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Years ago this was a rather bland course. Today it is a challenging layout with penalizing bunkers everywhere. What makes matters more difficult is the lack of sand in these bunkers. Imagine trying to hit out of bunker with a high lip with very little sand under your ball. A ball in a bunker on this course is a 1/2 a stroke to one stroke penalty every time. If you play here, re... » More

Years ago this was a rather bland course. Today it is a challenging layout with penalizing bunkers everywhere. What makes matters more difficult is the lack of sand in these bunkers. Imagine trying to hit out of bunker with a high lip with very little sand under your ball. A ball in a bunker on this course is a 1/2 a stroke to one stroke penalty every time. If you play here, really avoid the bunkers as best you can. Yes, the tour pros are better than me 100 fold....but at least they play out of perfectly textured bunkers...and now for the rest...The tee boxes are an absolute joke. Uneven and just awful. The worst I have seen in a long time. The ladies and black tee golfers are lucky. The tee boxes there seemed to be in much better shape than the "Badlands" of the white and blue tees. The fairways are the highlight of Skylinks. They are firm but at least the lies are decent. The greens are slower than you think. They are riddled with ball marks. My repair tool got a work out yesterday. They have added OB stakes between holes 14 and 15. Skylinks is probably one of the most overpriced venues in So Cal. if you are not a resident of Long Beach. If Victoria was a golf course people would flock to it away from here. In sum, a fun, strategic course spoiled a bit by not enough love from a maintenance standpoint.
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Early morning Sunday round in 4.5 hours. The new carts are now the highlight of the course. The staff is friendly and practice facilities are small but adequate. The tee boxes were mostly dry and shaggy from start to finish. The boxes on few holes had very little turf and others had thin six inch shag? The rough was fairly long on a a few holes but most had little and it w... » More

Early morning Sunday round in 4.5 hours. The new carts are now the highlight of the course. The staff is friendly and practice facilities are small but adequate. The tee boxes were mostly dry and shaggy from start to finish. The boxes on few holes had very little turf and others had thin six inch shag? The rough was fairly long on a a few holes but most had little and it was a very thin mix of grass with weeds. The fairways ranged from nice with good lies to mostly thin with little grass and lots of weeds. The sand traps were almost all littered with pebbles and rocks. Many of the fairway bunkers were hard pan dirt! The greens are still the best part of the course. The greens held good shots and rolled nicely with a few being a little on the bumpy side. They have removed sections of the fairways on a couple holes on the front nine which really doesn't affect play but looks pretty sad. The course is still treading water locally against the competition but offers reasonable rates.
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Was hoping to get out on the #1 course but ended up playing #2. Prior reviews accurately depict the fairways, which were recently aerated. Did not play the ball down, so I was able to circumvent the conditions. Greens were good as were the bunkers, so turned out to be playable conditions. Playing the ball down would have been less than optimum.

Enjoy the #2 course, beca... » More

Was hoping to get out on the #1 course but ended up playing #2. Prior reviews accurately depict the fairways, which were recently aerated. Did not play the ball down, so I was able to circumvent the conditions. Greens were good as were the bunkers, so turned out to be playable conditions. Playing the ball down would have been less than optimum.

Enjoy the #2 course, because many of the holes on #1 are more than I can handle now. Plus the fact the the course does not come in after nine removes the issue of back nine play. Great price for seniors and an easy walk, which was appreciated given the warm temperatures. Staff is always friendly and accommodating.
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