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Title: Topgolf is taking over a golf course in El Segundo, CA ...
Post by: Steve_ Shaffer on February 09, 2021, 10:25:12 AM
As part of a deal with the city of El Segundo (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/topgolf-announces-major-development-news-with-two-venues-to-serve-greater-los-angeles-area-301224228.html), Topgolf will assume operations of the 9-hole municipal course at The Lakes at El Segundo, which abuts the iconic Pacific Coast Highway. The footprint of the course itself will shrink slightly — the first and ninth holes will be shortened by a combined 100 yards — but it will undergo a renovation that includes lights for night golf and an enhanced pro shop and clubhouse. The facilities are scheduled to open in 2022.
Read more:

https://golf.com/travel/courses/muni-mondays-topgolf-southern-california (https://golf.com/travel/courses/muni-mondays-topgolf-southern-california)
Title: Re: Topgolf is taking over a golf course in El Segundo, CA ...
Post by: Jeff Schley on February 09, 2021, 10:28:55 AM
I spent a lot of time at the Lakes at El Segundo which was run by Larry Griebenow a former UCLA volleyball player. Very good location and the range was usually very busy when I played there 20 years ago or so. Only course I ever had 3 birdies in a row, which was exactly once! ;D
Title: Re: Topgolf is taking over a golf course in El Segundo, CA ...
Post by: astavrides on February 09, 2021, 04:14:02 PM
I spent a lot of time at the Lakes at El Segundo which was run by Larry Griebenow a former UCLA volleyball player. Very good location and the range was usually very busy when I played there 20 years ago or so. Only course I ever had 3 birdies in a row, which was exactly once! ;D


Since we're telling personal triumph stories, I got paired with the Juggy Twins there once (you can google them if you weren't a fan of the Man Show). Former college basketball players, they could hit a golf ball a pretty long way considering they weren't really accomplished golfers.
Title: Re: Topgolf is taking over a golf course in El Segundo, CA ...
Post by: Matthew Petersen on February 09, 2021, 05:23:18 PM
Nice spin to say it abuts the iconic Hwy 1 ...


and leave out that on the other side of the highway is a gigantic oil refinery. And I believe a wastewater treatment facility is to the south.

But, yeah, man, the PCH.
Title: Re: Topgolf is taking over a golf course in El Segundo, CA ...
Post by: Steve Lang on February 09, 2021, 06:32:29 PM
 8)  Chevron, El Segundo Refinery... ;D
Title: Re: Topgolf is taking over a golf course in El Segundo, CA ...
Post by: James Bennett on February 10, 2021, 02:39:26 AM
If it wasn't for the refinery, it would be housing.


Inner city golf is rarely on good land, but it makes the local neighbourhood immeasurably better.
Title: Re: Topgolf is taking over a golf course in El Segundo, CA ...
Post by: Jeff Schley on February 10, 2021, 12:04:40 PM
Ariel of the 9 hole course for those who aren't familiar.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/anw6OzWjKFiI0ejvsK3A-_w2xZFDAf2Ub0Gvn627MJ4_Hyxbxsg0VrLE2o0dK91g9t69dy4EbWcOTUp0O69rXWQBAf3guFEqQdaV6drxvnMhfjysBJ5CBppnAMYUS6fETy9QWH5KklwExx38bI3C0XLGajo9txN2qzDv)