It’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted or contributed to the site but I had to write a quick review on my round at la mirada. First off, since my last review of this place... I said it before and I’... Continue »

It’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted or contributed to the site but I had to write a quick review on my round at la mirada. First off, since my last review of this place... I said it before and I’ll say it again. A lot has changed has changed here. The range isn’t just a hill with flags to hit to. They have actually made greens, bunkers and target areas (artificially, of course) to make pounding range balls a little bit more interesting. Chipping area does needs work but at least they have one. And right off the first tee, they added a very well placed bunker, in the middle of the fairway hill. Little things like this made you actually think about where you can miss, club selection and rollout. Before, I remember... you just pound the ball as far as you can and you should still be good. It was refreshing to see some real thought was placed into the changes. When I hit into a few bunkers, they were filled with real sand... which caught me by surprise because it’s been hard pan for as long as I could remember. And the greens when putting were actually decent, borderline good even. Some holes actually played fast and had break. Again... my memories here when putting was, it’s either straight or a cup left or right ... and not to mention “slow” so you better pound your putt. And to let everyone know, my tee time was 8:30am on a Saturday and we teed off at 8:30am. Saturday AM tee time here usual spells out “6 hour” round... but not today... a fivesome, yes 5 players. 2 carts and 1 walker finished our round at 12:30. Crazy fast, and if you ask anyone who has played here before, just crazy talk. Again, maybe I was lucky. Maybe a tourney was played here during the week making the conditions very playable... maybe it was just a one time deal where all the groups playing in front of us were serious golfers with great pace. But from what I witnessed... would not mind playing or practicing here again. It was ... dare I say it... an enjoyable round. There... I said it. Lol. Well I hope this helps out a few of you to give it a try and put La Mirada back in your rotation...