WOODLEY LAKES GOLF COURSE

The flat San Fernando Valley terrain gets transformed into surprisingly engaging golf through strategic water hazards on nearly every hole, forcing precise shot placement over the typical target-golf mentality of most LA-area municipal tracks. Ted Robinson's routing maximizes the limited acreage with clever doglegs and elevated greens that create visual interest where none existed naturally. Despite the urban setting, the course plays longer than its 6,400 yards suggest, particularly when the afternoon winds kick up and those omnipresent lakes become genuine scoring threats.