Roosevelt Municipal Golf Course

TLDR: tight but great layouts, wet in the morning, lots of elevation and fun-challenging putts.

I arrived close to my tee time, 7am for a 7:10am start--my bad! Traffic can build up on the way there. It is Los Angeles. It was still dewey, wet, while it rained a lot 3 days before this round. Practice greens were closed--too wet--and tee boxes were mainly not used--again, too wet. The hole layouts, somewhat tight, were fun and lots of elevation change! 2nd hole you tee off hitting uphill, 6th hole approach is downhill to the green. I kept the driver (~260yd club) in the bag except for 2 holes. Greens are decent size, very good conditions, roll well, and breaks are challenging. The starter made us a group of 5, but we still played quickly, and rarely waited on the 3-some ahead of us after the 1st hole. LONG REVIEW, thanks for reading!

this is a nice course but they started booking five-somes and it really slows the play. every time i’ve played here i’ve waited 10 minutes to hit on each hole, and be ready to wait 20 minutes on hole 6. this is not a quick 9 hole course and to me isn’t worth playing anymore

Beautiful 9 hole course located under the observatory with beautiful views of DTLA. Most fairways are wide enough for the average player to let it rip. It can be easy to lose your ball on a few of these holes because they are wrapped around the trees and the pin isn’t always visible. Pace of play was whatever we felt like. No pressure from the group behind and never found ourselves running into the group in front. Only had to wait for the group ahead of us once on one of the par 3s but it wasn’t for more than 5 minutes. Greens were in good condition and fairways were maintained well also.

Lots of negative reviews on here about pace of place but honestly it is a course full of hills and the older crowd might be on the slower side but hey, slow down and enjoy where you are because it is beautiful. I’ll be back for sure

Honestly, if you are going to book a tee time with buddies and you know that they are still learning the game. I feel like it should be your responsibility to help them understand what pace of play means.

Three man group I got paired up with, two of their guys kept wandering off looking for their ball they lost in the woods, if I was their friend who was able to keep the ball in play I would tell them to just let it go and move on and drop or drop with them and turn the game into a 3-man scramble.

I did chime in once other players were waiting for our group to finish. I shared with him that it's best practice to start their shot routine and not wait until their buddy hits to begin their shot. I can tell they never really considered it and it wasn't until I brought it up that it clicked for them. Then I noticed that they wasted no time in beginning their shop process routine when their ball landed on the green. Soon we were back at a good pace and did not see the group behind us for the rest of the game after hole four.

This was a fun course to play until you started booking fivesomes. This was my favorite place to be in Los Angeles, but now it’s like waiting in long lines at a theme park. I’d be willing to pay a few dollars more to play on a nine whole course that took three and a half hours to play yesterday.

Great views, great course conditions and great level of difficulty.

Always a delightful experience playing Roosey. Don’t expect the best conditions but you do get more than what you pay for. I’m a 2 handicap and always enjoy the challenge of playing Roosey with five clubs. Super twilight at Roosey is the best!

One hour for first two holes. Absolutely disgraceful

Please repair your ball marks! Every green looked like the surface of the moon or a World War 1 battleground.

Fun layout and excellent value but needs a bit of love on the greens