Played Sun 8AM at Wreck Park, 20 min delay and a 4.5 hour round. Not a lot of positives to share, I guess you can say the greens rolled 'true' for the most part but they're very firm and only a well ... Continue »

Played Sun 8AM at Wreck Park, 20 min delay and a 4.5 hour round. Not a lot of positives to share, I guess you can say the greens rolled 'true' for the most part but they're very firm and only a well struck iron will hold on, otherwise expect a 10-20 ft release. Bunkers have good sand if you don't land in a footprint. Fairways are patchy, uneven, with many thin lies ... similar to El Dorado's current mess. Just a matter of 'rub' to what you have to play from. Tee boxes were beat up and shaggy. Let's hope some water from El Nino and Spring warmth can bring this course back from near death. Really, it was that bad. I'll try Skylinks next week to see if playing off dormant Bermuda can provide a better golf experience in LB. Not recommended at this time.

Played on Saturday @ 9:30 in the morning. 20 minutes behind at tee off and overall POP of 5:15. Unsurprising and honestly about what I expected. American Golf at it's finest.

The course is definite... Continue »

Played on Saturday @ 9:30 in the morning. 20 minutes behind at tee off and overall POP of 5:15. Unsurprising and honestly about what I expected. American Golf at it's finest.

The course is definitely more scruffy than I've seen it in the past and this really shows in the fairways and rough. Patchy, thin, and I found many a dead spot whether it be dry and crusty kikuyu or little patches on bermuda over damp, thin mud. Greens were in their normal above average self so no real complaints there. Tee boxes were typical American Golf muni that you see everywhere else at all times of the year.

As a note, the turf in front of and to the right of #7 green has been recently replaced and is playing as GUR. It looks like hell right now but hopefully the turf takes soon so it gets back to normal.

Fun course that needs a $10 drop in GFs for the pace and conditions that you're getting.

Played this past Saturday (Oct 31). Teed off at 6:30. Finished in less than 4 hours.

They had the tees all moved up. Made this short course play even shorter. Appears that they are trying to ge... Continue »

Played this past Saturday (Oct 31). Teed off at 6:30. Finished in less than 4 hours.

They had the tees all moved up. Made this short course play even shorter. Appears that they are trying to get the tee boxes right. Hope to see good results for these efforts soon.

Fairways were all okay. Greens are in pretty good shape after going through some issues and the recent aeration. Should be really good going forward.

If you find yourself teeing off past 8:00 am you WILL be in for a 5 hour round. The marshal here has no teeth. The marshal at Skylinks (early in the morning) will say something to slow groups. Not this marshal.

Played on 10/31/2015 at 8:00am. I played in the second group of 9 of us (first group had 5 players), which is typical of a Long Beach muni/American Golf managed course. We tee'd off relatively close t... Continue »

Played on 10/31/2015 at 8:00am. I played in the second group of 9 of us (first group had 5 players), which is typical of a Long Beach muni/American Golf managed course. We tee'd off relatively close to our tee time, maybe 2-3 minutes late (not a huge deal).

Tee boxes:
The tee boxes seemed to have been recently thatched, or verticut, and possibly overseeded recently. They were extremely spotty and severely wet and soggy. The course placed the tees all the way forward to seemingly allow them to heal (which wasn't a huge problem in my mind). But please don't have the tee boxes that you will be using extremely soggy. It was difficult to not only find a level part of the tee box, but also to find a dry spot so your feet didn't sink into the ground and slip.

Fairways:
The fairways actually weren't that bad. There were a few bare spots that I noticed. But can't really blame the course for the recent drought restrictions put into place.

Greens:
The greens were phenomenal! For the amount of foot traffic that this course gets the greens were in really great shape. Kudos for the crew on that aspect. And we all know the greens are usually what keep people coming to the course.

Pace of Play:
This is where the course ALWAYS falls short on (and all American Golf managed courses for that matter). The group that was immediately in front of our first group was already two holes behind after the 5th or 6th hole. Outrageous considering the fact that there isn't really much tall rough or anything for these guys to be searching for their ball or spending a lot of time doing. Twice we had to ask the Marshal is there was anything he could do to speed things up. "I'll try my best" was his best response. I guess his best was to keep things even slower because by the time I saw these guys on the 15th green the group in front of them was already approaching the 18th green. (*Thumbs up*)

American Golf REALLY needs to fix their game plan and managing strategy because this isn't the first time I've experienced a 5 1/2+ round at a Long Beach muni course. 6 hours once at SkyLinks and never even received an email response back from the GM.

I feel like this is the ONLY negative thing that American Golf has going for it. If they could somehow fix this common problem across their entire portfolio they could gain a whole lot more play from all over.

We shall see...

