About
Situated along the Ventura Harbor overlooking the Santa Clara River, Olivas Links (formerly known as Olivas Park Golf Course) enjoys coastal breezes that make it cool in the summer and warm in the winter, providing perfect conditions for golf year-round. The golf course has a links-style layout that closely follows the natural swales and curves of the landscape and separated by bands of fescue and wild grasses. The course is mostly open but there are some large pine trees scattered throughout. Its seaside location subjects the golf course to strong winds, especially on the front nine. The challenging layout offers multi-tiered greens and contoured mounding along the fairways. There are also deep bunkers strategically placed throughout Olivas Links, but the openness of the course places a stronger emphasis on hitting the right spot on the fairway or getting the correct angle of approach to the green rather than avoiding the bunkers.
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Top Courses in California(2021 #20)
Golfer Photos
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Twilight Goodness Photo submitted by Jonrock7 on 04/05/2025
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Photo submitted by OGtriplebogey on 04/04/2024
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Photo submitted by u000002742544 on 10/20/2022
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Now add water ! No more short cut! Photo submitted by ludwig5050 on 01/21/2022
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Shorts in Jan Photo submitted by u000004287194 on 01/17/2021
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Photo submitted by Keajags on 01/08/2021
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Photo submitted by aaaaandyman on 11/15/2020
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Photo submitted by u000004287194 on 09/02/2020
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Photo submitted by u000004287194 on 09/02/2020
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Photo submitted by u000004287194 on 09/02/2020
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Rare snow in mountain Photo submitted by mf91311 on 12/03/2019
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Photo submitted by MrSchmidty on 10/10/2019
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Photo submitted by u9618742 on 06/16/2019
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Photo submitted by MrByrnesy on 07/27/2017
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Photo submitted by MrByrnesy on 07/27/2017
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Photo submitted by MrByrnesy on 07/27/2017
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The 17th hole...a par 3 Photo submitted by u000001877051 on 07/22/2014
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Photo submitted by u000001877051 on 07/22/2014
Golfer Reviews
Such a fun course
While not really a traditional links course, this is nonetheless links-ish (built on sand, near the ocean, afternoon winds, undulating terrain. The rough is not too thick, however, and there are trees lining most fairways. But who cares if it's the dictionary definition of links? It's a well kept course with firm and fast greens and a great layout. For the money and at a public course, the course conditions are excellent.
Bunkers
The bunkers are in desperate need of sand.
Other then that the course is in great condition
Course in great condition and the weather was great really like playing late afternoon . The 70°temperature was perfect and the sunset on the way home was pretty
Gogolfscott
First time at Olivia’s Links. What a well maintained course. From the tee boxes to the aprons around the greens. So clean and plush! Balls in the fairway sat up so nice. I’m not use to having this being a rancho park frequent player. The greens were holding very well and rolled so true, balls were not bouncing on the way to the cup and where you rolled it it went clean. There is a large chipping green with sand trap and a large putting green. If you get the chance, make this park of your golfing plans. You will be happy you did. I will be back. Fore sure. Played in 4&1/4 hours great pace.
There is no clubhouse or food, so pack your lunch and bring your sodas. Your gonna have fun.
The course is in great shape
The weather was very nice and the price reasonable
Will return , fun course
Fairways and Greens
I don't know what they are doing but I sincerely hope they continue doing it
I think Olivas is in the best shape of any public course in Ventura County.
"Parts of the course were under repair."
"Also, the greens were running really slow."
"With the strong wind, it was such a tough round."
Greens are HORRENDOUS!!!
What happened???? They had the hole in the worst place possible on most of the greens and a few greens and been punched with small holes a few days ago, I guess and they had not been cut!!!
If you looked at the rest of the green most of them looked OK, definitely nicer than what we had to putt on today.
Very weird. It was as if they messed up the punching and the greens had not fully recovered properly and they just cut the cup there today, of all days!!!
Best Value
This course is the best value in golf for the Ventura area. The course is well maintained, staff are friendly, and the cost is spot on for weekday play.
As soon as the club house opens up, this course will contend with the likes of Spanish and Sterling.