Rio Hondo Golf Club

I really like this course, but the two things that took away from my recent round were the lack of rangers on the course keeping the pace of play moving. And the sand traps are in need of some serious attention. Some are so hard, they're unplayable.

What can I say. This was my 8th time out after declaring my comeback after holding out because of contract disputes...... kidding... Actually the blame of the comeback comes on a 7 year layoff after back surgery. This year I said if Tiger won another major I will make a comeback. Well, there you have it. Its Tiger's fault. Never the less, here you have it. Came to play and shot +14 in the front 9. That was #$*%$. However, the back was owned by my split personality. He shot +2 on the back 9. I have no answers for this. Anyway, back to the course. Excellent condition. Better than I have ever seen it. The pace for a Sunday was superb. The greens were consistant. Fairways were good. I highly reccomend this course out of any I the southbay area (Redondo beach, hermosa beach, Manhattan beach areas). Thirteen miles to Downey isnt bad and it's worth it. I'm done here. Thanks again.

it has always a pretty course especially the front nine

Layout here is super tight. Fairways stacked up on each other. Greens are slow. Otherwise it was decent pace and friendly staff!

We're average golfers who play about once or twice a month. The conditions at Rio Hondo this time were excellent for a heavily played public course. Nice grass on fairway, smooth greens (not too fast), good sand, healthy (but not too high) rough with no dirt spots. Probably not too hard for really good golfers; but for those who play from the white tees, this place is great.

We got there 1 hour prior to our round and the pro shop employee stated they were already 15 minutes behind. The reason being is because they allowed several groups ahead of us to tee off with 5 in their group. GEE...I wonder why we had to wait on every tee box and why it took 5.5 hours to play 18 holes. We can play 18 holes in 3 hours on our home course in Florida.

Played the front in two hours. The next four holes took an hour and a half. There were three groups waiting on the par 3 14th. We gave up.

Hmmmm. The greens could be better. They need to be rolled and trimmed, there are some fungal problems on a few of them that make them bumpy.

The fairway grass is so different to the rough, it’s weird to feel such firm fairways with a mixed bunch in the rough.

But the layout is fun, some tight holes make you pay attention. But the whole place is like that, where you need to play a smart positional game.

If the greens are better it’ll be so much more fun to play.

Unfortunately it lets out 5somes so the pace can be annoying.

This is a very nice public facility with driving range. The course is not long but it is very challenging requiring accuracy off the tee. The greens were in excellent shape and undulating in places. The fairways were patchy in places which is why I gave a 4 instead of 5 overall rating. I teed off early and walked in course in 3 hours. Definitely a must play.

I've played Hondo several times and it's an enjoyable round. The layout isn't particularly challenging but it's pretty tightly put together so if you're prone to losing drives, you'll almost certainly be in someone else's fairway. The greens are a moderate pace and true for the most part. Condition is usually pretty ok - not outstanding but good enough - though my most recent round; the fairways were pretty dormant with not much for the ball to sit on. Since I've played here several times before and the conditions were much better; I'll just chalk that up to it having been pretty early in the season. And it WAS a cold winter for LA with a lot of rain.

Pace can get slow but not excruciatingly so in my experience.

Not a bad spot to play.

pro shop staffs are friendly and nice . Golf course conditions okay~