Santa Anita Golf Course

Typical LA "old school" course. Forgiving, wide fairways. Conditions are fair to good considering drought. Not the best, not the worst. Good value for $32. 4 hour round. I will repeat.

The water situation in California has taken it's toll on this course. Santa Anita was always a course with lush greens, fairways, and rough; unfortunately, due to the water restrictions there are a lot more brown spots and hardpans. The fairways are still decent, but I found myself bumping my ball in a few fairways to get off of dirt after hitting a good tee shot. The greens are very soft and receptive, but extremely slow. I don't know the stimp number, but they are about the slowest I've ever played on. Pace of play on weekends is generally 5+ hours, but the staff is friendly, the food is good and it's still an overall enjoyable experience. For the money, this is still a good value golf course. Not the most challenging, so it's a good track for high handicappers and older players.

My first time playing here and I really liked it.

The course doesn't have many hazards and fairways are pretty wide so it's a bit easier than many courses. It's very green and lush so in much better shape than others that are hard and burnt out due to drought conditions. Greens are noticeably soft and spongy... so very receptive, but a bit slow.

Pace of play was excellent - finished in less than 5 hours on a Saturday which was nice. Overall it was a great, enjoyable round.

Good grass. Bad layout, over price, played 9am crowded like at fish market.

This course is good design and good amenities. Fin to play.

The course is your typical California Muni, but for me it's become special. I broke 80 for the first time, and it was at this golf course. Enjoyed the layout where you have to play both a fade and draw off the tee in many holes.

I will play again in this course.
I wish that there were more verdant condition in fairway and rough around green.

I've golfed all over SoCal in the last several years. I routinely encounter friendly, accommodating staff. I have golfed here twice in the last two months, and the the staff has gone out of their way to criticize my group in ways I have never seen before. If you enjoy being patronized by ornery public golf course employees, then come play here

Fastest time to finish in 5 hours playing golf @ Santa Anita.

Greens were pretty good

TERRIBLE VALUE AND UNFRIENDLY STAFF. FAIRWAYS MUDDY AND OTHER AREAS HAVE HARDPAN. NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY OR TIME. TERRIBLE FOOD AND SERVICE.

Normally it's a nice track, but recent practice of underwatering made the fairways brown in many areas. That is not my biggest gripe however, the pace was woefully slow. I'm a weekend golfer so I realize these courses get fairly slow, but this round was extra slow. My tee time was at 807 and you would think the pace is adequate even in muny standard, but NO. I think allowing 5somes caused some of this blame. I'd come back because their greens nice, but it was a round that got me thinking about the pace of play.

Good value through Golfnow. Course in good condition

This is an LA County golf course. They allow fivesomes which can affect your POP. You still should complete your round in 4.5 hrs. Even with the watering restrictions due to the drought, the course is in decent condition - mostly green with a few brown spots. Greens are alittle slow since they are keeping them alittle longer so they do not burn out. Many greens are built up so your shots can fall off the edges. Good value.

Although it rain and the greens had recently been punched the course was in excellent shape. The Proshop could stand a make over but I would definitely play this course again and recommend it to other players.

Well, I lucked out this time. Usually Santa Anita is a very busy facility much like Brookside or Encino/Balboa. It was a Monday and that is usually one of the days you can find Santa Anita open. It was wide open.
The greens were punched but that is no biggie to me. I am a pretty good putter, so tee to green is really what I work on the most. I had a pretty good day. 82 from the back. Although, punched greens make birdie putts pretty unlikely to go in.
I am a local for this course so it was nice to play it. I don't play it as often as I might because of the normal crowds. Santa Anita can be tough because it always seems like the ball is above or below your feet. It's an old course. Fairly generous off the tee, but as with any course, you have to hit the ball !!

While there's some thin grass on a lot of the course (no doubt due to drought) the greens are in very good shape.

It can happen: 12:30PM, on a Saturday, as a 3-some, finished in 3 hours, 10 minutes. also stopped at the turn to order refreshments.
No one in front of us , ever, the whole time. Or behind us.
Good job, Santa Anita- I will return.

Played today which is my second time on this course. Thought I'd make some comments since these things should be corrected. First of all, management needs to tell the guy in the pro shop to stop taking balls out of the warm up bucket in front of customers either give them less balls already set up or quit this practice it's highly regarded as a cheap thing to do especially if you want more loyal golfers it's a matter of principal. Second the condition of the course is very poor and golfers should be advised of this when making tee times example due to water restrictions our rough and fairways are in less than playable conditions. This or offer a deeper discount. Carts need upgrading.

This course was hard as a rock. Fairways were cut and groomed but were like hitting off cement. We did the twilight at 3:35 and it took us nearly 2 hours to play four holes. Over booked tee times. Slow as molasses play and no Marshall.

Slow greens and slow play; although the layout of the course is fairly interesting, with plenty of mature trees. Expect to be waiting on every tee shot (back up of two groups on par 3's, no one was waving up) I bought the tee time online and it came with a "warm-up" bucket of balls... when I showed up to sign in, the guy in the pro shop handed me a small bucket, but not before actually removing a half dozen balls from it first.... ?? I mean, really? wow, how stingy can one be?