smenendez55

Chester is always a toss up. 20 minutes behind on tee times and hitters wait for the groups to clear the greens as if they can drive the greens. Pace of play could’ve been better. Not enough staff as shared by the starter which caused groups to wait and create their own tee times since nobody was holding them accountable to their booking time.

Course is always in decent shape. My only argument is pace of play. I booked a “play fast” at 6:30am and got stuck behind 2 five somes- didn’t know that was allowed. A Marshall controlling the pace of play would’ve been nice to help with the waiting on holes or waiting to hit our second shots onto the greens. Other than that the course plays well.

I had a 2pm tee time on Saturday afternoon. I’d expect the course to be a bit slow but not this bad. Majority if not all courses implemented a 10 minute between groups as a way of fighting COVID-19 by avoiding large group gatherings and adhering to social distancing - this course does not support that initiative. The starter must’ve been new because his attitude doesn’t not align to the others. I patron this course weekly for its range and have always been greeted kindly by the other starters. This guys response was “what do you want” and made sure that everyone teed off as soon as they were called. What he failed to address was the 20 minute plus & 5 groups waiting on the 2nd tee! That is no exaggeration, the course or Golf Advisor can confirm that with anyone that teed off between 1:30-2:30pm. I’ve never seen such a thing and especially didn’t expect that during these times. I know that Westchester is a favorable course for starters so maybe my expectations should’ve been lowered however all I was hoping for was for a round of 18 holes. I left at 5pm as a front nine on this course should NEVER take 3hrs, my buddies that chose to stick it out wrapped up at 7:20pm! This course must’ve gone through a recent GM change or he must be on vacation because this course for the most part has been structured and organized. However, today’s showing was ridiculous. What happened to the multiple Marshall’s the course used to operate with? There are “guidelines” somewhere on the course that nobody really cares for and aren’t enforced. Come on Westchester! You’re far better than this!

Course has an overall easy layout with wide fairways that provide tons of forgiveness. The same length in grass makes it tough at times because you can be in the fairway and still be hitting a shot out of the rough. The craziness of this course comes at about the 5-6th hole when you run into what would be a restroom at other courses- here it looked like a trap house. Crazy graffiti all around course and even some homeless entrapments on the back nine. Never seen that before, never thought I would on a golf course.

Very disappointing to book a tee time and not have a starter to organize the tee box.

This course has soooo much potential! Why can’t the fairways look as good as the driving range? This course would be #1 in LA if it had some good fairways. Even decent ones would make this course the best in LA. Greens never disappoint. Pace of play was awesome. Just wish the fairways improved. Course site states they’re being worked on but having played this course every few months I can’t tell the difference.

I want to love this course for its potential however the upkeep and care for it just won’t let me. Management did a great job adding a fantastic driving range and the practice areas are well kept but why not the actual course? I began playing golf a little over 3yrs ago and every time I’ve gone to this course I’ve been told that the fairways are being worked on. When? How? There has been zero improvement to the fairways. Why not use the same grass that was used on the range or next door at the Goodyear blimp site on the fairways? Just shocking and disappointing to see what can be a great links style course not be cared for. So much opportunity to drive in revenue for the course and city with the LA Chargers in town if the upkeep was much better. I can only assume that the players and staff would rather commute elsewhere than to play at this course. Let’s get some urgency here!