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4.4
788 Reviews (788)
5 Stars
411
4 Stars
308
3 Stars
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2 Stars
17
1 Stars
8
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.8
97.4%
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752 out of 788 reviews
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4.4
13 Reviews (13)
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.8
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
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4.3
51 Reviews (51)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.7
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
4.5
98.0%
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50 out of 51 reviews
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Course Highlights
This course delivers outstanding value for money, with well-maintained fairways and a diverse layout that keeps rounds engaging. Friendly staff and a dog-friendly policy make it a welcoming destination for golfers.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6818 yards
Slope 126
Rating 72.7

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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Course Details

Year Built 1967
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Rye Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William F. Bell (1967) Forrest Richardson (2007)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $18
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

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Reviews

4.4
788 Reviews (788)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
19th Hole Specials 6
Course Challenges Include:
Undulating Greens 45
Bunkers 35
Thick Rough 24
This course/club is great for:
Walkers 38
Locals 37
Advanced Golfers 30
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 39
Convenient to the City 23
In the 'Burbs 17

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4.0
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Conditions Good
Value Excellent
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Windy weather
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Great shape

Played on Saturday, beautiful day, always a little windy sometimes 1 club sometimes 2.

Course is in fabulous shape, greens were fast and true, fairways and tee boxes were well manicured.

All in all one of the better tracks and Michelle is a doll.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Conditions Excellent
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Conditions Good
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Conditions Excellent
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Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
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Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Reviews 12
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4.0
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Previously Played

Punched Greens

Beautiful day. Nice breeze. Good layout. Greens were bumpy as they were punched 3 weeks ago.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best value golf course.

Olivas Links is one of my favorite golf course in Ventura County. Tuesday special @ $39 w/ cart; friendly staff; outstanding & demanding golf course + perfect weather. I highly recommend it!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good value

Paid a great price to play an above-average course. But neither the booking website nor the course website nor the pro shop indicated that the greens had recently been punched, which was quite disappointing.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
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Previously Played

Greens were airrated but we were never told

Greens were awful! Airrated the greens and didn't tell us before the round.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good Value

The course was a lot of fun. Pace was great. People were nice. I’ll play there again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 23
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
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Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Easter Sunday Diasapointment

Have played this course many times, but here we were on Easter Sunday, with very few players, so the pace of play was good. But the course conditions were not. The course itself has little to be desired anymore. The off rough areas look like they haven't had maintenance of any kind for quite a while. Bare, weedy patches, and little to enjoy visually And don't get your ball off the fairway. The Fairways weren't much better, Moderate at best for play. One PLUS "sandy bunkers". They had NO WATER in the Water Bin on the course, not even the container itself.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Olivas Links

A very playable course.

Not too challenging from the Whites, mopre challenging from the Blues due to some narrow Fairways. Grass was in good shape, Greens had just been punched but still putted well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value for your money

Always enjoy playing this course. It’s easy to walk. The views are pretty. Nice driving range and putting green. Highly recommend it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1000
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Olivas Links

Played 36 holes from the Blues (6530/71.6/127) in a little less than 8H with GDR23 as a 2some in the morning, then we played as a 4some in the afternoon. The conditions were overcast, around 65 and breezy.

Granted, we just had several days in a row of rain and the paspalum grass isn't meant to be a great winter grass. However, while the conditions were not bad, this is probably the poorest condition I have seen Olivas in since the renovation over a decade ago.

The tees were mostly lush with only the par 3's needing divot attention.

The fairways were soft and mostly dormant looking. They played better than they looked.

The rough around the fairway is semi lush. Farther off the fairway you encounter much less really deep rough than you used to here, much of the really deep rough has been mowed down low. Still some hardpan areas in the secondary rough and some knee deep areas here and there.

The traps have good sand and would probably be well above average when they dry out after the rains.

The greens were medium slow speed and bumpy for Olivas. Softer than usual, which produced footprints and ball marks in excess on many greens.

Minimal food & drink available onsite, the no frills pro shop is in a trailer. No GPS on carts, usually no drink cart, so plan ahead if you need food/beverage. Customer service excellent as always. Recommended, one of my favorite layouts.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always a great play

Always a good course to play. Fun layout with challenging holes.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A Challenging Little Treat

Played this course perhaps two dozen times and always enjoy it. The various tees are far enough from each other to offer a challenge regardless of the tee box one chooses. The course is also eminently walkable and the greens are always in great shape. The fairways do get a little ragged at various times of the year but this is Southern California and rainfall is often difficult to come by. But, Olivas Links is always a first tier choice when in the Ventura neighborhood.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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