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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.8
96.0%
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760 out of 797 reviews
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4.3
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4.3
Value
4.8
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.7
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4.2
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4.2
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Layout
4.5
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4.0
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4.6
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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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4.3
797 Reviews (797)

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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Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fairways and greens are perfect

Great course condition. Pace was a bit slow at times but overall really good

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

"Screaming Deal"

Got out yesterday @ 3:40 when I saw a $17 rate on Golfnow & had a super enjoyable round as a single.

Guy called the rate a "screaming deal" & he was 100% right.

It was windy, between 15-20 mph, which is likely what kept people away & knocked the rate down. It proved a real challenge on a few holes that were directly into the wind, but I pretended I was playing The Open & clubbed accordingly. :-)

Overall the round was peaceful & pleasant. Course is in great shape & is one of my favorites. Pace of play was 3:20 & shot 75.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

20 degree cooler

Was perfect getaway from valley courses.

It was close to 100 in North Hill area,

In Oxnard only 72 light ocean breeze

Couldn't ask for Moore.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Memorial Day golf

OUTSTANDING course with a beautiful slight ocean breeze to enjoy! Some Great Friends and I had a very relaxing day for the Memorial Day Holiday. One of my favorite courses in the area. Always in fabulous shape and the working folks here always friendly and courteous.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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
Perfect weather
Used cart

Olivas Links

Played the Blues (6530/71.6/127) with Kevin and Shawna in clear, breezy conditions in the 70's. Rarely do I comment about my playing partners, but I was impressed that Shawna played the Blues with a birdie and numerous pars. Drives 225+, irons on the green from 175+ and she had a great short game! The POP was good, 4H playing on an $18 rate with a cart from tee off twilight. We rarely pushed the group in front of us and the group behind rarely pushed us. Olivas is an excellent layout to walk, very flat with no super long walks in between holes. Excellent golf facilities. Grass driving range complete with a good chipping and sand practice area that they have expanded to include a separate chipping area off to the side of the chipping green. Large putting green that is usually very comparable to the course. The tees were mostly lush, nicely maintained with few unfixed divots. A couple of Blues tees were closed as they were doing maintenance on them. The fairways were fairly lush and firm. The few poor areas were clearly marked as GUR. The rough around the fairway is mostly lush. Farther off the fairway could be hardpan to waist deep or anything in between. You need to know where the real deep stuff is barely off fairways and plan accordingly. The traps were nice to play from, well maintained with good quality sand. The greens were firm, smooth and putted medium speed. They held well struck irons with a little run out. The customer service is always excellent here. Minimal food 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 these items. Overall considering the condition, price and layout, one of the better deals in So Cal IMO. Definitely recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course is well maintained

Well maintained course. Clean tee boxes and fairways. Greens played nice too. Tons of rabbits and squirrels keep you company. Groups ahead of us moved really slow, round took over 4.5 hours. Course could easily be played in 3.5. Fun day overall though.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Fun Course. Will play again

A little slow with a morning senior tournament before we went off. As usual for this time of year the wind picks up in the afternoon 15 - 20 mph and makes it much more challenging.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 77
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

April 2017

I was a little disappointed arriving for the first time to see a small pro shop and limited concession stand, however the employees and course make up for these shortcomings. Playing in the afternoon at this course plays different then in the mornings due to the wind. The uniqueness of this course has to be the adirondack chairs place by certain tee boxes facing beautiful vistas and landmarks. The course is well maintained and I will come back and play it again next time I'm in the area.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Too slow this day

I really like Olivas Links and am going to make it my go to course in the future. The course is in good shape and the greens are firm, but not so hard that they're too difficult for an average player. I must say though on this particular day, the pace of play was too slow. I noticed that there seemed to be quite a few threesome groups, as opposed to foursomes and was wondering if that could have something to do with it. I had to quit early at the 16th hole, because of an event I needed to get to. It took 4 1/2 hours to finish 16.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1000
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Olivas Links

Played the Blacks (6806/73.0/130) with kviser in clear, breezy conditions in the 70's. The POP was excellent, 3.5H. We really moved after initially playing behind a 5some for 5-6 holes once they let us play through on #10. The tees were lush, nicely maintained with few unfixed divots. The fairways were lush and firm. Any few poor areas were clearly marked as GUR. The rough can be quite punitive here. Around the fairway is mostly lush and pretty consistent. However, get barely off the primary rough and you could have weeds, hardpan or waist deep lost ball rough. The traps are almost always well maintained with good quality sand here, nice to play from. The greens were firm, smooth and putted medium fast speed. They held well struck irons well. If you have never played here, you may be very unimpressed initially. The pro shop is a trailer and there is minimal food available onsite. No GPS on carts, usually no drink cart. However, Olivas has excellent golf facilities. Grass driving range complete with an excellent chipping and sand practice area that they have expanded to include a separate chipping area off to the side of the chipping green. Large putting green that is usually very comparable to the course. Great course to walk, flat and no tees are a huge distance from the last green. The wind is usually calm in the morning and a 1-2+ club wind in the afternoon with the ocean closeby. The customer service is always excellent @ Olivas. Definitely recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1000
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Always a great day @ Olivas!

