Angeles National Golf Club

PRO's:

1. QUALITY: Best maintained conditions for a public course in all of LA. Greens, fairways are exceptional compared to all muni's and a most public courses.

2. TEE TIMES: Almost always can get a tee time, anytime. Very rarely is it packed. Online only though and it can be problematic if you want to change something or cancel.

3. THE GUY that runs the cart barn is awesome. Always goes above and beyond with service.

4. FREEBIES: Ice and few free tees as well as bottled water waiting in cart.

5. RANGE; Practice facility is excellent. Can pay for balls right there instead of inside with starter. $14 for a medium. Left side of range kinda slanted and only a few stalls of river allowed, but in general better than most.

NEG's:

1. COST. Considering the lack of service team, starter, Marshall, quality of amenities its always $95 -200 depending. You are paying for overall conditions and availability. But its pricey compared to Rustic, Olivas etc...

2. SERVICE is awful. They are severely understaffed every time I'm there. The ones that work there are not on the same page or very friendly. (minus the dude in charge of the carts) They all seem miserable and management is never around.

3. UNORGANIZED- They don't seem to know what's going on with tee times, or pace of play on the course when its busy. It can take 5 min to check in on golf now and everything goes off without a hitch. or 20 min if you are a walk in. and then there are problems just trying to get to the box.

4. FOOD is pretty substandard. Microwaved hot dog with cold bun, and warm white onions and relish. Limited variety in basic bars and drinks. Takes forever. No health standards behind that glass wall and definitely no cart girl or dude. So BYOF&B

5. BUNKERS: One is good the next one has no sand in it. club will shallow out or bounce off of hard bottoms more times than not.

6. DESIGN: is pretty wonky in my opinion. I know not everyone can be Rustic Canyon, but too much target golf seemingly unnecessarily and I'm always in between clubs on a lot of holes. I think it was Nicklaus's son who designed it and its super MEH IMHO. You don't finish a round here and say to yourself that was great, I loved this place.

7. TEE BOXES are inconsistent. slanted, furry off in some way on most of them.

8. PRACTICE FACILITY: Although I give them credit for having a good one the chipping areas is almost never open. Like seriously closed every time I go. IDKW

OVERALL

Could be 5 star, wants to be Rustic and Moorpark CC but does not put any attention to detail and at the end of the day the course layout isn't that interesting or FUN to play. You go because you want to play and not stress about getting a tee time and or playing with too many clowns. You pay for the conditions of the course which is the best around. Better than Industry, DeBell, Griffith Park, Balboa, Oak Quarry, Hanson Dam. But can't touch Rustic, Olivas, Soulle park, Moorpark, or most of the Ventura/ Simi courses. I play twice a week at all of the places listed at various times. First review. I play Angeles every other week.

FINAL SAY:

3.5 stars. Expect to lose a lot of balls if you aren't an 11 handicap or better.

It’s a solid track and a lot of fun, but insanely overpriced for the experience. They need a reset.

I don't believe I've ever played a round here under 5 1/2 hours. I'm opting not to type out a rant here, but the gist of it is you pay $165-180 for a round, they still charge you for a bucket of balls, and even at an 8:30am tee time our round was 6 hours. I've played this place a few times thinking I caught a bad day, but this previous round is likely my last (which is too bad, it's a fun layout). At those greens fees they don't hire a single marshal and the few employees there, at best, shrug their shoulders about it.

You better be on your A game when you play this course. A lot of carries over hazards, plenty of sand traps and a lot of desert. Having said that, the course is in great shape and the layout is challenging but has to be admired. The first time you play the course you might want to play from the white tees. The blue tees are a challenge. I'm not brave enough to black from the black tees.

It’s sad what this course has become. Just a straight money grab. They have far too many golfers out, no marshals, and have no care for any pace of play. They’ll happily take your money, but don’t expect to be able to play in less than 5 1/2 to 6 hours. Regardless of the time and day. And if you ask the staff for help, you’ll get a “not my problem” response

I understand a little bit slower pace of play on Labor Day weekend, but we had a 8:50 teatime, which was 20 minutes delayed, because the first hole was backed up, and the round took almost 6 hours. When we asked, to determine why they were such a slow pace of play, because we haven’t seen any marshals, we were told there were none. It was simply the way it was, and nothing could be done. No marshals, expensive course, and unfriendly staff. Didn’t used to be this way, but clearly they just don’t care anymore. Sadly, I will never be back.

Played the course for the first time with a foursome. Got to the club and everything was fine until the turn. At the turn, the staff at the restaurant was incredibly rude - they wanted us out of their hair as quickly as possible and were beyond curt with us despite the fact we were being pleasant.

Things only got worse post round. I thought I had left my rangefinder there. I tried to contact the pro-shop on multiple occasions and kept getting pushed to the call center. I emailed them (which is what I was advised to do by their call center who were nice but not at all helpful) and couldn't get a response.

When one pays 160 bucks plus fees for a golf course, one expects a much better customer service experience. I get a better experience when playing at LA Munis or Rustic or Soule.

This is the last time I'll be playing this course given how unprofessional it is. And judging by the "response" here on golf now to bad reviews, I'm just waiting for them to do an auto-bot response and then never care about their customers.

Haven’t played here in long time but it has really developed quite nicely. Fairways are pretty open and greens in great shape. Will be back soon!

Great course. Fun and challenging. My second time here. If you go OB it’s likely you will never find the ball. Staff could be a bit more friendly but that’s not to say it was a bad experience; they were kind and respectful but just seemed a little void of happiness (not a reflection of the staff, but of management). For the price, I expect a bit more…

Three groups waiting on each tee with no marshal resulted in a 5hr 10min round.

I booked a tee time for 7:52 am and wanted to change it so I tried to call, but you cannot get ahold of the pro shop, you. have to email them, which is inconvenient for a course that costs 100 a head. I got to change the tee times through email and arrived promptly at 7 am. I went to check in and the guy behind the counter ignord me for probably a minute until i said "excuse me", he was on his phone and he said "give me a sec". I proceeded to stand there for 5 minutes. He than got to me and was very passive-aggressive and and very lazily threw me the cart key. It just felt off. We started and I was still positive because of the prestigious "national" title. I started and by the 5th hole, i realized i got ripped off. slow play, and just not a $100 course!!!

cool course but unfriendly staff and overpriced.

Since the green fees range from $ 100 to $ 200, depending on which day, the course is typically not that busy. It is in pretty good shape most of the year, with greens that aren't littered with unfixed divots. Most holes are challenging and include a picturesque desert view. We played on a Monday at 2:pm and at the turn it was a ghost town, and the snack stand was closed. Did I mention it was 95 degrees? In the end, paying extra for a nice course without having to get up at 5 to 6 am 7 days in advance is a nice option to have.