I haven't seen a new review for this course in quite sometime, so here it is.
First of all, I really love this course, however, it has some drawbacks that make me not want to pay $90 on the weekends to drive all the way out here.

Lets just look at this wonderful Pete Dye designed course from tee to green. The tee boxes are mostly in good shape from the blue tees, but... » More

I haven't seen a new review for this course in quite sometime, so here it is.
First of all, I really love this course, however, it has some drawbacks that make me not want to pay $90 on the weekends to drive all the way out here.

Lets just look at this wonderful Pete Dye designed course from tee to green. The tee boxes are mostly in good shape from the blue tees, but there are several that need some serious leveling.

Hopefully, your tee ball is in the fairway because most of them are in good condition and you'll have a decent lie. If your ball finds the rough, that's the perfect adjective to describe it. ROUGH You could have any number of issues from dirt, mud, standing water, long grass, short grass, weeds...you get the picture.

This course is extremely in need of attention outside of the fairways. The greens and fringes are great. The best part of this course by far, aside from the layout. I played this course a lot back when it was still 27 holes and it was beautiful. Now, it really needs some attention to bring this gem back to it's original glory.

This course will challenge you enough, without having to deal with the poor rough conditions. Pete is probably rolling over in his grave. Anyway, the new clubhouse is done, just waiting for it to open up. It looks great! The staff is about as friendly as you could ask for. Despite the conditions, I'll be back, but perhaps during the week when it's a bit cheaper. One more thing, the views around the course are always a treat.
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A buddy wrangled a 6:10am foursome for Los Verdes this past Friday and much to my surprise we weren't even near the first tee time for the day - that was at 5:15am in the dark! But things moved pretty well throughout and we finished the whole round in just over four hours - ideal for this much-maligned POP nightmare course.

The range was also completely empty at 5:45a... » More

A buddy wrangled a 6:10am foursome for Los Verdes this past Friday and much to my surprise we weren't even near the first tee time for the day - that was at 5:15am in the dark! But things moved pretty well throughout and we finished the whole round in just over four hours - ideal for this much-maligned POP nightmare course.

The range was also completely empty at 5:45am, so that was odd and interesting and fun. But off we went and I enjoyed the day immensely with three buddies playing from the white tees with two of us riding and two walking.

Greens are their usual challenge at Los Verdes right now - they're fast, they're tricky and they require your very best. It will likely take you a few holes to get the speed down, so do your best to stay below the pins as much as possible. But they're quite good right now.

At Los Verdes of course, the layout and the views steal the show and make up for most other inadequacies - especially for the price. That being said, the rest of the course conditions to be fair are pretty pedestrian at best, but very playable. You're not going to find lush fairways and deep rough, but instead patches of nice and not so nice, along with mulch and thin, but enough of the good to still enjoy the rest of the show. Bunkers were in okay shape and the tee boxes were mostly good with no major issues to report.

I don't get up to this course as often as I used to when I still lived in the South Bay, but it was really fun to make the trek back down leaving at 4:45 in the morning to enjoy the day with some good friends and, when the marine layer finally pushed off, the gorgeous views and vibes that always represent the course well.
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Played this morning for my weekly Sun golf and walk. $28 vs $18 Sr weekdays is a good deal IMO. Out first and around in 2H. Great executive course to keep ones short game and driving accuracy in shape.

Course is drying out with the heat we are having up here. Lots of brown grass vs green but the good thing is lots of rollout. Even the rough is non existent due to non ... » More

Played this morning for my weekly Sun golf and walk. $28 vs $18 Sr weekdays is a good deal IMO. Out first and around in 2H. Great executive course to keep ones short game and driving accuracy in shape.

Course is drying out with the heat we are having up here. Lots of brown grass vs green but the good thing is lots of rollout. Even the rough is non existent due to non watering.

Tee boxes (not all) were fine but some are becoming harder and thus less peg friendly.

Fairways are good but as I said they are browning up in certain areas though they are watering as much as possible. But good roll and lies all over.

Traps were all clean and very playable. Better than I have seen previously.

Greens are kept wet and staying green and holding shots releasing shots and chipping/putting just fine.

Excellent customer service in the shop. Great little driving range and putting green close to # 1 tee box to warm up on.
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I play the Mountain 9 course almost weekly. Generally it's a good pace and can walk it anywhere between 1hr30 and 2hrs. Occasionally you fall behind a school tourny and then it will be 3hrs. If you see this ask the pro shop if you can just jump on River or Pine.

The course is generally always in good shape. Depending on the tee box marker location, it can be nice a... » More

I play the Mountain 9 course almost weekly. Generally it's a good pace and can walk it anywhere between 1hr30 and 2hrs. Occasionally you fall behind a school tourny and then it will be 3hrs. If you see this ask the pro shop if you can just jump on River or Pine.

The course is generally always in good shape. Depending on the tee box marker location, it can be nice and flat or badly sloped. Fairways have good coverage and play fine. Rough is always an issue here as it can get cut to 2" or 6" right next to it. Bunkers are fine and the greens are actually pretty nice. They are on the slow side and don't break much, but they are usually pretty smooth.
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Just recently played here for an annual tournament. This course has seen better days. Tee boxes were good, fairways had some patchy grass and some areas super firm, greens rolled fine but were super slow. Some sand traps had a bunch of rocks and the sand was very firm.