First time playing California Country Club 11/6. Super day playing with mark_6m, rgm2525 and Fastfist33 as part of Golf Moose / GK Private Course event. Overall good experience with the golf course in... Continue »

First time playing California Country Club 11/6. Super day playing with mark_6m, rgm2525 and Fastfist33 as part of Golf Moose / GK Private Course event. Overall good experience with the golf course in nice shape following overseeding. I’m not sure exactly what the issue was with the fairway turf being very soft causing many miss hits by all of us but they looked great.

Enjoyable yet tame by Billy Bell design standards ball striker’s course. Plays long with many elevated greens, large mature trees and well bunkered green complexes. There’s a few elevated tees and a tremendously tough par 4 finishing hole. Greens were medium fast, soft and mostly smooth. Bunkers needed more fresh sand and played firm. Rough was nasty tough to pitch from in places with lots of pins tucked behind bunkers. Sometimes I think superintendents see Greenskeeper on the event sheet and figure its time to break out super challenging pin placement they know the members of the club could complain about. LOL.

Looking forward to scheduling one or two events there for 2024!

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It’s been about 2 wks after aeration so don’t expect much. Once the greens heal, it’s going to be great!

It’s been about 2 wks after aeration so don’t expect much. Once the greens heal, it’s going to be great!

Don't let this course fool you, it's long! Anyone can read that scorecard, but...and it's a big but!! Check out where the yardages are. Long par 4s, short par 5s! Even long hitters have difficult ... Continue »

Don't let this course fool you, it's long! Anyone can read that scorecard, but...and it's a big but!! Check out where the yardages are. Long par 4s, short par 5s! Even long hitters have difficult times reaching in GIR. Greens can be slick fast. Stay below the hole!

Guest round at CCC on 9/2 w/late morning tee time. PoP around 4 hrs. No range here, just a hitting area with torn up netting which was closed, so if you like to hit balls before you play keep that i... Continue »

Guest round at CCC on 9/2 w/late morning tee time. PoP around 4 hrs. No range here, just a hitting area with torn up netting which was closed, so if you like to hit balls before you play keep that in mind. Old school layout, fairly flat and straight forward ... what you see is in front of you. Fairways in decent shape with a few types of grasses, mostly Kikuyu ... rough thick and juicy. Greens were the highlight, semi-quick and true, mostly flat and easy to putt on. Lowlight is the nearby 605 which seems to be around more than less ... really found it difficult to get used to that constant barrage. Round was comped but to be honest, with the traffic noise, I'm in no hurry to return for that reason only. Covid measures include a donut in the bottom of the cup and masks required around the clubhouse, no rakes in bunkers, too.

Played Tues 8/18 as a guest. Had not played here in over 15 yrs, used to play twice a month with a special deal (knew the starter, LOL). Green fee was a bit steep IMHO $77. Industry Hills guest is $50... Continue »

Played Tues 8/18 as a guest. Had not played here in over 15 yrs, used to play twice a month with a special deal (knew the starter, LOL). Green fee was a bit steep IMHO $77. Industry Hills guest is $50-$60.
The Course - Greens were receptive and rolling well at medium sometines quick speed. scattered ballmarks. groups ahead of us were not fixing them, we tried fixing as many as we could. Many greens have fairly severe sloping front areas. Fairways had good coverage but the ball mostly sat a little bit down. Rough was brutal, tended to snag the hosel, best play was to use iron shot out to fairway, very hard to find the ball. Some tees were sloping a little bit, but most were fine. Sand was firm, used the Covid rule and dropped out, some had large deep footprints and evicence ot mi sh-t s. The freeway noice on many of the holes along the frwy reminded me of Diamond Bar.

Played with my monthly group on Friday, 2/7/20, at 10am on a beautiful SoCal winter day – mild temperatures, little wind, and annoying traffic noise only on the “freeway” holes (#s 1 through 18). I re... Continue »

Played with my monthly group on Friday, 2/7/20, at 10am on a beautiful SoCal winter day – mild temperatures, little wind, and annoying traffic noise only on the “freeway” holes (#s 1 through 18). I realized Friday that my club had been coming here every February for the past 20+ years. Very little has changed over that time – they’ve added a hitting net where there was none, course conditions are pretty similar every year (they are pretty good this year), but there seems to be less and less play on these “public” days.