Played the Blues (6530/71.6/127) with Joo, Mike and Danny in overcast, breezy conditions in the 70's. We played three different sets of tees and moved well, this was a good group to play with. I got a replay special for $20 with a cart after playing Buena in the morning. They had me on the first tee approximately 25 minutes after I putted out on #18 @ Buena a couple of miles down the road. POP was okay for a Saturday afternoon, 4.5H. Excellent course to walk, very flat. Huge putting green that is usually very comparable to the course. No frills pro shop is in a trailer, minimal food available onsite. No GPS on carts, usually no drink cart. However, I am play here more than any other course in So Cal because this is an above average layout almost always in above average condition @ good prices. Excellent grass driving range complete with a good chipping and sand practice area that they have expanded to include a separate chipping area off to the side of the chipping green. The tees were lush, nicely maintained. Very few unfixed divots anywhere. The fairways were fairly lush and firm. Good (but not great) with a few poor areas that were clearly marked as GUR. The rough around the fairway is mostly lush. Farther off the fairway could be hardpan with patches of rough that is now waist deep or anything in between. The traps were well maintained and have good quality sand, nice to play from. The greens were firm, smooth and putted medium speed. The customer service is always good here. Definitely recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1000
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Olivas Links

Played the Blues (6530/71.6/127) with GKers Steve and Tony in clear, breezy conditions in the 70's. Tony & I played our GK Cup match. I got a special $29 rate with a cart for currently being a underpaid teacher, nice touch Olivas! POP was okay for a Sunday afternoon, slightly over 4.5H. We rarely pushed the group in front of us and the group behind rarely pushed us. The tees were lush, nicely maintained. Very few unfixed divots anywhere. The fairways were firm and fairly lush. The few poor areas that were clearly marked as GUR. The rough around the fairway is mostly lush. Farther off the fairway could be hardpan with patches of rough that is now waist deep or anything in between. As our group experienced numerous times, the rough can be quite punitive here. A foot apart can mean swing and advance the ball a great deal, swing and lucky to advance the ball a short distance or forget it, your ball is gone! The traps were well maintained and have good quality sand, nice to play from. The greens were firm, smooth and putted medium fast speed. they held well struck irons with a little run out. If you are coming to Olivas just for the golf, everything is above average to excellent. Excellent layout to walk, very flat. Huge putting green that is usually very comparable to the course. Excellent grass driving range complete with a good chipping and sand practice area that they have expanded to include a separate chipping area off to the side of the chipping green. The customer service is always good to excellent here. Some of the amenities are lacking however. No clubhouse and the no frills pro shop is in a trailer. Minimal food available onsite. No GPS on carts, usually no drink cart. However, overall, considering the condition price and layout, one of the better deals around IMO. Definitely recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1000
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Olivas

Played the Blues (6530/71.6/127) with GKer kviser in clear, calm conditions in the 70's. Kevin & I played our GK Cup match. We got a special $29 rate with a cart from teeoff.com after a $10 off promotion was applied. The POP was good, 4H. We rarely pushed the group in front of us and the group behind rarely pushed us. The tees were lush, nicely maintained with few unfixed divots. The fairways were firm and fairly lush. The few poor areas that were clearly marked as GUR. The rough around the fairway is mostly lush. Farther off the fairway could be hardpan with patches of rough that is now waist deep or anything in between. The traps were well maintained and have good quality sand, nice to play from. The greens were firm, smooth and putted medium fast speed. They held well struck irons with a little run out. Olivas is an excellent layout to walk, very flat. Excellent facilities. Grass driving range complete with a good chipping and sand practice area that they have expanded to include a separate chipping area off to the side of the chipping green. Large putting green that is usually very comparable to the course. The customer service is always excellent here. The no frills pro shop is in a trailer. Minimal food available onsite. No GPS on carts, usually no drink cart. However, overall, considering the condition price and layout, one of the better deals around IMO. Definitely recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It was a friday. It was excellent weather. It took 3 hours to play 9 holes. No thank you. But i ❤️ the course and i live locally. Ill be back.

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