I played here last Friday, May 11, 2018, at just after 12:00 noon. My nephew and I rode for $48, I think. POP was about 4.5 hours, mostly due to the crowded course. It moved along okay for the most pa... Continue »

I played here last Friday, May 11, 2018, at just after 12:00 noon. My nephew and I rode for $48, I think. POP was about 4.5 hours, mostly due to the crowded course. It moved along okay for the most part and since my nephew is really a beginner, it was fine.

The course is great to get your confidence up as well. Despite windy afternoon conditions and sketchy ball striking, I managed to score well (for me).

Greens were slow. Not as bad as in the previous review from mdames, but you really had to give your putts a good whack to get to the hole. They did run fairly smooth, with only an occasional small hop.

Fairways and rough varied from semi-lush to thin and spotty. For the most part you could have a decent lie no matter where you ended up.

I cannot comment on the sand, as we were not in any bunkers.

Tees were mostly level (we played the blue markers) and had a few divots here and there but it was easy to find a good spot to hit from.

We did stop in the "restaurant" afterwards for a couple of burgers and fries. Word of advice, "Don't bother." It was not very good. However, the drinks that the nice, young lady poured were decent (gin and tonic with Bombay Sapphire). Of note: Cat, the bartender, was very easy on the eyes and gave me a slight discount on my drinks. She seemed pleased with all the attention she got from the late afternoon golfers who came in for beers. I'd go back just to order up from Cat. Meow!

Walked on as a single and teed off with a twosome at 7:20am Friday 5/4. Finished the round in 3 hrs. 45 minutes, with very little waiting on the group in front of us. Overall, the course is playable. ... Continue »

Walked on as a single and teed off with a twosome at 7:20am Friday 5/4. Finished the round in 3 hrs. 45 minutes, with very little waiting on the group in front of us. Overall, the course is playable. The fairways are aren't lush by any means, but they are fine to hit from. The rough is not penal and is spotty; ranging from 1/2 inch to 2 inches. Tee boxes are a bit chewed up, but you can usually find a decent spot to tee up. I was in one greenside bunker. The sand was plentiful and firm. No trouble to hit from. The big disappointment is the greens. They punched and sanded the greens about 3.5 weeks ago. But the greens were PAINFULLY slow and quite bumpy. It took me nearly the entire round to finally hit the ball hard enough to get it to the hole. I hit several putts that were tracking toward the middle only to be bounced offline and slowed down by the many bumps on every green. I would wait another 2 weeks for the greens to properly heal if you want to play this course and be able to putt well.

Played this morning early with a couple of friends. Woodley has always been a course to get your head straight. What i mean by that is, when my game has me dazed and confused, I'll play Woodley to g... Continue »

Played this morning early with a couple of friends. Woodley has always been a course to get your head straight. What i mean by that is, when my game has me dazed and confused, I'll play Woodley to get my confidence back. What you see here is what you get. Ample wide fairways and not a huge amount of trouble. It's also a golf course that you can enjoy a great, non-hilly walk. Right now the greens I believe are the best of any other city course. My compliments to the greenskeeper. They have a very nice practice facility. It's only my opinion, but, if they brought in a designer and put in some more strategic waste bunkers and water hazards this course could be so much more interesting. I just don't know what would happen to the eco-structure. In any case, it was a good morning. Mission accomplished.

Played a windy Sunday round at Woodley Lakes with Kassper7 and finished up pretty amazingly in around four and a half hours. The high winds and tough play must have kept many away. But it was still a ... Continue »

Played a windy Sunday round at Woodley Lakes with Kassper7 and finished up pretty amazingly in around four and a half hours. The high winds and tough play must have kept many away. But it was still a pretty fun round despite the trying conditions.

Fairways are very thin but playable - some worse than others. When you have very thin lies around the greens it makes for very difficult chipping and pitching. Occasionally you could also find yourself in a dirt patch as well which is not ideal. The rough was just slightly higher than the fairway grass and not too penal at all - often times preferable.

Greens were in okay shape, rolling actually medium-fast but with a lot of ball marks and debris on them throughout the day. Can't really blame all the debris though on anything but the heavy wind so keep that in mind. Bunkers were okay throughout the course, and the tee boxes got the job done.

Woodley Lakes will rarely be the type of layout or scenery that will inspire a great round of golf, but it's even more stark when the conditions are a bit sub-par compared to normal. I think it will get better in time and hope it does as it's always a good track to play when wanting to work on some swing or path changes and get the confidence back up.

Played on Monday, 1/15 a holiday with a tee time around 9 am. It took us around 4 1/2 hours to play 18. First time playing here for me.

Course was in overall good shape to play. The fairways wer... Continue »

Played on Monday, 1/15 a holiday with a tee time around 9 am. It took us around 4 1/2 hours to play 18. First time playing here for me.

