Posted on January 14, 2019January 7, 2019 by Vic Flores

WINNER Santa Anita Golf Course #WorthTheGreenFee 2018 – Los Angeles County

Santa Anita Golf Course Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2018 for LA County

Congratulations to Santa Anita Golf Course winning Worth the Green Fee 2018 Award for Los Angeles County.

“Worth the Green Fee,” unlike the Best Playing Conditions Award, is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users at providing a consistent, quality golf experience at an outstanding price.

Golf is expensive. It doesn’t have to be. All you have to know is where to play to get your best value and that’s something Greenskeeper.org excels. In addition to helping golfers decide where to play their next round of golf based on reviews, ratings, and maintenance alerts, we’ve recently introduced our GK Coupons service to extend golf course deals directly to our golfing community.

How Awards Winners Are Determined

Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 72,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.

We divide awards into 11 sections — Inland Empire, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Palm Springs Area, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Southern California, Central California, Northern California and Southern Nevada.

Greenskeeper.Org For the Good of the Game Award 2017 by the CGCOA

Santa Anita Golf Course

weber
Posted: 12/31/18 12:37p
Member Since: Dec 4, 2002
From: coto de caza
Looked forward to playing my final round of 2018 at one of my favorite public courses. I have always enjoyed the rural feeling, the mountains in the background, and the rolling contours of the fairways.

Our foursome had the third time off at 6:45am. Not nearly as cold as expected or predicted. In fact it was quite pleasant, considering it is December 31st. Very nice pace of play, about 3 hours 40 minutes for our walking foursome. Never waited, never had anyone behind us, so played at a nice relaxed pace.

However the course is NOT in condition right now. The fairways were very thin, borderline mud in some areas. Numerous areas in the rough exhibited the same conditions and frequently around the greens, there were areas of just dirt – no grass what so ever. Pitching to these crowned greens off super thin/tight lies makes for one very difficult task. This combined with the fact that the greens were very firm (Due to the cold weather?) made for some tough short game challenge. Despite the firmness of the greens, there putted very slow? Found two bunkers and both had well maintained sand.

I’m hopeful that the warm spring/summer will return Santa Anita to better conditions. However the cost ($16.50) is such bargain, it’s difficult to be too disappointed with any kind of golf on New Years Eve. Happy New Year !!!

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Posted on January 14, 2019January 6, 2019 by Vic Flores

WINNER Trump National Golf Club #BestPlayingConditions 2018 – Los Angeles County

Congratulations to Trump National Golf Club Winner of 2018 Best Playing Conditions for Los Angeles County.

Congratulations to all the great golf courses out there that won Best Playing Conditions for their Region. Haven’t thought of playing there? Consider this a wake up call and give their golf course a try.

Trump National Golf Club 2018 Winner Best Playing Conditions for Los Angeles County

Greenskeeper.Org presents the winner for 2018 Best Playing Conditions in Los Angeles to Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes.

We’ve waited all year for the results, and the results are in. Greenskeeper.org proudly presents it’s Best Playing Conditions Awards for 2018.

Not to be confused with our other award “Worth the Green Fee,” “Best Playing Conditions” is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users. These golf courses distinguish themselves by providing consistent, exceptional playing conditions.

The job of the superintendent is the life blood of the golf course industry and most important contributing factor to enjoying a golf experience. A golf course is a living, breathing organism whose health is constantly in flux. It takes enormous dedication, resources and expertise by a superintendent and their staff to provide excellent turf conditions.

Greenskeeper.org’s registered trademark and creed, “Know Before You Go”®, centers on communicating these current playing conditions. The rating system used on Greenskeeper.org is in part created by superintendents. Greenskeeper.org views it’s Best Playing Conditions Awards as it’s highest honors.

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Click HERE for our previous article: “Best Playing Conditions for 2017.”

Trump National Golf Club

rgm2525
Posted: 12/19/18 6:44p
Member Since: Jan 24, 2005
From: Chatsworth

Played 12-15-18 early morning as a twosome and finished in a little under 3 hours.

Tee boxes were very nice, good coverage, cut tight, and mostly level. Fairways were very nice and lush with great lies but not much roll out. Rough was in real good shape, not to long but thick and the ball would sit down at times. Was in three green-side bunkers all of which were a little thin and firm. Greens were in great shape, smooth fast and receptive to well struck shots.

Overall course is in great shape. Costumer service was great from arrival to departure. Fun, challenging, scenic course that for me gets a little repetitive on some of the holes.

