Played ANGC on Wednesday afternoon 2/9/17. Weather was perfect and service was good. Played with the afternoon rate of $65. I was joined with a very nice twosome and a single. Pace of play was fine at... Continue »

Played ANGC on Wednesday afternoon 2/9/17. Weather was perfect and service was good. Played with the afternoon rate of $65. I was joined with a very nice twosome and a single. Pace of play was fine at 4 hours 15 minutes, with very little waiting on any hole. Overall the course is in good winter condition. Except for a couple of the par 3 holes, the tee boxes were lush and level. Greens were quite fast and rolled smooth. They were mostly firm but did hold well hit shots nicely. It was a difficult day of putting as many of the pin locations were on or near slopes. The two traps I visited had very nice soft sand. The fairways and areas near the greens are very tight. The fairway grass is not very green (typical winter grass) and is thin. Although if you were in the fairway you would nearly always have a good lie. This is a fun track and quite playable right now.

Played today, using the over 55 discount ($65, including cart). The course is in decent condition, with only one very saturated area just left of 17 green. As far as all the recent rains go, the cours... Continue »

Played today, using the over 55 discount ($65, including cart). The course is in decent condition, with only one very saturated area just left of 17 green. As far as all the recent rains go, the course must drain rather well. The fairways and rough were mostly dormant Bermuda grass, cut low most everywhere. Great rollout on poorly hit tee shots, but tight lies as you approach most greens. Tees were mostly lush and level. Greens rolled fast and true with very subtle breaks. There was plenty of soft, white sand in the few bunkers I was in today. POP was about 4.5 hours, okay for a holiday of sorts (to paraphrase the previous reviewer). Go out and play, Monday and Tuesday are reduced rates for 55 years or older and nearby residents.

Played here yesterday in cold weather at 7:30am. We finished in 4.5 hours which was great since it was a holiday of sorts. They did not charge us holiday rates which was great and even gave us the sen... Continue »

Played here yesterday in cold weather at 7:30am. We finished in 4.5 hours which was great since it was a holiday of sorts. They did not charge us holiday rates which was great and even gave us the senior discount. Customer service is always great here due to the great personalities of the cart guy and Stephanie the starter on the tee. With all the recent rains you would expect the course to be real green but the fairways are dormant right now but they play great. The tee boxes were level and very nice and the bunkers were consistent. The greens are always good here. Other than a few unrepaired ball marks they rolled true and smooth. I always like returning to ANGC for its consistency in maintaining conditions above average and love the course layout. Get out to play it soon.

Found a Golfnow hot deal for $20 on a Monday at 12:45. Scooped it up and got excited to play Angeles, as it had been awhile since I've been out there. Absolutely love the track and the test of golf it... Continue »

Found a Golfnow hot deal for $20 on a Monday at 12:45. Scooped it up and got excited to play Angeles, as it had been awhile since I've been out there. Absolutely love the track and the test of golf it puts forth. That's the good part. Now the not so good. Granted I didn't pay the rack rate of $65 for the time I played, but the condition of the greens was to be desired. The bumps and thinness of the grass on the green was kind of a bummer. I realize they can't make people fix their ball marks without having someone monitoring every green, but wow was it bad. The speed was fine but between the ball bouncing after hitting mark after mark,it became very frustrating. I wouldn't pay the top dollar they're asking for this place, unless it was in pristine condition, like say Goose Creek where I played recently. It's unfortunate, because it's close to where I live and like I said I love the track, but if I'm going out there again, it's going to have to be a hot deal again.

Played my free birthday round at Angeles National with a friend and two of his buddies, and really enjoyed the course immensely. It was my first time to ANGC and I simply loved the layout and the vari... Continue »

Played my free birthday round at Angeles National with a friend and two of his buddies, and really enjoyed the course immensely. It was my first time to ANGC and I simply loved the layout and the variety of long and short holes, along with the tremendous mountain scenery and really good conditions. The fairways are currently in that dormant yellow stage, but they play very nicely no matter the color. The rough is a deep, verdant green though, which makes the contrast very stunning indeed. The greens are super tough though - fast and so many tricky slopes and undulations - couldn't catch up all day, but nothing but good things to say about their condition overall. I found the bunkers to be in fine shape - nice, fluffy sand greenside, and thinner traps to hit out of cleanly from the fairways. And the tee boxes were all in excellent shape. Loved the variety of tee boxes as well to choose from (we played the blue tees). There's not a lot of elevation at ANGC to worry about, but there are plenty of difficult shots and carries that will eat your ball supply if wayward. The native areas are in play on pretty much every hole so you must be very clean and precise. The course is definitely fair though. Fair, but very tough. The very fast greens also make approach shots something of an adventure every single time. And some of your second shot carries will make those palms sweat! Free is a pretty great price to pay for this place - thanks for the hospitality. But I will definitely be rewarding ANGC with my actual hard-earned money in the near future - it's very much worth it and I want a chance to redeem myself on those greens and shoot a better score. POP was great although I did feel bad for the threesome behind us as my crew, despite my hints to speed things up, were very deliberate on every shot and simply took too long to get moving. I'll do better next time to be more vocal, but we were approached by a marshall starting the back 9 (actually the front 9 for us as we started on 10) and did pick up the pace thankfully. Not much more to add than that, but I really wonder what took me so long to get out here other than fear of a really high price and a course that would simply beat me up. Now that I know I can handle this track, the price worries me less. It's worth it. Really nice place.

