punching greens 10/2/06 to10/3/06

punching greens 10/2/06 to10/3/06

Played two rounds last weekend. Great and immaculate course. What a challenging and well designed course. I loved the undulating fairways in the back nine. Well worth the green fee!

Played two rounds last weekend. Great and immaculate course. What a challenging and well designed course. I loved the undulating fairways in the back nine. Well worth the green fee!

Teed off around 10:30am today and got stuck behind a fivesome of walkers and made it a long day...Had to wait on almost every hole after the first hole and long waits on par 3's and even some par 4's... Continue »

Teed off around 10:30am today and got stuck behind a fivesome of walkers and made it a long day...Had to wait on almost every hole after the first hole and long waits on par 3's and even some par 4's...Never saw a Marshall until the last hole...Course conditon is fairly decent considering the amount of play it gets at this busy muni...But a five hour plus round during the middle of the week is simply too long...
Really need to have the Marshalls sitting at the par 3's and enforcing the pace of play...The group in front never waved us on after reaching the green on any of the par 3's...Guess they can't read or just don't care...What a shame as it slowed everyone behind us as well...

Went down to Santa Anita as a single sometime after 2:00pm and had no trouble getting off second up with a twosome -- of a couple of middle aged women who were pleasant company and could play. We were... Continue »

Went down to Santa Anita as a single sometime after 2:00pm and had no trouble getting off second up with a twosome -- of a couple of middle aged women who were pleasant company and could play. We were behind a five-some and while it obviously wasn't a quick pace, I can't say we were really held up too much. It was a little slow but steady -- probably about a five hour round.

As municipal courses go, it's one of my favorites and I hadn't been on it for a while. I thought the tee boxes on the whole were above standard. Good coverage and generally flat. The fairways were generally in pretty good shape with an occasional patch on the thin side. Nothing brown. The greens were in decent shape and probably the quicker side of medium pace although not especially quick. Otherwise, there were a surprising number of unrepaired ball marks. One tries to repair a few on each green as one goes along, but the point has been made enough times that it's not worth getting worked up over. You can always repair the marks in the line of your putt so you get on with it.

Pleasant company, a decent score that, while not great, was an improvement on my game of late, $19.50 to walk, and done just around sunset.

Good times.

Walked on right to the 1st tee. Didn't catch up with anyone until the 7th hole, then pace of play slowed down considerably. Still finished in a little over 4 hours. First time i played here and was... Continue »

Walked on right to the 1st tee. Didn't catch up with anyone until the 7th hole, then pace of play slowed down considerably. Still finished in a little over 4 hours. First time i played here and was very impressed. What makes this course unique over the many municipal courses is the elevated greens, bunkering and pin placements. At least today there was many sucker pins making the ability to shape approach shots a must to score well. No refreshment cart ever came by but the snack shop is reasonably priced.

Played Sat. This is very interesting course. Undulating fairways and well placed bunkers around the greens. Overall course conditions are alright. Pace will be always slow 5~6 hours. Don't play h... Continue »

Played Sat. This is very interesting course. Undulating fairways and well placed bunkers around the greens. Overall course conditions are alright. Pace will be always slow 5~6 hours. Don't play here if you want fast pace. Lots of people will be walking. Stater "Ed" is very nice guy and people at the coffer shop are also all nice. Very pleasent course.

Played 8/11 fri... single, not busy at all, got on in 20 min with a pleasant 2some. 4hr 45 min rd. course in good shape. greens are true. fairways suffering from heat, but not bad at all. I conti... Continue »

Played 8/11 fri... single, not busy at all, got on in 20 min with a pleasant 2some. 4hr 45 min rd. course in good shape. greens are true. fairways suffering from heat, but not bad at all. I continue to like this course very much.

Played Friday the 4th of August. Walked on as single and gut out in about 1/2 Hr. Played with two older women that had game and new how to play ready golf. finished in about 4 hrs. Course is in great ... Continue »

Played Friday the 4th of August. Walked on as single and gut out in about 1/2 Hr. Played with two older women that had game and new how to play ready golf. finished in about 4 hrs. Course is in great shape for the amount of play, but I hate 18. Unless you can hit the ball 250 you can't clear the mounds.

Played the course on Sunday....and it was slow, about 5 1/2 hours.
Liked the course for the most part. I thought the fairway grass was a bit long making for fluffy lies that you really had to pic of... Continue »

Played the course on Sunday....and it was slow, about 5 1/2 hours.
Liked the course for the most part. I thought the fairway grass was a bit long making for fluffy lies that you really had to pic off the grass. It was fun to play, lot's of different lies on the undulating fairway's. I will play it again but only on a weekday.