine. The fairways were great for a Muni course, good coverage mostly lush. The rough was mixed, some bare some overgrown, but mostly tough kikuya. The greens were medium speed, and rolled very well, except like seemingly all courses of late, ball marks were present. Hansen Dam is a great course to have some fun & smack it around. Some nice challenges (#9 is a great hole!) Easier to get on, due to the East Val location & usually better condition than the Encino/Balboa/Woodley courses. Play it & have some fun.

Visited this track on 8/20/19 which was a Tuesday morning around 9:30 AM. Pretty typical LA track with wide open fairways with sizable greens. Only gimmicky hole is #10 (formerly #1) which plays str... Continue »

Visited this track on 8/20/19 which was a Tuesday morning around 9:30 AM. Pretty typical LA track with wide open fairways with sizable greens. Only gimmicky hole is #10 (formerly #1) which plays straight up hill.

Pros: New pro shop is well stocked.

Cons: The starters / pro shop staff aren't friendly towards the golfers and are simply not very helpful. Pace of play was abysmal.

Would not recommend this course unless your local track is aerating greens and you have nowhere else to go.

Played Hansen Dam on Monday, June 3 in the early morning. Not too much to add since the review from 6/1. Fairways are in great shape. The two greenside bunkers I was in had enough firm sand. Good to h... Continue »

Played Hansen Dam on Monday, June 3 in the early morning. Not too much to add since the review from 6/1. Fairways are in great shape. The two greenside bunkers I was in had enough firm sand. Good to hit from. My experience of the greens is that they are fairly bumpy and medium speed. Some greens were very bumpy (had several puts go offline) and others were OK. The greens are just OK at this point. The other noteworthy point is that the tee boxes are awful. Every single one had MANY bare areas, with clumpy grass spots. Often the best tee area was dirt. Not sure why this is so, but it was noticeable. If you're using a tee, then it was not a big problem. But it was very noticeable. Overall, the course is decent, with very good fairways.

Brief update since little change from the previous report. Played Saturday, 6/1, around 1:00 pm with two other singles — one in a cart, me and the other guy walking. Overall good conditions but the gr... Continue »

Brief update since little change from the previous report. Played Saturday, 6/1, around 1:00 pm with two other singles — one in a cart, me and the other guy walking. Overall good conditions but the greens were a bit bumpy at times, especially on the front nine. The greens were also well on the slow side of medium, but they did seem to gain some pace into the back nine. Ya gotta adjust and putt what they are on the day and they were still enjoyable. If you are not a stickler for quick greens, I'd recommend the course overall right now. If you are a stickler, then keep an eye out for a report indicating an improvement. Got around at a decent pace of something under 4.5 hours and enjoyed the other two guys as company. With an LA County Senior card, paid $23 to walk which I thought a great bargain.

Played Saturday, 5-25, 8:16 tee time. Our 4some teed off on time, and POP was a leisurely 4.5 hours. Greens were pretty smooth and moderate speed, especially on the back 9. No issues with the green... Continue »

Played Saturday, 5-25, 8:16 tee time. Our 4some teed off on time, and POP was a leisurely 4.5 hours. Greens were pretty smooth and moderate speed, especially on the back 9. No issues with the greens. I wasn't in any bunkers but they looked OK. Fairways were overall fine; not super lush but plenty of good lies especially if you hit good drives. Rough is not penal, and tee boxes were overall fine as well. A good time was had with perfect weather.

played here last Thursday and this Wednesday. Was very disappointed in the conditions of the speed pf the greens. It was like putting on a shag rug. They aerated the greens on the first week of april ... Continue »

played here last Thursday and this Wednesday. Was very disappointed in the conditions of the speed pf the greens. It was like putting on a shag rug. They aerated the greens on the first week of april and they look completely done, but the greenkeepers did not cut or roll the greens. I' m not kidding, on the stemp meter, the greens are rolling a 1 or 2. The pace of play was 4 to 4 1/2 hours. Enjoyed playing here, except putting the greens.

Sunday round at Hansen Dam with a seven-person group (we missed you Johnny!) including many GKers. We got out just before a girl's junior tournament which was good, but the holdup at the turn waiting ... Continue »

Sunday round at Hansen Dam with a seven-person group (we missed you Johnny!) including many GKers. We got out just before a girl's junior tournament which was good, but the holdup at the turn waiting for hot dogs threw a serious monkey wrench in the POP and forced me to have to miss the 10th hole. How can hot dogs take 15 minutes?

As for the golf though, Hansen is looking pretty good right now after the rains. You'll rarely see it even this level of green, so enjoy it. That's not to say that everything is perfect though, because it's not. The greens don't look like they've been rolled for a while and were running quite slow, but aesthetically looked good.

Fairways are mostly providing good lies right now and the rough is very easy to work with right now. Bunkers had some thin sand and a few too many rocks for my liking. Tee boxes were mostly beat up but at least provided flat lies.

But the positives definitely outweigh the negatives right now so it's not a bad recommendation if you're up in the area to give Hansen Dam a whirl right now.