Whittier Narrows Golf Course - River/Pine

I’ve played here many times in the past and course conditions were not the greatest but this time I was really impressed with the way the course was. It was very green almost everywhere where before it was patchy along the fairway. It was really nice playing the course while it looked like this.

Course was in good condition, tee boxes were a little chewed up, but the fairways and greens were pretty good. Pace of play was slow to start and then after 4 holes it improved.

5-somes no good, very slow play, greens good, fairways just O.K. it will be a long time before I play this play course again.

What happened to Whittier Narrows? Terribly slow (and this was a Thursday!), greens were decent, but the course was in poor shape, fairways barely adequate at best. Please invest in a Marshall out there!

I have played at this course twice and had a similar experience both times. Overall the course was great. The only issue which I think is a big issue is the pace of play. The first time I played here I only reserved for a 9 hole. I finished the 9 in 3 hours due to a 5 sume zig-zagging through every hole. I let that one slide due to the 5 sum. I recently played again this time for an 18 and didn’t get to finish. We teed off at 12:40 and once again took 3 hours to finish the front nine due to several groups playing slow. We attempted to play the back nine until we got to hole 11 and saw 4 group on the par 5. There was one group putting, another, behind them in the fairway, another group in the fairway and another waiting to tee off. I wish I was able to finish. But a 6 hour pase it way too long.