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Played Victoria Lakes at River Ridge several times. Has always been decent, except this time was a major disappointment. Drove over an hour to get there and the greens were unmanageable. Hadn’t been cut or rolled. So bumpy and unevenly grown that the ball couldn’t hold a line even if you hammered it. So poor we had to call off our normal skins bet. Wouldn’t make it back unless the manager reached out and confirms they fixed it.

This course is located in my neighborhood. I hardly ever play there because of how difficult it is to get a tee time. I usually won’t even use their range because they allow people to monopolize the hitting mats for 3-4 buckets of balls in a row and allow others to share and hand of mats to their friends. This last Sunday got there 45 minutes early and couldn’t warm up on the range because of this. Regardless, once the round started, we were backed up at hole 2 through 18. The round ran 1 hour and 8 minutes behind. No Marshall had any solve or put in any effort to help the issue. When I brought it up he said there was nothing he could do. How about asking people to pick up the pace and/or pick up their ball after 6-7 strokes? Plan on a 6 hour round + at Brookside. Plus, ball marks all over the green, sand unrated, tee box in bad shape. No etiquette at all. Wow.

Unfortunately this is my worst experience playing at Angeles National. I usually don’t play here due to value versus price but made the exception as this day the price was much less than typical. However the conditions dropped with the price. They were 20+ minutes behind our starting Tee Time and that compounded to a 50 minute behind pace experience on the course. While the time waiting was a nightmare the fairways were as bad. The fairways were punched almost everywhere and all the punched material was left in the fairway. Picture mud pellets everywhere.

I regularly play at Tierra Rejada (2x per month). Over last several months I’ve seen the Tee Boxes deteriorate to the point I think they are unplayable. Yesterday was the absolute worst. How any course, let alone a course this expensive, would allow for tee boxes to get this bad is very SURPRISING. The only tee boxes I’ve seen this bad are from a course I won’t mention that closed down soon after my last visit. Honestly every public course in Los Angeles and Ventura County have nicer, more playable tee boxes. The course is fun to play, greens are solid and the rest of the course is in good to decent shape. Just blown away by the terrible tee boxes.

I’ve played this track several times, and really like the layout of the course and holes overall. But it’s been a few years and never was it this expensive. I don’t mind paying a premium for a great course, but it better meet the premium standard. Solid grass driving range and practice area. Tee boxes were in GREAT shape. Fairways were in average condition with several areas that needed to be repaired on most holes. None of the fairway or green side bunkers were particularly fluffy. Greens were in rough shape having been recently punched within the last few weeks. Not worth $140 on weekends or $90 on weekdays. But if you’re desperate to get out and need to find a tee time, it’s an option and fun track.

Tee boxes were id very good to great condition. However, greens were in very bad shape. Abnormally slow and extremely bumpy. Ball was not rolling true. Never seen it like this. Would like to see management turn it around very quickly.

I would definitely recommend this course to friends and family. Good value for the price. The Tee Boxes are in good condition. The fairways were in pristine condition to my surprise. For the weather and time of year I was completely shocked how well kept the fairways were. Although the Greens weren’t in bad shape at all, they were very slow and sponge like. Not a very true roll. Well kept but the choice of how they were kept was questionable. We played from the tips which made the course challenging. Overall very good experience and great way to start off a 4th of July weekend!

Excellent course to play for those who enjoy a challenge. Elevation changes, blind shots and some narrow fairways forces you to bring your A Game. My only issue with this course was the speed of the greens. The greens are way to slow and a bit bumpy although they look awesome and are good shape. Cut that grass down and make sure you hose greens roll true. Other than that great value.

Overall a good experience at Angeles National. The course is long enough and wide enough to pull driver on the majority of par 4's and all of the par 5's. Pace of play was perfect as we rarely had to wait to swing. On cart GPS was convenient. There are three concerns I had. First, the course was very dry. Hitting from the fairway was not like hitting on their lush green practice range. Second, the greens had been recently aerated but was not mentioned when booking on Golf Now. Third the price seems a bit expensive especially when the fairways and greens aren't perfect. Challenging course in pretty good condition.

Great price for a round of golf. Short course but in good shape. Has some challenging penalties but at the same time can be forgiving. Pace of play was consistently good.

The experience I had was unusually disappointing. The driving rage was down so there was no chance to warm up before starting my round. The greens were in poor shape. They were cut much longer than usual leading to much lower green speeds. The greens also seemed to be very bumpy. Not sure if they hadn't been rolled or that is the result of being too long. Either way they were not in as good of shape as they should be.

I play golf all over the world and this course is my favorite by far.