Played yesterday around 3PM. Not as crowded; considering the weather was fantastic. Finished 18 but skipped two holes (par 3s) to jump ahead. Thankfully the groups were amenable to that and we were... Continue »

Played yesterday around 3PM. Not as crowded; considering the weather was fantastic. Finished 18 but skipped two holes (par 3s) to jump ahead. Thankfully the groups were amenable to that and we were off to the races.

Greens have healed nicely. A little bumpy they putted with medium speed. They were aerating the skirts of several greens but not an issue. Fairways are in good shape. Bunkers around the green complexes are well stocked. Can't say much for fairway bunkers since I saw none. Tee boxes are flat and playable.

Pace of play was 3.5 hours for 16 holes -- once again we skipped 2 holes; both par 3s.

Overall happy with conditions and know with heat it will only improve. Play here again? Definitely. At $18.75 on GolfZing why wouldn't you if you can finish with the sun still high in the sky.

NOTE: ALERT WAS INACCURATE. IT HAD BEEN ONLY A WEEK OR SO SINCE AERATION, NOT SEPT 8, 9 AS REPORTED ON THIS SITE. Played with my daughter and her golf buddy from middle school. A beautiful day for go... Continue »

NOTE: ALERT WAS INACCURATE. IT HAD BEEN ONLY A WEEK OR SO SINCE AERATION, NOT SEPT 8, 9 AS REPORTED ON THIS SITE. Played with my daughter and her golf buddy from middle school. A beautiful day for golf! First time ever at the course. Only got to play the front 9 even though we started at 3 because of homework. No groups around us until about half way through (there was a high school match that started around 2 I think). Once we caught up, we had to wait a little, but not too much. Got done in under 2 hours, so that was nice. The reason we picked Rec Park 18 was because it was reported that El Dorado and Skylinks were having all or half of their greens aerated. I got the impression that the Rec Park aeration had been done a few weeks back. Nonetheless, the greens weren't that bad. They weren't too slow and wasn't as bumpy as it looked. Should be nice when the greens fully recover. As for the rest of the course, the fairways were okay. A few slightly bare spots but not horrible like the hard dirt shots you have to sometimes hit from at Victoria. We didn't like the tiny green of the par 3. They apparently alternate between two greens and got stuck with the obviously lesser of the two. We thought we were transported to Alondra's Par 3 course. The fairways were incredibly wide. Kind of nice after playing at Rio Hondo a few days ago. In the end, my daughter and I both agreed that it was a nice course, so we look forward to playing the rest of the course next time. We definitely still think Rio Hondo and Skylinks are in better shape and are more interesting, but, again, we only played the front 9. Other notes: I rode and the carts have GPS which was nice. The driving range has very few stalls. We've played at Rec Park 9 on a weekend before and wanted to practice before playing so we dropped by here, but no go. There were plenty of open stalls today but I wouldn't count on it on a busy day. It looks like there are nice areas for short game practice though. The young guy at the golf shop was very pleasant. We will be back.

I have always enjoyed playing Rec Park. My favorite Long Beach course. It's been a couple years since I last played here. I was disappointed with the general overall appearance of the course. The r... Continue »

I have always enjoyed playing Rec Park. My favorite Long Beach course. It's been a couple years since I last played here. I was disappointed with the general overall appearance of the course. The rough, which is being worked on is unplayable. Just horrible! Fairways are marginal. As previous review indicated, holes # 13, 14 & 18 was under construction, so temp forward tees being used.

They have removed some bunkers and a couple trees. The course just doesn't have the same feel or look??? Greens were the best part, and even they were below what I've come to expect from Rec Park. The only thing that was the same was the slow pace of play!

Tee off was at 5:45 am on Saturday, August 29. Finished at 9:45. Could have finished sooner if not for the group in front of us.

I wish someone would have written a review before I went out. Rec... Continue »

Tee off was at 5:45 am on Saturday, August 29. Finished at 9:45. Could have finished sooner if not for the group in front of us.

I wish someone would have written a review before I went out. Rec is working on several tee boxes on the back nine. 13, 14 and 18 were out of commission with temp tee boxes set up making this short course play even shorter.

Not sure how long this work will take or if they plan on working on the other tee boxes at some point. For now, my group will be avoiding Rec.

Played Friday. Greens are in fine shape; a little bumpy but quick and hold the line relatively well. Fairways in decent shape. Rough almost cut to the same height of the fairways but still punishin... Continue »

Played Friday. Greens are in fine shape; a little bumpy but quick and hold the line relatively well. Fairways in decent shape. Rough almost cut to the same height of the fairways but still punishing. Sand in bunkers is fluffy-ish. Tee boxes flat and lush.

Pace of play was quick. Conditions here are better than I expected. I suspect with the rain it should be a lot better as the days and weeks progress.