COME ON WESTRIDGE!!! I use to play here often but it has been a while (2 years) since returning on 10/22/18. I agree with Weber, there are many fun holes here but the lack of care for the course shows... Continue »

COME ON WESTRIDGE!!! I use to play here often but it has been a while (2 years) since returning on 10/22/18. I agree with Weber, there are many fun holes here but the lack of care for the course shows and that is why i stopped coming. I understand that things happen when management/ownership changes but this has gone on far too long. Come on get it together Westridge! How about leveling the tee boxes, cutting the fairway and rough to a consistent level where a player knows what he will get when he lands there. Hey the bunkers were nice and the greens were a little better than average but that is where it ends. This hilly course has always been difficult to get pristine conditions but in the past they have done a good job but now it appears they have given up......the best thing was the $35 rate given us with carts.

First off at 6:22am. A few other golfers there, but able to get out without issue. Sign in the pro shop indicated greens had been punched 9/24/18. Nothing said to me when I made my time on Saturday ... Continue »

First off at 6:22am. A few other golfers there, but able to get out without issue. Sign in the pro shop indicated greens had been punched 9/24/18. Nothing said to me when I made my time on Saturday 9/28/18 ?? However, they actually rolled fairly well and showed minimal indication of the recent punching. I only had had cut greens on the front nine, which were slow. None were cut on the back side, so they were really slow ! They have large areas in some of the fairways which are now bare for apparent water conservation. While they do not affect play, they are unsightly. Otherwise the fairways were decent. Both bunkers I found had plenty of sand and were well maintained.

The only real criticism I have was with the tee boxes. They were a combination of not level, severe divots, bare areas, etc. Not good !

Staff was great. Friendly and accommodating. Always enjoy Westridge. There are a number of holes I just simply like playing. ( #3, #7, #10, #14, #16 ) Weather today was near perfect, and being crystal clear, the views were spectacular.

Played Westridge Golf Club in La Habra, Friday 8/24/2018, 1:30 pm tee time on a Underpar deal at $35 per player with cart. (Restrictions on deal were a tee time after 10am Mon-Friday).
Arrived early... Continue »

Played Westridge Golf Club in La Habra, Friday 8/24/2018, 1:30 pm tee time on a Underpar deal at $35 per player with cart. (Restrictions on deal were a tee time after 10am Mon-Friday).
Arrived early checked in at the pro shop. Staff was nice, but the attendant on duty was not familiar with Underpar or the deal being offered and tried to tell me we could only play the morning even though she confirmed we were scheduled for 1:30pm until corrected by her co-worker, who then showed her how the voucher worked. Fortunately, we got checked in, when downstairs and checked in with the starter (very nice) got our cart and headed for the driving range. Medium bucket 80 balls was $8 dollars (The underpar deal did not come with range balls).
The driving range is very attractive the hitting bays have very fashionable club holders, cup holder, and tent covered driving bays. There is a sign on one waring of low overheard which seems odd for a place where you are swinging a club. The mats were in good condition but both my buddy and I commented on how much they moved during the swing. The cool looking club stand had a open are that regularly allowed clubs to fall thought and scatter. Not a strong point. Practice green was small but representative.
We were sent out about ten minutes early with a note we might be joined by twosome either at the tee or as we played. The twosome showed up as we were teeing up and I am glad they did. Two guys who regularly play this course Tony and Glenn were among the nicest guys I have played with. My buddy is a single digit handicap so it was nice that both of these guys were completive with him. I had a tough day with a two-way miss.
The course is beautiful, located in the hills of La Habra not far form Beach Blvd, off of Imperial. It’s not as majestic as Black Gold, but I think I like it even better layout wise. The fairways are very narrow and slope hard to one side. There is little in the way of rough, errant shots are most likely to find native area that is protected both by rule, and rattle snake as a result, I donated about three sleeves of balls. Where there was rough it was deep and very penal.
Carts are basic, no GPS, clean functional.
The tee boxes were lush but could have been more level, and compact. There were some irregularities not quite holes, soft or very hard areas. The tee boxes aren’t terrible and aren’t too unlevel, just lumpy however given the overall condition of the course they are the noticeable let down.
Rough, most rough is around the green, and in thin strips along the fairway. If the ball stops in the rough it will require all your attention as it is thick and sticky, but given the slope of the fairways the ball is as likely to go out of bounds. This is not a course the rewards spray and pray.

