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Sherwood Country Club
3 reviews for Sherwood Country Club
This is a 5-star golfing experience, hands down. If you're lucky enough to play there, you know what I mean. Sherwood is very exclusive, very private. You must be accompanied by a member. I've heard many anecdotes where they've turned away PGA touring professionals and celebrities because they weren't members. Just getting through the gate to see the course is an accomplishment.
Speaking of the course, it is pristine. I've been fortunate enough to play and dine there. Even had the privilege of having the Great One Gretzky play through my group that day. On its best days, you won't find a course in better shape in SoCal, maybe all of California. Tiger hosts his annual Target World Challenge there every November (though I hear he is moving his tourny to FLA this year). If you can get on, enjoy!
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This course will make you blush. I went here to watch the Target World Challenge, hosted by Tiger Woods in December of 2007. It was by far the nicest course I've seen in my life - anywhere. The holes are challenging and the homes lining the fairways are jawdropping. The price tag is very steep, and I believe they only boast a membership of 300-500 people. If you're lucky enough to play here or catch a tournament here -- do it, it's an experience worth having.
Sherwood is considered a world class facility for golf and tennis. Indeed, it is. If you need more evidence just note that Tiger Woods himself plays here. I haven't used the golf facilities, but the tennis courts (including a grass court) are exquisitely maintained and appointed. Lined with neatly manicured rose bushes and at the base of the tennis clubhouse (a grand, traditionally styled mansion where you can sip wine after a big match), the courts feel like you're in the middle of Huntington Garden. This is where you go to play an elegant game of tennis in your whites followed by a garden party--more Rene Lacoste style than Rafael Nadal.
I'm not a member, let me clarify this immediately. Annual membership will set you back at least the cost of a college education (no exaggeration here) and that's only when and if you make it through the rigorous, multi-step membership process. Prepare to get referrals from current club members who have maintained membership for a certain number of years. I just strolled through the iron gates of the place to play a match against the club's tennis team (we won, by the way).
This place, like many planned communities, is mesmerizing in so many ways. For one, Sherwood Country Club has a long and fascinating history dating all the way back to (ahem!) 1984. This is when the Santa Monica Mountains were bulldozed to make way for Sherwood's 2,000 acres of grand multi-million dollar homes and elite recreational facilities--all situated around man made Lake Sherwood. Did I mention that the club's philosophy ironically is "A reverence for family, a respect for nature, a love for history and a deep loyalty to high standards of quality." A respect for nature, huh? This love for history is conveyed best in the golf course's main house. Here you'll find Chumash artifacts uncovered at the site during the building of the country club. What a better way to pay tribute to the Chumash than to golf on their land?
Needless to say, the club--not only its manifestation, but its basic premise as a private, all exclusive place--is not my cup of tea (or champagne). The resources needed to sustain the facilities at a place like this (did I mention the gigantic man made waterfall near the tennis courts?) is just irresponsible. It's relationship to the history and significance of the Santa Monica Mountains and the people who once lived there is irresponsible. I hate to get preachy, but this place raises serious ethical considerations about land management, conservation, and the misuse of history. Did I mention it was built in 1984?
Obviously the facilities are first rate, but at whose expense? If I could give this place the finger, I would. Instead, it gets the lowest rating available on Yelp--one lonesome star.
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