We had a great event at Calabasas Country Club who treated us to beautifully maintained challenging golf course and excellent service.

I know some of our players were not happy about being restricted to cart path only but when a private club superintendent makes that decision, they have their reasons, and our group respected it. Calabasas CC knew it was an inconvenience and surprised us with some extra fun/goodies as such upon arrival. All our players received a complementary Calabasas CC golf towel and Calabasas CC ran a fun golf simulator closest to the pin contest for a free foursome. They didn’t have to do that. I thought that was really solid.

Calabasas CC in the 20+ years I’ve played it, was in the best condition I’ve experienced. One of biggest problems Calabasas CC had in the past was fairways turf. That issue is visibly gone now, and I suspect by the end of year, so will the cart path only restrictions. Members of the club are allowed to drive carts in the fairways, but not on all the holes.

I’ve very excited about booking future events at Calabasas CC. I highly recommend other golf organizers to do so as well. Thank you everyone that comes out to play in our Vivid Golf/Golf Moose/Greenskeeper.org Monday events :)

Take a look at the photos I just posted.

Played today on a beautiful golf morning. Course is exceptionally maintained for a public course. Better than some private courses IMO.

Fast easy check in and found the playing conditions top notch.

Nice clean mowed tee boxes that you could even practice putting on at every hole.

Fairways are lush with great lies and roll and are wide enough unless you get really wild.

Rough is kept 1/2 in thick and you can find your ball but you will need a really good shot to overcome playing from there.

Traps are all nicely maintained with just the right amount of sand to produce good results.

Greens are HUGE. Still getting used to them and finding the right landing spots depending upon where the flags are placed. Easy to 3 putt with greens like this but also makes one a better putter the longer you play them.

Excellent customer service from all staff encountered.

Still the best 9 holes for 18 bucks in the IE. A couple bucks cheaper if you're a city resident.

Very lush fairways right now after the rains, but expect some bumpy or unlevel teeboxes. #6 was closed due to a big fairway flood. An enjoyable walk anytime I'm near downtown Riverside, most of the greens are tiny and flat but don't leave it above the hole on #2 or #9.

Played yesterday, March 31. 3:10 teetime. $44 twilight rate walking. POP was great, just over 4hrs, we finished 18 in pretty much total darkness. Hit it and pray. Miracle that all four of us made it on that final hole without losing our ball.

Conditions overall are acceptable, but definitely wouldn't pay huge rack rate to play here. $44 is well within reason.

Green teeboxes were moved up for the most part. They were doing quite a bit of work on the back tee boxes. They were fairly level and had decent coverage. A few of them were beat up, but no huge complaints overall.

Fairways were pretty good. Nice coverage all over with good cushion. Lots of sand filled divots. I did find a small unfilled divot on hole 7, but that landing area is loaded with divots as it's a very popular spot to be in. It was an impossible lie in a super small deep divot that caused me a double bogey as I dumped into the hazard area to the right of the cart path and almost broke my back, lol.

Rough was minor. Not very long and easy to play from. No worries there.

Sand traps had good fluffly brown sand, but lots of crab grass around the edges. They don't look that great, but played fine.

Greens were a mixed bag. Tons of ball marks that were mostly fixed, but just not fixed well enough. They were fairly smooth and very quick downhill/sidehill. Got bumpy and slower as the day progressed picking up the evening moisture and had some misty air.

Customer service was just fine. Starter is always nice here and saw the beverage cart twice.

Overall, not a huge fan of the course. Holes 4,5 and 7 are just awful which just leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Friendly tip, if you're walking, make sure you get a restroom code from the starter!!!

Played in group 1B of Monday’s Golf Moose/GK/Vivid Golf event here with Johnny, Ron, and Richie. Great to meet Richie and always fun with Ron and John. Chilly early morning temps turned into perfect golf weather, probably low 70s and a little breeze (although the hazy cloud cover didn’t make for the best picture-taking). POP good for these events at a little under 5 hours, despite the entire course being Cart Path Only.

Conditions are very nice! These greens are sneaky FAST! The 5th hole pin placement was in a spot toward the back of the green where if you were above the hole and missed the putt long, you literally rolled all the way off the front of the green. Believe me, I learned the hard way. ;-) When putts started breaking, they really kept sliding, so you had to read a lot of break. Interestingly, the slope on the greens is more subtle rather than featuring big undulations. They were medium firmness and rolled very smooth. Seemed like our participants did a good job of fixing ball marks because I saw very few. Fairways had been freshly cut in the morning and still provided just the right amount of cushion under the ball; great coverage all around. The rough wasn’t deep but was a bit grabby in some spots, putting a premium on hitting the fairway. Blue tee boxes were mostly good. All the bunkers I was in had really nice, soft sand in great condition.

This was my first time here and going in, I severely underestimated the quality of this course. I really enjoyed it a lot! There’s a lot more ground movement and elevation changes than I expected. It’s quite attractive, too, tucked in-between hills in Calabasas. The course is not long but it’s not easy, either. It would be a really fun course to play when you’re playing well with a hot putter, because tee to green is not too difficult but the greens provide a stout defense. I played terribly almost all day and really hope to get another chance to play here. Huge thanks to Golf Moose/Johnny for setting up and running such great events.

played sunday 3/29, 9:30 tee time. I guess they punched a week ago. i didn't know, and this was a set outing/tourney, so would've been out here regardless. Nice pleasant day. greens not bad if it's been a week. bumpy, slow. rest of the course is in good muni shape. bunkers are in great shape. cart girl came around a few times.. i think there were 2 of them. Had a good time. 5 hr round.

