Avila Beach Golf Resort

One of my favorite courses to play. It's worth it for me to drive 2.5 hrs to play this course. On 9/25/20 I made my first Hole in One on the 8th hole par 3. Best thing about it was my wife was recording it so I can always watch it and show my friends back home. I will be back again.

It was nice to have a morning on the golf course. Several groups were in front of me so I asked in the pro shop and also the starter to see if I could play the back nine. It was nice to be on the course without being pushed by multiple groups behind me. If you come to the beach it’s also nice to play a round of golf. And see all the birds as well.

Front 9 is in the hills and there's a lot of slope with rather tight fairways. There's very little margin for error and some well hit shots may roll all the way off the fairway. Back 9 has a lot of water to clear as well as the narrow fairways. Small greens and rather fast so more than a couple times I almost rolled it off if on a downhill putt and don't touch it perfectly.

Overall a decent course and could be a good value if you can get a hot deal.

We were extremely disappointed that we paid $80 each for a course that has not been watered for quite some time. The course was in horrible condition and we would not recommend nor will we ever play there again.

Had a blast. Don’t need driver on every hole, managed a 77 today playing smart. Greens are small in many cases, and enough water to be quite challenging. Overall great day on the track! Staff was very friendly!!!

Only got 13 holes in 4 hours with waits on every tee box and every approach shot. There was a marshal but made no effort to improve pace of play. Newbies practicing extra putts and getting lessons by other newbies on the fairway before some shots. Very frustrating!

Front desk staff very helpful and friendly. Cart/Range staff very abrupt and unhappy. Gave me 2 medium buckets but wanted to see receipt before giving other 2 buckets. Like I was going to steal a bucket. Range in bad shape. Course was fun. Greens were great shape. Course not so much. Pace of play was horrible. Too many golfers. Marshall was doing all he could. Took us over 5 hours. We teed off at 9:12. Gnats were horrible for the first 8 holes till it warmed up. Bring spray.

The fairways are ok. The greens are not in good shape at all. I feel this course is overpriced based on the conditions.

This COULD be a destination resort BUT the conditions of this course are just not worth the $80 green fee's. Tee boxes are awful, the fairways are bad, and the greens are just ok. The bunkers (due to covid, I get it) are full of weeds and not playable.

There are better course in the area, save your time & money.

course was in fair condition, always a great time playing here

Was visiting the SLO area and had see this course online and thought since it was near the ocean, would be worthwhile getting out. For a" Resort Course" it looks like someone slashed the maintenance budget - course is horribly maintained, bunkers are almost pure dirt and fairways have almost no grass growth and badly needs feeding.

It could be so much better with maintenance but also with some funky holes not really worth $64 that I paid thru Golfnow.

Given I had seen current reviews I knew the course would be in poor shape but it was worse than I expected. All of the other reviews are accurate.... no sand in the bunkers ...fairways threadbare....tee boxes in bad shape...greens were not as disastrous as the other maintenance issues but still pretty bad. It’s a real shame they have let the course go because it could be a fun albeit quirky course in a great location.

This is a beautiful golf course. Lots of hills and some narrow fairways. Make sure your iron striking is pure before you play here competitively. I will definitely play here again for a third time.

We played 9 holes, and started on 10. First shot of the day across the water! Nice hole, across the water (avoid the trees) and then a dogleg left. Greens were in good condition and reasonably quick. We didn’t know where we were going, so had to consult the map on the back of the card several times to find the next hole but still walked in less than 2 hours. Solid par 3’s and plenty of interesting holes. We’ll come back! Also lots of wildlife, especially birds- pelicans, ducks, vultures and more.

Management needs to put some work into improving the fairways and bunkers. As other reviewers have indicated, fairways have very thin grass, almost like hitting off dirt. The bunkers are dirt. Most of the greens were in good condition. I remember the course actually being in resort golf course condition. Now, it is like a rundown municipal course. Management has other plans for some of the course property, so maybe that is why less money is being spent on conditioning or they have been hit by lack of play with COVID-19, but the course was busy the day I played. Also, management appointed a new greenskeeper recently. Maybe that will help if they provide him the proper support.

Challenging course with lots of opportunities to get into trouble from the many sloped fairways. Greens tricky but ok if player has "local knowledge ". Also true of fairways with slopes. leading to trouble or hiding a sand trap with hard surface packed down sand.