The fairways are narrow and feature very good coverage of mostly green grass. If you control your ball find the fairway, don’t get an unlucky bounce you will still most likely find yourself with a uphill, sidehill, downhill, uneven lie. This course takes the contours of the hills its built on and challenges the golfer.
The narrow undulating fairways pockmarked with fairway bunkers seem to be the courses main defense. This is target golf.
Bunkers - The course features numerous fairway and greenside bunkers. The fairway bunkers are a fair test but deeper than many I have seen on other courses, and the greenside bunkers look like they were dug by marines defending the area. The use of Bunkers around some greens present almost a moat surrounding the putting surface. The bunkers look nice; however, most are hardpacked sand / dirt. If you get in a bunker you will need to have studied Gary Player and Lee Trevino’s techniques for getting out of hardpan bunkers, there are no explosion shots here.
The greens are beautiful, fast with more breaks than tv show. I loved the greens, if you holed a one putt on these greens of more than four feet you feel accomplished.
This course has a really nice playing layout, with majestic views of the surrounding community. The tee boxes need a little attention, the bunkers well hard packed are very playable. Pace of play is very good, we took around four hours. The course needs more water stations. The separation of the parking lot from the clubhouse, and the starters station do a good job of preventing you bringing a cooler of water, however there were only two water stations on the course (at least that we saw), there were two low output water fountains by the restrooms. The snack bar is such that you have to go off route to stop as you make the turn and with the pace of play we experienced on Friday that would have been a train wreck. There is no sign on course giving you a number to pre-order. We did not see a beverage cart on course at any time during the round.

Would I recommend this course, yes very much, and I would definitely play it again at this rate? It’s not easy, and I was physically sore for a couple of days after playing. The course overall is in good shape, and well worth testing your game against.

Tee Time was 11:00, but took off at 10:30 am. Surprised to go out early on Sunday Morning.
Soon realized why; teebox seemed abandoned, fairway needs maintenance and green's grass was overgrown. Ove... Continue »

Tee Time was 11:00, but took off at 10:30 am. Surprised to go out early on Sunday Morning.
Soon realized why; teebox seemed abandoned, fairway needs maintenance and green's grass was overgrown. Overall, this course doesn't deserve 1 star.
This course used to be in top-shape and packed with golfers.
Unless there isn't any turn of an event, I would waste time and money on this course.
Very disappointing.

I dont know what happened between Eric's review and mine but this course was in terrible shape today. 820 tee time $60.

The Tee Boxes were absolutely horrible. Uneven and weeds growing everywhere.... Continue »

I dont know what happened between Eric's review and mine but this course was in terrible shape today. 820 tee time $60.

The Tee Boxes were absolutely horrible. Uneven and weeds growing everywhere. Fairways not much better with many types of grass and dirt and brown patches everywhere. Reminded me of Shorecliffs.

Sand and rough were not good either the rough was long and penal if in the Kikuyu otherwise it was dirt. Sand very inconsistent and un-raked (not the courses fault)

The only thing in good shape on this course are the greens although they were a bit shaggy they are very consistent and rolled true. A quick mow and i'd rate them a 9.

ProShop and starter were super friendly and we were told that we had nobody behind us for at least an hour. That turned out to be true but in front of us were the slowest 2 groups I have ever seen. No marshall to push them so we took our sweet time and probably played 21 holes after replaying a few holes to leave a gap on the 2 groups a head

I dont recommend for more than $20 right now

Gotta say that Westridge is in darn fine shape! Tee’d off as a 3some at 7am on Sunday the 7/29. Behind multiple 4somes and pace was still great 4:10. A little waiting here and there, but we were a 3so... Continue »

Gotta say that Westridge is in darn fine shape! Tee’d off as a 3some at 7am on Sunday the 7/29. Behind multiple 4somes and pace was still great 4:10. A little waiting here and there, but we were a 3some, so understandable. I am blown away at how they ‘saved’ this course. 3-4 years ago, it was really bad. I thought it was lost for good. The course is still penal, as if you miss too much to the right or left, you’re gone (down the hill to the other holes - which you sometimes can’t get to), or up in the hills towards the homes). Most tee boxes were good. Flat, with nice grooming (a few were not mowed yet). Fairways were in great summer shape. A couple dried out areas, but not bad at all. The fairways provided great turf to hit from, as well as decent roll out on well struck shots. That also hurts you here, as too much roll, you roll off the side of a hill to a penalty stroke. Rough was ok. Not too penal, just less spin on approach shots. Bunkers were all pretty good. A few were still wet from the morning. Greens were probably the best I’ve ever seen here! No joke! Held great shots, rolled true, med-fast, and not too many bad ball marks. Very impressed. All in all, I highly recommend right now. And still shocked at the conditions.

