DeBell Golf Club

The greens for the first few holes were in substandard condition. You must address this issue.

Great course especially for the Hot Deal of $15, although the starter told me the same $15 rate could be purchased in at the course at our 230pm tee time

Played several times. Always seem to play with nice people when paired. Good crowd. Course is really pretty challenging and a great value and in pretty decent shape. Club House, very nice. Great value. Win-win-win.

I want to be fair in this review by saying that this course is centrally located and is pretty much the only offering for public courses in the area. You could pay the overpriced Angeles National or play the 5 1/2 hr round at Brookside in Pasadena but this really is the only municipal game in the area. I have played it about 7-8 times now over the last 4 years and I keep telling myself I will never play it again. This will be the final time.

'Let me start by being fair and lead with the positives. Friendly staff, good bar/restaurant where you can get a solid meal. Not a quick grab and go spot. This place has freshly cooked food and a full bar setup with a decent view and nice seating area. Staff is always pretty friendly and the course is fairly priced. It is also located in Burbank which is centrally located as far as LA is concerned.

The bad: I simply hate the course design and conditions. The holes are just laid out all wrong. The types of shots that this course forces you to hit are so silly that you would never have to play that same shot on any other course anywhere in the world.

279 yard par 4. followed by 233 yard par 3? Really? You pretty much hit iron off every tee save about 4 holes. It's a "Target Golf Course" which normally is called an Executive Course. But this course remains a 5600 yard "normal course". If you are lucky enough to his the middle of a 10 yard wide fairway par 5 then you will most likely lose your ball on the second shot due to the unkept rough and dirt piles.

This course eats balls for breakfast lunch and dinner. The rough is not kept at all leaving massive mounts of dirt and high grass followed by dead areas of rocks and soil right next to it.

The other problem is that none of the sprinkler heads have yardages and the carts don't tell you either. You only have the 200,150,100 at best on some holes and thats it. Also, the bunkers have more rocks in them than the canyons themselves.

I am really not trying to be negative but There are so many other courses to play.

Overall I think the people just end up here because of the lack of golf options in LA.

On the other hand if you travel 45 minutes NorthWest towards Thousand Oaks you will find Tierra Rejada which is another canyon course and in great shape and way more amazing. Sunset views from up on the cliffs are outstanding. Plus you have about 4-5 other golf courses out there that are all reasonably priced, open, and all different in their own way. It's kind of a hidden little pocket of fun, inexpensive public courses that are kept up better than De Bell and some of the others in the LA area.

Just My Two Cents

Course is good. Tight iron game is needed . Bring extra balls because if you go out there is no hope of finding your ball.. and even in the 2nd and 3rd cuts are too high to find balls

Fairways are nice a d greens are kept well

The bunkers may as well just be a pile of rocks sprinkled with some sand.. and that's my only big complaint..

Great staff....

I will play here again soon

High volume of sand all over multiple putting greens. Made more strokes than usual. Would've been nice to see staff blow it off vs working on other areas.

Wait staff, my server at the grill never brought me refills as I've asked for. Had to get them at the bar myself

I have been playing DeBell for 30+ years, and i can tell you first hand that this course is very deceptive. Fairways look a wide, but play very narrow, the rough is every bit the word... tall and thick.

If you like a nice challenge, come on by... the greens are calling your name.

I have played here a few times , very friendly staff and well maintained course

Without a doubt the most challenging and dynamic course that I have played in the area. Every hole was a awesome new adventure through the foothills of Burbank. I wish I could play this course everyday!

Course is pretty good; somewhat of an tight layout. Only used my driver on a handful of holes.

My only complaint is the staff. Only saw a beverage cart one time in 4.5 hours, and it was on hole 10 right after the turn where of course I already stopped and got something. I appreciate the course having an active Governor, but he didn't know what he was doing. He told us we needed to speed up but we were literally standing there waiting for the group ahead of us. Didn't help that he was quite rude about it.

I'd still recommend the course, but don't expect the best customer service when going.

Saw a $20 deal on golf now and I've never played the course before, so a buddy and I jumped on it. There were so many things about the course and staff that I don't know where to start....

1. Mostly street parking only at 3pm on Saturday

2. As I'm walking from my car to the club house I see about 8 carts waiting to tee off hole #1, they stack the tee times like crazy!!

3. Took about 3.5 hours to play 9 holes, waited about 10 min on each tee box

4. After 9 holes we decided to stop and I went inside to talk to the staff to get an explanation as to why it was so slow, couldn't give me an answer except for that it's a busy day and the tee time system doesn't link up with Golf Now's system for booking.

5. When I asked if they could do anything, he offered a $10 coupon off a fully priced round of golf, I told him keep because I would never be back to this dump of a course, the course was is awful shape

6. No marshal out there to help speed things up and no food and drink cart.

Overall, the experience was miserable and I would never go back or recommend this course to anyone

The fairway was littered with dead leaves, and there were patches of muddy/mushy areas. The grass was not kept well or conditioned (neither fairway nor rough). Most holes were quite short and not challenging.