I got an invite from a longtime friend I had not seen in 12 years to tee it up at El Caballero yesterday 5/8. I hadn’t played El Cab in over 15 years since attending one of Spencer’s events supporting... Continue »

I got an invite from a longtime friend I had not seen in 12 years to tee it up at El Caballero yesterday 5/8. I hadn’t played El Cab in over 15 years since attending one of Spencer’s events supporting children’s cancer treatment and research. What seems like a lifetime ago, El Cab used to be my golf team’s home course while I was at Taft high (84 grad) so in many ways this is a very special place for me.

I arrived at 2:45pm for our 3:45pm tee time to take it all in and more so check out how much the club has changed2 2 since my last visit. I was blown away. While maintaining all its legacy charm, Reese Jones did an incredible job in 2021 renovating/upgrading an already fantastic golf course design, massively improving the practice facilities and fully replacing the turf tee-green. From a design standpoint, most noticeable we’re the added/improved bunkers, improved tee box sightlines, added back tee boxes, new trees replacing many of the old trees and redone large, potato chips shaped green complexes. El Cab has a discrete cell phone/photo taking policy allowing only limited use to maintain a peaceful club experience, so I snapped just a few out of respect.

Conditions at El Cab were immaculate. Medium-Fast greens, very firm and smooth. Lush, cut tight, perfect bermunda fairways. 2–3-inch grabby bermunda rough making greenside pitching/chipping super challenging. Immaculate groomed bunkers with perfect white sand (I was in a lot of them). Level, lush, perfect tee boxes.

According to the members I played with, El Caballero CC has hosted the LPGA JM Eagle Championship for the last two years, but next year the event will likely be hosted by Wilshire CC. I’ve now been blessed to play two recent LPGA host courses, El Cab and The Saticoy Club. Incredible golf courses.

Never miss an opportunity to play El Caballero CC.

Highly Recommended!