Was practicing out here and decided to give it a go. Got out for a "twilight rate" of $90. LOL. 2:00 PM on a Sunday and the course was completely dead aside from a few people playing a tournament. Pac... Continue »

Was practicing out here and decided to give it a go. Got out for a "twilight rate" of $90. LOL. 2:00 PM on a Sunday and the course was completely dead aside from a few people playing a tournament. Pace of play is phenomenal. Waited maybe two times and did not wait until hole 16. Santa Ana Winds were blowing 20-30mph absolutely whippin through the canyon which made the longer holes on the front nine extremely tough. Tee boxes are nice and seem to be getting more water than the fairways. Fairways are bordering baked out. One notch above hardpan. Greens were ok. Maybe 9 on the stimp and got much slower as it got later in the day. For the price I really wasn't impressed. If you are going to charge this kind of rate you better be watering the fairways sufficiently and cutting your greens TIGHT. Most of the holes are the same look. Heavily bunkered in the landing areas with desert hazard surrounding the edges of the holes. It is a good test of golf and great place to practice but I am not coming out here again unless they lower their rates or offer significantly discounted golfnow rates. As others have mentioned I am not sure how a property that is this expensive to maintain can sustain itself unless they figure out how to drive traffic up.

Back at Angeles National yesterday for an early morning round at 7:20. We tee off right on time and let a twosome play thru on hole number 2 and never had anyone behind us the rest of the round. We fi... Continue »

Back at Angeles National yesterday for an early morning round at 7:20. We tee off right on time and let a twosome play thru on hole number 2 and never had anyone behind us the rest of the round. We finished in 4 hours and had a great time. The course is in very nice condition right now but BEWARE they fairways were being punched as we played. Everything else was above average however I am worried about the course getting enough play to survive. I heard they had only 21 players on the previous Monday. They should run some specials on GK or Golf Now or ????

Played today in the early afternoon using golf now for $70. I'll start with the course conditions first and then the customer service. Hopefully I will calm down when I am ready to write about the cus... Continue »

Played today in the early afternoon using golf now for $70. I'll start with the course conditions first and then the customer service. Hopefully I will calm down when I am ready to write about the customer service.

For the most part the course is in good to above good condition. The tee boxes were level and easy to find a spot to put a tee in the ground. Most were nice and green with a few brown spots. Fairways were mowed tight and gave lots of roll. There was plenty of brown spots but nothing that affected your next shot. The sand was good with a little of room underneath to get a good hit on the ball. The greens were the best part. Most rolled really well at a good fast pace. There are a few ball marks here and there but nothing that affected my line or put. All in all a solid course that I enjoyed to play.

Now on to the customer service. I arrived about 30 mins before my tee time and checked in. That was about the best part of my experience. I asked the starter if they were going to announce my tee time since I thought I was playing with another 2 some based on my golf now booking. Went to the range hit some balls and approached the first tee about 7 mins before my tee time. Never heard a word and no one else around. Not a problem, went out as a single behind a two some. Played a few holes and then passed the two some. It was nice and warm today around 90+ on the course. Couldn't find water anywhere. Saw the cart person twice but they drove right by me never stopping to ask if I wanted something! Then saw a " player assistant" he at least gave me a head nod but wouldn't talk to me! By 16 I was ready for something to drink, at least water but no one around! For $70 this is ridiculous.

I have played many other courses who at least have water in the cart or water on the course for that price. When I left I truly felt ashamed that I spent that much money on this course. From some reviews I read and heard I thought this course was on the upper end for the area? Well it certainly didn't act like it. I did enjoy the layout and played pretty well but there is no way I will be back at that rate!

Adding to Nick's review, I would say that the course is in great condition (especially for the price we paid). They do have a $65 rate on Mondays and Tuesdays for 55 years and older; Tuesdays for anyo... Continue »

Adding to Nick's review, I would say that the course is in great condition (especially for the price we paid). They do have a $65 rate on Mondays and Tuesdays for 55 years and older; Tuesdays for anyone. That is a good deal for this course. I found a few bunkers and the sand was really nice; what wasn't nice was the many small rocks that have found their way up into the bunkers. For the most part, I don't think I hit any but it would be a bummer if I did. The fairway grass is really nice to hit from, while the rough is a mixed bag of divots and weird lies with different types of grasses. Many ball marks to fix on most greens today. The greens were medium fast, but occasionally bumpy due to the poa. Great pace of play with nobody in front of us. Apologies to the twosome behind, because they were waiting on us. One more thing I would like to add: there was no beverage cart at the time we played, and it was kind of hot and dry. Bring a bottle of water with you. I did not see any coolers on the course, but when I asked the roving course marshal he said there was a cooler inside the on course restroom. Ice cold from a Sparklett's-type cooler. Very refreshing.