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Sterling Hills Golf Club
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About
Sterling Hills Golf Club sprawls across acres of lush countryside surrounded by avocado groves and citrus orchards. The layout winds through the verdant hills between Oxnard and Ventura. The club opened in 1999 as the only public golf course in Ventura County. The layout is player-friendly enough for beginners to still feel comfortable but it also packs a considerable amount of challenges. The versatile layout balances areas of wide-openness with target-style golf. There is contoured mounding along the fairways and some interesting elevation changes. Thanks to the hilly terrain, there is hardly a flat lie to be found. Although Sterling Hills is still relatively young, there are some mature eucalyptus trees throughout. Golfers can warm-up on the driving range, chipping area, or putting green before the game since a bucket of range balls is included with the round.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold (W) | 71 | 6820 yards | 80.0 | 144 |
| Gold | 71 | 6820 yards | 73.3 | 133 |
| Black (W) | 71 | 6430 yards | 77.7 | 139 |
| Black | 71 | 6430 yards | 71.4 | 128 |
| Black/Blue | 71 | 6138 yards | 70.0 | 124 |
| Black/Blue (W) | 71 | 6138 yards | 76.0 | 135 |
| Blue | 71 | 5953 yards | 69.2 | 122 |
| Blue (W) | 71 | 5953 yards | 75.0 | 132 |
| Blue/White | 71 | 5728 yards | 68.2 | 119 |
| Blue/White (W) | 71 | 5728 yards | 73.8 | 129 |
| White | 71 | 5558 yards | 67.5 | 117 |
| White (W) | 71 | 5558 yards | 72.9 | 126 |
| White/Red | 71 | 5115 yards | 65.2 | 111 |
| White/Red (W) | 71 | 5115 yards | 70.1 | 119 |
| Red | 71 | 4590 yards | 63.1 | 106 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 4590 yards | 67.5 | 112 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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| Gold M: 73.3/133 W: 80.0/144 | 433 | 414 | 222 | 525 | 444 | 378 | 350 | 187 | 388 | 3341 | 379 | 160 | 411 | 406 | 442 | 190 | 501 | 466 | 524 | 3479 | 6820 |
| Black M: 71.4/128 W: 77.7/139 | 416 | 400 | 202 | 495 | 428 | 355 | 333 | 167 | 368 | 3164 | 355 | 146 | 380 | 390 | 419 | 175 | 466 | 431 | 504 | 3266 | 6430 |
| Black/Blue M: 70.0/124 W: 76.0/135 | 367 | 369 | 171 | 495 | 400 | 355 | 333 | 167 | 368 | 3025 | 355 | 146 | 339 | 368 | 372 | 164 | 466 | 399 | 504 | 3113 | 6138 |
| Blue M: 69.2/122 W: 75.0/132 | 367 | 369 | 171 | 476 | 400 | 328 | 311 | 154 | 351 | 2927 | 346 | 141 | 339 | 368 | 372 | 164 | 438 | 399 | 459 | 3026 | 5953 |
| Blue/White M: 68.2/119 W: 73.8/129 | 342 | 344 | 160 | 442 | 369 | 328 | 311 | 154 | 329 | 2779 | 346 | 141 | 319 | 368 | 372 | 164 | 438 | 370 | 431 | 2949 | 5728 |
| White M: 67.5/117 W: 72.9/126 | 342 | 344 | 160 | 442 | 369 | 301 | 292 | 136 | 329 | 2715 | 330 | 127 | 319 | 354 | 360 | 146 | 406 | 370 | 431 | 2843 | 5558 |
| White/Red M: 65.2/111 W: 70.1/119 | 263 | 344 | 160 | 442 | 276 | 248 | 292 | 136 | 265 | 2426 | 300 | 127 | 272 | 302 | 360 | 125 | 402 | 370 | 431 | 2689 | 5115 |
| Red M: 63.1/106 W: 67.5/112 | 263 | 227 | 125 | 362 | 276 | 248 | 292 | 131 | 265 | 2189 | 300 | 105 | 272 | 302 | 268 | 125 | 402 | 314 | 313 | 2401 | 4590 |
| Handicap | 11 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
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Good day! Photo submitted by APwhz8iMBEyqATBz9KQz on 02/01/2023
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View between hole 4 & 5 Photo submitted by gvg45 on 11/25/2020
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First hole with the sun rising Photo submitted by busogna on 06/01/2020
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Malik and Rodney Photo submitted by 818Golfer on 07/09/2013
Great course!
