Woodley Lakes Golf Course

Disclaimer: Don’t show up expecting a tour level course. That being said, this a fantastic course for the $$$. Greens are good for a public course & fairways are kept well for what they are. Pace of play is good. Course is pretty wide open. Anyone who tells you this course is easy is either lying or is taking 10 foot gimme’s… I’ve never seen anyone shoot under par here & although it’s wide open out there, it’s still a challenging track.

had a great round, the greens were in really good condition and it was a 4 hour round.

Played here many times before. Caught a twilight 9 holes and the greens were the best I can remember them being. Rolled great and actually on the fast side for this place. I hope they can keep them like this. The round was really enjoyable.

Picture yourself on an airplane runway. Now cover that runway in patchy grass, sprinkle in a lot of dirt, and then dig a few holes and fill ‘em with more dirt (and rocks) - you’re now at Woodley “Lakes”. Each hole is more boring than the last and if you’re looking for something more exciting, have your grandmother take you for a ride down Mulholland - it’s sure to have infinitely more turns and elevation changes than Woodley could ever imagine. It’s as if they took a plain from Wisconsin, turned the heat up to 11 l, and hit alt-delete on amenities. 18 holes and 0 glizzies is the only math you need to know to avoid yourself the sad Sunday morning I just experienced. Great rate of play.

To be fair, we played on a Saturday morning, and that was a lot of the aggravation. Had to wait a few minutes at most of the holes. Overall took about 5 hours. Rough is really rough. Lost two balls because I was off the fairway by a few yards. Gone in the tall grass and weeds. Lots of dirt patches on the fairways. Greens in okay shape. Saturday is also really noisy. It’s right next to an airport and small planes were landing and circling ALL THE TIME. Just not a peaceful experience.

But nice driving range and the ball machine works, unlike Rancho.

TL;DR - fine if you’re a solid player and can stay on the fairways, and if you don’t mind a lot of noise and goose poop. So much goose poop.