Avila Beach Golf Resort

This being my first time playing Avila Beach Golf Resort I only saw the riverside (back 9) from the highway. I was surprised by the hillside (front 9) course and all its challenges. There isn't much signage directing you to the next hole so fortunately my playing partner was a local.

Probably my biggest complaint is the condition of or the lack of cart paths. It was a very rough ride in many places. The fairways played softer than I'm use to and the approach to the greens required going up a club or two due to elevated greens on the front nine.

All in all we were finished in just under 4 hours and enjoyed the round. I'm looking forward to returning to play again.

It was a beautiful course, but not very well maintained. You couldn’t tell where the fairways began and the rough ended. The staff was friendly. The food was great. The view was beautiful. Could use some encore maintenance, however

We like this course. We've played here a few times. It is beautiful and has a nice country atmosphere. Every hole is different which also makes it interesting and enjoyable. It does need some work, too many weeds, but overall we like it and will play here again.

Lost multiple balls in the center of the fairway. This course is always in rough shape, but this Sunday was by far the worst I’ve ever seen.

Everyone was losing balls in the middle of fairways.

The center of the fairway was basically worse than US Open rough.

Time to move on and sell the property to someone who can upkeep it

Beautiful surrounding and great course design. Good strong golf carts in excellent condition. The river flows throughout the course and the course design is nicely incorporated into the course. Recommend!

The course is in rough shape. We play here every couple months and watch the steady decline. We lost two balls in sand traps because they are so overgrown with weeds and grass. Same thing with several fairways. The good news is they did fix the two creek crossings on the front 9 with shipping containers which replaced the temporary path. Much safer.

This course has such a great feel, beautiful layout. Sadly, the place gets little investment. The cart paths are very rough slowing down the round. Fairways need covered in topsoil then totally rototilled under. Greens are better but still in need of upgrades. Sand traps are a mess. The hotels , resorts are getting hurt. They should all kick in some money.

You've got to spend money to make money.

This course has such a great feel, beautiful layout. Sadly, the place gets little investment. The cart paths are very rough slowing down the round. Fairways need covered in topsoil then totally rototilled under. Greens are better but still in need of upgrades. Sand traps are a mess. The hotels , resorts are getting hurt. They should all kick in some money.

You've got to spend money to make money.

Way too many new and old gopher holes/tunnels. Driving range pretty much garbage. Greens in bad shape. It’s just not a good course.

Played this maybe 30 years ago.. I was looking forward to playing it again. I sadly was disappointed in the overall condition of the fairways, tee boxes and greens, not to mention the bunkers. I read some reviews after I booked my tee time. I am visiting from Northern California. I kinda knew what to expect, but ot was worse than I thought. I played early morning and ended up being a single. I had a hard time navigating from hole to hole. The cart paths were poorly marked. I ended up going from the six hole green to the ninth tee, which I thought was the seventh. Did not know that till I finished the hole. Ended up asking a grounds worker about what happened. Apparently, it happens all the time. What staff I did encounter were very friendly. I’m glad I got the hot deal price. It’s unfortunate that the course has been neglected it’s in such a beautiful area. Wish I could say it was better than it was….

This course has gone downhill so much, its absurd they even try charging anyone to play this poor excuse for a golf course. I wouldn't pay $10 to play again. Every. Single. Aspect. Just sucks. Maintenance is trash, it feels like I'm in the middle of the desert when on these fairways. As if your hitting off concrete at times, it's so dry you make a dust cloud when hitting FROM THE FAIRWAY.

Greens have ball marks everywhere from the members/old people never fixing their ball marks. No putt will go in a straight line

No tee box has any flat area at all.

The absolute worst course conditions I've ever played.

Bunkers are absolute trash, no sand in sight, its akin to a hole just dug into the ground with rocks & weeds abundant. This place needs new ownership, people who actually care about golf. The current owners evidently only care about renting the venue for events.

Golfers should GET PAID to play this goat track/cow pasture, not the other way around