Tee Time: 15:00 Players: Youngsin, Colonel, Ryan I actually played pretty well. There was danger or rain all day and it was cloudy but it seemed to hold up. Ryan was joined into our group and he was a cool guy. My driver was ok so that was nice to see. I didn’t slice much…
Category: courses
6/15/2024 – Skylinks (Long Beach, CA)
Tee Time: 8:30am Players: Trent, Julie, Jy Since I was flying out at night, I originally did not have golf planned for today. However, the group really wanted to play one last round before I fly back so we did. Skylinks (and El Dorado) are the 2 best public courses run by the city of…
6/12/2024 – Los Verdes (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA)
Tee Time: 7:00am Players: Trent, Julie, Jy I like Los Verdes but it was really really foggy. In fact, it was almost unplayable. You couldn’t see anything in front of you and there was a lot of danger of hitting into the group in front of you since the course is always a bit crowded….
6/11/2024 – Mile Square (Fountain Valley, CA)
Tee Time: 9:27am Players: Julie, Jy This is a nice public course. The pace was great since it was a weekday morning and the course was not too crowded. There is a nice mix of water, ducks and other animals, etc. so it’s a pretty course.
6/8/2024 – Torrey Pines (North) (San Diego, CA)
Tee Time: 3:27pm Players: Ben, Jy We were supposed to play with Jimmy but he flaked out. The course paired us with a random guy and he was cool. Since this was a twilight, we paid a slightly cheaper rate. We got through 17 holes though so we almost finished the round. Pace was a…
6/7/2024 – Rancho San Joaquin (Irvine, CA)
Tee Time: 9:00am Players: Jimmy, Justin, Jy This course is in Irvine and is a nice public course. Rumor is that it was purchased a few years ago by a Korean celebrity who has put some investment into the course so it’s nicer. The fairways were nice and the greens were a good speed. Pace…
6/2/2024 – Sagewood Hongcheon (Dream + Vision)
Tee Time: 8:40 Players: Jy Sagewood is one of my favorite courses in Korea! It’s a little far since it’s around 120km away but with no traffic it takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes. It’s not really any worse than Ansung Benest in terms of time. Sagewood is run by Mirae Asset and is…
5/26/2024 – Crystal Valley (Crystal + Valley Courses)
Tee Time: 8:40 Players: June, James, Jongseo I played here last month so I was somewhat familiar with the course. I had a lot of fun on this beautiful course last time so I was looking forward to playing again. We had a guy caddie this time and he was pretty good. He said that…
5/19/2024 – Ansung Benest (South + East)
Tee Time: 8:43 Players: David, Xavier, Tae First time playing with this group of Wharton alums that I met via the Wharton Korea club. I also haven’t played South/East in a long time and in some ways it’s not a bad course since it’s shorter than North/West. Xavier is a very good golfer but his…
5/15/2024 – Ansung Benest (North + West)
Tee Time: 6:51 Players: Harry, Wooyoung, Youngjune An early morning tee time. At this time of year, the first tee time is at 6:30am and with tee times 7 minutes apart, we were the 4th tee time of the day. This past Sunday at la vie est belle, I had 2 of the worst drives…