Played Sunday 9/14 @ 10 am as a threesome. The place was a ghost town, POP was about 4 hrs. The course is going through a transformation from rye grass fairways to bermuda. The fairways were actually in good shape, some tight lie but the ball would sit up nicely. Now for the greens, super soft, absolutely no root structure, your ball would hit the green and leave a huge divot, the top of the grass would fly off and land near your ball. A couple of times my ball plugged on an up slope of the greens. Looks like they were punched and sanded maybe 3-4 weeks ago, although no noticeable holes. Greens were slow but rolled pretty true. The high heat and high green fees will keep me away until this course condition improves dramatically.

Played 7/2/14 @ 8:30, joined a threesome. Course was in great shape as usual. One thing that did stand out were the amount of ball divots on every green, come on people take the time to repair your ball marks, its really easy. It seemed like every hole I was repairing 3-4 ball marks, and were talking fresh ball marks. Tee boxes, fairways were in excellent shape, greens rolled smooth and held irons shots nicely. The greens did seem a little softer than usual due to the heat (92 degrees), other that that no complaints, the ball rolled nicely, no hops and held its line perfectly. Hey for $42 (walking) that's one awesome price that forces me to drive 45 minutes from south OC ,defiantly worth the trip. One more thing, you could spend all day at there range, from putting, bunker shots, short game, long game they have it all.

Played as a single on 5/7/14 @ 10:15 with 2 other players. POP wasn't to bad, about 4 hours 15 minutes. Overall condition was pretty good for a daily fee public course. Tees fairways and greens were good, medium fast speed on the greens. Classic course (holes 1-13 & 18) has the old school greens that pitch from back to front. Down hill putts fast uphill putts slow. I hit 12/18 greens with a lot of two putts, had a good work out on the greens. Holes 14-17 are a newer layout, lets just say the greens are three times larger, flat with hardly any contours in them. One thing that I found odd was the green side bunkers are set so far away from the greens that they hardly come in play. Oh, the wind, it was easily blowing 10-15 mph with gust up to 20, into the wind holes played tough. Mile square will defiantly give your driver a good work out, every hole is bombs away.

Played 3/8 (Birthday Club= free golf) Saturday @ 7:30 am with santa ana winds gusting from 20-25 mph, a good 2 to 3 club difference into the wind. Gong in there I knew the greens had been punched two weeks earlier. I brought 2 guest who still had to fork over $110 ea, ouch, and that was the member rate. Forget about any reduced green fees even though the greens were punched, sanded, soft, slow and bumpy. The overall condition of the course was pretty good. It's defiantly going through a transition period, tee boxes over seeded, bunkers have recently been redone, fairways firm and pure with lush rough that's very consistent throughout the entire course. Until the greens recover and the green side bunkers sod regrows I'd stay away for a good month or two until the course recovers.

Played 1/28/14 morning 7:05 am. POP was just over 4 hours. The overall condition of the course wasn't to bad, tee boxes over seeded and well maintained, fairways not to bad for a muni course, firm/dormant with different types of grasses and completely void of any rough, i'm talking zero rough. Greens were in excellent shape, firm, consistent, ball held its line on every hole (no bouncing at all). I don't know how they do it, considering how many rounds are played there daily. All in all Los Lagos was well worth the $33 green fee.

2:15 tee time Saturday 7/13. I'll break this down by listing the good and bad. First off the good, 3:45 min. round, fairways nice and lush with some severe rough around the green. Now the bad, can someone please roll the greens, verticut the surface or something. They are extremely slow and bumpy, the poa annua greens are flowering like crazy, the ball just bounces all over the place. Very disappointed with the overall condition of all the greens. I'll definitely be staying away from the pride of the pacific until they do something about there greens.

Played June 3rd, arrived as a single at 6:45, on the first tee at 7:00 with a two-some. First time ever playing rec park 18. By far these were the best greens I've putted on this year, each putt rolled so pure, no bouncing, they just held there line. Hats off to the head greenskeeper and staff. All the greens seem to slope from the back to front , you really need to keep your ball below the hole. If not, they can easily get away from you. The course isn't long, but factor in the marine layer, wind and kikuyu fairways, forget about any roll off your drives. Holes 6-8 are pretty tough. Throw in the 3 hr 45 min round I'll defiantly be back to play this track again.

Played 4/25, walked on as single around 11. Sunny day with the wind whipping of the coast 15-20 mph, played the blue tees. Overall course conditions were good. Tee boxes fairways and greens are what to expect from this muni layout, considering all the play this track gets, I would rate it 7/10. The rough was pretty lush on some holes, made it a bit tougher than usual when you just missed the fairway. Greens were semi-firm and rolled pretty consistent (a little bumpy, but that's normal with poa annua greens). $34 to walk, that price will surely get me back there again soon.

Played 03/08, the course offers Bday golf for $25 plus range balls and a free lunch, great deal. The place was a complete ghost town because of the threat of rain. I played as a single, blew through the front nine in 1 hr 30 min (that's walking ,carrying my own bag) back nine same thing, finished in 3 hrs. The course conditions were good, tee boxes over seeded and perfect, fairways dormant (you really need to like tight lies), greens punched with sand filled holes, bumpy and slow. Although they did roll okay. The 3-5 footers for par were a guessing game on how the ball would react. They need a good 3-5 weeks to fully recover. All in all for $25 you can't find a better deal anywhere.

teed off at 715 am as a single w/ twosome (played behind a group that was a hole in front of us the whole day). First off, if you can ignore the condition of the tee boxes, the fairways and greens make up for it. Speaking of the greens, I was surprised how firm and fast they were, (putting towards the ocean were extra slick) although a little bumpy (poa annua). My short iron shots were sucking back like crazy. Its definitely worth the money $29.00 and 3 hr 45 min rounds makes it that much better.

Played 08/14/12, second group out @ 6:20 am, I was joined by a single. First off, the layout is great, the closest thing to a true links course you'll ever play in SoCal area. Tees great, fairways fast and firm with a lot of roll. My major complaint, due to the high heat 94, they never mowed the greens, same hole placements from the previous day. This means your putting through dew for the entire front nine, not good, the greens were extremely slow and bumpy around the cups. I've you plan on playing the course I would wait until fall when the weather cools down and they can firm up and get the speed of the greens the way it should play. Other than that, I'll definitively be back to play this track again.

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Played 5/14/2012, what can I say, tees, fairways and greens were pure as it gets. Nothing better than standing on the tee and looking at cross mowed fairways. Speaking of the greens, receptive, smooth and fast. What makes this course tough is the fall-offs around the greens, makes it tough to get up and down. Teed of at 9:05, walked off the 18th green at 1:15, great pace of play. Will be back again really soon.

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