Bella Verde Golf Club - Montebello 9 Course

3 hours and 5 minutes!!! That's how long it took just for the first 9 holes. And another 2 hours and 50 minutes for back 9.. It took almost 6 hours and it was the longest round I've ever played in a decade..

The greens were really nice today.They appear to be taken care of. Unfortunately this doesn't apply to the fairways or bunkers. Who has vegetation growing inside of their bunkers? Are you kidding me? They are also hard packed dirt, not sand. Someone needs to get into those things with a tiller and break it all up. As far as the fairways are concerned, my buddy and I were 10 feet apart in the fairway. He was on decent fairway grass, I was on hardpan. I may as well have been hitting off of the cartpath. Since it appears they are trying to partner with the local hotel, you would think they would put some focus on the conditions.

Eddie was so friendly and the course was in great shape.

Staffs are friendly although the condition of the course needs some improvements. Course Marshall need to improve his attitude to the golfers. Even though he was doing his best job, friendly and courteous words could make golfers a lot more comfortable.

Booked $45 green fee online, paid the service fee and balance was due at the course. The Pro Shop would not honor the price and charged my party $10 more each stating take it up up Golf Now. Course is in decent shape, some bare spots in fairway, greens in good shape, slow pace of play.

By the time we finished 13th hole, it took 4 hours and 20 minutes, when we reached 14th hole which is par 3, there were one group teeing off and 2 groups waiting in front of us, that's 3 groups, there were 2 groups in front of us every holes, told the Korean starter as we were leaving what happened and he said "what do you expect on a Saturday".

This is by far one of the slowest pace of golf I've ever experienced in my life. It took 4 hours to play 13 holes. They let out five sims, so I knew that it would be slower than usual, but this is not acceptable. every hole takes literally 25 to 30 minutes to play. plenty of sitting around doing nothing, and your body gets stiff. The rough is not even playable because they don't cut the grass there or there is no grass there. Only thing that saves this course is the deason gries. But it just takes so long to get to the green on each hole... I strongly strongly discouraged speedier golfers to play here.

THE ONLY THING I HAVE NEGATINE TO SAY IS BUNKERS NEED SAND, THE GREENS WERE GREAT,

Overall condition is fair, tee box and green are in good shape but fairway is pretty dry. Sand trap is solidly packed(not much sand). 19th hole is good stop.

Perfect greens, not a very hard course, pretty solid value.

We booked a 11:30 tee time at this place on a Saturday. It took 6.5 hours to play they over book it and let groups of 5 out. There is no Marshall making sure place improves. I understand you want to make money but if you improve speed you can have more players come out.

Good greens, poor sand traps, nice fairways and a good pace of play.

Enjoyed my round and will play again.

I found Montebello to be a beautiful course; it is well maintained and groomed, challenging, and worth the time and money. I just wish the pace was not so slow... for a course where the Marshall was omnipresent, he did nothing to speed things up. Oh, and add a drink cart!

It's a classic layout from the old days. Not too long but can play long enough. Kikuyu fairways and rough, with Poa Annua greens can be a challenge if you don't know how to play this stuff. It's a cheap muni, so the conditions aren't always great, but it's got mature, tall trees and the layout is just tricky enough to make it fun. It's like all the typical local LA Muni types courses, so if you want to play quick, this is not the place, but during the week it's ok if you go in the morning, you'll get done in about 4 hours. I like the place overall, for the price, it's fine. And you can walk it. They do let 5somes out, so you better hope you don't get stuck behind too many! The bunkers can be challenging as they are mostly packed dirt type. It's a good course for all skill levels, and a good alternative to the LA City managed courses. Breakfast and lunch type food is decent in the cafe.