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3.8
405 Reviews (405)
5 Stars
94
4 Stars
175
3 Stars
88
2 Stars
28
1 Stars
20
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.9
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.5
82.9%
Recommend this course
333 out of 405 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.0
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.2
85.7%
Recommend this course
18 out of 21 reviews
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3.9
69 Reviews (69)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.0
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.2
81.2%
Recommend this course
56 out of 69 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 6628 yards
Slope 117
Rating 70.6
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Balboa Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1954
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Steve Timm (2008) William P. Bell (1954)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $10 - $15
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper attire is required.

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Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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3.8
405 Reviews (405)
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

GREENS A LITTLE WET

EVERYTHING WAS GREAT, THE GREENS had a little to much water on them. BUT overall great course

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 257
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 257
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Balboa golf course

The course is in average shape. The pace of play was kind of slow, but overall it was a good experience. Would recommend.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 204
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played

You know what the place needs? More bunkers. Oh that’s right….

…../ they removed a lot of bunkers in the recent years. Over the last 3 or 4 years they’ve given up maintaining the traps, and they even removed some of them to make the course easier, so they also adjusted the handicap index for the course. That’s right - for those of you who are new, the right side of #1 is supposed to be OB, as crossing that rough on the right would put you on Encino in the line of fire of Encino #9, it’s meant to be OB because it’s the course next door and it’s dangerous to go hitting the ball over there. By the way, if you do hit the ball over there, you’re in the right of way of THAT fairway, so you’re supposed to wait for that group to finish teeing off before you go trudging over there, because it’s their hole. That’s part of the etiquette, and it will help you with your pace of play as that will happen to you and you don’t want to be waiting on the tee to hit your shot when some punk crosses into your fairway to hit theirs.

Can you belied they charge you the same price for less maintenance??? They have several fewer bunkers and yet they charge you the same as if they were maintaining them. And they don’t even maintain the remaining ones that exist. Unconscionable.

POP was bad due to a couple of hacker groups who had nobody in front of them but didn’t bother playing fast to keep it moving so everybody else were backed up behind them.

Just a typical day on a LA City course. They barely water the course, which is weird since we have so much water after the rains. So many of the usual dead spots.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 88
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 257
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 257
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Balboa Golf Course

The Fairways are Lacking any type of turf, a lot of patching in the middle of the fairways other than that great value

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 144
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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