Played today with a tee time around 9 am. It took us around 4 1/2 hours to play 18. Course is in fairly good condition. The greens were a little soft. We saw a lot of unrepaired ball marks on the ... Continue »

Played today with a tee time around 9 am. It took us around 4 1/2 hours to play 18. Course is in fairly good condition. The greens were a little soft. We saw a lot of unrepaired ball marks on the greens. When the balls land on the greens, it seems to stop fairly quickly. The fairways were in decent shape but there were brown/bare spots here and there. In addition on the fairways, there were a lot of unfilled divots. The rough here is pretty brutal. A lot of times we only saw the top of our balls in the rough.

Course is pretty flat. There are no water hazards here just a lot of bunkers. Course is a little long even for beginners. Didn't care for the driving range here. You are basically hitting into dirt range. The rental carts here are falling apart just like the others at other LA city courses. No GPS in carts. But the price is good for LA city residents plus it is close for us.

Played Balboa with friends on Saturday 9/13/09. Course was in very good shape for a heavily played muni. Pace of play for a Saturday morning was excellent 4 to 4 1/2 hrs. Balboa is a fairly easy cours... Continue »

Played Balboa with friends on Saturday 9/13/09. Course was in very good shape for a heavily played muni. Pace of play for a Saturday morning was excellent 4 to 4 1/2 hrs. Balboa is a fairly easy course, even for a high handicapper like me. It is fairly level in its terrain and therefore very walkable.

It's a LA muni, so can't have too high expectations. Pretty flat course, easy to walk if the temperature is ok, golf carts are very old with bald tires. Layout is pretty uninteresting. Not a diffic... Continue »

It's a LA muni, so can't have too high expectations. Pretty flat course, easy to walk if the temperature is ok, golf carts are very old with bald tires. Layout is pretty uninteresting. Not a difficult course and you can score a bit easier here. Fairways/greens/rough/tee boxes were very average muni style. Not horrible, but not great, just kinda there and not memorable. Bunkers range from sand to hard dirt. Over 5 hours on a weekend, and for the price you can play much better courses if you drive a bit more.

Played a casual round 8/18 at 9AM. Got off on time and finished in a hair under 4 hours. The course is in surprisingly good shape. Far better than I expected. Plenty of grass on fairways, some hone... Continue »

Played a casual round 8/18 at 9AM. Got off on time and finished in a hair under 4 hours. The course is in surprisingly good shape. Far better than I expected. Plenty of grass on fairways, some honest-to-gosh rough and the greens are nice (except #5 which is thin and mottled and rolls horribly). The bunkers seem to have new sand in them, as it is light and fluffy. 3 out of 4 shots my partners hit into bunkers were comically plugged. Tee boxes a little uneven at places, but plenty of turf on them. Fun course in good shape!

Greens are very inconsistent, some aerated, some not, some slow, some decent speed . Finished the round in 3 and half hours today.

Greens are very inconsistent, some aerated, some not, some slow, some decent speed . Finished the round in 3 and half hours today.

Played 2/27 as a foursome. Went off at about 10:40 (scheduled for 10:30). We got around in about 4:45. The course needs work. Even for winter conditions there are plenty of bare spots. The tee bo... Continue »

Played 2/27 as a foursome. Went off at about 10:40 (scheduled for 10:30). We got around in about 4:45. The course needs work. Even for winter conditions there are plenty of bare spots. The tee boxes are a mess, and the fairways only slightly better. Greens were decent. Plenty of places marked 'ground under repair'. Probably my least favorite of the LA City courses.

What happened to this place? These could be the best greens I've ever seen on a L.A. muni course. 20+ years of playing the city's less than finest, Balboa was one hell of a surprise. Not fast at a... Continue »

What happened to this place? These could be the best greens I've ever seen on a L.A. muni course. 20+ years of playing the city's less than finest, Balboa was one hell of a surprise. Not fast at all, but rolling true & looking almost perfect. As for the rest of the course...well, the usual scruff. Get some while it lasts....

The greens were very simply the best I've ever seen them in the 40 years I've played this course. They were great, not great for Balboa, but just great. The fairways on the other hand were awful! (Thi... Continue »

The greens were very simply the best I've ever seen them in the 40 years I've played this course. They were great, not great for Balboa, but just great. The fairways on the other hand were awful! (Thin, clumpy, brown, mud, etc) The traps were also very nice. I guess it's the ecomony, because there was no waiting list, lots of three-somes, etc. Not what I can remember the Sepulveda courses being like. Never the less, it still took 4 1/4 hours to play, but 80+ degress in January, who cares! Eat your heart out Midwest/East Coast golfers!

Played recently and found the greens in the best shape I ever remember. Two new par 5s. number 4 is decent though the 12th green is undulating and fun. Although 12 green is soft and mushy.

Played recently and found the greens in the best shape I ever remember. Two new par 5s. number 4 is decent though the 12th green is undulating and fun. Although 12 green is soft and mushy.