Got a morning time on Mothers' Day and got paired up with a brother twosome and another single. Hadn't been to Griffith Park since pandemic so was startled by check-in system, which did go very smoot... Continue »

Got a morning time on Mothers' Day and got paired up with a brother twosome and another single. Hadn't been to Griffith Park since pandemic so was startled by check-in system, which did go very smooth.
Walked the blacks and was pleased by the conditions. Greens were a bit slow and putts were still be effected by recent aeration. Was in a couple of bunkers and there was a 50-50 chance on the quality of sand. There were few rakes to be found and that contributed to plenty of footprints left. Fairways, tee boxes and rough had decent coverage, but greenside rough/fringe were in well above average for coverage.

POP was great. Finished around 3hr 45min and didn't wait at all after hole 6 par 3. The group trailing us was at least a hole behind by the time we got to hole 6. Overall a great day with cool weather!

Played Harding this morning with a good friend. Right now, for a City course, it’s in terrific shape. They punched the greens a couple of weeks ago and they are running medium fast and true. Most b... Continue »

Played Harding this morning with a good friend. Right now, for a City course, it’s in terrific shape. They punched the greens a couple of weeks ago and they are running medium fast and true. Most bunkers in decent shape and that goes for the tee boxes. The fairways and rough were as good as I’ve seen in awhile. Played in under four hours. I believe they are punching Wilson’s greens nest week, so give Harding a try. Great morning.

Able to complete my goal of playing both the Griffith Park courses back to back. I can remember walking 36 as a younger person and it was never an issue, but Father Time has made doing this something ... Continue »

Able to complete my goal of playing both the Griffith Park courses back to back. I can remember walking 36 as a younger person and it was never an issue, but Father Time has made doing this something of a challenge. I must admit I was rather tired by the time I finished. I think it was more the waiting around on the second 18 than the actual walking/playing.

I thought Harding's greens were much faster than Wilson's and generally had better coverage in the fairways. Overall the course was in much better condition than the last time I played here. Kudos to the maintenance staff, because I know they get a lot of play on these two course and unlike many of private clubs which close on Mondays for maintenance, they never close here, yet are able to keep conditions pretty good. While I prefer Wilson, Harding is a bit more "friendly" for me to play. While a LONG day, it was totally fun being able to play old style golf again, carrying my bag, walking in this park like setting under great weather conditions. Worth the drive, the effort and the cost!

Played Harding on Sat 3/12 in a Tourney. Tee time 9*10. POP was ok for a sat mid-morning at 4*30.

Some Tee boxes were a bit uneven & beat up, but not terrible.
Fairways winter thin, but consisten... Continue »

Played Harding on Sat 3/12 in a Tourney. Tee time 9*10. POP was ok for a sat mid-morning at 4*30.

Some Tee boxes were a bit uneven & beat up, but not terrible.
Fairways winter thin, but consistent cover, lot's of runout.
Bunkers decent.
The Greens, WOW Fast! Balls rolled nicely, but don't be above the hole. Great shape. One exception was the 5th hole, a Par 3. Hole placement was on a slant & the ball couldn't stop near it. There were more 4 putts than anything else, some folks had to pick up after numerous putts up & 20' roll back off the green.
Collar areas are good. The rough was cut low, not penal unless you reached a mishmash of bunchy grass or weeds. Still, not bad.
Overall, the course is in really nice condition. I recommend if your able to get a Tee Time. (Aeration in about a month.)

Rode the Blues (6423/70.1/118) with Brad, Frank and Jimmy mid day. 4H, 45M POP, the 4some in front of us was SLOW!!! But excellent weather, around 90, calm and clear plus being in a very fun group to ... Continue »

Rode the Blues (6423/70.1/118) with Brad, Frank and Jimmy mid day. 4H, 45M POP, the 4some in front of us was SLOW!!! But excellent weather, around 90, calm and clear plus being in a very fun group to play with made the pace seem better than it was. First time I had played here in about 40 years, remembered almost nothing about the course. Classic old school tree lined layout. Fun course to play. Tees were pretty beat up, lots of divots and bare ground. Not close to well maintained. Fairways semi lush and generally decent to play from. Rough mowed down low and inconsistent. Could have lush, thin and hardpan areas with a few feet of each other. Was glad I did not find a sand trap. They looked rough, not well maintained. Greens very nice. Medium fast and receptive to holding irons and pitches. Numerous holes you had to be very aware not to get above the hole. Carts had GPS but no divot mix bottles. Two tier driving range that was adequate. Well stocked pro shop with no frills customer service. No on course services except a snack stand at the turn. Recommended.

