18-Hole Golf Courses in the City of Los Angeles

Fancy swinging your club in one of the famed 18-hole golf courses in the Los Angeles area where you can attempt your finest shot alongside the rich and famous? Pep up your golf skills and set up your clubs and off you go for a stirring weekend pastime of golf in any of these prominent golf courses.

Chosen by Golf Digest in 2008 as one of the Best Places to Play, Hansen Dam Municipal Golf Course is situated on Hansen Dam and is brilliantly landscaped to present mostly difficult shots, especially those approaching small greens. Hansen provides two very distinct 9-hole sections. The distinction is in the alterations in elevation and the number of trees on the front nine.

Harding Municipal Golf Course is found on one of the US' biggest urban parks, the Griffith Park. The course is brilliantly landscaped, with tapered fairways that provide tough approaches into shielded greens and entails precise shot placement. Established in 1924, Harding Golf Course is recognized for its long plays which is a test for both low and high handicappers.

Made open to the public in 1954 as the Sepulveda North Course, the Balboa Municipal Golf Course continued to remain the preferred golf course amongst mid to high handicap golfers. The test is in the short-length course outlined with narrow tree-lined fairways. Balboa is currently one of the three golf courses that compose the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area.

When matched with Balboa, Encino Municipal Golf Course offers a much longer golf course and with broader tree-lined fairways. Both share the 36-hole Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area complex, however. The test in Encino is in its difficult 3 pars, making it a testing ground for long hitters. Encino has an exceptional and diverse landscape that will surely get the best out of average golf players.

The third golf course in the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area is the 1975 Woodley Lakes Municipal Golf Course. The Woodley has broad fairways, nine hectares of water hazards, and huge greens amidst a habitat for wildlife species.

Wilson Municipal Golf Course is an extensive course with broad tree-lined, wooded and gently inclined fairways. It is a 1923 project next to the Riverside, the very first LA Municipal Golf Course, the Wilson was also identified as the Number Two golf course.

Rancho Park Golf Course is a 6,688 yard championship course and host to the PGA Seniors Open, LPGA Tournament, and the Los Angeles Open. Similar to the Harding, Rancho Park Golf Course offers a very difficult and gently sloping golf course that will necessitate an immense deal of golf skill. The bulk of these challenges transpire in the approach shots to small, often guarded greens.

Every single one of these 18-hole golf courses offer golf lessons to those who are only starting to be trained on how to play golf. There are also lighted driving ranges and practice putting and chipping greens for those who want to try out their skills first before going out into the green. These golf courses also offer dining in bars or restaurants, cart and club rentals, lounges, and banquet rooms for all its clients.

Eddie Frank is an editorial staff member of California New York Express. To learn more about long distance moving company and long distance mover visit moveeast.com or call 1-888-680-7200.