Course was in overall good shape to play. The fairways were looking a little thin, yellow and bare in spots but you can still play. I didn't care for spots on the fairways with dirt mounds here and there. But I liked that the fairways were rather wide on the majority of holes. There were a lot of birds on the fairways and tee boxes on a lot of holes while we played. The greens were in really good shape today. I did find unrepaired ball marks here and there. I didn't land in any sand traps but my playing partner commented about the the thin layer of sand over the dirt in the bunkers. Tee boxes had good coverage but on one of the tee boxes had a lot of bird droppings. Water does come into play on a couple of holes. There a few lakes here on this course as well as a lot of birds too. You just need to approach your ball carefully with a lot of bird dropping all over this course.

The driving looks nice now after it was recently refurbished. Tho' I saw a sign on the door saying that the driving range lights are temporarily not working. Course is really flat so you can walk 18. Saw a lot of players walking today. This course doesn't seem to be as busy as Encino or Balboa. Will have to keep this course in mind in the future.

Got out for a quick 9 holes mid-morning on Friday 11/3 as a single. Completed 9 holes in about 1.75 hours, taking my time to work on some things. Woodley is very playable right now. The fairways are d... Continue »

Got out for a quick 9 holes mid-morning on Friday 11/3 as a single. Completed 9 holes in about 1.75 hours, taking my time to work on some things. Woodley is very playable right now. The fairways are decent with plenty of good lies. A couple of tee boxes were a bit rough but, for the most part, were fine. The rough is somewhat spotty. With some good coverage and some bare areas. Not too long or penal. Some of the rough around the greens is Bermuda and really grabs your wedge on short chip shots. The last time I was here (about a month ago), the greens were very poor. They have improved greatly. They were smooth and medium fast, rolling very nicely. As a flat, wide open municipal golf course, Woodley provides a stress free round of golf at a low price. Right now, the conditions are good enough to enjoy a round here.

Played Woodley at 8am Monday, 10/2 as a foursome. We followed a very slow threesome. But still only took 4 hours to complete our round. Woodley is a very wide open forgiving course. For $20 walking as... Continue »

Played Woodley at 8am Monday, 10/2 as a foursome. We followed a very slow threesome. But still only took 4 hours to complete our round. Woodley is a very wide open forgiving course. For $20 walking as a senior it is a very good deal. The teeboxes were just fine. The fairways and rough are quite playable. They aren't exactly lush, but decent lies are there if you hit it in the fairway. The grass surrounding the greens is spongy and a challenge to hit from. The one disappointing part of the course is the greens. They were quite soft and receptive but they rolled painfully slow, were bumpy, and had many unrepaired ball marks. That aside, it's a fun, stress free morning of golf for $20.

8/25/17 the range is officially back open. I did not play the course but arrived within an hour of the range re opening and it's very nice. There's a good 30 yard deep strip of land where they can mov... Continue »

8/25/17 the range is officially back open. I did not play the course but arrived within an hour of the range re opening and it's very nice. There's a good 30 yard deep strip of land where they can move the tees around. The hitting surfaces were providing great lies with good cushion -- maybe too much. From the back of the range is 300 yards. Similar to Rancho Park they put in artificial turf at the range, but unlike rancho the greens are slightly elevated and tilted from back to front for a good view of where your ball lands. The artificial turf on the greens seems to react better too. If you hit a ball well it doesn't bounce like it's hit concrete, they keep the spin and can stick to the greens.

We played this course back on Sunday April 9th. Played with my daughter and a HS golfer friend. Our first time at this course and we can honestly say we have never seen a course like that before. The ... Continue »

We played this course back on Sunday April 9th. Played with my daughter and a HS golfer friend. Our first time at this course and we can honestly say we have never seen a course like that before. The course itself is not difficult. It is very flat and despite there being lakes on the course, remember the name of the course is Woodley Lakes, none of the lakes ever comes into play. Ditto with the bunkers. None of the green side bunkers ever comes into play because they were often at least 20 yards away from the greens. In fact, we didn't even notice the green side bunkers until we got to the green itself. We all shoot around 80 or under so we never found the sand unless it was in the fairway. The greenside bunkers were so far away that golfers were parking their carts between the greens and the bunkers! That said, the greens were rock hard and fairly fast. I know they were aerated shortly afterwards but if they get back to the conditions we experienced, they are quite acceptable. The fairways were okay. I didn't experience any bald spots but the grass was getting a little thin in spots. So the greens and fairways were fine, but, as mentioned, the course never puts any fear into you. I remember feeling rather anxiety free after a few holes. It was weird. In retrospect, we all should have scored better. The pace of play wasn't horrible for being in the middle of the city, probably around the 5 hour mark. They said they were redoing the driving range; the practice greens were okay; they even had what looked to be so so chipping areas although we never used them. If you want to take someone to boost their confidence, this course is it. I liked just taking out my driver and booming it. If Alondra closer to home had Woodley's greens and overall course conditions, I would play it frequently, but both courses suffer from uninspired course design and Woodley is a bit too far for us to want to play it again. My daughter decided she didn't want to play the tournament to be held there in May because she liked the challenge of another course playing on the same day. Nonetheless, if we wanted to go and give a friend a confidence boost, we wouldn't mind joining them.