Teed off at 2:30 on Sunday. Was a nice day, but pace of play was not good: 4:45 to finish 18, with last two holes played in the dark. Tee boxes were lightly covered with grass, and could use some flattening out. Fairways, when they had grass, were slightly long yet fluffy, but plenty of brown spots dotted along the short stuff. Rough had low coverage, but quite thick in a good ... » More

Teed off at 2:30 on Sunday. Was a nice day, but pace of play was not good: 4:45 to finish 18, with last two holes played in the dark. Tee boxes were lightly covered with grass, and could use some flattening out. Fairways, when they had grass, were slightly long yet fluffy, but plenty of brown spots dotted along the short stuff. Rough had low coverage, but quite thick in a good spot of grass. Bunkers were mainly hard, but there were plenty of around the course; I was only in one though. Greens were soft and bumpy, all while being slightly torn up. Very tight course, and because of its short length, it will force you to hit hybrids and woods and even long irons. Very easy to lose balls. Signature hole is #16, where you hit down from the side of a hill down about 100 feet to the fairway. As a youth on course member, it cost $5 for me and $25 for any supervisor or playing patter with the child. For a non youth on course member, expect to pay anywhere from $45 to $80. Maybe a little overpriced for the conditions, but this historic track is very fun with its layout and will always keep you guessing.
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I played Encino over a week go on Friday on 10/9. Two things I felt worth mentioning. Because of the white GK aeration indicator, I called the course first and was told no recent aeration and no scheduled aeration until March. When I got out there, I saw light indications of what looked like aeration marks but they would not have been too recent and barely visible. So while it ... » More

I played Encino over a week go on Friday on 10/9. Two things I felt worth mentioning. Because of the white GK aeration indicator, I called the course first and was told no recent aeration and no scheduled aeration until March. When I got out there, I saw light indications of what looked like aeration marks but they would not have been too recent and barely visible. So while it begged the question as to whether there had been any aeration more recently than I was told, the greens were fine. The other thing was that the fairways were mostly good lies where green, but there are bare-to-very-thin patches that are scattered about. On a couple of occasions, because they were in the fairway, I moved my ball over to the nearest actual green spot. So consider the aeration status full green but the fairways occasionally less so. I still enjoyed the round and recommend the course, and now you know before you go, without calling the pro shop
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Play day was 10/06/26, 10:00am tee time. (But a late post)
Coming off aeration (I don’t know when they started), it looks as though it may need another 10 days to completely heal and start smoothing out again so it may not be fair to give it the rating from that day because I’m sure it’s much better now. Two of their greens complex are out of commission from weather damage ... » More

Play day was 10/06/26, 10:00am tee time. (But a late post)
Coming off aeration (I don’t know when they started), it looks as though it may need another 10 days to completely heal and start smoothing out again so it may not be fair to give it the rating from that day because I’m sure it’s much better now. Two of their greens complex are out of commission from weather damage for some time now and they’re playing temporary greens since.
The fairways were very good- closely mowed but not much run.
The bunkers played heavy and a bit wet that day.
Teeing grounds were good shape, too.
Pace of play was about 4 hrs and 20 min.
No bev cart but the staff were helpful and no issues.
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Late post. October 4, 2026 was when I played.

The club has been a public access course for a while now but it still feels like a private course. There are still plenty of members who are still around. Membership still exist for juniors, weekdays and full membership. A senior rate can be applied to both types and cart inclusions can be modified. As a matter of fact, I j... » More

Late post. October 4, 2026 was when I played.

The club has been a public access course for a while now but it still feels like a private course. There are still plenty of members who are still around. Membership still exist for juniors, weekdays and full membership. A senior rate can be applied to both types and cart inclusions can be modified. As a matter of fact, I joined for a year from May ‘25 through May of ‘26, and it was a great deal.

They’re done with aeration for more than a month now and the greens have recovered quickly from small tine punches.

The fairways are coming back and becoming smoother and being closely mowed. The first or beginning of fairways after the tee box have been redesigned to be barren dirt- it’s aesthetically 50/50 doesn’t look bad but not good either.

The rough are not penalizing and mostly low some may even be rough around the edges and many of those are not in play. The exception is the par 5, #14- they can’t seem to regrow grass from when they let it go after the tee box, but for most, the area is not in play.

The bunkers are surprisingly very fair to play and get out of.

The teeing grounds, most of them are chewed up but you’ll be able to find a spot.

I’d like to add that for the year I was there, the mouth of the greens where many can chip from being short of the green used to be so severely damaged but they’ve corrected that. Recently, they’ve hired a new super from Braemar cc. He has his hands full but I did see many improvements that may not be visible to new guests. Anyw, I hope the good progress continues as I’d like to be a regular there again.
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October 8, ‘26 was last I was here.
I meant to drop an update…
The mowers are fix and the fairways are closely mowed again. They’re also cutting the greens nicely and it’s rolling smoothly (10-11) which is nice again.