The photos by Aidan are lovely and very well done, and I am sure exactly what his client, the club, wanted. And I am sure that the exquisite emerald presentations with pristine bunker edging with nary a blade of finely manicured turf out of place is also exactly what his client, the club, wants.
Gib is correct, some years ago we were treated to a round of golf there playing alongside the green chairman at the time and the long-time head professional. They were quite proud of the course and its historical lineage. It is just a real experience to wander through the locker room and to see the likes of such disparate individuals as Bob Hope and Dweezil Zappa having lockers that practically touched.
We both left exhausted and headed straight away to the nearby Smoke House restaurant to repair to its cozy bar replete with red leatherette seating and heavy low ceiling beams that have probably been privy to so many conversations of intrigue and delight through the years, given its location so close to many of the major studios. We left hours later fully sated by both the fine food and very cold cocktails, a true salve to the self-inflicted wounds we had suffered all afternoon marching single file down the center lines of Lakeside's very defined fairways.
But oh, what was and what could be........................for evidence of what it shouldn't be I would point you to the above photo of the par 3 6th hole and the offending overhanging pine tree pushing in from the left like a true Hollywood diva searching for the attention that she had long ago but, mercifully for the public, no longer has. Think Lindsey Lohan. Come to think of it, there is much of this course that can be compared with Lindsey Lohan. I echo what Lynn said, that the course is in dire need of a major contract with the nearest local tree removal outfit.
But, from what I hear, they are in the capable hands of Mr. Todd Eckenrode, Associate Member ASGCA. Todd will get them set straight if anyone can. Over time. With patience. And with perseverance. Todd is a student of the game, its traditions and history and surely wants to get more of Behr's philosophy brought more fully to to-day's course (ancient spelling of today done on purpose).