Recreation Park 18 Golf Course
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Also known as Recreation Park American Golf Club.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6405 yards | 70.0 | 117 |
| Combo | 72 | 6184 yards | 69.0 | 114 |
| White | 72 | 6155 yards | 69.1 | 114 |
| Silver (W) | 74 | 5930 yards | 74.1 | 127 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 70.2/119 W: 77.1/134 | 295 | 296 | 412 | 360 | 140 | 460 | 428 | 412 | 483 | 3286 | 426 | 360 | 137 | 304 | 522 | 329 | 138 | 511 | 392 | 3119 | 6405 |
| Combo M: 69.1/116 | 295 | 296 | 394 | 360 | 140 | 428 | 416 | 402 | 443 | 3174 | 399 | 348 | 137 | 304 | 508 | 329 | 138 | 468 | 379 | 3010 | 6184 |
| White M: 69.1/116 W: 75.6/130 | 288 | 288 | 394 | 346 | 133 | 454 | 416 | 402 | 443 | 3164 | 415 | 348 | 129 | 290 | 508 | 325 | 129 | 468 | 379 | 2991 | 6155 |
| Red M: 68.1/113 W: 74.2/127 | 279 | 281 | 387 | 328 | 126 | 428 | 416 | 382 | 427 | 3054 | 399 | 315 | 129 | 281 | 489 | 321 | 122 | 450 | 370 | 2876 | 5930 |
| Handicap | 15 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 15 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 |
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Over all great deal and the course is in great shape
I wish all golf now that they would put that they are having a lb qualifier and that play would be slow
Perfect Day at Big Rec
Greens were in great shape. The course was fun. I'll be back soon.
Wide fairways = best round to date
Played right after a tournament ended so course was wide open on back nine start. Golfnow discount was $21 with cart! Half of greens sanded but flag on other half so not a problem. All fairways are wide so pksbty of room. No water so didn't lose a ball all round. Friendly staff let us start on back nine to get away from cigar smoking golfers starting on one. Very accommodating. Best practice facilities with full sand trap and chilling onto real green. Worth visiting just for free practice. Played 4 hours 10 minutes and could have been faster easily.
Make sure everyone in your group shows up
made a tee time for a 4 some and had 2 guys cancel last minute. So since they didnt show i got charged for the 2 not showing up even though we played our tee time. So we ended up paying almost 200 bucks for 2 people to play. Half the greens were half diseased. Best part was everyone played a good pace. Def won't play here again.
Good day at Big Rec
Course is in good shape greens are fast and hard. This course kicked my butt today.
Didn't even tee off on the 13th
The pace of play at this course is the absolute worst. Teed off at 2:00pm on a twilight rate, walked off at 7:00pm and we hadn't even gotten to play the 13th. Every tee time is booked as a fivesome. My tee time was for me and a buddy. They then paired us up with three singles and we had to follow three other fivesomes.
Lastly, they didn't even have enough carts for all the golfers booked. We had to wait beyond our tee off time to wait for someone to come off the course so we could use their cart. Definitely play somewhere else that actually cares about a reasonable pace of play.
Rec 18
Great course very challenging lots of slopes and some elevations to throw off your game,I highly recommend this course we will be back for more
Good muni course
Played in 4 and 1/2 hours at 10:30 on a Wednesday. Pretty fast for a muni.
Good course too many players
I love the course. I had a 12:07 starting time didn't get off till 12:40. Played 14 holes till sun went down. Hope to go back and play the whole course.
TEE Time
Made a Tee time on line with Golfnow and the golf course never had the reservation on record. What a inconvenience. I had a foursome ready too play !
Good old Rec.Park-LB
Greens need a little work...but were rolling great.
Wide open @11:45.....
17th hole...Driver, 3-wood to within 6 ft. for eagle...
missed it..Tap birdie....Good luck...
Long par fours
The greens are starting to recover from aeration, but should fully recover within a week or two. For a short hitter several of the par fours are over 400 yards even from the white tees. Enjoyed the course and the weather was great.
Great Value
It's nice to see a City run course so nice. The staff are having fun and are making sure your round of golf is a good one.
Expect a slow front 9
I grew up playing golf all over Long Beach, and Big Rec unfortunately has the slowest play of all the courses in the area. If pace of play is a top priority for you, then definitely tee off as early as you can in the morning. The greens were recently punched, so a few of the more shaded greens were still really soft. Also, I don't understand how so many people choose to let somebody else fix their divots! There were a plethora of large divots that needed some love on over half of the greens. A quick message to all of the lazy golfers out there: SHOW SOME RESPECT, AND CLEAN UP YOUR DIVOTS!!
Other than the slow pace of play, and an obvious disrespect for course maintenance, I'd recommend this course for anyone looking for a place to play some golf and enjoy a nice ocean breeze. For serious and/or semi-pro (handicap-obsessed) golfers, you might want to look elsewhere.
Great Course
Nice greens fairways good condition carts have gps sand was really good
Slow play
Don't play on a holiday afternoon. Took 3.5 hours to play 12 holes...left the course after 12. Fivesomes everywhere...disappointing.
this course is too slow pace
we play about 6 hours to finsh the 18 hole
and front they had 6 people playing and they had no ploblem with catching up with front.
Same as i remember it
It's been awhile but the course is pretty much how i remember it. Good course but slow pace mainly due to the fivesomes made popular by American Golf Corp. greens were rolling good, fairways were good, tee boxes were beat up.