Balboa at Sepulveda Golf Complex

Finally they put some work in. Chopped away 2 of the 5 trees that fell down in the last winds.

Fairways were mowed! Quite nice actually. Bunkers all had sand and were machine raked, they finally looked like real bunkers. Thanks for that. May it continue.

Greens were hit and miss. Front 9 better than back. Back 9 were seriously wavy and bumpy. Needed the same cut as they did on the fairways.

I wish they would let the rough grow. So many places are like this. Sure we all want a decent fairway to hit from - but at the same time, a slight missed strike should not run off from the fairway too much and then run some more through the non-existent rough either to deep under the trees or the next fairway! So many people are playing from the next one over when the ball just ran too far, all they need to do is have some rough that would catch the ball from running away so much wasting everybody’s time going too deep to the edges or over to the other fairway. It’s firm due to the winter, if there has been no rain or watering, but just a couple inch rough instead of bone dry and thin would really help everybody out. So many dead grass thin spots.

But at least they tried to make it more playable and respectable today. Carry on!!!

People teeing off at wrong time without their full group and others playing wrong or random holes.

Not sure what was going on there.

2nd twilight time. Sure, it was a bit breezy at times. Sure, there were a few downed trees, one of them was for sure blocking the tee shot a bit, on the right side of 8.

But come on. Why is it so slow?

It was dark when we finished 16. Again. So sad. At that point it was already 4 hours and 15. Disgraceful and unconscionable. Couldn’t play 17 or 18.

So ridiculous why it takes so long here. So many people just don’t give a F, starting with the City management. They don’t know how to rein it in, control people’s behavior, including their own. But they’re happy to sell you alcohol, that’s for sure!

But I’m out there to play golf. It’s a golf course. So how about taking care of the golf first.

Had a great time. Course was in fair condition despite all the windstorms

2 and a half hours for the front 9.

Course in horrendous condition. One more lack of maintenance type situation and it’ll be like that infamous Victoria place in Carson. It’s getting close to that. What’s worse is, greens are horrible here, whereas the greens are good there, albeit there’s no grass there! But Balboa is getting close to dying.

Can’t. I just can’t rate it any higher today.

Playing as first twilight time I thought for sure we would finish well in time. But nope!

Several groups ahead of us, there was a group of “vacationers” we thought, may be. They certainly were not golfers, but absolute hackers. Novices who don’t play golf. They were 2 hole behind!!! And what’s worse is, the group behind that and the group behind that also had the same type of people, none of whom know anything about golf therefore nothing about Pace of Play, nothing about etiquette. They held up the entire field. I’m sorry but it’s unconscionable. It really is.

It was dark when we got to 16. I couldn’t believe it.

Can’t. I just can’t rate it any higher. Greens were mush. Not cut, not rolled. They were shaggy.

There were so many areas that had been over-watered that were absolute mud piles, even though it had not rained!!! They are barely roped off so people just drive thru them and rip up the turf.

They’ve given up trying to grow the grass on 3, so they removed the protected ropes and then cut the grass so it’s just back to dirt!!! Absurd!!

How about roping off the right side of the green at 14???? That is bare ground and it’s been that way for what, 20 years???? TWENTY YEARS!!!!!

If they don’t start taking care of this place it will end up like Victoria. And if that’s what they want do they can build houses or whatever - well you know the government better than me.

Great course to play, the only issue is that there are too many players walking. The pace of the game is slower than normal.

Worst pace of play ever.

We were the first couple of twilight tee times and we did not finish. Barely got to 16 and it was too dark to the 17. It’s a Monday y’all. The Thanksgiving holiday ended on Sunday. I would have understood it if it was a Sunday.

It’s a total disgrace