Harbor Golf Practice Center

From what I hear, and I consider this a reliable source, the Harbor range may never reopen.
Harbor college wants that land back is my understanding. The powers that be, are to have a vote as to whether or not to buy out the owner. We really Need this range for all the local harbor and adjoining residents that are only able to practice at night. I first came here 3 days after it opened, a lot has changed, but closing the range would be a tragic decision. The higher ups at harbor college really need to back off, imho.
Keep Harbor Practice Center Open.

Closed! The place is closed until further notice or until the nets are repaired, so says their message @ 310÷835−3000. Drove over there to hit a few and knock off some rust but the place is in shambles.

Driving range is hidden and very quite which is a nice thing ! But the range balls are old as heck and the range is a little run down ! Also if you don’t do good with wildlife then this is probably not a range for you. A lot of raccoons I mean 10 – 15 at a time some nights they will come right onto the range but they don’t bother me but for others they might! Overall nice quite range just run down

(This review is for the driving range only)
This place is run down! Came here in February of 2015 and it looks like they are updating some stuff — MAYBE.
Good deal on balls, and you can hit your entire bag at the range… BUT, it’s dilapidated. If nobody was there when I went, I could have looked around and easily thought the place was closed down.
In any event, it will suffice if you are looking to shake some rust off your golf game.
TIP: This range allows you to hit off a turf carpet, and they don’t provide the big rubber tees that are needed for woods, so bring your own, or realize that you are only going to hit your irons.

This place is a litter box, shit hole. Run down, ugly parking lot, ugly surroundings. I can’t believe people on the hill come down to this place! $ 10 for a large bucket? The tees are not even automatic ball loaders. I can’t even see where the hell I hit my my ball because everything is white. During morning the range faces the sun and you really can’t see a damn thing because the bright sun is in my face. The driving range stalls are crap. Not enough seating to take a rest and relax. They have plastic patio chairs. If you leave your tee area for bathroom or to go get a drink, someone will walk away with your seat! This driving range is unkempt, dirty, and old looking. I will make the drive to LB instead of coming here.

I come here often to practice and to get lesson. Don Brown is the best golf teacher! My husband and I have been taking lessons from him about 2 months now and we have improved so much and getting so much complements from people we play with. I have already referred a few I’d my friends to him and they r loving it so far. The practice range is a little ghetto thou.

Harbor Park is a decent little 9-​hole course. Lots of trees, lots of fairway space, not terribly challenging if you hit the ball straight.
Well maintained
Good staff
Nice putting greens
They have power carts although you don’t need it
Inexpensive
A good diversion from the crowded and often poorly run 18-​hole public courses. Enjoy!

One of the reviewers said its a «Decent» range… I would hate to see one he considers horrible… This place gets ONE star because how close it is to where I live… That begin said ILL NEVER GO BACK. It has nothing to do with the inconsiderate Korean golfers that surrounded me with their lack of repect (I know the language I know they were Korean) it had everything to do with the conditions. Meaning the surface you hit to, and especially the state of of the balls. I bought a $ 10 bucket (100? balls) I found 12 that actually would be considered by the worse players in the world as in decent condition. But hey, some people do not care how they practice and that shows with the slow play while on courses in so cal.
That being said, you could not get me to come back If you gave me free balls to hit.
Shocked that anyone practices there. IF you read this and go, dont blame me!

decent driving range. cool breeze from the lake and freeway. $ 5 small bucket, $ 10 big bucket and $ 12 jumbo. ive found cheaper ranges but i feel comfortable here. lots of beginners so no newb feels intimidated. small chipping and putting area but still ok place.

fun place, great prices.

A full 9-​hole course. Which means they have par 5s, par 4s, and 2 par 3s. The fairways were in pretty good condition along with the roughs. The greens however were very lumpy. I would assume it was from the rain that passed by a couple of days prior to me playing.
The course layout is really nice though. It provided challenge by its slightly undulating hills but it wasn’t too difficult.
Price was reasonable. But it is on the steeper side considering its only 9 holes.

10 bucks for bucket of balls and the old man attending the shop wouldn’t take my coupon because he couldn’t see the expiration date on it. The range balls looked like they should have been retired 6 months ago, and a handful even had smiley faces cut into them. An extra 5 minute drive and I can go to the Lakes at El Segundo where the range balls are fairly new AND pay $ 1 less per large bucket. I could also drive the same amount of time and hit balls at the Los Verdes Golf Course range for the same price, a better view and better range balls. Sorry Harbor, but you rate a double bogey at best.

Golfing I the Hood! This place is a far cry from the likes of Pebble Beach or Trump National. But if you don’t mind a somewhat barebones rundown facility and you can tune out the constant hiss and hums of equipment at the adjacent refinery then this is a good economical spot to work on your mechanics. Range ball prices start at $ 5 for a small bucket and go all the way up to $ 250 for an E-​key for the ball machine. Chipping Ball rental prices are $ 5 for 30 minutes, up to 60mins $ 8, and over 60 minutes is $ 10. They have a putting green as well but the green is extremely shot out and in poor quality. But again it’s just practice and all about working on your game here. They have almost a dozen instructors that offer golf lessons ranging in times and prices. The Range is not part of Harbor Golf course which is right next door so don’t make the same mistake I did and park at the golf course and walk around aimlessly looking for the range. Take L street south all the way to the end past Harbor college and the soccer fields and you will find the practice center.

