Teed off as a foursome at Woodley Thursday 11/5 at 6:30am. Breezed through the course. Never waited on a shot. Took 3 hours to finish the round. Overall, the course is in average muni condition.

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Teed off as a foursome at Woodley Thursday 11/5 at 6:30am. Breezed through the course. Never waited on a shot. Took 3 hours to finish the round. Overall, the course is in average muni condition.

Tee boxes are fair; decent coverage, with bare spots and some hardpan. The fairways are a mixed bag of bare, thin and hard, and somewhat decent lies. Overall, I rate the fairways 4.5/10. The rough is mostly just a little longer than the fairway grass, and is clumpy and spotty coverage. The areas around the greens are spotty, thin and a challenge to chip from. You have to clip the ball just right or you will chunk it. Some areas around the green have thicker rough and it grows against the direction of your swing. So, it's easy to have your club get stuck and leave your chip short (I did that several times today). I wasn't in any bunkers but they looked like they had decent sand in them. The greens were nice today. They rolled smoothly, held their line nicely, were medium to medium/fast speed, and soft. This is the best part of the course. For the $18 senior walking rate, it was decent.

Went out Friday with a 1:50 start joined by a buddy and another twosome. The range was active, with mats, and no chipping or putting. Tees were generally flat, generous and had good coverage — no prob... Continue »

Went out Friday with a 1:50 start joined by a buddy and another twosome. The range was active, with mats, and no chipping or putting. Tees were generally flat, generous and had good coverage — no problems there at all. Fairways were classic muni in that they are nothing special to look at, but had predominantly good or functional turf on the tight side with a good bit of rollout. There were areas of rough that could impact your play, but most of it really didn't cost you a shot. I was in one bunker where I settled in a smooth stretch. The sand was a little on the firm side with my ball perched on top, but decent to play out of. The green-side areas were generally grown in and well mowed with putter frequently an option from off the green. The greens were lush and soft, leaving big pitch marks (I plugged my approach on 18) and running a sticky medium to medium slow. The feel of the course is flat and expansive. Large teeing grounds, generally wide fairways with non-punitive rough to make them wider, trees only occasionally a factor strategically or otherwise, and large greens, usually with some elevation on them. If you want to whale away with driver, or any other club for that matter, you can do it here — usually with fewer consequences other than being short. That said, I still didn't score very well, mostly by not having the short game dialed in. The pace was good at about 3.75 hrs and it was a nice time of day to finish up with a gorgeous moon rising over the driving range in the target position. Based on my score tracker, I hadn't been here in about eight years. There is a visual and strategic monotony to this course that keeps it low on my playing list relative to all my other choices. Still, when I haven't played a course in a long time, I get curious to revisit it and, being that this course is more available than others in the city system currently, I just felt it was time to get back and check it out. Getting on as a senior for $12 walking doesn't hurt. Feeling the need to improve on a poor score on a gettable course would be my main motivation to come back here — pride basically. As described, the conditions good to OK all around, and I recommend playing it at least once to form your own opinion about it. It's golf, and I had good time, but it will continue to reside deep on my list as a playing choice.

650am Tee time for Woodley Lakes Range was closed. So, I started chipping balls by the front and one of the maintenance guys rolls up on me and in the most condescending way yells, "can't you read"!... Continue »

650am Tee time for Woodley Lakes Range was closed. So, I started chipping balls by the front and one of the maintenance guys rolls up on me and in the most condescending way yells, "can't you read"!? To which, I replied," yes" but the range is closed. He got mouthy, I was mouthy back then the range opened shortly after our chat. Playing golf and not being able to warm up when you"re old and crusty is a real bummer. Way too many ranges are closed in the am, yes I know theres maintenance however there was none being done today as the range was packed when I left. Moving forward. Tee Boxes, tee boxes were typical county some good some not as good but nothing so egregious that it would be noted. Fairways, fairways were decent for the most part and looked like they were trimmed and tidy. Lots of geese. Theres always lots of geese, today looked like a Nat Geo special on cranky fowl there were so many of them. Sand Traps, I was only in 1 and it was ok the sand wasn't too crusty this morning so I'd say they looked better than most like a 7/10. Rough. Heres where things get different at Woodley. While its wide and flat and you can basically try to break a rib hitting driver on every hole there are consequences for missing here. The course is in decent condition but the rough and patchy areas around trees, bushes and other areas can be real penal. So missing is cool but just be careful. Greens, greens were slow but in good shape. Lots of water on them but not too soggy. Big pitch marks today because of the water so you could get a little greedy. Holes 12 and 16 had some patchyness too them but nothing too major. POP, was pretty quick today 4 hours. Woodley is a fun course to live free and die hard on. The condition was good and for 28 bucks totally worth it for a pre round of work, and remember, don't hit balls in the front unless you want an English quiz.

