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Harry Overviper
Long Beach
2016-03-28
$41 (cart included), played on Thursday, March 2016 at 10:15 AM
Been playing here for years. I love all of Billy Bell's courses. He doesn't move a lot of dirt and finds ways of fitting interesting holes into the terrain he finds. My only problem is with American Golf...on all their courses, they play fivesomes and pack tee times together. All the courses they manage play slow, and they don't have marshals. Long Beach has a few really good courses...this is one, El Dorado, Skylinks, Lakewood....
I live in Hollywood, and when the weather is cool, we go east (lots of great courses in the IE) and when it's hot we go to Ventura or Long Beach. I always enjoy coming here, and would play here more if it was a 4 hour round. The 5 hour round usually puts me smack in traffic for the ride home...too bad...
Would travel: 30-60 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area, Fair priced based on quality and competitive area pricing, Ranks with the best in this price level
Condition of Course, Price, Difficulty, Ambiance, Staff, Pro Shop, Layout, No Houses on Course
$41 (cart included), played on Thursday, March 2016 at 10:15 AM
Been playing here for years. I love all of Billy Bell's courses. He doesn't move a lot of dirt and finds ways of fitting interesting holes into the terrain he finds. My only problem is with American Golf...on all their courses, they play fivesomes and pack tee times together. All the courses they manage play slow, and they don't have marshals. Long Beach has a few really good courses...this is one, El Dorado, Skylinks, Lakewood.... I live in Hollywood, and when the weather is cool, we go east (lots of great courses in the IE) and when it's hot we go to Ventura or Long Beach. I always enjoy coming here, and would play here more if it was a 4 hour round. The 5 hour round usually puts me smack in traffic for the ride home...too bad...