Per City of LA, Encino is now back to full 18 holes as of today.

Per City of LA, Encino is now back to full 18 holes as of today.

Confirm gaspard27. Course is playing only 16 holes -- 7 Front/9 Back. You skip 5/6 and move to hole 7.

Greens recovering from Aeration. Very bumpy and slow. They should come back fine so lon... Continue »

Confirm gaspard27. Course is playing only 16 holes -- 7 Front/9 Back. You skip 5/6 and move to hole 7.

Greens recovering from Aeration. Very bumpy and slow. They should come back fine so long as folks FIX THEIR DIVOTS. Aerated greens is no reason NOT TO FIX YOUR DIVOTS. Course though is in poor shape. They have weeds growing out of bunkers. Sand in bunkers are thin. Fairways reasonable, tee boxes are reasonable.

My complaint is in the restaurant/snack shop at the clubhouse. $3 for a bottle of water is rather excessive. The server in the bar told me to ask... how much for two beers and a tequilla? So I asked. $86. LOL. His reasoning, course only playing 18 holes (even less now) so place is quiet -- no business. You know if you're going to make the few pay to keep your doors open, who will stay if you gouge them like that? They have a lot of non golf folks parking in their lot. Why not cater to that lot? Advertise along the running/bike paths? I mean come on... $3.00 for a bloody bottle of water? LA County ... I won't be coming back anytime soon. And to think I put up with the non-resident rates before.

Otherwise course was quiet. Played as a single as I whipped around the course playing twilight (and 7 holes at $12.) I could have made the turn and finished because the crowds were light and plenty of sun left. Just bring your own beverages.

The Encino Course is curently playing 16 Holes. Holes 5 and 6 are still going to take a while before they are ready. The regular weekday rate has been reduced from $30 to $19.

The Encino Course is curently playing 16 Holes. Holes 5 and 6 are still going to take a while before they are ready. The regular weekday rate has been reduced from $30 to $19.

The course has been through the ringer. Currently only 9 holes have been open for this course. According to some of the staff it takes 6-8 weeks to get course back into shape. Greens are soft. You... Continue »

The course has been through the ringer. Currently only 9 holes have been open for this course. According to some of the staff it takes 6-8 weeks to get course back into shape. Greens are soft. You can be aggressive. Fairways are lush. No roll b/c ground is still wet and spongy. Rough is THICK. You will loose balls there. But rough is also spotty so depending, you may or may not find your ball. Tee boxes are flat and they rotate them well enough to prevent the ground from being too bare. Pace of play was blistering. No on playing on Encino however Balboa was filled with several groups waiting at the first tee box -- expect a 6 hour round there. For Encino quite the opposite. Play here in under 2 hours. No on in front and no one in back. Best deal for $19 with the abbreviated set up for 9 holes.

Got out at 7:30 am on MLK day. Holiday & Weekend play is expensive for this muni. As a city resident & walker I still payed nearly $50. There is a lot of good course competition at this price point. T... Continue »

Got out at 7:30 am on MLK day. Holiday & Weekend play is expensive for this muni. As a city resident & walker I still payed nearly $50. There is a lot of good course competition at this price point. This is a decent recreational track which I prefer over it's sister course, Balboa. Several of the tee boxes were uneven...almost creating a feeling of uphill/downhill lies teeing off. The fairways were nice, though not as lush as I would have thought after all the rains. Big leaves are still falling and the ground crew has difficulty keeping up with them. Thus, it is really easy to lose your ball. The greens were a little furry and soft which made the putts a bit slow. But the weather was great and the marshalls helpful. I'll come back...but on a weekday.

Played on 11/7 on super twilight. Got 10 holes in just under 2 hours. Always enjoy playing here. Good course condition, good pace of play, good course to work on your game. I haven't played here in a ... Continue »

Played on 11/7 on super twilight. Got 10 holes in just under 2 hours. Always enjoy playing here. Good course condition, good pace of play, good course to work on your game. I haven't played here in a few months, so I forgot the greens are on the slower side, so my short game was effected for a couple of holes. All in all, for $14 it's a worth every penny.

Great condition for a muni! Course is very green. Rough is very thick and lush in most places, but there are bare sports. Fairways are also green, with a little brown. They were very soft, and I didn'... Continue »

Great condition for a muni! Course is very green. Rough is very thick and lush in most places, but there are bare sports. Fairways are also green, with a little brown. They were very soft, and I didn't get much roll (played in the mist though). Sand is nice and fluffy. Greens and green and soft, but medium-slow as expected from a muni. Overall a nice course aside from the iffy customer service and price if your not a LA resident.

Played Thursday afternoon and the course is in fine shape. Greens are nice and smooth and the rough and fairways are in good shape. My only complaint is getting something to drink out at these two c... Continue »

Played Thursday afternoon and the course is in fine shape. Greens are nice and smooth and the rough and fairways are in good shape. My only complaint is getting something to drink out at these two courses is a pain in the (at) #R$. I wish they would pay someone to stay at the snack bars later, since they raised the fees and all.

Played Encino on Sat. 8/7/2010 in the qualifier for the PLGA/LA City Match Play Tournament. The course was actually in pretty good summer shape for this highly-played muni. Fairways were cut down an... Continue »

Played Encino on Sat. 8/7/2010 in the qualifier for the PLGA/LA City Match Play Tournament. The course was actually in pretty good summer shape for this highly-played muni. Fairways were cut down and pretty lush. Rough was consistent. Sand was raked and in very good condition. The greens were lush but very slow. This is just basic golf. Very easy course where the only real defense is the length of the par 3's (184, 206, 222 & 201 yards) and even then the greens are generous targets. The long par 4's are wide open so good players bomb driver and still have birdie chances. They played it as tough as it can in the qualifier (tees all back, pins relatively tough) and there were still a 64 and four 66's out of the good amateur field. Kinda fun to play in a birdiefest. One course design comment, I would love to see them use the back left tee on the par 5 second. Much better hole from back there at 548 where you have to shape a drive right to left to have a good chance at getting home in two. Seems like they dont use this tee box enough.