Posted on January 13, 2019January 7, 2019 by Vic Flores

WINNER Black Gold Golf Club #WorthTheGreenFee 2018 – Orange County

Black Gold Golf Club Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2018 for Orange County

Congratulations to Black Gold Golf Club winning Worth the Green Fee 2018 Award for Orange County.

How Awards Winners Are Determined

Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 72,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.

Black Gold Golf Club

slicer
Posted: 12/20/18 5:21p
Member Since: Feb 11, 2004
From: HB

Played today 12/20. It’s been many months since we last played here due to the high green fees. However this is one of our favorite courses and thanks to management for offering specials, which allows us to economically play this course several times a year.

The course in very nice condition from the greens to the bunkers. Greens were smooth and rolled medium to fast. Bunkers had nice fluffy sand, a little wet but easy to hit out off. Today the pins were placed in difficult sections of the greens and shot placement was a must or you rolled off the greens. Challenging but always fun. This course can get punishing if you tend to slice or pull your shots, bets to hit then straight.

Round started out slow as we followed a slow foursome, but it appears that the course marshal moved them along as we noticed their pace of play improved.

Black Gold has one of the best staff around. great customer service and personable. Always enjoy playing this course when we can.

Editor’s Note: Home of previous GK Match Plays. Be sure to check out the Black Gold Golf Club GK Coupon HERE at Blog.Greenskeeper.Org. It’s FREE to Download and start $aving!

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Posted on January 13, 2019January 6, 2019 by Vic Flores

WINNER Monarch Beach Golf Links #BestPlayingConditions 2018 – Orange County

Congratulations to Monarch Beach Golf Links for Winner of 2018 Best Playing Conditions for Orange County.

Monarch Beach Golf Links 2018 Winner Best Playing Conditions for Orange County

Greenskeeper.Org presents the winner for 2018 Best Playing Conditions in Orange County to Monarch Beach Golf Links.

We’ve waited all year for the results, and the results are in. Greenskeeper.org proudly presents it’s Best Playing Conditions Awards for 2018.

Want to treat yourself to some choice conditions? Want and experience you can remember? Consider playing at one of these great golf courses in your area.

Click HERE for our previous article: “Best Playing Conditions for 2017.”

Monarch Beach Golf Links

roarksown1
Posted: 11/29/18 12:39a
Member Since: Jan 6, 2013
From: Playa del Rey

Got to take some work colleagues out for a nice round of golf and, since I had never played Monarch Beach, thought it would be a great option. I was not wrong.

Before we get to the price:value portion of the review, let’s talk about some of the great things that were on offer here. First of all, the property around the course is pretty spectacular. Yes, there’s the ocean hole that everyone sees rather exclusively, but there are some really beautiful other sections of the course, including the view looking up the hill on number 11, or any of the other pretty lakes and landscapes. I found the course to be so much more than the signature hole, but that was pretty awesome too (and felt good to par it).

I found the front nine layout to be somewhat more, for lack of a better word, gimmicky, than the back nine, which I ultimately preferred (despite the ocean hole). There were still some fun holes for sure, but I just preferred the back for some reason. Lots of elevations, plenty of water and OB danger. I lost a lot of balls today. You just can’t be wayward or the punishment will present itself.

The Review

Course conditions were very good overall with some slight nitpicking required. Greens were running about 11.5 according to the staff. I somehow did very well with them with only 27 putts all day so for me they seemed to hold shots great, follow their lines obediently and remain consistent in terms of speed and conditioning on all 18. That was great.

Fairways were mostly in great shape but there were a few thin or Ground Under Repair (GUR) areas to be found, most likely from recent rains perhaps, or could be over watering. But a thin or dirt area was definitely on the cards if you missed fairways with any venom, so that’s a bit of a knock. I also found the bunkers to be mostly all in great, fluffy shape, but one or two seemed to be just a level before the non-sand elements of the traps so you could see some cloth or something peeking out from the ground. Rough was perfect in some areas and deadly in others … varied by hole. And the tee boxes (we played the orange tees) were all perfect.

Pretty slow group in front of us made slower by the challenging layout and easy opportunity to lose balls. Still, we finished in around 4.5 hours I think so no complaining there. No cart service but we did have one of the staff drive by and give us apples and water. The same offerings were available at the 10th tee.

