Great LA muni course, greens play well and tee boxes are kept well.
There can be a wait on weekends but faster on Sundays.
Overall fun course for the price.

Great LA muni course, greens play well and tee boxes are kept well.
There can be a wait on weekends but faster on Sundays.
Overall fun course for the price.

Played on 5/16/08. Course is in good shape and the greens are very smooth and fairly quick. Pace of play not bad. All around a great LA muni.

Played on 5/16/08. Course is in good shape and the greens are very smooth and fairly quick. Pace of play not bad. All around a great LA muni.

played 5-13-08

Greens are GREAT and appear to have healed well from aeration. Greens are on the soft side and awesome for ball stopping action. There aren't even that many ball marks making for s... Continue »

played 5-13-08

Greens are GREAT and appear to have healed well from aeration. Greens are on the soft side and awesome for ball stopping action. There aren't even that many ball marks making for some really good ball rolling. The tee boxes are spongy lush and surprisingly free from dead tees. It was a great day.

Greens are very slow & very bumpy as well as sandy. Aerated 10 days ago. Rest of the coure is a bit scruffy. Usual for Wilson.

Greens are very slow & very bumpy as well as sandy. Aerated 10 days ago. Rest of the coure is a bit scruffy. Usual for Wilson.

Greens rolling nicely. Beware, 80% of players here do not rake bunkers.

Greens rolling nicely. Beware, 80% of players here do not rake bunkers.

Expect to WAIT a couple groups for first 4 holes! 4th hole is under construction as of 3/12/08.

Expect to WAIT a couple groups for first 4 holes! 4th hole is under construction as of 3/12/08.

really good greens compared to rest of the course. greens pretty fast and smooth but rest of course bad. hardly any grass on fairways with lots of bare spots. can't believe how badly maintained course... Continue »

really good greens compared to rest of the course. greens pretty fast and smooth but rest of course bad. hardly any grass on fairways with lots of bare spots. can't believe how badly maintained course is. this was one of the citys best. what happened ?

Played December 5, 2007. Overall conditions were average. Most fairways are thin in spots and several have been punched with holes still visible and not filled in. Hole 10 is a whole other catagory... Continue »

Played December 5, 2007. Overall conditions were average. Most fairways are thin in spots and several have been punched with holes still visible and not filled in. Hole 10 is a whole other catagory which I would almost characterize and being plowed! They were deep punching while we were playing through, and it appears they were doing it two directions side-to-side and foward-backward. I have never seen a fairway so deeply punched with big divots also pulled up an inch or so. Starter failed to mention when teeing off. Well all the fairways are somewhat thin and need work, so since we're finally getting a little rain, I suspect the grounds superintendant thinks now is a good time. Hopefully they'll get back soon. 10th hole is going to take a little longer. Pace of play was 5 1/2 hours which is, unfortunately, typical. I enjoy playing here, but won't be back very soon.

Wilson is alive and well. I had not played here in probably 5 or 6 years - and I used to play it (and Harding) all of the time. An old friend (who had not picked up his clubs in over a year) and I d... Continue »

Wilson is alive and well. I had not played here in probably 5 or 6 years - and I used to play it (and Harding) all of the time. An old friend (who had not picked up his clubs in over a year) and I decided that a good, "cheap" round would be best to get him back in the "swing" of things. We met at Griffith Park many years ago, so - we thought that a retrun to our old "stomping grongs" would be good for nostalgia, if nothing else.

Well...we were more than pleased. Yesterday (Halloween) - we showed up at 9:30 A.M. and wanted to be put on the waiting list as a twosome. By 9:45, we had our carts and were teeing off on #1. Nice touch with pumpkins as tee markers on the first-tee.

Overall, the tee-boxes were good, the fairways were good, the bunkers looked good (I didn't end up in a single sand trap all day!) - and the greens, although recently plugged and sanded - were surprizingly good. They were a little bumpy, but - you can tell that in another week or two, they will be as good as any in town.

I forgot that this course can be a real bear if you don't find the short grass. Although I understand that there are many less trees (a die off of eucalyptus and other trees that fell in storms, the Griffith Park fire had no effect on the course.) on Wilson...you still gotta stay out of the tree-line if you want to score well.

From the blue tees, (and yesterday, the blue tees were playing from the tips, beyond the actual blue "stones") - it's almost 7,000 yards. Some HONEST par-4's and at least one MONSTER par-5. Unless you're a big hitter - plan on a lot of long-irons into the greens at Wilson (some of which are pretty small, demanding accuracy!)

The snack shack and bathrooms are much improved since the last time I was out at Griffith Park. The four-foursome backup at the "turn" (if I recall - it's actually between #11 and #12) - could have been avoided with a marshall stationed there.

Even with the HALF-HOUR DELAY (no kidding!) - we still managed to get around in 4.5 hours.

The fairways were pretty thick and there were no major bare areas. The rough is not too long, but - you didn't want to be in it.

I like both Griffith park courses...but - I think that Wilson is the more interesting of the two.

I gotta say...for the price and the short drive from Pasadena, a finer day of golf could not have been had. I WILL be back!