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3.7
292 Reviews (292)
5 Stars
60
4 Stars
132
3 Stars
65
2 Stars
20
1 Stars
15
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.9
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.4
83.4%
Recommend this course
240 out of 292 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.0
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.0
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.4
96.7%
Recommend this course
29 out of 30 reviews
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Avg Rating
3.9
77 Reviews (77)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
37
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.9
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.2
88.3%
Recommend this course
68 out of 77 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 6628 yards
Slope 117
Rating 70.6
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Balboa Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1954
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Steve Timm (2008) William P. Bell (1954)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $10 - $15
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts 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

Reviews

3.7
292 Reviews (292)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 13
Walkers 13
Seniors 9
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 14

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Played On
Reviews 35
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Almost normal

Still about another week before the greens are back to normal conditions. Stuck behind a slow beginners group and maybe an extra 30 mins added. Other than that, course was pretty good for the price. Will play again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Looked like the bunkers haven't been raked in weeks.

Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Condition

The course is pretty good right now. Currently the greens are being aerated. In a couple week it should be good.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun in the Sun

Everything was great !!! Just this time of year the greens were punched so tough putting !!! always great to play Golf!!!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 144
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Top 100 Contributor
Previously Played

Pace of Play

Teed off around 12:30pm.
Took 4 hours to play 14.
3 groups on every hole pretty much the whole time. My partners couldn’t deal with it any more so we walked off.
For a weekday, the POP was unforgivable.
It’s never like this with the spread out tee times so we had to assume that there were some really bad players who wouldn’t get out of the way.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great day for the price

Its a good course. I'm a beginner and I liked the wide fairways.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Disapointing

Allowing for all the rain and storms, it still was in very bad shape
The greens were ok but all else subpar

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not such a HOT Deal

Boring layout and ZERO amenities (there is no access to club house at turn).

I play a lot of golf in LA, so if I can get a Hot Deal on Golf Now I usually jump at the chance. This was the first time I booked a round (cart included) where the starter said I had to split a cart with the other single (complete stranger) in our foursome. Well, the other single was nice but he only spoke Korean. Realizing that this could make for an awkward 18-holes, I forked out an ADDITIONAL $16 so we could have our own carts.

There were plenty of carts available, the Pro is apparently just trying to squeeze out a little more profit. It's a muni that sells out every tee time, so it's not like the course is struggling. In fact they are recorded record earnings last year.

The Encino course is worth the weekday rate but Balboa course is a total yawn. I won't be coming back.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course was confusing

The tee’s were not well marked and there are 3 courses sharing the real estate. It was easy to get confused about where the next tee was. Also bathrooms were not very clean. Also parts of the cart path was quite bumpy and uncomfortable to drive over.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Quick round

The greens are in great condition. At this time of year, the fairways are drier and a lot of bare spots. We finished our round in about 3.5 hrs teeing off at 1040 so it was a fun day. Definitely will try to play this week again.

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