Final Thoughts

All this being said, this is a very cool, very high-end course. But it’s well over $200 and that I feel is, despite all of the amazing things this course has to offer, slightly over the line. This is easily a $150 course with no hesitation. With some course knowledge now, I would absolutely love to come back here soon and get back some of those lost shots, but I’ll certainly be looking for the teeoff.com deal to be available. However, if you have the means, go play this course and just have some fun. But don’t be fooled by the advertisements that only highlight the ocean hole because the rest of this course combined is much more memorable than that one, albeit great hole.

Posted on January 12, 2019January 7, 2019 by Vic Flores

WINNER Goose Creek Golf Club #WorthTheGreenFee 2018 – Inland Empire

Goose Creek Golf Club Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2018 for Inland Empire

Congratulations to Goose Creek Golf Club winning Worth the Green Fee 2018 Award for the Inland Empire.

How Awards Winners Are Determined

Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 72,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.

Goose Creek Golf Club

JSpin
Posted: 12/29/18 5:01p
Member Since: Jan 1, 2009
From: Redlands, Ca

It’s not like it’s a hidden gem as it’s so often reviewed on Gk, but dang it’s hard to get over how good Goose Creek is. Was a little bit pricey at $92 for a Sat morning round on a windy day but course conditioning is as good as it gets for a public course in the Inland Empire. Make that anywhere.

Nice green fairways, well tended bunkers with soft sand and smooth greens all throughout. I always enjoy the ample fairways and subtle difficulty of this course, especially on and around the greens. Attentive Marshall ensured good pace of play (<4 hrs) and we saw the beverage cart several times during our round. Had nice cup of chili after the round.

The consistency at which Goose Creek delivers a good product every time we play there is something I wish would be replicated at other area courses. Hats off!

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Posted on January 12, 2019January 6, 2019 by Vic Flores

WINNER Journey at Pechanga #BestPlayingConditions 2018 – Inland Empire

Congratulations to Journey at Pechanga for Winner of 2018 Best Playing Conditions for the Inland Empire.

Journey at Pechanga 2018 Winner Best Playing Conditions for Inland Empire

Greenskeeper.Org presents the winner for 2018 Best Playing Conditions in the Inland Empire to Journey at Pechanga.

We’ve waited all year for the results, and the results are in. Greenskeeper.org proudly presents it’s Best Playing Conditions Awards for 2018.

Want to treat yourself to some choice conditions? Want and experience you can remember? Consider playing at one of these great golf courses in your area.

Click HERE for our previous article: “Best Playing Conditions for 2017.”

Journey at Pechanga

mpisarski01
Posted: 12/17/18 1:02p
Member Since: Feb 11, 2012
From: Costa Mesa
D.O.P- 12/16/18
TEE TIME- 8:10
WEATHER – 40°
POP- 4HR 50MIN

Decided to head out to Pechanga for a little golf and gambling. We bought the Underpar deal which includes 2 people for $200 and a bounce back certificate. I kinda knew in the back of my head that there would be a frost delay due to the very cold overnight temperatures. Right when we walked in at 7:30 there was a sign stating that there was indeed a frost delay. The clubhouse staff let us know that we had about an hour or so before they could open the range. We decided to eat at the restaurant and the breakfast was spectacular. About thirty minutes after arriving the staff came around and let everyone know that they were going to start teeing off in 10 minuets. The only issue we had was instead of a shotgun they just teed off in order so we still ended up teeing off 1 hour after our tee time.

The Review

Course is in fantastic shape right with the exception of some Ground Under Repair (GUR) on 2,7,16,18 which are Cart Path Only (CPO) they looked to have suffered some storm damage and they had laid new Sod down already. Other than those minor issues all fairways were near perfect with consistent roll and fluffy lies. The Rough was very nasty which makes for 3 rounds in a row where balls were easily lost in the 3-5 inch rough, I will have nightmares about this for weeks. Greens were running about a 12 on the scale and were mostly firm. The par three’s seemed to be little softer than others which was a good thing. Tee’s need to be moved but they all were well spaced and provided a level hitting surface. I did notice that each hole had 2-3 Super Lush tee boxes that maybe they are using for a tournament. These boxes were twice as nice as what they were using so it was a little confusing. I was not in any sand but per my playing partners it was fantastic.

Overall this place is a lot of fun and usually has fantastic conditions. Staff is super friendly even with the craziness of a frost delay and 5hr Pace of Play (POP.) I will gladly come back anytime. Even if you pay rack rate I think its still worth it.

