Balboa at Sepulveda Golf Complex

Boring layout and ZERO amenities (there is no access to club house at turn).

I play a lot of golf in LA, so if I can get a Hot Deal on Golf Now I usually jump at the chance. This was the first time I booked a round (cart included) where the starter said I had to split a cart with the other single (complete stranger) in our foursome. Well, the other single was nice but he only spoke Korean. Realizing that this could make for an awkward 18-holes, I forked out an ADDITIONAL $16 so we could have our own carts.

There were plenty of carts available, the Pro is apparently just trying to squeeze out a little more profit. It's a muni that sells out every tee time, so it's not like the course is struggling. In fact they are recorded record earnings last year.

The Encino course is worth the weekday rate but Balboa course is a total yawn. I won't be coming back.

The tee’s were not well marked and there are 3 courses sharing the real estate. It was easy to get confused about where the next tee was. Also bathrooms were not very clean. Also parts of the cart path was quite bumpy and uncomfortable to drive over.

No bathrooms because their water system got jacked up. No electric carts because reasons. No push carts because no electric carts. Waited for an hour before my tee time, checking in repeatedly to see if I could get a push cart. Five minutes before my tee time they gave a push cart which just came in to another person who just showed up.

The group in front of kept hitting many range balls and spent too much time on the green practicing putting. Need ranger to monitor.

Hilarious. Look at my pic. What is that? Bunker or trap. Sure it's a trap because it's just junk. How can they let it get like this? Seriously. And then the greens were soft, spongy and bumpy, just horrible.

Why do maintenance neglect Hole 3??? It’s always in the worst shape. The first fairway bunker on the left is NOT a bunker any more, it has overgrowth and hasn’t been maintained in months, it seems. But it’s still a hole. What are we supposed to do with it? And then as you approach the green, they haven’t figured out how to maintain the dirt patch to the left of the green where rule-breaking lazy cart drivers have literally TRASHED the area because they just barge through the ropes and tear up the area with the carts even though it’s already just dirt. Why don’t they just block that area off completely with more stakes and ropes and force people to drive around it. I don’t get it. We pay good money for the whole course, they should maintain this Hole just like the rest of the course. It’s a total disgrace.

And there are other areas like this that are starting to get bare and ripped apart by cart drivers who just don’t care. They drive on the tee boxes and park their carts 5 feet from greens and just rip the course apart. And then they wonder why the course is in such bad shape.

Sad. But that’s why culture.

Love this track. Lots of fun, pretty wide open but has its challenges. Greens were rolling great! Fairways a little yellow due to the drought but they were great to hit off. Looking forward to coming back soon.

Weather was perfect

Fairways were kinda bare in some spots

Greens were in decent condition

Fun day with friends