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donatello rage

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donatello rage Member

donatello rage

Anyone know of any good courses that i could play around Los Angeles i live near the pasadena area.. thanks

ive played brookside...not challenging anymore

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Anyone know of any good courses that i could play around Los Angeles i live near the pasadena area.. thanks

Handicap of 36 and it isn't challenging anymore? I need to go try that course, and see what it can do for my handicap! Google Maps displays golf courses. Check it out in your area, then look for the course on, well, Google to find out if it's public or not. Wilson and Harding are a few miles up the 134 from you. You'll need an LA City Rec Card ($25/year) to make tee times there, or just show up and you'll probably get on within the hour. I haven't played those yet. Need a challenge on the LA City circuit? Drive over to Rancho Park (Culver City area, right across the street from Fox Studios Lot) and test yourself against a course that once held the LA Open. Or go to Van Nuys (134 to 405N, exit Victory) and there are Encino, Balboa, and Woodley Lakes. WL is 6600 yards from the white tees and the fairways look deceptively wide. The two toughest holes are 9 and 10, and there's nowhere to stop for the turn (sandwich shop after #6 and #12 greens). Knollwood "Country Club" in Grenada Hills looks easy on paper - under 6000 yards from the white tees. Then you get there and, whoa boy, it's a whole 'nother ball game.

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fusioncal Dedicated Member

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You've got one nice set of irons there for a 36-handicap golfer. 695MB? Sweet!
What's in the bag:
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Wood: 906F4 18.5° ~ Aldila VS Proto 80g Stiff
Irons: MP-60 3-PW ~ True Temper Tour Concept S3
Wedges: Vokey Oil Can 252.08, SM56.10 & SM60.08Putter: Marxman Mallet 33"
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donatello rage Member

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lol im not a 36 handicapper i dont have on and idont even know how that number got on there

if i had a handicap it would probably be 4

Driver: HS9 F 10° w/ Speeder 553 shaft
Fairway wood: X 3 wood 15°
Irons: 695MB 3-PW
Wedges: Spin milled oil can 56°
Wedges: Vokey oil can 52°Putter: Newport 2 (had 2.5 selling it now pm if u want)Ball: Pro V1 (5,6,7,8)

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Industry Hills golf club is a pretty challenging course. It is part of a hotel/resort with 36 holes. I remember the last time I played there they had a 620+yard par 5. Its located from where you live 15mins off the 210 going east get off on Azusa and go south, it would be on the right hand side a bit down the road. There are also other courses that are pretty challenging that would not be to far for you to drive. A few are Empire Lakes, Oak Valley, and Torrey Pines in la Jolla(i think its public).

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Woods 3&5: Titileist 906F
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Ben Great Member

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Angeles National
Moorpark C.C.
Rustic Canyon
Rancho Park
Lost Canyons

Those are some of my favorites around here.

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powerfade Well Established Member

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If you can give a little more info such as how far you are willing to drive and cost.

Brookside is an overplayed muni. There are many more challenging tracks in better shape if you are willing to drive east.

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yeah i live in sierra madre which is next to arcadia so im willing to drive up to 30 minutes 1 hr if its really worth it

problem is tho that like a bunch of the courses that i know like san dimas and brookside are being punched so i wanna play somewhere without punched greens

Driver: HS9 F 10° w/ Speeder 553 shaft
Fairway wood: X 3 wood 15°
Irons: 695MB 3-PW
Wedges: Spin milled oil can 56°
Wedges: Vokey oil can 52°Putter: Newport 2 (had 2.5 selling it now pm if u want)Ball: Pro V1 (5,6,7,8)

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hurley9192 Well Established Member

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The Long Beach muni's are good...Rec Park and there are 2 others.

The SCPGA courses in Beaumont are good.

Costa Mesa CC has 2 courses...Los Lagos and Mesa Linda that are fun and cheap.

As mentioned, I like the Industry Hills courses as well. Both are tougher than you will imagine. The Ike could host a US Open with the changes. It's that tough.

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Rancho Park is my local course, but it plays soooo slow, even for the likes of me. Last couple of times I played I got stratch golfers in my group and I felt really sorry for them.
Penmar (9 hole down in Venice) is even slower, partially due to sending eveyone out in fivesomes.
Can anyone answer on the pace of play at Wilson and Harding? I havn't made it up there yet - the one time I booked there was a certain fire in Griffith park the day before :)

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Being LA City courses (like Rancho) the Wilson/Harding courses are jam packed all the time. Worth playing at least once though. I like Wilson. In a high school tournament I hit a ball on the 5 FWY. yay!

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Nice. My best effort was on the Rancho par 3 course, managed a crazy 150 yard pitching wedge which bounced between cars on Pico then landed in the giant hole at Fox where they're building a new underground parking lot.

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3-Wood: X-Hot 15
Irons: isi-K 3 - SW2 + LW
Putter: Anser 2i

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