Golf Course Reviews

La Purisima Golf Course

Lompoc, CA | May 22, 2022

With buzzards circling above tawny hills dotted with live oaks, you look across the rolling fairways and think, “Yes, I’m in golf heaven.” ...

Chambers Bay Golf Course

University Place, WA | December 31, 2021

In 2007, Robert Trent Jones Jr. and his design partners, Bruce Charlton and Jay Blasi, transformed the former site of a sand and gravel mine into...

Soule Park Golf Course

Ojai, CA | July 5, 2021

Designed by William F. Bell in 1962 and renovated in 2005 by Gil Hanse—who has since designed The Olympic Golf Course for the 2016 Rio Summ...

Santa Anita Golf Course

Arcadia, CA | June 26, 2021

You want humps? Santa Anita's got humps. The fairways are full of them, while the greens are humps unto themselves, typically elevated and dome-l...

Skylinks at Long Beach

Long Beach, CA | June 13, 2021

Skylinks seems stuck in the 1950s. Maybe it’s the logo that celebrates the then-young age of air travel. Or maybe it’s that the golf course i...

Los Verdes Golf Course

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | June 4, 2021

Not surprisingly, that other public 18-hole course on the Palos Verdes Peninsula—the one run by a certain former President—tends to g...

Olivas Links Golf Course

Ventura, CA | May 31, 2021

If you're lucky enough to live in or near Ventura, you already know Olivas Links is a gem. But if you haven't had the pleasure, you've got to go ...

Rustic Canyon Golf Course

Moorpark, CA | May 29, 2021

A modern day golf masterpiece, Rustic Canyon is easily one of the best courses open to public play in the state—and indeed the entire count...

Roosevelt Golf Course

Los Angeles, CA | May 27, 2021

What's the signature golf course in the city of Los Angeles? If nine-hole courses are eligible, then the answer is Roosevelt, without a doubt. Vi...

El Dorado Park Golf Course

Long Beach, CA | April 10, 2021

Tucked in a quiet corner of Long Beach, El Dorado Park Golf Course borders the San Gabriel River and almost feels like you've landed in a bird sa...

Recreation Park Golf Course

Long Beach, CA | March 16, 2021

Locally known as "Big Rec" to differentiate it from the 9-holer across the street (named, of course, "Little Rec"), this 18-hole par 72 might loo...

The Best Golf Courses in Ventura County, CA

It's a familiar refrain if you've golfed in the Los Angeles area for long enough: "You could sit in traffic for an hour in LA en route to an over...

The Best Golf Courses in Long Beach

It's the LBC. What else do you need to know? Well, if you're from out of town, you actually might not know that Long Beach is something of a muni...

The Best Golf Courses in Los Angeles

Known the world over as the home of Hollywood, Los Angeles is also a global golf destination in its own right. Here, under perpetually sunny skie...