Balboa at Sepulveda Golf Complex

This course has 12 par four holes, unlike its sister course (Encino) which has the more conventional 10 par fours. For someone who hits around 200 off the tee (as I do) only 3 of the par four's are pretty easy to reach in regulation, 3 are tough to reach and the remaining 4 par four's require good second shots of 160+ yards to get on. On the other hand, all 3 of the par five holes are very reachable in regulation. The three par 3 holes have some challenges due to either length, sand trips or both.

Someone who's 240 + off the tee should score in the 70's on this course given halfway decent accuracy on 2nd shots and reasonable putting. Like Encino and Woodley, this course is kept in fairly good condition given the amount of play they get. Greens are generally true.

No Marshall for super slow 4 some in front of us.

No amenities, no snack bar, and no refreshments whatsoever at the turn.

Decent fairways, decent greens.

Would be nice before you book that they let you know the course was punch and sanded before you booked your tee time

The greens were still in terrible shape after Aerating.

Usually they don’t let it but today there were. I’m on balboa hole 4 (par 3) for 35 minutes with 3 groups behind us… always slow but this is ridiculous

Course was in great condition

Very tough greens for a high handicapper

Usually the Balboa greens are better than Encino. But it’s seeing the same kind of weird bumpy and wavy scarring from not being cut and rolled properly. The whole place is starting to look and feel tattered like it used to from the drought days and we’re about to hit some more drought, so it’s not good. Again nobody rakes bunkers and some of them are looking really bad, around the edges of them are frayed and dried out and staring to crust away.

It’s not a good sign. Really never got enough rain again, and the course is only going to get worse. Can’t recommend it at the moment.

Traditional style course that is run by a city parks program that does not fund enough to keep it up. The pur price is cheap and you get what you pay for....

Greens had many less marks than they usually are peppered with. That was nice. No bunkers hit all day so I can’t comment on the sand. Was paired with a chill group of guys, had a great time. I personally prefer the Encino layout but Balboa is fun as well. Oh, playing partners ball got chewed up on hole four by the mower. Punishment for not hitting the green I guess haha