Played Glen Ivy for the first time Tuesday, as part of the GK Guru group. Great time with the guys during and after the round. POP was just 3.5 hrs, and really, the time went by too fast - I wanted to... Continue »

Played Glen Ivy for the first time Tuesday, as part of the GK Guru group. Great time with the guys during and after the round. POP was just 3.5 hrs, and really, the time went by too fast - I wanted to keep playing the course! Really enjoyed the course overall, and playing from the white tees, felt it was a good, but fair challenge for a short-hitter.

White tees were mostly very good - level and nicely cut and green. Only exception were 3 of 4 par threes with mounds and bumps to deal with in the entire teeing area. I find this to be a common problem at a few courses. Really needs to be addressed here.

Fairways were pretty good overall, getting very good lies and very good roll. Caught a few tight/thin downhill lies on approaches and did not play those well.

Rough around the greens was nice and easy enough to get a wedge through it and on line.

Departing from some other views, I did not enjoy the sand in the traps. It was a thin, crispy dried clay/sand combo and I air-mailed two shots back/back. Hmmm... wonder why i didn't care for it!?! These were just different enough so that my poor sand-skills were amplified. :)

Found the greens to roll very nicely, not many bumps and bobbles. Held shots decently. Green and well-watered, they were a bit slower than I expected, and left a few too many short. Very good overall.

Burger and service in the bar afterwards was great. And, wandered over to the pro shop later and scored a great deal on a rare 100% cotton golf shirt in my size for $19.99. Got two! Gent in there was very friendly and helpful.

Don't know when the putting greens and/or driving range will be open, but it looks to be well off into the future months, imho. They do have a small, but good-looking bit of putting green turf in place, so perhaps they will have that open sooner? Thanks to Johnny for setting it up! Hope to be back soon!

Had a wonderful time with the GK Gurus yesterday.

Been over 8 years since I visited Glen Ivy's Golf Course. New Ownership took over 2 years ago and the improvements are very apparently once you pu... Continue »

Had a wonderful time with the GK Gurus yesterday.

Been over 8 years since I visited Glen Ivy's Golf Course. New Ownership took over 2 years ago and the improvements are very apparently once you pull up to the parking lot. Spoke to the cart attendant, who was very happy with the new ownership. Customer service was good through everyone I interacted with. The facility was as I remembered, nice clubhouse with a separate dining bar area with reasonably priced food, free tap water with lemon and $1 bottle waters!

Now to the course.

The tee boxes need leveling on most of the blue tees and divot repair. The fairways and rough were in good summer shape and the highlight of the course were the greens, smooth for the most part, running around 9/10 and quicker as the day got hotter. The layout was exceptional. I forgot the unique variety of holes here. The sand traps (fairway and greenside) were raked and had decent coverage as I was in them almost 6 times. Had the wonderful pleasure of finally playing with JohnnyGK himself and Steve and Rich!

In the glory days, the course was very scenic between the vistas and the various ponds and running fountains. Obviously, because of the drought, many of the water elements have dried up. There is still water on Hole 18.

Look forward to returning in the near future.

Was my first time playing Glen Ivy Golf Club yesterday 6/12 in Corona, CA. Good times with GK Gurus!

I loved the layout the way it trailed through hills, elevation changes, doglegs, scenery, challe... Continue »

Was my first time playing Glen Ivy Golf Club yesterday 6/12 in Corona, CA. Good times with GK Gurus!

I loved the layout the way it trailed through hills, elevation changes, doglegs, scenery, challenging yet fair, fun greens, exciting approach shots. Was a fun blend. I thought the conditions were great with beautiful healthy greens (medium speed, smooth and holding shots), excellent coverage in the fairways, quality sand in the bunkers, nice tee boxes, the only aspect of the golf course that was mostly lush but dry and thin at times was the rough. Overall, considering how dry that region is, they are doing an excellent job keeping it watered. I agree with sparky14 that you can see some of the region heat effects with browning areas. But every lie had plenty of grass cushion. My guess given their commitment to keeping it lush (their owner plays the course himself virtually everyday) they will probably just water it more to combat the heat. POP yesterday was only 4 hrs. Just an FYI, right now they are doing a major upgrade to the driving range so it will be closed for some time.

I thoroughly enjoyed this golf course, I can't believe it took me over 15 years since launching Greenskeeper.org to finally play it! Highly Recommended.

Played Glen Ivy on 6/12 with the Gk Gurus. I haven't been to GI since 2010, interesting to see how the course has matured. Visually, growth in the native areas has blocked the view of landing areas on... Continue »

Played Glen Ivy on 6/12 with the Gk Gurus. I haven't been to GI since 2010, interesting to see how the course has matured. Visually, growth in the native areas has blocked the view of landing areas on a few holes - so course knowledge will help. I recommend a yardage book if you are not familiar with the course as several holes are difficult to see where the proper line should be.