This is a gem of a course! Friendly staff and nice course layout. Also a great value for the money!
Hello Brandon, thank you for visiting us at Sterling Hills Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Pace of play
Not really a huge problem....but there needs to be a marshall to keep play on time .... course upgrades are being put in so bare with the staff and lawn crew
Snack bar is awesome since it comes with your green feed. Give this place a few more months and they will have it all together! Great job guys and gals!
Thank you for your review. We will pass along your feedback to our team at Sterling Hills Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Sterling Hills Golf Club!
A great day
Despite very windy conditions(unusual) our group had a great day. Dan and Matt were accessible and great to work with. Channels of communication were good in arranging tee times for multiple groups. A fun course with good pace of play. Our club will return.
Thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Sterling Hills Golf Club.
Good times
From the driving range to the pro shop staff, the snack bar and finally the course it's a nice way to spend the day. Very nice public course. Gold carts are a little dated, but that makes it fun.
Your feedback is important to us. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Sterling Hills Golf Club.
Sterling Hills Great value for the money
Great course for the value ! Fairways and Greens are well maintained overall although some of the fairways could use maintenance...ie. # 13,14, 17 and18....bumpy and uneven especially on 13.
Overall, I enjoy playing here...friendly staff.
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We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Sterling Hills Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
Not worth the money
Haven’t played here in a while thought it was as nice as it used to be. I just wanted to share my disappointment with it’s fairways and greens bad conditions, I’m definitely not going play here for a while☹️
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Please bear with us as we work diligently to make improvements. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Sterling Hills Golf Club!
Morning round
Staff was friendly.
Course was in good condition.
Pace of play was great.
Thank you for taking the time to review us. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Sterling Hills Golf Club thanks you!
Hello. We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Sterling Hills Golf Club!
Happy to play
Nice layout, still wet from rains.greens rolled true.
Hello. Thank you so much for your feedback. We are glad you had enjoyed your time at Sterling Hills Golf Club, and pride ourselves on delivering the best experience possible.
We hope to see you again soon!
It’s back.
I love this course. One of the best designs around, anywhere. Challenging but fair, and visually interesting and stimulating and has awesome twisty hole designs of many varieties, up and down and around the hills. If you can hit it well, then it’s not that hard, but most people complain about the place because it can be difficult if you’re not a mid to low handicap.
The course is in much better shape than it was during the last few years of drought!! I’m glad the course is almost back to how it should be. Grass is growing in all the right areas that needed it. Obviously the owners are working hard to take care of the place.
With the rains the course should be in even better shape for the next couple months!! Grass is growing well on the tee boxes and all the fairway and rough areas that need it. Obviously there are areas that have been purposefully designed to be dead areas with either dirt or wood chips, and the point is avoid them. I didn’t hit any of those areas but my playing partners did, but they had no problems, that’s how it’s designed..
Greens were a bit moist today, so they didn’t roll as quick I would have liked or have seen in the past at this course, but nothing major to moan about, as many places are still trying to dry out from the few days of seriously heavy rains we had.
I’m just happy that the course is coming back to how it’s supposed to be. May the course stay forever.
I’ll be back.
We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Sterling Hills Golf Club!
Diamond in the rough
Starting off with a nice and friendly staff, well manicured driving range, nice golf carts and a very nice very well-maintained course in a wonderful location. Looking forward to returning
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Sterling Hills Golf Club!
Not the best experience
Booked a tee time for 12:24 thorough golf now, when I arrived they said my tee time wasn’t in their system. Gave us another tee time for 1:24, but we didn’t end up playing till after 2. Not sure why our tee time didn’t go through, but the staff members were friendly.
The course was also behind do to frost. Very busy and unorganized..
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Your feedback helps us do better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly. Thank you for visiting Sterling Hills Golf Club. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.
Paul
Course is challenging but lots of fun. We had a great time and look forward to coming back.
It's a public course
. We used to play there once a week, but for some particular reason we can't get tee times any longer. We call seven days ahead of time early morning and all the tee times are taking up. At least the morning tee times
Nice course, no available tee times
It's good course, challenging, fairly well taken care of. The only problem is trying to get a tee time. I will try to get a tee time seven days in advance as specified and any time regardless of what time of day they are non-existent.
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Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Sterling Hills Golf Club.