Santa Anita Golf Course

Some tee boxes need a lot of love and a few greens needed a little tlc. but overall, great day of golf!

Some how I was notified I did not play yesterday and golfnow was going to charge me again for my tee time. I think the rules in Southern California are the worst and bad for golf.

I’ve played twice. Both times as a threesome. First time was on a Saturday afternoon. Got two carts to split.

Second time on a Friday afternoon, they “don’t have the carts” to give to a single rider. Don’t give this course a dime until management gets that straightened out. Ridiculous

Played a threesome with some friends on a recent Friday afternoon and we were held up at every tee box by 1-3 groups ahead of us — a twosome, a threesome, a fivesome. There was no Marshall or anyone at the pro shop encouraging faster pace and the group sizing made no sense. Really frustrating experience overall, and we weren’t able to finish 18 because we were in full darkness by hole 16, despite our tee time being 4 hours before sunset. The course itself pretty well maintained and the layout is fun, though it is being surrounded by a busy 4 lane road on all sides. I won’t be back here unfortunately.

Slow pace of play because the tee time intervals are only 7 minutes apart. Par 3's can get backed up to 3 groups at the tee box.

This course has small greens that require a shot at the front or center to hold it. Most greens are domed making it difficult to stay on top. The fairways are relatively generous and the bunkers are definitely placed to challenge around the greens. The greens were in decent condition, however the golfers in the area are not the best at repairing their ball marks. The bunkers look nice but are generally rock hard (not good). Overall a nice course at a decent price.

I was not expecting to finish before sunset since I experienced several delays in the last few rounds but this time, the 2 groups in front were little bit slow but still my group was able to finish 7:40pm (started at 3:00pm).

The course is always fun to play. The undulation throughout the course makes the play fun and difficult at the same time. Will play again! Hoping to have the same experience with the pace of play.

Santa Anita had perfect weather, nice and cool. play was moving right along. no issues.

The only thing wrong with the pace of play that day was the allowed a group of 5 play together. In addition, there were a couple of them that were definitely beginners and slowing the pace pretty severely. The avg pace is about 4.5hr round. This took 6.

Course was in amazing shape considering it's been a bit warm in So. Cal.

I do have one very big ask....

I you allow 5somes, make it a rule that all 5 must ride a cart. I'm not against 5some's, but having 5 players walk in all different directions, does slow the pace waaaaay down. Give it a try and experiment with that rule for a couple of weeks.