Played here yesterday, 8:40 tee time. Good weather and the course is playing nicely. It seemed like the tee sheets were open because there was ample parking and I did not see a lot of people milling a... Continue »

Played here yesterday, 8:40 tee time. Good weather and the course is playing nicely. It seemed like the tee sheets were open because there was ample parking and I did not see a lot of people milling about: range, practice putting green, food area all wide open. Pace of play was right around 4 hours with no waiting. Check in was quick. The carts have gps and bluetooth if that's your thing.

Fairways and rough: A nice mix of kikuyu and Bermuda grass, mostly kikuyu though, and it was all mowed nicely. Rarely was there a bad lie, except maybe in the occasional fairway divot as there was no sand bottles on the carts.

Tees: We played the white tees, but one in our group played the blues. All seemed level and had decent coverage of grass. Hole 13 tees were under some GUR/topdressing with the blues moved back and the whites moved forward.

Bunkers: I was in one and it was basically a thin layer of nice, light colored sand over hard pan. They all looked good, though.

Greens: Medium fast and soft. No bad areas observed. It looked like the hole locations had not been moved because they were mostly shaggy around the edges; budget cutbacks? IDK. I fixed a few ball marks here and there as I encountered them. Most were fresh and easy to fix.

Overall experience is good and the area is classic LA muni golf. The grounds crew must be working hard because all of the large trees on the course could create a lot of litter, but none was seen. Good work there. Other than that I had no real expectations of exceptional customer service; just municipal employees doing their job and little else. There is some covered outdoor seating near the food truck/snack bar. I did not order anything, but it smelled good. Lots of beer selections as well as the typical soft drinks and waters.

Sunday morning tee time at 8:20, at the Harding course, 10/17/21, was almost a misty 55 degrees cool and the temps only got up to about 78 if any.
Like my day’s experience yesterday at its sister cou... Continue »

Sunday morning tee time at 8:20, at the Harding course, 10/17/21, was almost a misty 55 degrees cool and the temps only got up to about 78 if any.
Like my day’s experience yesterday at its sister course (Wilson) I was very impressed with its playing conditions from tee to green 18x. What a pleasure!
The type of greens they have here at Griffith being the type of grass they grow here, the greens tend to be maintained on softer surface and that makes it easy to create ball marks and if it’s not attended well, the grass on it takes a long time to recover and heal. But nevertheless, the greens rolled nicely if those unproperly fixed divots didn’t exist… there were just a few but noticeable. The bunkers have sand- different from one to the other, but it has sand. The fairways were good without much unfilled divots. The rough were pretty healthy for the most part but were never penalizing, and the teeing grounds were good with good grass coverage.
Many of the staff were good and helpful.
I was a very happy guy to have played this course in such good conditioning.

Can't wait to be back!

Played yesterday 10/12/21 in the morning. Harding, for a municipal course is in pretty decent shape at the moment. Our foursome finished in just under four hours. The greens rolled medium fast. Th... Continue »

Played yesterday 10/12/21 in the morning. Harding, for a municipal course is in pretty decent shape at the moment. Our foursome finished in just under four hours. The greens rolled medium fast. The fairways were in good condition although, not cut yet so minimal roll. I was in one green side bunker that had raked sand that was easy to blast a sand wedge thru. I have an LA City senior card so for $36.00 with a cart like I said, a decent value for your buck. Harding is usually easier to get on than Wilson. Oh, and we had a local coyote follow us on the first hole.

A 1:20 tee time- finished at 5:50 Sunday, 082921, partial sunny day that felt like it was in mid 90s though I was warned about a very hot temperature day. I guess the mid day round has an advantage o... Continue »

A 1:20 tee time- finished at 5:50 Sunday, 082921, partial sunny day that felt like it was in mid 90s though I was warned about a very hot temperature day. I guess the mid day round has an advantage of not having to play on wet grass as the fairways ran a little more freely. However, the greens may noticeably differ from one another in speed for some reason. Overall the course was in good shape for as busy as it is and it has surpassed my expectations in its current conditions. The greens were at medium to slow in speed with many ball marks and more than a few were unfixed or fixed poorly- and I may be nitpicking, but I'm just reporting what I saw. The bunkers have sand. Although inconsistent, they have sand. Rakes are provided although it seems it's only been used a few times- lots of heavy footmarks. The teeing grounds were okay, and the fairways were pretty cool, lush and fair. The rough were pretty healthy and many had about 2 inches up along the fairways- some thin spots... not a big deal. I think I'll play here again as I get a chance and hope that I do. No bev cart here, but my check in was smooth- big sign at the door that they'll call the tee time for check in. If I had to guess, it's announced 10-12 min prior to a tee time.