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4.1
466 Reviews (466)
5 Stars
140
4 Stars
213
3 Stars
64
2 Stars
31
1 Stars
18
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.6
88.6%
Recommend this course
406 out of 466 reviews
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4.3
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.6
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.4
89.5%
Recommend this course
17 out of 19 reviews
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4.2
38 Reviews (38)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.1
Layout
3.9
Pace
4.5
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.3
86.8%
Recommend this course
33 out of 38 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
466 Reviews (466)

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 7
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 170
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 170
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
Played On
Reviews 5
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun simple course

Had a great time. I was paired with 3 other people. We played fast and rarely had to wait. We finished in 4 hours. Fairways and tee boxes were in fair condition considering the drought. Greens were in good shape but were extremely slow. Very hard to adjust to. Overall, i had a great time.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not in as nice of condition overall as recent months. Wet, soggy in many parts; dry patches and some burnt out lies in others. The greens have been better at Balboa imo lately. Pace of play was a bit longer than it shoulda been, backed up on the 15th par three which slowed things down. Overall, a nice day of muni golf!

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Starter was good, communicated clearly and effectively

Teeoff on time, pace of play was excellent! Looking forward to playing more frequently

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 Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once 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
Previously Played

If you ever get paired with a guy named Rim

Make sure he doesn’t “gimmie” your birdie putt.

Don’t you ever touch my ball and bring it to me as I’m happily driving up to the green with my putter in hand ready to take pride in tapping in my ball for a bird.

Don’t ever rob someone of that!

The course was good otherwise. Just got paired with a Richard- head who didn’t have any golf etiquette.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 129
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Same Old Encino.

You know what you’re getting yourself into when you play at Los Angeles city Public course. So there were no surprises really. Actually the pace of play was faster than normal less than four hours which was great. Tee boxes and fairways were the usual not great. The greens were really bad even for an LA city public course. Super furry, Super bumpy, super slow and super inconsistent. I shot a great score so it was all worth it.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Pretty Nice

Pretty cool facility overall, a lot of space to work on chipping, putting, and hang out before your tee time. Course was in above average condition, especially for a municipal course. All in all a good experience, looking forward to coming back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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