Avila Beach Golf Resort

Fairways for most hole were dry, and not well maintained. Cart paths were in poor conditions full of pot holes. Some Greens were not well maintained and under repair.

Decent enough course, couple of patchy greens but overall it’s a good course.

This was my second time playing this course, but it’s been 5 years or so. I knew the layout was a little wonky, but the conditions have degraded substantially. Let me walk through our experience…

Staff were all friendly. No issues there.

Driving range looked like it was maintained by Roy McAvoy…before he learned how to take care of a range when he moved to Texas. It was useless.

Front 9 had spots of grass here and there, although it looked like there were 37 different types. It was challenging to find a single square foot of consistent usable grass to hit off of. So I guess the driving range was actually a decent preparation for the actual course.

When we got to hole 4, it was clear that this course uses reclaimed water, except that they use “organic” reclaimed water. Perhaps you’ve heard of “farm to table” restaurants…this course clearly uses “body to course” reclaimed “water”. The smell was absolutely nauseating. It made the joggers we saw on the back 9 even more impressive as no human should be able to take in more of the air on that course than needed for absolute survival.

The back nine had several ducks or geese , which was cool. Until you realized that the giant black polka dots that decorated every green were actually just giant bird excrement that had been walked on before us. From the 10th tee, you get a nice view of the ocean, which would’ve been great if it wasn’t ruined by the parents who should be convicted of child abuse for letting their kids play in the water that will certainly cause long-term health issues for their kids. The only reason there aren’t any gators in that pond is that it’s too swampy for them. Disgusting.

This is an odd thing to complain about, but even while driving from hole to hole, you’re reminded of the disrepair of this course by the cardiac-arrest inducing potholes on the cart path. It looks like Pete Buttigieg must’ve been in charge of the paths at some point cause they were as jacked up as the streets in South Bend, IN during his tenure. I will say that I was impressed that the golf cart still ran after rolling in that terrain for 18 holes, so I guess that’s something.

If you want to see what you’re in for before heading here, check out a review of 3 Jack National on YouTube. Basically the same course. If you play and hate it, well, you’ve been warned.

The course is a great design and offers a variety of holes and scenery. I had a great round. The course is very dry and could use some TLC in the bunkers. Greens were in decent shape. Would play again.

Had to clean out the cart I was assigned from previous rider. Fairways are dried up. Hard packed bunkers. Couldn’t get a 3.75” tee pitched through tall grass in some boxes. Sprinklers going on almost every blue box. Starter didn’t tell me carts need to be in by 7:30pm and attendants came out to tell me hurry my game. Cart died on 17. People that live in the community playing freely at random holes.

Everything made for a challenge and had my worst round in a minute…but hey, it was fun after I realized it wasn’t gonna get better. I won’t be back until they put some work in the grounds.

The gentleman in the pro shop was friendly though.

Sorry to post poor review. Played this course 20 years ago and it was in much better shape.. Pro shop charged me for range balls. They had run out. Starter was clueless. I was able to join twosome on tee. Bar at turn was unattended. Greens all different Some recently punched and awful, some were just bad. No grass in fairways. Sorry for locals.

Greens punched and with dark areas of mildew or fungus ? Extremely slow play due to 40 person junior golf tournament. Manager did not allow me to play ahead of the tournament group even though there was a 2 or 3 hole vacancy ahead of the tournament players. No Marshall on the course so group of 5 also playing in front of me.

This could be a really nice course if some effort and $ were applied.

Lots of brown and even dirt patches. Bunkers were hard packed . Some greens good, some not so good. Tough closures to play without local knowledge. The tee boxes were hard to find and lots of blind shots.

I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who wants to have a slight challenge within their course play while having the beach literally at the pro shop. The course definitely needs a cart use and there are a lot fo blind corners and gully dips that don't have water but you don't realize that til after you hit. The 10th tee is directly over water which is flowing into the ocean which is neat. Overall, I'd highly recommend this course and look forward to going back again next year!

The course has a lot of contour which challenges you to play your best shots. If you are careful you can do well.

No assist with clubs. Some holes not marked well, which made it rough for us who had not played it before. Check in not near carts or first hole., which made check in confusing. Course fairways used natural terrain which caused many shots to veer widely...t hard to always follow where it ended up.

Solid course. GolfNow got me a great rate. Will play again.

I found this spot over near SLO on vacation and upon getting there; you realize you are literally right next to Avila Beach, where you can lounge after playing next to their tee shop with an open seating area to enjoy the ocean breeze and sunshine. The course was well-maintained on the greens, a little rough at times on the fairway with a lot of sloping fairways and dry creek beds to lose balls. Overall, I'd highly recommend giving it a try!

Last Saturday seem to be overbooked with two different tournaments going and very slow players ahead of us it was agonizing