Greens were the best part of the course, receptive and rolling well at medium+ speed. We saw only occasional scattered old ballmarks. Many greens have fairly severe sloping front areas. Fairways had good coverage but the type of kikuyu here meant that the ball mostly sat a little bit down. We played LCP so that didn’t affect us too much. Rough could be cut down fairly short or be up to 6” deep and juicy, mostly along course margins and under groups of trees. Some tees were sloping a little bit, but most were fine. Sand was in good shape all over the course, although a little damp to start the round.

The facilities here are older and the course looks pretty scruffy around the perimeter. The fairly large hitting net is tattered and balls are older and dirty. Only 5 hitting mats are available but with the limited number of players it was adequate. Carts are basic but serviceable. No yardage book available, but each cart has a small interactive GPS – distances are given to the F/M/B of the green, not pin position. Most holes have colored distance stakes (200/150/100) placed along the cart paths.

OK for a casual round. Course plays pretty long at 6,804/6,531 from the Blue/White, especially when the kikuyu is in the softer/wetter conditions it‘s in now. Conditions are especially tough from the Red tees (6,098) - the women don’t get many breaks here in terms of leveling out the distance.

If you ever have the chance to play this course, it's a great gem in the San Gabriel area. (Whittier, CA) Even with this heatwave, putting surface is pretty green. Rough is getting to be a problem. ... Continue »

If you ever have the chance to play this course, it's a great gem in the San Gabriel area. (Whittier, CA) Even with this heatwave, putting surface is pretty green. Rough is getting to be a problem. Can easily lose a ball since the rough is over 3 inches in certain places. Thick grass! Pace of play is normally fast. Very common to finish a round under 3 hrs.

Played at 10am Friday, 2/8/19, with my monthly club. This is a private club that allows outside groups in a shotgun tourney one Friday each month. Old-school layout, fairly flat with some elevation ch... Continue »

Played at 10am Friday, 2/8/19, with my monthly club. This is a private club that allows outside groups in a shotgun tourney one Friday each month. Old-school layout, fairly flat with some elevation changes around the clubhouse at the highest point on the property. After quite a bit of rain last week, everything was wet and soft, but carts had free reign and the really wet spots were marked to be avoided.

Greens were soft and many approaches spun back a long way. They rolled pretty well at medium speed, and several pins were placed in sneaky positions. By 2pm they were showing and holding a lot of footprints. We played preferred lies in fairways, so scattered thin areas were not a problem. Rough was generally damp and a challenge to play from. Tees were flat and OK. Sand was in good condition.

Interactive GPS (TKv) with some on-course markings (plates/stakes). The screen says "distance to pin" but the number given is to the COG. The carts have a club cleaner/ballwasher (nice!), but also have a very strict no-go setting when you stray far from the fairway or path - we had to back up to safety several times, sometimes in the rough between parallel holes! Adequate water available. No cart girl or marshal - there's a snack bar at the turn, and a single bathroom at the junction of holes 6/11/16. The larger scramble tourney in front of us was the slowest scramble play I had ever seen - we could have been 30 min faster.

Having not played here in many years, took advantage of Member For A Day special. Got out early and we finished in 3 H. This course (except for the freeway noise) is in terrific shape. The place is gr... Continue »

Having not played here in many years, took advantage of Member For A Day special. Got out early and we finished in 3 H. This course (except for the freeway noise) is in terrific shape. The place is green and lush. Every fairway (nicest I have played on all year) had 100% coverage (never saw a bare spot) and great lies. Had they not been so damp early on, they no doubt would have rolled out faster with even better lies. Rough was apparent but not difficult to play out of, even being damp. Tee boxes were all level and clean. Bunkers were all playable and no issues. Greens were in nice shape and chipped/putted great and with speed and had all been cut in front of us. Customer service was great at all levels. If you don't mind the freeway (parts of course are noisier than others) I recommend you play here.