Not a bad little track, but why to much watering. Puddles in the fairway in many places, and the a lot of the tee boxes were very wet. Greens rolled smooth, but way to wet, spongy and slow.... cour... Continue »

Not a bad little track, but why to much watering. Puddles in the fairway in many places, and the a lot of the tee boxes were very wet. Greens rolled smooth, but way to wet, spongy and slow.... course need to use less water, I know they have to use up the reclaimed water, but I've played in the rain and not had it this wet. LOL

Hit up Woodley yesterday.

840 Tee time for pending death march into the valley sun.

It was hot out, not as bad in the am but by 1250 when we finished, yes, it was hot.

Fairways were usual ... Continue »

Hit up Woodley yesterday.

840 Tee time for pending death march into the valley sun.

It was hot out, not as bad in the am but by 1250 when we finished, yes, it was hot.

Fairways were usual Woodley, dry spotty but playable.

Sand Traps were whatever, some were raked some were not.

Tee Boxes were typical muni course nothing to note.

Greens were slow, lots of top water. They are keeping greens wet across most of the muni courses because of the earlier noted death heat.

We played a modest pace and Woodley was its usual predictable Woodley self.

Tee-ed off walking around 4:10pm this past Sunday and we were barely able to finish all 18 with our last putts almost in the dark.
We were making great POP up until hole 8, when things started to b... Continue »

Tee-ed off walking around 4:10pm this past Sunday and we were barely able to finish all 18 with our last putts almost in the dark.
We were making great POP up until hole 8, when things started to back up. From hole 8 on, we had to wait a few minutes every hole.

We liked that there were some doglegs and a few shots that made you think a little bit. Other than that the course is straight away and longer than the standard LA muni.
The fairways are narrow but the rough is not very penalizing.
Greens ran well aside from the unfixed divots (of which there are many).

Played with two buddies at Woodley Lakes on Sunday after needing a desperate confidence round that this track fits the bill for everyday. It was a hot afternoon so grabbed a no-frills cart and pushed ... Continue »

Played with two buddies at Woodley Lakes on Sunday after needing a desperate confidence round that this track fits the bill for everyday. It was a hot afternoon so grabbed a no-frills cart and pushed off from the blue tees with a 12:30 tee time.

Woodley Lakes is in surprisingly good condition with all of the heat and traffic I'm sure it's gotten of late. The fairways are surprisingly more green than brown, but you will find some thin lies out there of course. Rough is nothing to write home about, and the bunkers are a level beneath good but above lousy. Tee boxes are not in great shape but flat and level (like the rest of the course).

Greens were surprisingly good. Not super fast, but medium and holding shots well. There were some pitch marks here and there but nothing too horrible, and the surfaces looked nice and tidy and played as such. Putts rolled pretty darn true as well which was a nice surprise.

POP, usually an issue here, was very good as we came in at just over four hours. No cart service to be found, but the bar/snack area is open around the corner from the usual watering hole out there. Not a bad showing at all from Woodley and even played a decent round again for the first time in a month.

Posted: 5-14-2020
By: LowRen07

Played here on 5/12/20, my first round post lockdown. Pop 4hrs 15mins walking (as a solo I got paired with an elderly couple and played at their pace so they wouldn’... Continue »

Posted: 5-14-2020
By: LowRen07

Played here on 5/12/20, my first round post lockdown. Pop 4hrs 15mins walking (as a solo I got paired with an elderly couple and played at their pace so they wouldn’t feel rushed) didn’t get bogged down by traffic jams on any holes because of the 10 min tee time spacing being implemented. Foam inserts in the pins are cool didn’t have any balls pop back out of the hole. Fairways were really dry had some good roll out when i hit them, rough thick as usual, course conditions are the same as pre-lockdown.

Only negative though is I did see is a 4some (young dudes my age in their 20s-30s) a few groups behind us that were riding as doubles and sharing clubs (1 set per cart) from my understanding I thought all LA County courses were limited to single riders per golf cart, 1 bag per cart, & no club sharing. If they were within the guidelines cool if not then Woodley definitely needs to post some Marshalls out there cause I didn’t see one my whole round.

Got in a twilight round at Woodley Lakes end of last week and the full restrictions were in place regarding the virus precautions. Not much to glean from the numbers as the course had standing water j... Continue »

Got in a twilight round at Woodley Lakes end of last week and the full restrictions were in place regarding the virus precautions. Not much to glean from the numbers as the course had standing water just about everywhere and finally actually lived up to its name in that regard.

It was too soon to see the benefits of that precipitation with so much of the course being a muddy bog, but hopefully in a few days/weeks time, it will be in great shape. The greens were slow and bumpy of course but that's understandable as well being so soft underfoot. Held shots well at least ...

Fairways, again, soaked and not draining well at all - at least that was the case a few days ago. Tee boxes were actually mostly okay and the bunkers were actually better than anticipated with all the moisture. Rough was varied throughout the course.

Layout is about as straightforward and rudimentary as you can get, but it does make for some interesting obstacle course driving with all the roped-off areas for carts due to all the water on the ground. Again, don't dive too deep into the ratings this week since the weather and restrictions played heavily into it. Can't wait for things to get back to normal.