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4.1
456 Reviews (456)
5 Stars
135
4 Stars
210
3 Stars
62
2 Stars
31
1 Stars
18
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.6
89.7%
Recommend this course
397 out of 456 reviews
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3.9
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.7
Layout
3.8
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.2
84.6%
Recommend this course
11 out of 13 reviews
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4.1
47 Reviews (47)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.9
Layout
3.7
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.3
89.4%
Recommend this course
42 out of 47 reviews
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Course Highlights
Encino Golf Course stands out among LA public courses with lush green fairways, well-recovered greens, and an impressive practice facility including a large chipping area and bunker zones. Friendly staff, strong value, and a reliably quick pace of play make it a favorite for returning golfers.

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Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 73
Length 7023 yards
Slope 130
Rating 78.7
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Course Details

Year Built 1957
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William P. Bell (1957)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $11 - $18
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.

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.1
456 Reviews (456)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 7
This course/club is great for:
Locals 12
Walkers 10
Playing Multiple Courses 6
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 8
Convenient to the City 7

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Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Decent place to play

Overall it’s worth it. Gets the point across, especially for beginners and intermediate players. However, there are way too many trees in the way, unless you are a professional, it is hard to get around them. Screws up your handicap in a major way. Other than that, it’s affordable, relaxing, you don’t feel rushed if you go after 3:30p. Great place to learn.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in rough shape…

Tee boxes and fairways are in very bad condition.

Way too much dirt and dry spots all over the course. Greens in very good shape.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 210
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played

Every green is different. Seriously bad dirt patches everywhere. But really good rough LOL.

The rough is awesome. Plenty of it, and very lush all around the edges of fairways and around the greens. That’s how it’s supposed to be and how it used to be when I first started playing this place almost 40 years ago, before the stupid metal woods came into the game LOL. I hope the rough stays this way. Don’t change it.

Greens were terrible. Dead slow. And every green is different. Some soft and mushy, others rock hard and jagged, and others in-between with vertical mower marks like tracks or rails. But mostly all of them were just darn slow, and horrible.

There are some serious dead dirt patches everywhere on pretty much every hole, and some are finally being marked, so hopefully they put some work in.

What is it with the bunkers???? Embarrassing.

Got stuck behind a couple groups who were absolute novices who weren’t ready to be on the course as they hacked their way around the place hitting their 7th and 8th and 9th shots into the greens, and they were behind by a hole the whole way. We stood on every tee pretty much, and took 25 minutes longer than it should have, finishing the round in 4 hours 40. Pretty sad.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Encino Golf course

Great course to score on. Wide fairways, well maintained., with many personality layouts, both for draws and fades. Also theres eagle opportunities with short par 5s

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 125
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Nice course for long hitters!

I did like the house and the conditions were pretty good! The course seams a little long and boring for me.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Golfers

Too many golf beginners that delays pace of play & these people just collect the balls.

Dress code are ridicules. Tank tops, carrying dogs on the carts

Not recommeded

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course and great value

Nice wide fairways for my errant drives and well-kept greens. The café has great food and drink options too

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Grounds keeping

I'm only giving this course 3's across the board because they just don't do enough grounds keeping in the fairways for one,very patchy and two, because of the pace of play,which I understand is a city course,but when you allow 2-3-4 groups of 4, 10to 13 year olds tee off without a clue in the world how to hit the ball, go in front of you at a 11:25 am start time in the morning,without mentioning it to the players,it makes for a very long time to wait between tees. That is un called for to not give notice and this is very frequent that they do this here on both sides of the courses,that being the Balboa and Encino courses. Then these girls who most can't even hit the ball solid and only hit It 50 yards each time,but yet out on the fairway some 200 yards to the green, they sit and wait to hit the ball up,even when the other set of girls are on the green,this needs to be fixed.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

They need a marshall

They have guys skipping holes, playing 5s and 6s. Then when you tell.them about it they will never give you a refund. I literally stopped at hole 5 becuz how slow all those guys were playing. When you call the office to complain they don't answer. I want a refund

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 166
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens punched but….

The course was in pretty good condition. The greens were punched, but some of the greens had a lot of the debris from the punching and ruined a lot of approach shots and putts. Pace of play was great on the front 9, but the back was very very slow. Had to wait 5 or six minutes between shots.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great spot to squeeze in a quick 9 s as dyer 5 pm

Typically you can getTee time after 5 pm and get a quick 9 holes of a practice round. Generously wide fairways with enough green grass for a quality second shot. Greens also in decent shape but wish more golfers would repair divots. Pace of play most evenings is quick enough to play 9 in 1:45 minutes.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Walking Dead course

The smell...stings the nostrils.

While the course has a cool layout, the fairways were dirt and weeds, and the course smelled awful. 80% of the water features were dry and smelled horrific (rotting fish and vegetation).

Apparently they are converting it from 18 holes to 12??? I would definitely skip this place. It's like a Mad Max dystopian course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 166
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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