Lost Canyons Golf Club

3301 Lost Canyons Drive,

Simi Valley, California 93063

  • Office

    +1 (805) 522 4653
  • Pro shop

    +1 (866) 384 5678 (toll free)

About the course

  • The Course:

    18 holes. Links-style & open parkland. Undulating terrain - hilly.

  • Surroundings:

    Mountains and canyons.

  • Designer:

    Father/son team of Pete Dye & Perry Dye, and Fred Couples

Back
tees
Club
tees
Front
tees
Yards
7285
5605
4885
Par
72
72
72
SSS or slope
75.6
67.8
70

At the same location:

Above distances are for the Sky course. Also at Lost Canyons is the 18-hole Shadow course (par-72, 7005 yds from back tees).

Location

Latitude:

34.313401

Longitude:

-118.734011

How to get there:

37 miles NW of Los Angeles

From Hwy 118 (Ronald Reagan Pkwy), in Simi Valley, take exit 24 and head north on Erringer Drive. After 1 mi turn right into Lost Canyon Drive. After 2 mi clubhouse and parking are on your left.

Lost Canyons Golf Club (Sky course)

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.

Est. 2001

Lost Canyons Golf Club (Sky course): GOLF CLUB and its TWO COURSES (Sky and Shadow) WERE PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN JUNE 2016 due to falling demand and to make way for a residential housing development.

[Original Where2Golf description]: Driving into the foothills of the Susana Mountain range from Simi Valley, you'll get some inkling of the dramatic topography and stunning scenery that awaits at Lost Canyons. Stepping onto either the Sky or Shadow courses will confirm your earlier suspicions: both these courses are going to deliver a wonderfully natural, challenging and immensely exciting golf experience.

With a complete absence of housing, you can enjoy the full beauty and tranquillity of the tightly folding hills and canyons through which these Dye/Couples designed courses weave their spectacular way. The Sky course, laid out on the north side of Lost Canyons Drive, is full of wonderful elevation changes with many holes laid out along the canyon ridge lines, others plunging into the valleys below. For first-timers here, some of the drives will look fearsome, with pronounced elevation changes, a few tightest fairways and plenty of bunkering along the fairways and around the greens.

With so many excellent golf holes on both the nine-hole loops, Dye still finds a way to produce a thrilling finish. The fabulous par-3 17th (Hawk's Bluff) requires a medium iron, hit to a long, thin sliver of green, which balances on the edge of the canyon. The plunging and nicely dog-legging par-4 18th (Lookout Point) is another challenging hole beautifully framed by the canyon scenery. Perhaps taking its cue from the rugged hillside surroundings, the standard of maintenance here is good, without being immaculate.

List of courses: Around Los Angeles

Visitors

Who can play and when?

Course is permanently closed.

Green fees

Course is permanently closed.

Other information

Non-metal spike facility. Golf carts are fitted with optional GPS.

Practice facilities

Excellent

Did you know?

Lost Canyons, located just north of the Simi Valley, is situated in the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains. The range runs east-west, with the San Fernando and Simi Valleys to its south. In the north-east of the range (less than 10 mi from Lost Canyons as the crow flies) Pico Canyon was home to the first oil discovery in California. In 1876, Charles Mentry brought in California's first commercially viable oil well. His Pico oil works were eventually folded into John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Co. of California (Chevron). Production from the well didn't stop until 1990, making the 114-year old Pico No.4 the longest continually producing oil well in the world. Today the well is a National Historic Landmark. The neighbouring town of Mentryville is maintained as an oil "ghost town".

Where2Stay

  • Best Western Posada Royale Hotel & SuitesAAA 3-Diamonds

    1775 Madera Road, Simi Valley, California 93065

    +1 (805) 584 6300

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    This Simi Valley hotel offers deluxe amenities and boutique service; ideally located in the scenic stretch between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Just minutes away from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Moorpark College and close to the excellent array of golf courses that are clustered in this area.

    • Golf at this hotel:

      No

    • Golf within 5 miles:

      Rustic Canyon

    • Golf within 20 miles:

      Moorpark; Lost Canyons

  • Courtyard Ventura Simi Valley

    191 Cochran Street, Simi Valley, California 93065

    +1 (805) 915 5000

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    The Courtyard by Marriott in Simi Valley is conveniently located between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara in beautiful Ventura County. Just minutes away from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and close to the excellent array of golf courses that are clustered in this area.

    • Golf at this hotel:

      No

    • Golf within 5 miles:

      Rustic Canyon

    • Golf within 20 miles:

      Moorpark; Lost Canyons

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