Avila Beach Golf Resort

I enjoyed the first nine holes, although they started us at hole #9. Well when we got to #1 , we waited and waited for groups of people to get there play in. So I almost took a nap if you know what I mean. Bye that time I lost my moment . I will still go back but hopefully it will go a little smoother. thank You! we will come back.

Tee time was set for 7:05 so we got there at 6:30 to grab a cup of coffee and warm up at the range and found the pro shop, the snack bar/restaurant and range were still closed.
Walked around the pro shop and there was a guy hanging out in the maintenance shed. He said we were early and that he was going to have to give us a dirty cart. The guys who were suppose to clean the carts and get them ready had been drinking the night before instead of getting the carts ready.
Then he said he didn’t have any range balls and for us to go out to the range and just find balls out there and hit those…The sprinklers were still on when we tee'd off.
There were a couple of holes we weren't sure which fairway was ours. The front nine is actually 8 holes and the back nine 10 holes.
A lot of ravines so bring all of your old golf balls and play them instead.
One positive comment; the greens were in pretty good shape.

Course was in good condition. Lots of blind shots, cart & scorecard gave no information. Without your own golf rangefinder/GPS it is difficult to know where you want to aim (lots of driving ahead in the cart which slows down play). Carts are really sad; torn seats & like I said, no information. Driving range is a joke. Signage is almost non existent. We had to ask direction to #9 & guessed at a couple other tee box locations. For the price I would expect much more. Like I said, the course itself was in good condition but would not pay full rack rate to play this course.

We played on a Thursday morning as a twosome, with a 7:36 am tee time. We arrived early and the starter in the pro shop let us go early. He was very courteous and customer friendly.

The course was beautiful and in good shape. The pace of play was good. We caught up with a threesome and they let us play through without any problems. We really enjoyed our round.

The course is ok. Tee boxes need some help. Greens were good. Fairways good. Driving range has to be the worst I have seen.

Booked for 2.15 and gad to wait 40 minutes for a cart. Delays teeing off at first hole. When we got to hole 12 a group of 4 men cut in front of us and held us up for the rest of the course.

Course is nice enough and in good shape. Lots of sharp doglegs and blind shots...not a great design. We finally got tired of waiting on every shot when we were on the 13th tee waiting behind another foursome nearly 4 hours into our round. Guessing if we had finished the round it could have taken 6 hours or more...? Too dang slow. Too many people on the course. Ah well...beautiful day.

Course was I'm fine shape. Pace of play was fine for myself and my wife. More visible markers on 100 and 150 yard distances would be helpful. I look forward to playing here again.

Purchased T-time through good folk at GolfNow.com for best rate! Arrived at Course and were given priority as a expected "party" were "no-show".
Pace was hindered because we were behind a pair of "newbies" ...there was no "Marshall" ...we waited at every hole... takes the fun out of the game.

Love this course and the deal caddy made it very affordable. Accuracy is important or you can make it difficult for yourself.

Greens were in excellent condition. Hole number #2 was closed for renovation, but they had a temp. Hole on the back 9. Bunkers needed more sand, bit shallow with hard surface. Driving range needs some TLC for sure.

Cart paths don't match tee and green layout. Conditions were not up to what I thought was suppose to be a high end course, debris and leave on greens.

I got a great deal to play online & looked forward to playing here. What we found is that the course is very poorly marked for yardage. Their are sharp dog legs that don't allow you to see the Greens & there is nothing that tells you the yardage (like a 150 yard marker) that is visible from the tee box. On a couple of the holes you have no idea (if you are a first time player here) where the Green is because they are not visible & there is not a course map that gives a good depiction of the layout. Some of them (par 5's) are blind shots from the landing area for your second shot toward the green.

The greens were very inconsistent. The practice green was immaculate & fast. The course greens were coarse and S-L-O-W! It was hard to figure out the speed which was compounded by many of them being on the sides of the beautiful mountains. It looks like they were recently aereated & had not been cut or rolled. One of my bump & runs had sand rooster tails flying up behind the ball as it rolled toward the hole. Determining break & speed for your line was almost impossible if you were not up close. Shoot for the pins & know your ball won't go far with any roll!

There is a ditch between #10 & #18 (that both fairways slope down toward) that is filled with leaves....like the leaves from the course are blown into by the maintenance crew. This slows play as we watched groups in front of us spend lots of time looking for balls. Hole #18 has a VERY narrow fairway; therefore not much room for error when the slope takes your ball toward the ditch. Choose your club & shot carefully!

All in all, with a little more attention to detail the course would be awesome. Very challenging & so peaceful to play with the mountains all around you. Every hole almost feels like a hole by itself.

Fun old golf course, but the condition was truly awful, particularly the fairways, but the greens were not much better. A shame.

Avila is one of my favorite courses on the Central Coast - absolutely beautiful early morning or late afternoon. Good mix of different types of holes and easily walkable - esp the back nine. The staff is wonderful!

course was good to play for average or better golfer, wouldn't recommend for beginners. Great if you can find a deal, regular price is too high? I will play again anytime,

staff was real friendly and the course,nature, were great

Would help to have distance markers easier to see. Better hole layouts

Really Enjoyed Course Fun Layout Diverse Holes And Great Greens, First Time Playing Course Really Enjoyed.It.willBe Back For sure

The course was in better than average shape. Greens were mostly smooth and ran about 10. Bunkers could use some work but it's not a problem if you stay out of them!