While the range and short game practice areas are nothing special, the instruction is teriffic and affordable. I am very pleased with Russ who instructs students on mental aspects of the game and conditioning as well as golf technique.

This range has the best instructors in Southern Cal (Craig, Don, Brad, Russ just to name a few). They teach golfers of all levels, including touring pros. Also, the range is flat or somewhat downhill so you can see your ball flight unlike most driving ranges. The prices for range balls and lessons are very reasonable.

This driving range is in so-​so condition. Nothing really too crazy here but the bucket prices are reasonable and there is a long list of instructors with credentials, like PGA Class A guys Don and Brad plus a couple KPGA instructors for the Korean community. That may ultimately be this place’s strength — the instructors. So if you’re just looking to hit some balls, there are plenty of options but if you’re serious or getting serious about golf then you should consider Harbor for taking lessons. Happy golfing.

This the second time I have been here, and the 2^nd time just may be my last… at least in the evening hours. Unless you want to play a sadistic trick on your friends by coming here in the evening, I wouldn’t go. Why? Lots and I do mean lots of mosquitoes are going to treat you like their very own buffet. Granted they have repellent if you ask for it, but newbies like me (and maybe you) won’t know that. Although bugs and repellent are red flags to begin with, go in the daytime, but if you want to lose a couple pints of blood, go in the evening. I’d rather go elsewhere, and pay a little more so I don’t end up as dinner for another species.
Other than that, it’s not a bad facility, but it’s not the greatest either. Mind you, I am NOT an avid golfer whatsoever.

For anyone hoping to find the opinion of an actual golfer, let me stop you here. I am a beginner. We’re talking I am at the beginning of being a beginner, and I certainly wouldn’t use the term «golfer» yet.
Now that that is cleared up, this is the second driving range I have ever been to. The first was long enough ago and after enough drinks that I wouldn’t say I could make a fair comparison even if I wanted to. So with that in mind, this may as well be my first range ever. So how did I end up at the Harbor range? Well my dear friends, I am trying to work away my beginner title by taking a Saturday golf class through Harbor college, and so, this is the place we meet.
I find that, if anything, this place has some character that I really enjoy. First would be the surroundings. From the range side, you are almost surrounded by the cranes from both the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach. I don’t know what it is about all the industrial-​ness of the ports that I love, but I simply adore both the San Pedro and Long Beach areas for that exact reason. Second would be the dilapidated state of the range. It’s clearly been in need of some R&R or TLC for a while, but has seen neither. There are a few tears in the nets, the actual range is very faded, and the few trees that sit out there for your viewing pleasure are mostly trunk. Third would be the actual range. You can tell at one time there was the blue water area, possibly a couple of sand pits (of which the sand has ventured out into pretty much the whole range), and then what I believe to be the green. Now these might all sound like bad things about this place, but turn that frown upside down negative nancy! If you let go of your pompous country club notions, you might really enjoy the uniqueness of this place.
There are also things that I imagine any golfer would appreciate. As I discovered last Saturday while working on my alignment, some of the stalls have mirrors behind them. What a fabulous idea. Also, the majority of the stalls have an overhang which provides some much needed relief from the sun around noon. Before that you’re staring east and pretty much stuck in the sun. There’s also a little green behind the range where I assume you practice putting, but I just haven’t made it that far yet.
Everything else falls into the «I wish this were improved category.» The «building» where you buy the token to get the balls is one of those huge storage containers. I guess that’s not a huge deal, but I would really like an area where I can walk in and maybe see my options on a display or something. The balls themselves can be pretty beat up. Lucky for me, nothing can stop me from being shameful at this point in my game, but I imagine someone of a higher caliber could be affected. The facilities in general could use some updating. From something as simple as an area to sit outside the range to an upgraded restroom, there is definitely room for improvement.
Overall, I like this place. I would certainly choose to come here if my class didn’t already bring me here. I might slowly change my mind as my game changes and I experience other places, but I doubt it.

Now this maybe an exaggeration of how golf is in this city, but there are a lot of Asians at this practice range. And I know that I am one of them, but damn there are a lot of them here. And more power to them, they want to get better, and golf is soooo expensive in Korea and Japan. It’s really social among people here.
The range is a little dilapidated and it has seen better days. But they have nice synthetic mats, they have cover that brings shade except in the morning, when the sun is right in your face. The range faces the east, so it can get really hot in the morning. It doesn’t look like the most modern of ranges but it always a good place to practice before your round at the nearby 9-​hole around the corner.
You can get a huge basket of balls for about $ 10. Unfortunately, they don’t change the balls here a lot and a lot of the range balls are just recycled lost balls from the nearby 9-​hole. So you get a lot of crappy balls that are bald, cut, dirty and don’t fly they way they’re supposed to. But you get a lot of Asian players, people from Palos Verdes and people from the hood. It’s a good cross section of the great people of the South Bay here. And all of them love the golf.

I think the best part about this range is that it’s flat. I hate ranges where you feel your on an incline. There is nothing too bad or too good about Harbor. The yardage markers seem to be a little off but all in all it’s a pretty good place for the price. sm bucket for $ 5 = 40 balls and their large is $ 8 for 80. They have a decent 9-​hole course from what I have heard but have yet to try it. There are a ton of asians at this range, mostly Korean so sometimes it can get loud for a golf range.
My friend who comes here a lot also said that they have some pretty good instructors. Their prices for lessons seemed reasonable so if that’s something your looking for you might want to consider Harbor.