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La Habra Heights
2013-01-02
Guest (cart included), played on Sunday, January 2012 at 6am
Fantastic layout and routing. No similar holes. Uses various canyons with interesting topography. Has bigger and better natural features and more land movement than Lakeside, San Gabriel or Wilshire. Great setting rivaled only by LA and Riv. Greens role pure and fast, though some are too small for the hole difficulty (#5, #7 and #16 could benefit from expansion). Enough width on several holes to allow for stragegic play. Downside is that the course is over-treed and falls prey to the "harder is better" mentality. Course often plays wet due to too much shade. Needs serious tree removal on #1, #3, #7, #9, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, #17 and #18. Take out half of the trees, let the sun firm up the course, remove some cart paths and it would be unquestionably the #4 private course in SoCal behind LA, Riv and Bel Air. As of now, it is arguably the #4 course, certainly in the top 4-8 (LA North, Riviera, Bel Air, Hacienda, Rancho Santa Fe, Sherwood, Lakeside, Wilshire, Rustic Canyon, Saticoy, San Diego CC, San Gabriel, LA South, Oakmont, Victoria, Hillcrest, Shady Canyon......)
Guest (cart included), played on Sunday, January 2012 at 6am
Fantastic layout and routing. No similar holes. Uses various canyons with interesting topography. Has bigger and better natural features and more land movement than Lakeside, San Gabriel or Wilshire. Great setting rivaled only by LA and Riv. Greens role pure and fast, though some are too small for the hole difficulty (#5, #7 and #16 could benefit from expansion). Enough width on several holes to allow for stragegic play. Downside is that the course is over-treed and falls prey to the "harder is better" mentality. Course often plays wet due to too much shade. Needs serious tree removal on #1, #3, #7, #9, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, #17 and #18. Take out half of the trees, let the sun firm up the course, remove some cart paths and it would be unquestionably the #4 private course in SoCal behind LA, Riv and Bel Air. As of now, it is arguably the #4 course, certainly in the top 4-8 (LA North, Riviera, Bel Air, Hacienda, Rancho Santa Fe, Sherwood, Lakeside, Wilshire, Rustic Canyon, Saticoy, San Diego CC, San Gabriel, LA South, Oakmont, Victoria, Hillcrest, Shady Canyon......)