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Posted on January 11, 2019January 6, 2019 by Vic Flores

WINNER Eagle Falls Golf Course #WorthTheGreenFee 2018 – Pam Springs

Eagle Falls Golf Course Worth the Green Fee 2018 - Palm Springs Region

Eagle Falls Golf Course Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2018 for Palm Springs

Congratulations to Eagle Falls Golf Course winning our Worth the Green Fee 2018 Award for the Palm Springs Area.

How Awards Winners Are Determined

Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 72,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.

Eagle Falls Golf Course

caligolfer1031
Posted: 01/02/19 8:53a
Member Since: Feb 5, 2004
From: Paramount

Played on 12/26. This was my first time playing Eagle Falls after years of wanting to get out here. With all the great reviews I have read and the 9.03 rating, the course had a lot to live up to and it did.

Check in was fast and easy. Not much here as far as club house or snack bar or bar, but it’s not why I wanted to come here anyways. They paired us with a very nice couple from Canada and we teed off right on our 11:16 tee time. POP 4 hrs 15 min. We did not use the range, but it looked very nice.

The Review

Tee boxes – In very nice lush shape. All were level and had normal divot damage.

Fairways – Wow, were they ever perfect. No brown could be found. Ball always sat up nice. Fairways undulate, but not to severely. Some of the best I have ever played on.

Rough – Long, thick and sticky (Golf version of a Montrose song). The rough was always on hills and if you though you might get a lucky bounce out of it, forget it, not happening. The rough was dark green everywhere and would grab your club and ball. Framed the fairways nicely.

Bunkers – Was only in one and had nice sand, could use a little bit more, but i am not complaining. Saw one green side bunker with lots of new sand just waiting for a crew to spread it out. The bunkers are deep and

Greens – A little slow for my taste, but in great shape. they were medium speed but downhill putts and chips could get away from you. If you only read your putts from behind the ball, you will have trouble here. You need to look at them from a side angle also or it’s going to be a long 3 putt day.

Final Thoughts

Overall I loved the course and can’t wait to get back out, maybe for a springtime round. If the wind kicks up it is going to be a very tough course. There are some forced carries, like 150 yards over water, but with the breeze we had in our face that day it made the drive a little more nerve racking.

Posted on January 11, 2019January 6, 2019 by Vic Flores

WINNER Indian Wells Golf Resort #BestPlayingConditions 2018 – Palm Springs

Indian Wells Golf Resort Best Playing Conditions 2018 - Palm Springs Region

Congratulations to Indian Wells Golf Resort for Winner of 2018 Best Playing Conditions for the Palm Springs Area.

Indian Wells Golf Resort 2018 Winner Best Playing Conditions for Palm Springs Region

Greenskeeper.Org presents the winner for 2018 Best Playing Conditions in the Palm Springs Region to Indian Wells Golf Resort.

We’ve waited all year for the results, and the results are in. Greenskeeper.org proudly presents it’s Best Playing Conditions Awards for 2018.

Want to treat yourself to some choice conditions? Want and experience you can remember? Consider playing at one of these great golf courses in your area.

Click HERE for our previous article: “Best Playing Conditions for 2017.”

Indian Wells Golf Resort CELEBRITY

sd3bs
Posted: 09/10/18 6:01p
Member Since: Jul 21, 2005
From: Temecula, CA

Played here for the first time in a very well run tournament. The facility is top notch from the lot to the course. The staff does an excellent job and seems to enjoy doing it. The tee boxes were all very level with a couple being slightly thin and shaggy. The fairways are nearly perfect with total coverage tee to green. The rough was not too long on most holes – but long enough to keep shots in play and short enough to make good contact. The sand traps were well maintained and filled with plenty of quality sand. The greens were pretty large and in great condition with hardly a mark. The greens were holding shots pretty well and not as slow as other area courses I’ve played this time of year. The grounds crew does a wonderful job with this place. I’m looking forward to my next visit here and definitely recommend a round or two or three here!!

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Indian Wells Golf Resort PLAYERS

sparky14
Posted: 09/18/18 6:19p
Member Since: Mar 26, 2003
From: San Clemente

Indian Wells is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Even with the surprise Verti-cut happening today, but fortunately I only had to play on 3 holes that way.

Staff is awesome – got me out 2 hours early as I was ahead of schedule. Went out as single, starter told me there were 3 foursomes ahead and that I should go to #4 or #5 to start. I went to #5 just ahead of the first foursome, and didn’t see another golfer.

Verti-cut is probably done now, so my conditions report is meaningless. Count on immaculate conditions after October maintenance.

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