Golf course can to use to be a solid lay out with good variety. Unfortunately that is where the positive review ends. Had 6:09am tee time on Friday 5/8. We arrived at 5:30am to locked doors at the golf shop. Cart guy was there staging carts and said someone should be there by 6:00am. Shop opened at 6:01am with an employee clearly in no rush to help us. This left us to pay fees, load onto our carts, have all four of us sign in with starter (Glen Ivy policy), drive to tee and tee off in eight minutes. We managed to hit our tee shots by 6:15am. I say all of this due to the “slow play” alert we received on the fourth hole. Like we were a problem. We walked off the 18th hole at 10:05am. Hadn’t seen the group behind us since the 7th hole.
On the course conditions: From history new the 5th green may not be in great shape but the front nine greens and fairways were definitely spotty and needed love. A good sized dirt patch on 9th green needed sodding instead they are attempting to use plugs which will take much longer to heal. Back nine was much better as greens were consistent as well as fairways are much better condition than the front.
Lastly the boundary system to keep carts away from greens and native areas needs to be adjusted. No less than three times did the system stop our cart and direct us reverse out of area, the problem was we were driving on the cart path. Overall a negative experience.

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!

Went off at 1:12 on 5/7, finished at 5:50.
Greens coming off punching. They were hard and fast with just a bit of bump. Difficult to hole putts.
The rest of the course was in fine shape.
Give the greens a bit more time and it will be a good value.

Played this AM. Course was in spectacular shape as they had a tournament later in the morning.

Tees all mowed, cleaned up and no trouble finding a good spot for the tee.

All greens and fairways mowed and devoid of moisture. So fast roll out and greens IMO rolling at 12. I even had a few putts roll back after reaching the flag from were some diabolical greenskeeper place the flags for the tournament.

Traps were in great shape and so very playable. Wish more courses would prepare their traps like they do here.

Rough was about2 an inch long and no fun at all to play out of.

Terrific customer service from all staff encountered.

Easily one of the best public courses you can find in either N or S CA.

Highly recommended if you are coming through the area and have time to play a round.

Fairways and tee were in fair condition 5.0. Greens are still recovering from latest punching. They do a hard punch on these city greens so with the lack of spring rains they are hard, fast, and not very true. Not fair to rate them because they are still recovering. We played late afternoon towards dusk and sited many coyotes. Play took 4 hours and we still got in 16 holes teeing off at 4:00pm.

Warning to others. Don't waste your money. Adding to other reviews, played on May 6. No mention of greens condition from staff before booking or playing, and they were in atrocious condition. Feel like this was intentional, and dishonest. This should have disclosed prior, with reduced rates offered, at the very least. Unplayable really. Barely a hint of grass on any of the greens, just a strangely colored sand/dirt surface. Stopped keeping score after first green. Worst greens I've seen on any usually good course. After the round, was told 8 weeks max to get the greens back. No way. A year maybe? Come on Arrowood. You screwed up. Come clean.

played wed 5/6, 8:40 tee time, leisurely 4:10 hr round. course been open a week; special deal for locals, and I was able jump in on that. rained most of the day before, expecting the worst... blown away by the course conditions. greens firm and true, running a fast 11. fairways in great shape. 6 holes were cart path only, due to being soggy... but the fairways on those holes were very playable. mild wind, nice brisk sunny day. Felt blessed to play here today.

5/6/26 10:15 am Joined a 2 sum and a single w/ride along. Starter Dale keeping everything businesslike and on time. Course overlook is spectacular and course played as such! Fairways always giving up nice lies...Greens near perfect health. Very sloppy and quick. 4 three putts sometimes inside 10'! Ugh! Love this course setup, really need to take advantage of the senior midweek deal more often. Cart paths full length on every hole, No GPS, well positioned bathroom at 3/17, nice level t-boxes. Treelined (mature), some water on back 9, sand in very playable condition. POP slower than usual, wondered why Marshall wasn't a bit more aggressive. Highly recommend testing yourself here.

We are moving to Orange County so I have been playing private clubs in the area to see where I want to join. I found Aliso Viejo Country Club through a GolfWRX forum and a member reached out to me. I am so glad that I found this course as it really has everything I want....

First, the course! It's a really fun layout and the views are spectacular. Most other Orange County courses are near highways and aren't very scenic. AVCC has so many jaw dropping views of the Santa Ana Mountains and it is just a blast to play. The greens are often elevated and well guarded. The bunkers are fluffy and you can let the driver rip on just about2 every hole. The greens had recently been aerated but they still rolled pure and medium fast. There were a number of really interesting holes including their signature par 3 (number 12) that has a very elevated tee with panoramic views. Some say they need a full service driving range (AVCC has mats with nets to warm up with rumored trackman down the road) but I think it's fine and the chipping / putting area is quite good.

The clubhouse, food and staff were all first rate. I was so impressed that I am going to join....

Played Course 1/2 (5,155/64.9/110) on 5/4/26 from the Green tees with a high school buddy in cool, blustery weather conditions. These two courses are generally recovered from greens aeration last month. Course conditions are similar to those in my recent reviews, although in the cooler weather today the greens seemed more receptive and softer. Putts didn’t run out like they normally do, but you still have to be careful on the downhillers. Many teeboxes here have a lot of slope to the rear of a right-handed golfer – that should be an easy fix for course maintenance – anyone have a string and a level? Kikuyu rough continues to be unpredictable for lies but consistently eats your ball quickly when you hit into it. Played in just over 4 hours.

Played Tijeras on May 6. I tend to avoid this place, as the conditions are often a challenge. After hearing a recent report saying it was in great shape, I decided to give it another go.

CORRECT! The course is in great shape right now. Greens are soft, smooth and quick. Leftover ball marks are a challenge due to the softness, but they weren't too abundant. Fairways and rough are great. Tee boxes are good, with the normal areas of overuse as the tee boxes can be small on some holes.

The only negative for the day were the sand traps. They looked nice, but that was just the tiny laver of sand on top. Wedges quickly hit the hard bottom and send balls flying. Luckily I was only in 2, but my playing partners also noted the lack of sand at times.

In all, very nice at Tijeras Creek right now.

Walked the oranges today 5/4/26 with my buddy Ron joining a super nice couple from Seattle under cold and windy conditions finishing with a POP of about 4hrs 15 minutes. Staff is always very friendly. They have a nice size range with mats, big putting green and a seperate chipping area with a practice bunker.

Soule continues to deliver premium conditions at the best prices.

Greens soft on approaches, medium quickness and smooth rolls. Many pin placement sections on these huge Gil hanse greens. You can have long lag putts from the greens or fringes which were soft and in great shape. Rated 8/10

Fairways in great shape. Lush padded lies yet great rollout on lower trajectory drives. Rated 9/10

Most all tees level and lush and in great shape. Rated 9/10

Rough was being cut along the fairways on many holes as we were playing. It was in very good healthy shape. Rated 8.5/10

Was not in any bunkers but my playing partner was in a couple which he stated were high quality as usual here.

Layout is great here. Never a boring hole. 4 scoreable par 5s. Several long par 4s and a couple tough par 3s. Never a boring or letdown hole. Parkland course that is a great walk. Always in great condition.

Highly recommended!