Balboa at Sepulveda Golf Complex

Bunkers….. bunkers man. It’s on both the course AND the players to take care of the bunkers. Rake them!!! It’s on the course to tell people to please, just rake the bunkers and take care of the course. New golfers need to be educated on etiquette, and the course has to do it, because not all new golfers have friends. Because the USGA and PGA and SCGA nor any of the courses are telling people nor reminding long term players to take care of the course. It’s a sad sight. Today, it was clear that the greens keepers didn’t even rake them before the day started.

The tee boxes are great. Really amazing. Lots of watering done around the tee boxes, that probably could be used to water the other areas that are dying in the fairways. It’s a bit much that the areas AROUND the tee boxes have this much grass and is this lush when there are horrible dead areas in the fairways all over the course.

Some of the greens had been punched with small holes. Nothing too bad, but all of the greens were slow, slower than the practice green. Again, if only people are educated about fixing ballmarks. Really depressing.

I always love playing this course. This time They sent us out in a fivesome which was not too bad. Pace of play was exactly 4 hours so no issue there. I played early Tuesdayy though. Hopefully they wont make fivesome an Everytime thing

Come on - put a couple of carts on the course to sell drinks....dying for water on a 104 degree day....really bad management to not serve clients better......would be willing to pay $10 more to have some amenities? And - no Marshalls to keep the pace of play.....had 3 teenagers ahead of us - taking more than one shot on most holes, and lots of putting time. Would have been nice to tell them to keep the pace of play?

Doubt I will return.....course conditions are mixed, but playable, but not a great time today.

Nice Course for Someone that Wabts to Get Out and Get Some Practice on their Game.. Wide Open Sort of Say.. Does have the Tree Lined Fairways

Balboa is a fairly straightforward course. Most holes are straight or have minor turns one way or another. the layout, though, is tricky, with the OUT holes primarily existing within the IN holes - meaning the nine holes heading in SURROUND the OUT. As new players it took us a bit to find out way on a few, but sans that, our twilight nine was a good time.