The best courses you can play in Lakewood, California
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 16,956 rounds in California and rate what they played. These are the 25 highest-rated public courses within about 25 miles of Lakewood, California, ranked by those community scores.

Palos Verdes Golf Club
Palos Verdes Estates, CA, USAPublicGeorge C. Thomas & William Francis Bell
- 5.0Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 5.0Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.8Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Grass range

Ocean North
The Resort at Pelican Hill
Newport Coast, CA, USAPublicTom Fazio
- 4.1Conditions
- 4.2Layout
- 2.5Value
- 4.9Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
Layout was top notch with ocean scenery as the backdrop for most of the holes. Difficult track, even in the fairway it would frequently be an uphill/downhill lie. Greens were lightning fast. Played at twilight for $175 about a year ago - saw rounds going for $400+ now.
Written by
@KirklandBomber
- Driving range
- Views
- By water

Ocean South
The Resort at Pelican Hill
Newport Coast, CA, USAPublicTom Fazio
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 2.4Value
- 4.8Scenery
- 3.3Facilities
Has a couple unique golf holes. Some holes are just ok. I prefer the north course as it seems to be a touch more difficult. Still incredible views.
Written by
@tigertaylor
- Pristine
- Views
- Driving range

Trump National Los Angeles
Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USAPublicPerry Dye & Pete Dye
- 5.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 2.0Value
- 4.8Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
Great course, amazing quality, but anything left or right of the fairway is typically OOB since you can’t navigate to the fairways over. Not rushing to come back here.
Written by
@moodiebanks
- Views
- Driving range
- Restaurant

Maggie Hathaway Par 3 Golf Course
Los Angeles, CA, USAPublic

Los Verdes Golf Course
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USAPublicWilliam Francis Bell
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 3.3Value
- 4.7Scenery
- 1.8Facilities
Stunning views and great prices will get me to come back for sure. The greens are very tricky, overall a fun course and excellent value
Written by
@lock
- Views
- Must play
- Hidden gem

Ike Eisenhower
Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Resort
City of Industry, CA, USAPublicWilliam Francis Bell & Casey O'Callaghan
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 1.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 1.0Facilities

Tustin Ranch Golf Club
Tustin, CA, USAPublicTed Robinson
- 3.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
Resort Style course. Pretty fun. Can be bland on some holes. Usually in pretty good condition.
Written by
@tigertaylor

Wilson
Griffith Park Golf Complex
Los Angeles, CA, USAPublicGeorge C. Thomas & William H. Johnson
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 3.3Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 2.9Facilities
To me, this is the best of the Los Angeles city courses. There's not much George Thomas left, but you can still see some of it in a few of the greens.
Written by
@Urannimal
- Driving range
- Walkable
- Mat range

Oak Creek Golf Club
Irvine, CA, USAPublicTom Fazio
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.4Layout
- 2.6Value
- 2.8Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
If the conditions are dialed in, this place is a steal. Course flows well, offers variety and is fun to play. Solid choice if you need to take clients somewhere. Close to SNA airport.
Written by
@Lazstradamus
- Challenging
- Driving range

Black Gold Golf Club
Yorba Linda, CA, USAPublicArthur Hills
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 1.7Value
- 3.2Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
Very over priced in my opinion. Greens were alright, but fairways were balding in a lot of areas, tee boxes were beat up, lots of holes were similar. Nice range, and good views, but better value courses are in the area.
Written by
@Peter.smith2
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Mat range

Babe Zaharias
Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Resort
City of Industry, CA, USAPublicCasey O'Callaghan & William Francis Bell
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
- Great value

The Links at Terranea
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USAPublic
- 5.0Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 2.7Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 1.9Facilities
- Walkable
- Links
- Pristine

Harding
Griffith Park Golf Complex
Los Angeles, CA, USAPublicWilliam Francis Bell & Willie Watson
- 3.3Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 4.0Value
- 2.8Scenery
- 2.9Facilities
Really good variety of holes with some very fun scoring opportunities. 16-18 is my favorite stretch of la city golf
Written by
@KAbbassi
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Strawberry Farms Golf Club
Irvine, CA, USAPublicJim Lipe
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 2.7Value
- 3.7Scenery
- 3.1Facilities

Coyote Hills Golf Course
Fullerton, CA, USAPublicCal Olson
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.7Facilities
- Views

El Dorado Park Golf Club
Long Beach, CA, USAPublicTed Robinson Sr.
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 3.3Value
- 2.5Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
- Great value
- Walkable
- Driving range

E.O. Nay
Brookside Golf & Country Club
Pasadena, CA, USAPublicWilliam Francis Bell
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.5Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.1Facilities
- Challenging
- Walkable
- Views

C. W. Koiner
Brookside Golf & Country Club
Pasadena, CA, USAPublicWilliam Francis Bell
- 2.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities

Rancho Park Golf Club
Los Angeles, CA, USAPublicWilliam Francis Bell & William H. Johnson
- 3.2Conditions
- 3.9Layout
- 4.0Value
- 2.6Scenery
- 1.9Facilities
Some truly outstanding holes (2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 17). If the city ever committed to it, I'd kill the range and move it to replace the Par 3 course next door. You could also stretch it 300 more yards and make it play tough for SCGA events.
Written by
@Urannimal
- Driving range
- Walkable
- Putting area

Destroyer
Navy Golf Course
Cypress, CA, USAPublicJoe Williams
- 3.5Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

Santa Anita Golf Course
Arcadia, CA, USAPublicJames Harrison Smith
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 4.0Value
- 3.3Scenery
- 2.8Facilities
Whistling Straits is a marvel for being a flat army base transformed into a wild dunescape...in the 90's. Santa Anita was built LONG before that on a dead flat parcel of land in Arcadia by a one and done designer.
Written by
@Urannimal
- Driving range
- Putting area
- Parkland

Penmar Golf Club
Venice, CA, USAPublicDavid W. Kent
- 3.0Conditions
- 2.8Layout
- 4.6Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 2.6Facilities
Look - if you’re looking for a proper day out at a proper track, go to rustic, robles, or rancho. If you’re looking for an afternoon walk with a few beers and a few swings discussing how Harrison Ford crash landed his plane on #8 - this is the place to do it.
Written by
@moodiebanks
- Great value
- Hidden gem
- Restaurant

Skylinks Golf Course
Long Beach, CA, USAPublicWilliam Francis Bell
- 2.5Conditions
- 2.8Layout
- 1.7Value
- 2.2Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
Course was in good shape, fairways were fast/hard as always, greens were 7/10 fast but still bumpy at times.
Written by
@Palmer
- Restaurant
- Driving range
- Putting area

Roosevelt Municipal Golf Course
Los Angeles, CA, USAPublic
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 3.3Value
- 3.3Scenery
- 1.6Facilities
- Walkable
- Great value
How we rank
Course Vaults ranks public golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Lakewood, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
FAQ
Common questions about public course rankings in Lakewood, California.
The top public golf courses in Lakewood, California on Course Vaults are led by Palos Verdes Golf Club with a Course Vaults score of 8.3. This page ranks 25 courses, including Palos Verdes Golf Club, The Resort at Pelican Hill, The Resort at Pelican Hill.
Course Vaults ranks public golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Lakewood, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Lakewood, California list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Lakewood, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Palos Verdes Golf Club is currently #1 among public courses in and around Lakewood, California on Course Vaults at 8.3 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 3:53 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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