Played this morning in a nice POP of 4 hours. Course is really undergoing changes with the water shortage. While the tee boxes and greens are green, the rest of the course is undergoing a change with ... Continue »

Played this morning in a nice POP of 4 hours. Course is really undergoing changes with the water shortage. While the tee boxes and greens are green, the rest of the course is undergoing a change with the water usage. Fairways are narrower (but rolling nicely) and you will get some thin lies but overall they are really good. On the outside of the fairways, you can get into trouble (like 17) with errant shots as those areas are sparsely watered. Sand traps are all fine. They did experience some burning on the greens due to our recent hot spell, but they are spot watering to bring those areas back and they don't effect putting at all. Given that they are under a 35% water cutback, they seem to be doing a great job, given the number of players each day. Excellent customer service as always at all levels.

Long time reader, first time poster. Grew up playing Verdes and could probably get around with a blindfold on. Felt compelled to jump in and submit review. I've seen this course for 20 years and the v... Continue »

Long time reader, first time poster. Grew up playing Verdes and could probably get around with a blindfold on. Felt compelled to jump in and submit review. I've seen this course for 20 years and the varied conditions over time. The dried out fairways and surrounding areas are not a big deal to me. The addition of quality sand was a big upgrade. But the state of of the green are what I care for and separate a good course from bad. Usually, I love putting up there, but due to moisture, they didn't cut in the morning. Therefore, 2 footers would bounce and fall offline quickly and frustratingly. Also, they have some fungus/disease adding brown patches throughout the surfaces (which I haven't seen up there ever). Overall, I love the course because it's home. But I won't be back for some time and I hope they can improve the putting surface as quickly as possible.

Played yesterday in the worst fog I have ever seen here? With everyone yelling "clear" you would have thought we were all on patrol or searching for criminals? Pace of play was 3 hours (some must have... Continue »

Played yesterday in the worst fog I have ever seen here? With everyone yelling "clear" you would have thought we were all on patrol or searching for criminals? Pace of play was 3 hours (some must have canceled). Call ahead if you are planning to play (foggy for the past week). Not really pleasant conditions to play in, regardless of whether you know the course or not? Other than that, the course was in good condition from tee to green as I said last week (but then again you could not see everywhere - lol). Customer service excellent. On the bright side? With the fog and mist, the course is not drying so fast and maybe they can conserve some water for the hotter months that will be coming?

Played a 6 hour round in a tourney starting Sunday at 10:45 am Sunday. Brutal but predictable. I agree with the recent reviews but I write to say (1) vast improvement in green speed over last week a... Continue »

Played a 6 hour round in a tourney starting Sunday at 10:45 am Sunday. Brutal but predictable. I agree with the recent reviews but I write to say (1) vast improvement in green speed over last week and (2) they had an employee out raking the traps at 2-3 pm (when I saw him). In 30 years (or more) of playing LA County courses, I have never seen the latter. I'd rather they patrolled the heck out of the course and ejected anyone that did not rake, no tolerance, but in the alternative having someone in the afternoon rake the bunkers is a great service. Really appreciated seeing it.

Played this AM in a nice pace of 3 hours. With the dense fog, surprised it did not take us longer? Customer service excellent. Fairways are in good shape, despite the water cutback. Bunkers clean and ... Continue »

Played this AM in a nice pace of 3 hours. With the dense fog, surprised it did not take us longer? Customer service excellent. Fairways are in good shape, despite the water cutback. Bunkers clean and no issues. Very little rough to worry about anymore, but you can get into some bad areas when off the fairways, due to the dryness. Tee boxes had some issues with accepting tees (hard ground) but they were all clean and of course still level. Greens appeared in very good shape and provided good putting/chipping and acceptance of well placed shots.

Teed off at 6:20 am. Clear and nice at home, dense fog half way up the hill. People were calling landing areas/greens clear until the 13th hole. You never know on the hill. Glad I am familiar with... Continue »

Teed off at 6:20 am. Clear and nice at home, dense fog half way up the hill. People were calling landing areas/greens clear until the 13th hole. You never know on the hill. Glad I am familiar with the layout. It would have been brutal for newcomers. Course was in decent shape, especially the greens. POP was 4.5 hours despite the lack of visibility.

Been awhile since I've visited LV, was able to book a single tee time by phone one day prior, thanks A-Golf ... you're finally catching on. Got around on a Friday in 4:05 with a 6:35 tee time, $29 wa... Continue »

Been awhile since I've visited LV, was able to book a single tee time by phone one day prior, thanks A-Golf ... you're finally catching on. Got around on a Friday in 4:05 with a 6:35 tee time, $29 walking fee. As 24hour has mentioned in his previous review, water is rationed here and it shows, as most areas away from fairway landing zones are dry and becoming more hardpan the farther away you venture. The firmness allows for many tee shots to run out due to sloping fairways so you must use caution when picking your line or you'll end up under trees with nothing but pine needles and tree roots. Greens today were very firm, too, and not as receptive as Poa can be, but rolling fairly true ... sometimes bumpy with varied speeds. Bunkers have great sand, some were maintained, some not. Altogether, the layout at LV is still the same ... you'll get a lot of side hill lies and it can be a real challenge to keep your ball in play consistently ... but the dry, firm conditions put those who do not hit a straight or predictable drive at a serious disadvantage. You've been warned.

Played this morning in a nice POP of 3.5. Would have been even faster, but ran into some slow groups who only played the back 9. Course is in very nice condition. Greens still have some evidence of ve... Continue »

Played this morning in a nice POP of 3.5. Would have been even faster, but ran into some slow groups who only played the back 9. Course is in very nice condition. Greens still have some evidence of verticut in them, but they were mowed this morning and it made a great difference in the speed (all in good shape). No issues with any tee boxes (all new within the last two years). No issues with sand traps all looked good and played well. Fairways were in good shape and providing good lies and roll. Get to far off the fairways and you are going to run into hard pan and thin lies (caused because of drought conditions). The course is being forced to cut back 36% on their water use of 2013 (yikes). Customer service excellent at all levels.

Played today in 3 hours. Some things have changed since my review of last week. All green fees have gone up at County courses. $27 is now $29 for walking. $14 senior is now $16 for walking. Cart fees ... Continue »

Played today in 3 hours. Some things have changed since my review of last week. All green fees have gone up at County courses. $27 is now $29 for walking. $14 senior is now $16 for walking. Cart fees have not gone up (yet). Fairways are narrowing as the outer limits of them are not being watered. Greens which were nice last week, have been verticut and are very slow. Every Friday in May has a tournament and no outside play will be accepted. Customer service excellent at all levels (thanks). Some work continues on cart paths but does not hinder the golf.