Played Muni on 3/30. Still pretty much the standard muni report...
Greens - really nice
Fairways - best in the county
Rough - good, pretty easy to deal with
Tees - very good. The 2-3 tee boxes that they usually have issues with are doing better.
POP was a surprisingly quick 4:15 for a 12:45 tee off. Don't usually see that.

Sunday round at Moorpark this weekend and first time back since 2019. My friends and I all rode and played from the white tees, this time on the Ridgeline and Canyon Crest nines. We had a 10:20 tee time and I arrived early to hit the sumptuous driving range, and then my driver head exploded on the third hit, so it was going to be another 2i round off the tee.

This course really is a gem if you catch it on the right conditions, and for the most part, that's what we got this weekend. The routing and uniqueness of each of the holes is tremendous, while the topography just lends itself to spectacular golf. The scenery is breathtaking from every vantage point, and the fun factor is always present. It's just a really great facility all around.

We also happened to catch a picture perfect early spring day with little wind and warm sunshine, but all of that was complimented by solid conditions around the course. The greens were so tricky and challenging, but the rolls were true and consistent. I had four three-putts on the front nine trying to dial in the speed and the complex slopes on each hole, but the quality of the greens was not as much of a question as my putting prowess on the day.

Fairways had good coverage throughout with some dry/thin areas in patches due to the extreme heat recently, but nothing to really be too upset about. Rough was thick but dry in many areas as well - made hitting out of it quite an adventure in club selection. Bunkers were in good shape ... not fluffy sand, but plenty of a heavier grain but worked well. Tee boxes were level and in good shape.

We had cart service show up once on the front nine but not on the back, however there were water stations very three or four holes, so that was good. POP was pretty good as well as we found a nice spot and finished in around four hours and thirty minutes. Carts are in nice shape, run well and have a good GPS system. And no, you won't (maybe even can't) want to walk this course. Some of the gaps between holes are lengthy and the elevations are mighty.

All in all it was a terrible round of golf from a scoring perspective for me but I truly enjoyed being back out at Moorpark and will make it more of a point to come back here in the near future.

Stopped in on a warm 84 Wednesday afternoon headed towards Solvang. Course is playing the front nine only and ran 70 including cart and full grass range. Nice sand trap, chipping area and large practice green. Everyone very friendly with easy check-in and warm up prior to my 2:18 start. Having never played here before just played straight up with the course looking a bit narrow on some holes found there was plenty of room with clear views to next shots ahead. Used range finder and gps watch to avoid obstacles and traps. Water in play a couple of holes but full course gave ample time to plan each shot. Large fast greens with varied undulations and subtle breaks make reading putts carefully imperative. The course conditions were very good lush fairways and rough one extra club to compensate distance. Not in any traps but sand looked ample in those I passed closely though I had practiced for them. There were a few views of flowing Santa Inez River and Lake Cachuma was brim full. Entire area green and wildflowers blooming. Cart path passed by several areas full of poison oak to discourage venturesome wandering for lost balls! Very much enjoyed the course and would love to see the back nine regenerated. Recommended if anywhere nearby

Played 3-26-26 early morning walking as a single in about 2 1/2 hours, with the course pretty much to myself except for a few maintenance workers. Overall course is in good condition right now. Good coverage on tee boxes with level stance. Fairways mostly green and semi-lush with nice lies and decent roll out. Rough playing about 2 inches and lush. Bunkers had nice white sand and were well groomed. Greens were in really good shape, rolling smooth at medium pace and playing semi-soft. Highly recommend.

Played 3/28/26 1:30 POP 4 +. A very busy Sat. Waited on many shots but overall not too bad. Course was in over all good to great shape. They punched the greens a couple weeks prior. Most had remnant signs of the punching and coupled with the Poana grass, they were on the bumpy side. They were extremely soft. It was actually difficult to not have the ball stop quickly, even on chips & pitches. Very fun to see your shots spin back. I had one shot plug in the green. They were running on the slow side. They should be completely healed in another week or so. I noticed a couple of small dead spots near the fringes on a couple of greens, but most had great full coverage. Fairways have grown in well and were lush & green (Not Paint). Ball sat nice with decent roll out. Tees & traps were the typical trouble spot. Many tee placements had no flat spots to hit from on this day and traps were mostly firm. Greens will improve quickly. Still my favorite twilight course in SD. Although I have heard that they have done away with twilight rates, which really sucks if true. They continue to clear and clean many of the overgrown areas and the course is looking fantastic and continues to improve. New carts with interactive GPS. A definite recommend.

Course is in excellent condition for late March. consistent temps above 90 have the Bermuda in full control and the winter overseed dying out in mmnay areas. Firm and fast is the new normal. Tees and Fairways lush and very well maintained. rough is patchy hit and miss, mixture of many grasses. This is the time of year they lower it, which does not keep offline shots on the course but it is easier to play out of if the ball actually stops in it. Sand traps well maintained. Greens are firm and you have to play for roll out. This time of year, you better know which holes not to miss above the hole. Otherwise, the front fringe or back in the fairway will be your next shots location after your putt whizzes by the hole downhill with no stopping in sight. Excellent carts/GPS, fine customer service.
On a personal note, started playing in the men's club events and they do not play any tees past Gold. Half the Gold tees are 1 tee box in front of where I have always played. You would not think 1 tee box on 9 holes makes a huge difference? It does, both on the sight lines and the amount of trouble it either takes out of play... or brings into play...lol. Still learning what clubs to hit from those tees. Bottom line is that my declining game was ready for a 300 yard decrease in overall course length. #5 in particular the difference is huge... instead of a 180 yard carry over water to a diagional fairway, I can bump an iron down the fairway with no water to carry and be closer to the green than I could ever achieve from the Green tees.