lost canyon golf course - Golf courses, simi valley, California

lost canyon golf course - Golf courses, simi valley, California

DESCRIPTION

Pete Dye design, magnificent club house, easy to get tee time, friendly staffs.
Extremely damanding, challenging and punishing.
If you are a mid (10-15) handicapp player like me, expect at least 30 here, may be more.(At least at the first time).
Never flat lie, fairways and greens. Topography changes drastically all over. Huge bunker-like flat dry ground beds through out fairway and greens. Need extreme precise position golf. Slight off the line, will be kicked left or right or even backwards and in severe trouble or lost. Too many time, I hit the fairway and green(I'm a very consistent player) and the ball ended up off the target and into the bunker-like dry ground, from where it's very difficult to recover. Most of all, extreme windy condition. Ball wants to move even when putting. Hard to concentrate. Looks like the course is built in windy, lot windy mountain. 3-4 club adjustments needed.
Above all, awesome scenery. Enjoy spectacular view and nice restaurant. Don't expect good score.

USER REVIEWS

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[Aug 14, 2010]
G. Beran
Shoots in the 80s

tough course great views cool holes well maintained grass

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
4
[Jul 21, 2010]
Rob Waters
Shoots in the 70s

Overall, I would give the golf itself a C+. The layout is a brutal in my opinion. Way too much undulation in the fairways and greens when you consider all the elevation change and consistent windy conditions. Add to the fact that they are not taking great care of the course. Tons of dry/dead spots throughout. The greens were quick, but bumpy and untrue (due to the dead spots). The condition of both courses was poor and not maintained well. One suggestion, put some water jugs by the tee boxes throughout the course. Having one drinking fountain (broken btw) and no beverage cart girl on the course is unacceptable.

Customer Service

The pro shop and starter were polite and courteous. However, the girls in the restaurant were too pre-occupied with other things to give the quality service you would expect at this type of course. We asked for our bill and the waitress yelled out our total (instead of walking over to hand us our check)! Needless to say, I won't be coming back. I find it hard to believe this place is turning a profit with the lack of quality golf and customer service.

OVERALL
RATING
1
VALUE
RATING
2
[May 18, 2009]
beachvbbum
Shoots in the 80s

Very fun, visually stunning golf course cut into the side of the rock. Both courses were fun, challenging and well maintained. Compared to other similar courses the courses were competitively priced and we felt like we got a decent value.
I generally shoot in the low to mid-80s and while I did lose a couple of balls a round it was nothing like some people make it out to be. Not the most forgiving course, but definitely fair. You have a bad shot, you may or may not be able to hit it. Sometimes it bounces OB, sometimes it hits the rock and bounces back in. Unlike the courses in FL I usually play the ball isn't wet (and gone) for most bad shots.
The food was great, range was pretty good and pace of play was fairly fast (< 4hrs) for both rounds we played).

Customer Service

Excellent, food/drink was also very good

Similar Products Used:

HI - Poipu Bay, Plantation, Ko'olau
CO - Eagle Vail, Cotton Ranch
Australia - Mareeba, Sydney Athletic Club

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
4
[May 18, 2009]
mark
Shoots in the 80s

Very fun, visually stunning golf course cut into the side of the rock. Both courses were fun, challenging and well maintained. Compared to other similar courses the courses were competitively priced and we felt like we got a decent value.
I generally shoot in the low to mid-80s and while I did lose a couple of balls a round it was nothing like some people make it out to be. Not the most forgiving course, but definitely fair. You have a bad shot, you may or may not be able to hit it. Sometimes it bounces OB, sometimes it hits the rock and bounces back in. Unlike the courses in FL I usually play the ball isn't wet (and gone) for most bad shots.
The food was great, range was pretty good and pace of play was fairly fast (< 4hrs) for both rounds we played).

Customer Service

Excellent, food/drink was also very good

Similar Products Used:

HI - Poipu Bay, Plantation, Ko'olau
CO - Eagle Vail, Cotton Ranch
Australia - Mareeba, Sydney Athletic Club

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
4
[Apr 20, 2009]
kdszxx
Shoots in the 80s

Windy. Beware too much windy most of the times. Nearly unplaybale strong wind. Many blind tee shot holes - beware first time visitors. Too steep fairways - Tee shot(driver) rolled back down to my feet.
Many unreasonably shaped holes.

OVERALL
RATING
1
VALUE
RATING
1
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