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For those of you who have not yet played the Balboa/Encino golf course, you're missing out. Surprisingly, even in the drought, both the Balboa and Encino golf courses are in great condition, thanks to a recycled water usage that allows the course to be well watered. The greens are in excellent shape right now as well. While the course is heavily played, because there are two 18 hole golf courses next to each other, the pace of play moves fairly good. An 18 hole round takes about 4 hours on average to play. Early mornings and afternoon play is obviously much quicker, but even with a 9:54 Tee time, we were able to be off the course a little after 2PM.

One piece of advice, when booking a tee time, check with the club house to see if there are any tournaments. If there is a tournament on one of the courses, this can greatly slow play.

Enjoy!

Amazing course. Plus, the pace of play is outstanding. Being a country club, they definitely have the membership money to keep this course in great shape. Super challenging. We booked 18 holes, but ended up playing all three 9 hole courses because we couldn't get enough. Some of these holes are incredibly intimidating, but they're all playable! Have fun. Would highly recommend.