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4.1
739 Reviews (739)
5 Stars
201
4 Stars
326
3 Stars
133
2 Stars
43
1 Stars
36
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
88.2%
Recommend this course
626 out of 739 reviews
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4.2
35 Reviews (35)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.1
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.3
88.6%
Recommend this course
31 out of 35 reviews
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4.1
64 Reviews (64)
5 Stars
29
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.3
87.5%
Recommend this course
56 out of 64 reviews
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Course Highlights
This Long Beach public course impresses with elevation changes, true-rolling greens, and well-maintained fairways that reward accurate shot-making. Exceptionally friendly staff and reliable pace of play make for a consistently enjoyable round at strong value.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 6405 yards
Slope 117
Rating 70.0

Also known as Recreation Park American Golf Club.

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Course Details

Year Built 1910
Fairways Kikuyu Grass
Greens Bent/Poa Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William F. Bell William P. Bell (1910)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $14.25 - $17.50
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.1
739 Reviews (739)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Course Challenges Include:
Plays Long 9
Elevation Changes 7
Bunkers 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 11
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 13
Near the Airport 7

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Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
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4.0
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Previously Played

Twothumbsup

Course is in good shape. Greens are in great shape and rolling great.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Rec Park HML

Pace of play was good.

GPS on cart did not work but starter was happy to allow us to change carts on second hole.

Course was not as green as we are used to.

Good value for the price.

Started on time.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

One of the best public tracks in SoCal

Course in ave shape considering they aerated recently. Greens still bumpy and fairways have punch holes through out. Otherwise it’s a great course not long but challenging and a beautiful layout. One of my favorites.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

I have been playing this course sporadically since the 1980's and have never seen the course in such bad shape. Almost no grass on the fairways! This course is an interesting track. You can remember every hole as each is distinct. Too bad the condition of the course made this experience sub par.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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Previously Played

Customer Service??

Poor customer service at front desk and cart management.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

Surprise

Played the first two holes in the dark with lights, but the rest was great. 3.5 hours. wonderful.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great round

Tee off in the dark and was awesome first group out finished 18 holes in 3 hours well worth the money to save the time !!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 84
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

So So

Fairways were brown and worn but playable. Green very hard and fast. Punching greens not much of help since it was done November. more work has to be done to soften greens.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Early Saturday Round

Tee’d up at 630am. Weather was perfect all Thanksgiving weekend. Tee time was right on time, pace of play was 3:45. Pretty awesome for a muni course. Course was in ok to good shape, greens rolled fast & true. A couple birdies on the day. Bartender was very nice, killer breakfast burrito. Had a great day overall. Topped it off at Joe Josts for lunch. I’ll be back soon.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unfortunate

I was quite displeased with the fact that they charged $55 for a midweek round without the greens being in tip top shape. The greens were probably aerated a week ago and the greens did not roll well. The pace of play was a bit slow also.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 524
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Big rec

Greens didn't hold approaches too well but we're fine otherwise. Tee boxes and fairways just ok

Fun course, quite a few short par fours to try and birdie

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Poor lighting

Advertising lesser fees between 6:00 & 7:00 AM and not perviding good lighting is missing. Had to play in almost complete darkness with poor lighting on the first 3 holes.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Sucked

Pace of place was at 9 hours!!! 5 groups on the third tee. All they care about is selling tee times!! No marshall. Demanded full refund and walked off!!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Recreation Park 18

Recreation Park 18 isn’t a layout that scares the golfer, there are no water or wasteland carries, there is very little out of bounds, unless you hit it over the fence to the highways that boarder the course. Rather the course is comprised of long holes featuring wide fairways bordered by mature trees, moderate rough, fairway and greenside bunkers. Many holes feature elevation changes and doglegs, but nothing hidden. The course is fun, fair, affordable, and friendly.

Played Tuesday with my best friend on a Golf Now Hot Deal. Two players with cart for $66 1:22pm tee time. The course was virtually empty and we were able to get out more than 45 minutes early. The round took just over 3:15 minutes.

The starter was friendly and got us out early. The temperature was a very pleasant 84 degrees at 12:40 when we tee’d off light 5 knot wind providing comfort and some challenges. We were chasing a single that was playing behind a twosome. We wouldn’t have anyone behind us until after the turn.

Carts feature GPS, and provided very good yardages from most locations.

Tee boxes were lush with some divot damage, minor soft and unleveled areas. Overall footing was good, and a number of tee’s had divot mix boxes available. We played the whites. Most tee locations were honest and did not set the golfer up for a bad angle or make use of visual tricks.

The fairways have a mix of grasses, color of turf, but all areas I was in were in very good condition with lush coverage. The recent dry conditions provided for some truly remarkable rollout on downhill drives. I did not have a bad fairway lie the entire round.

Bunkers – both the fairway and greenside bunkers are in excellent condition with clean soft layer of mature sand.

Rough – Fairway rough was a mix of length almost as if it had not been mown in the last week. This presented some significant issues, as much of the rough is found under the mature trees, with a mix of pine needles to add to the complexity of the shot and stance. The fairway rough ranged from spidery weed at two inches to tall grass of five to six inches. Rough around the greens were immaculately groomed, with the second cut less than two inches to three inches.

Greens were fast to medium fast, with excellent coverage, with an unfortunate number of unrepaired pitch marks, and damage from prior pitch mark repair. On this day there was an overabundance of forward pin placements three to six paces on.

The barbeque was going at the turn for a good hot dog or burger just feet from the tee box. The course features a more than adequate number of relief stations. Each hole had working ball washers, and trash cans. During the round we say an ambassador observing play on almost every hole. We wouldn’t run into traffic until the fourteenth hole where we joined the single that had joined with another single after the twosome between them dropped out. Couldn’t have been much better.

This is my second time playing “Big Rec” and as with the first time I found it completely enjoyable, in better condition than my last round, and well worth the price.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No Golf Carts

Could not T off until hour after T time because the course ran out of golf carts. Pace off for lay was terrible and starter was one of the worst I have ever experienced.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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