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Eisenhower Course from Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Resort

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. - For golfers, big cities like Los Angeles can be intimidating. One pictures over-priced green fees and overbooked tee times. This is why, after all, private clubs flourish in big cities: They allow you to get away from the rat race and golf in peace.

Playing the Eisenhower Course

"We wanted to fight the stereotype of difficulty," says Michael Swyney, sales manager of Pacific Palms Conference Resort, on whose grounds the golf courses are laid out. "We wanted to make the courses playable and enjoyable, and keep rates down."

The verdict on the Eisenhower Course

Pacific Palms Conference Resort hosts hundreds of corporate events every year, so the course gets lots of scramble and outing play. On the day we visited, a group of Genie construction equipment company executives had taken over the course.

Pacific Palms Conference Resort

Pacific Palms Conference Resort has undergone a 7-year, $41-million dollar renovation, the last stage of which was the golf courses.

Pacific Palms dining

Cima is the resort's fine-dining restaurant, and although the space isn't exactly cozy - it's set up to accommodate convention groups - the view from the floor-length windows out over the San Gabriel Mountains is breathtaking.

Fast Fact

The LPGA is considering The Dwight D. Eisenhower Course at Pacific Palms Conference Resort as the venue for an L.A.-area tour stop.

How to get there

From Interstate-10 in West Covina, take exit 36 and head south on Azusa Ave South. After 4 miles turn right into Industry Hills Parkway, direction Pacific Palms / Industry Hills Golf. Follow road to parking.

Did you know?

The "Ike" course pays tribute to Dwight D. Eisenhower's passion for the game of golf. Eisenhower is arguably one of the four most influential figures in popularising the game of golf in America - along with Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods.

Pacific Palms Resort: Golf, Spa & Conf Ctr

Located on a scenic hilltop, overlooking the majestic San Gabriel Mountains, Pacific Palms Resort is a Los Angeles’ full-service, destination resort appealing to both leisure and business travelers. The recently renovated, 650-acre resort features 292 oversized guest rooms, each with balcony.

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When my client asked for a Homer Simpson donut putter, I thought he meant having a subtle donut look to it or some engraved sprinkles. But no, he wanted it as realistic as possible. So after a ton of R&D, this looks almost good enough to eat. Thick icing and 3D sprinkles. 347 grams, face balanced.

I had a surreal golf experience this morning

Let me set the stage by saying, I’m an active duty Army guy with two kids under five. Needless to say I don’t get to play a ton of golf. But, I love the game and desperately want to get better and play more. Maybe this experience isn’t unique, but it was a first for me.

Eisenhower Course

My tee time was at 7:10 am on Ike and we teed off just about on time. We were stuck behind a pretty slow foursome all day, but I was enjoying the course and perfect weather so much I didn’t mind the relaxed pace. All in all, we finished in just under five hours. The Eisenhower course was in excellent shape.

Zaharias Course

For the entire front nine, the group ahead of us were playing as a sixsome (yikes!) and were quite slow. On the back nine, I guess the marshal caught up with them and broke them up into two threesomes, but they were still just as slow. So the round took about 5 hours and 20 minutes. But I really didn’t mind taking my time on such a great course.