GI appears to be one of the few SoCal courses actually putting money into the course. Things are better than I remember from a decade ago. Even in June, when the hot season is in full bloom in Corona, the greens are green, plush and soft. Fairways and rough are good, but you can see the start of the heat effects as things are getting crusty. Sand was good, but again the top level is getting baked by the heat.

I enjoyed the course more than I have in the past. Lots of elevation changes, so many holes play much shorter than their posted yardages. If you get the ball in play, there are birdies to be made, and even more birdie putts that will lip out at the last second. Dang it.

Highly recommended.

Played with Gary00 and Leef2020 in a GK Guru outing on a warm but thoroughly enjoyable day. This was the 2nd time I have played here and enjoyed as much as I did the first time. A fun course to play... Continue »

Played with Gary00 and Leef2020 in a GK Guru outing on a warm but thoroughly enjoyable day. This was the 2nd time I have played here and enjoyed as much as I did the first time. A fun course to play with elevation changes, nice fairways and really nice greens and we scooted through in just over 3 ½ hours. Fairways are Bermuda so we got some roll out. Some dry areas out there with some tight lies but overall they were in great condition. Bunkers were firm but found it easy to get out of. Not much heavy rough so missing a fairway didn’t hurt you. Greens were in great shape. Soft, holding good shots and rolling true. I called them sneaky fast in that it was hard to believe they would roll out as much as they did. I really enjoy playing here and am looking forward to playing here again. Definitely recommend!! And a huge thank you to Johnny for getting this one for us!! Gracias!!

Played a GK Guru outing today with some wonderful folks. Johnny thanks so much for your efforts.

The course is going through some changes which I believe will only add to the experience. Great rou... Continue »

Played a GK Guru outing today with some wonderful folks. Johnny thanks so much for your efforts.

The course is going through some changes which I believe will only add to the experience. Great round at a good pace, just a hair over 4 hours and the course is in very good condition.

Will play again soon.

6/12 playing with Larry and Lee for a Guru outing trying to keep up the the other 4some who was flying through their round(they were the bomber group--fairways and greens and lots of 1 putts). Fairwa... Continue »

6/12 playing with Larry and Lee for a Guru outing trying to keep up the the other 4some who was flying through their round(they were the bomber group--fairways and greens and lots of 1 putts). Fairways have fairly good cover--a little dry and brownish--but good lies overall. Not a lot of rough to contend with mostly short and on the dry side. Tees a little thin but ok.
Found two fairway bunkers which were groomed and had ample sand which was on the firm side-- ideal for fairway play.
Greens are in really good shape rolling smoothly at medium/medium fast speed, quite receptive to approach shots while allowing chips to roll out.
Nice layout made even more enjoyable by the company during the round. Friendly welcoming staff. 3 1/2 POP.

Played 6/1/18. The course was in very good shape. The best I have seen it in awhile. Greens were in nice condition but were fast and hard to read. Teed off before scheduled golf tournament, which ... Continue »

Played 6/1/18. The course was in very good shape. The best I have seen it in awhile. Greens were in nice condition but were fast and hard to read. Teed off before scheduled golf tournament, which slowed down the pace but not that much. The driving range and practice greens were still under construction but per the staff is scheduled to be hopefully completed by mid June.

Joined sr129 to play Glen Ivy on the morning of 5/8 and was stoked as I had never played here before and we got a $42 per golfer on Golf Moose. Drove up and noticed a lot of construction going on the... Continue »

Joined sr129 to play Glen Ivy on the morning of 5/8 and was stoked as I had never played here before and we got a $42 per golfer on Golf Moose. Drove up and noticed a lot of construction going on there and Steve tells me they are redoing the driving range, practice putting green and other areas. Not very crowded on this morning so check in was simple enough. We waited a bit for a couple of groups ahead of us to go out but off we went around 7:45. As a 2 some, we followed a foursome but never really waited much. Still got around in about 3.5 hours. A thoroughly enjoyable day playing with Steve but equally enjoyable was this course. A fun course with some tight holes but most of the fairways are fairly generous. A good combination with some short and long holes with some doglegs. Back 9 has more elevation changes. Fairways were in really nice condition. Some tight lies out there but overall good coverage. Bunkers were in nice shape also but were damp. No problem getting out of the sand. The greens were the highlight. Really nice! You could see they recently verticut but really had no effect on the roll as they rolled perfectly and still held good shots. Tough to read though as there are some very subtle breaks. Heard there is a new owner here and from the looks of things, it’s on the improvement. Highly recommend and am looking forward to getting out there again sometime soon.