Ojai Valley Inn
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4.5
978 Reviews (978)
5 Stars
670
4 Stars
206
3 Stars
66
2 Stars
21
1 Stars
15
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.1
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.6
89.1%
Recommend this course
903 out of 978 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.4
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.5
86.4%
Recommend this course
19 out of 22 reviews
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4.5
60 Reviews (60)
5 Stars
41
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.5
86.7%
Recommend this course
52 out of 60 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 70
Length 6252 yards
Slope 131
Rating 71.0

Opened in 1923, Ojai Valley Inn Golf Course is one of California's first great courses. Over the decades that the course has been open, it has hosted a number of professional players and celebrities ranging from Arnold Palmer to Will Smith. George C. Thomas, Jr., who created the Riviera, collaborated with Billy Bell to design the original golf course but Jay Morrish made the layout considerably more challenging with renovations in 1988. Ten years later, two holes from the original Thomas/Bell layout that were lost during a redesign following WWII were completely restored and incorporated into the layout. The challenging golf course is very narrow in some spots and it features undulating greens that putt fast and true. The layout is not particularly long but it requires accuracy and proper club selection in order to score well.

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Course Details

Year Built 1923
Fairways Kikuyu Grass
Greens Kikuyu Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect George C. Thomas, Jr. (1923) William P. Bell (1923) Jay Morrish (1988)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Available Facilities

Meeting Facilities, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Spa, Locker Rooms

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

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4.5
978 Reviews (978)

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Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful Golf Course

The course is in pristine condition. The staff is friendly and helpful. Pace of play was great 4 hr round. Overall a great day!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course, parking not great

This course is in nice condition and there are some interesting holes in the layout. In all the course plays quite short and we were forced to some shorter tees due to a function at the Farmhouse. The biggest negative is the parking for golf which is a very long way away from the pro shop. They do offer you can take a cart if there are 2 of you and I suggest you take that offer. We didn’t and you can easily get lost trying to get back as the facility meanders over a huge area.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful course with lush mountains and valleys...very challenging for a 15 handicap. Lots of hidden fairways and Gulleys that are very intimidating.

I only lost 8 balls...could have been worse:)

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful resort and less than expected course conditions.

The golf staff and restaurant servers are the best I have experienced anywhere in the world. This is a beautiful property. The resort is immaculate and is set in well kept gardens. The weather was sunny and perfect. This golf course layout is spectacular. There is much elevation on most holes with often small greens surrounded by many bunkers. If you stay in the wide fairway you will score well. This is a target golf layout where it is important to hit the landing area that may mean you use a club other than your driver off the tee. Pay attention to the GPS on the cart. You must pay attention to the slopes on the fairways and the surrounding hills that influence the path of your shot. The greens are small to average size that are true though lots of undulations. The greens were still recovering from the aerification a month earlier. Half of the greens showed winter damage. The fairways were mostly good condition with half showing thin conditions that may have been the result of the large amount of rain this season. May be better condition later in the season. it was a fun time.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens Punched - Overpriced

Little disappointed for the higher price. Greens need recovering and very bumpy and sandy still. If we knew that the birthday round would have been postponed. For the money we could have played a country club.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course is poor

Course design chaotic, poor condition,pre and post golf very chaotic without assistance from Proshop

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

World Class Hospitality

The staff at this course and resort bend over backwards to make you feel taken care of. Course needs to dry out a bit more due to the recent rains but that it was really only the fairway on #13 that is still an issue. Greens were punched recently but I was playing well so didn't really care.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Fun Layout

This course has a great layout and is in good shape.

We played the day after the rain and it was cart path only and wet out but I will definitely come back.

Would be a great place to golf and hangout for some food and drinks after the round. They have a great patio with some live music playing.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Beautiful Course!

This was the first time I had golfed there and we had a great time! Course was wet due to recent rain, but it was a beautiful course. I would definitely play there again! The staff was courteous and had great attitudes and smiles - which only added to a great experience!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Below avg course, cart path only?

Course not in great shape and it wasn’t just the weather. No way a course of this quality should require cart path only. Unnecessarily slowed play when it wasn’t needed.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unfortunate

This course needs to be restored badly. It’s been destroyed by development. Soule Park is better

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Alex Gutierrez

Good day. Outstanding facilities and very warm and helpful staff. The assistance with our luggage and the friendliness of the staff at Jimmy’s were very much appreciated. Mark W at the golf course was incredibly nice and accommodating, as always! We will certainly be back! Thank you so much

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Save some cash and head to Soule Park

I've played Ojai Valley Inn a few of times now and likely won't be back unless it's a free round.

There is never notice of cart path only, if I'll be starting on 1st or 10th tee, or partial closure of any holes (18 in particular seems to always be partially closed and requires using the front tees).

This last time around there was another group that was somehow booked for the exact same tee time. I'm sure that one of us was supposed to tee off on the 10th hole, but who wants that? We ended up sorting out the situation ourselves as no starter was around.

There is also never a marshal that goes around to monitor pace of play. I get that this is a world class resort so they likely don't want to make their guests feel rushed, but expect a 5+ hour round here.

The course itself is in amazing condition, but forgettable in layout. The front 9 are the highlight with the back 9 weaving in and out around the hotel property.

If you're really looking for the best golf in Ojai then I highly suggest Soule Park. Conditions are just as nice, better course layout, and a fraction of the cost.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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