Balboa at Sepulveda Golf Complex

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

Played Balboa for the first time in years. The layout is still nice as I recall. Wide fairways, decent greens, and good distance. Fairways could have been in better condition, but I have seen worse. Staff was friendly at pro shop and snack bar. Nice range and practice facility. Overall, a good muni.

The Balboa Encino complex features two longer tracks that ask every shot. From a golf perspective, it's good value for city courses. However, golfers should know that Balboa specifically does not turn back to the clubhouse until after 18 so it's important to load up on waters, gatorades, drinks, and food BEFORE the round or you might get into trouble fast out there, especially if it's hot. I'm not sure if they have a cart person on the weekends but I've never seen them if they do.

But again, from a pure golf perspective the short range, putting and courses are fun! But just be careful, health-wise when it's hot and prepare in advance for a long round.