I have started to play this course once again. I hated this couse due to customer services but they have improved a great deal. Course is very flat but long course. Great place to test out your swings. Very forgiving course. Pace is tend to bit slow but it's OK. Since the new managements, this course has improved both the green condition and the customer services. Overall condition of the courses are OK. They need some works on the tee boxes. Sand traps are OK. Some of them are very thin and dry. This is good course to walk.

Played Sat afternoon. I thought it would be very hot up in the valley but actually it wasn't bad at all. Nice breeze throughout the day. Cart girl stop by several times... cute little girl.
Overall the course is in good shape. Greens are good - medium to slow on certain holes. Bunkers are bit thin.

Played Sat. This course is always crowded and very slow pace. Played 30 minutes later than my tee time. That is normal. Course is very flat but long. If you have good long drives, this course will be easy for you. Sometimes it gets bit noisy on certain holes from the freeway traffic. This is OK course and worth the green fee. Nothing to brag about but enjoyable course. Greens were good. Bunkers are bit poor... not enough sands. I planning to play again this Saturday. Had a tough round last Saturday :-(

Played 06/21 Sat. This was our first time playing at Lakewood. Our first impression... as we walk in to check in with the starter. Without any apologies, told us that there will be one hour delay. Basically, take it or leave it. Bad first impression. We had our breakfast and the services were pretty bad. Tee off hour late and the pace was very slow. Waited on almost every holes. Had four groups waiting on a par 3 hole. No marshalls? Course layout is alright. I would have enjoy the course if the pace were little faster. Very noisy on few holes due to some kind of airline facilities. Bunkers are no good. They were very thin and hard. I was expecting nice and soft since the course is located closer to the beach :-p Took us almost six hours to finish the round. I would not go back for long time... will take this course out from my faviorte courses.

Played 06/23 - Monday. I played Lakewood on Sat and by comparison, this course is beautiful. Love the layout. Serveral blind dogleg holes but they are very forgiving. Bunkers, GREAT!. I haven't had sands like that for quite some times. Nice and soft. Overall greens are good. 1st hole green has many ball mark damages. Very well placed hole placement on most of the greens. Eventhough this course is not long as Lakewood, but it has many good bunkers and well placed greens. Green fees are bit higher than normal but it's OK. We enjoyed the course and will definitely will return. Customer services are OK. Didn't see a cart girl all day... maybe because it was Monday.

I was able to squeeze in a golf game visiting my family at San Mateo 05/25/08. I was able to book a single tee time with the staff and didn't have to wait at all. They sent me out as soon I got there even before my tee time. No time to warm up or test the greens. Anyhow, I played with three regulars. Two of them are in the mem's club and know the course very well. One of them was so nice to give me all the info I need about the layout and the greens. He was my caddy for the day. Thanks Richard! Greens was tough on first three holes and then got better. This couse was built on the mountain and does have many elevations. Nice views and has good layout. There were many elevated/undulating greens which makes the putting bit tougher. Greens are in very good condition. Fairways are also very good condition. Tee boxes are bit lush sometimes. No complain about the course but the fees are bit high. $81 with golf cart. This course remains me of Mountain Meadows at Pomona.
Overall I had a great time and will come back to play this course again.

Played Monday 05/19. Greens are in OK condition. Speed is medium to slow. Still bumpy on certain greens. Fairways are alright. Roughs are getting longer around 1 to 1-1/2 inches. Bunkers are hard solid ground... wish they put some sands in those bunkers. There were almost nobody in the course. We had a great time! Finished in 4 hours.

Played Sat 05/17. Haven't play here for a long time. Normally, you have to wait a long time ~1.5/2 hours to tee off. I got there on Sat around 9:30am and there were not many people. I was third on the waiting list. I was able to tee off around 11:00. Greens are in very good shape. Still need our golfers to fix their ball marks. Green speeds are normal. Fairways are OK. Still have quite a bit of bare spots. Bunkers are OK. Pace were very slow. Had to wait on every holes. Big traffic jam on third holes... don't know why? Took us over 5 1/2 hours to finishe the round. However, it worked out OK since it was very hot day and give us time to rest/relax on every holes. Good course, give GK rating 6.0.

Played on Sat 04/05. This course has great layout. I always enjoy this course. Pace will be slow because so many people comes here. We were delay 30 minutes to tee off. Overall fairways and greens are decent. Speed on the greens are about normal. Back nine has more interesting layouts and challenging shots. Great course! I give 7.0 GK rating.

I haven't play here for more than 6 months. This use to be my regular golf course when I just start playing golf. This course is more for beginners. Not too many OB areas. Very flat and wide fairways. Also very long course, 6,819 yds from Blue tees. Thus the pace will be slow. They use to have very bad greens but with the new owners, they did improved the greens. They also installed the GPS and cost $1 per person which is OK. You don't really need the GPS on this course.
Overall this is decent course - average 5.0. However, some of those guys in the club house are @$#$@$%. Excuse me. Unless you have tee times set, you will be in their mercy to get on the tees. I was first in line as a single and after an hour when I check the status with them. This jerk "starter" told me that you can never get out on Sat for River/Pine course with an attitude. Rob is alright. I waited outside and got to talk with another guy also waiting in line. He was a regular on this course and know the starter. The starter informed him that there is a three som and have a opening for two more. We went back into the club house and informed the jerk "starter" He was bit astonished. What a as2323! This wasn't the first time. There were several times they did that to me. I have waited longer at Santa Anita golf course but the starter "Ed" was always treat you fairly. He makes the waiting pleasant. If the Whittier's manager has a chance to see this review. Please educate and discipline some of those guys.
I am alright with the course condition and encouraged to see improvements each time I play. But the customer services is one thing giving me bad taste.

Played Sat 03/01. Someone recommended this course to play.
They have two 18 holes. We played Chino Creeks which is little longer than other course. Course is just average... nothing to brag about it. Typical muni-course. We did not like the greens at all. I don't know for sure, whether due the recent rain or not, greens were very bumpy. They must also mowed the grass but forgot to clean them up. Mowed grass were on some greens and fairways. It's just OK course. Nothing stands out. Just Long ...

Played Sat 02/23. It was very crowded day. Everyone came out to play some golf before rain comes. With the rain we had for few days, fairways and greens were beautiful... awesome. Until ~1pm, we had sunshines. Weather was perfect, just feel great to be out playing golf.
Life is GOOD!
I haven't played here for a while. This course is very well conditioned course. Undulating fairways and elevated greens make this course very fun course. One day I will have nightmare scores and then few great scores. There are few well placed bunkers around the greens.
Some of them are very deep bunkers. Sands are about average.
Pace are always bit slow. I would recommend to walk if possible. No point to rent a cart and had to wait longer. Might as well walk and enjoy the exercise. Customer services are very good. Starter Ed, great guy. Always very nice and make you feel welcome. Can't be too upset even you had to wait couple of hours to get out.
Thumbs up!