Played Westridge at first light on 07/26/18. This is something that OC needs a lot more of .... decent, affordable, fun golf courses.

Condition is acceptable - nothing to get excited about, but no... Continue »

Played Westridge at first light on 07/26/18. This is something that OC needs a lot more of .... decent, affordable, fun golf courses.

Condition is acceptable - nothing to get excited about, but nothing to really complain about for the price either. Greens are soft and usually smooth. Fairways and rough have some rough patches, better play it up in the fairway. Course is generally tight, take some extra balls if you are left/right challenged.

Today's head-scratching moments:

I was first to the clubhouse other than the cart guy. Waited for ProShop to open. Twosome of regulars/members loaded up and went off. Proshop finally did open 3 minutes before my GolfNow booked tee time. That's OK. Paid and still hit first shot on time. Somehow, that first twosome that teed off 15 minutes before was still on #1 green. Even though I was right on their tail, "go through" never entered their mind. Picked up from #2 fairway and skipped ahead. First off the tee, you should be ready to play fast.

Two holes later....surprise! Two singles playing a par 5. Where did they come from? As I am waiting to hit, another single zooms by "can I go through?". Where? Anyway, the two singles let me pass quickly. Not sure where the zoomer single went, but I caught him on #8 and he waived me through on #9. Seems like the locals just start wherever they feel like it. Clean sailing on the back 9, finished in 1:47.

One warning. Apparently the grounds crew has right of way at all times. I must have hit 6 approach shots into greens that had 1-2 workers on it. Glad nobody got hit, but it was close a couple of times. I did appreciate the one guy who was hand-watering the greens who pretty well soaked the ball that I hit close to him. He was going to teach that ball. That was the only putt I made all day.

Played this AM as first off (thanks Mike). POP 2.5 H. Having not played here in almost a year, I decided to head out. What a difference a year makes? IMO the conditions today were the best I have ever... Continue »

Played this AM as first off (thanks Mike). POP 2.5 H. Having not played here in almost a year, I decided to head out. What a difference a year makes? IMO the conditions today were the best I have ever seen on this course (many workers on the course, cleaning/watering). The tee boxes were all clean/playable. Bunkers were a little damp when I started (1st one I was in was), but by the time I got to the back 9, they all had been cleaned (2nd one was just fine). Some rough on the outside of the fairways, but playable. And of course, there are numerous OB areas on the course. Fairways were green and provided good lies and roll, all round. Greens were just great (some of the best I have seen all year IMO) and held high shots (devoid of divots +) and chipped and putted really good. Customer service was great at all levels. To me, it is an enjoyable course to play and I love the par 3's on this course. I have no reservations about recommending this course at this time. Book early? The place was packed by 8:30, like I have not seen in a long time.

Had an appointment today with my periodontist out in La Habra who is very near Westridge so I decided to give it a go. Got there around 9:15, $35 riding the blues and the starter got me right out. H... Continue »

Had an appointment today with my periodontist out in La Habra who is very near Westridge so I decided to give it a go. Got there around 9:15, $35 riding the blues and the starter got me right out. He said I could join a twosome that he just sent out or I can go it alone. Wanted to join this twosome but they clearly had no interest in me joining them. Fine. So I put on the headphones and went solo.

Pace of play was moving but hit a snag on the back 9. There was a fivesome up ahead that was moving pretty slow (didn’t know they allowed 5??) and passed them up on 12. Finished in 4 hours for a single which is pretty slow.

Last time here was about 8 months ago and the conditions then were great. Different story today. What in the world has happened to this golf course? Very dry, weeds growing in the fairways and in the areas near the greens, many bare spots. Even the kikuyu grass was starting to die out. The tee boxes were better and some were going under repair. The rough was nice and playable where it wasn’t dry. Was in a couple bunkers and they were a bit damp but fine.

The greens were the best thing about this course. Not real fast but rolling true. As the previous reviewer wrote, it would be nice if folks would repair their ball marks. I fixed many ball marks on each green.

Overall and with the exception of the greens, I was disappointed with the conditions. This course needs some work.