Olivas Links Golf Course

Played 27 holes from the Blues (6530/71.6/127) in 5.5H with GDR23 & Mack twilight. The conditions were clear, around 80 and a steady 2 club wind the entire afternoon.

The tees were mostly lush with only the par 3's not close to immaculate.

The fairways were lush and soft. The few poor areas were clearly marked as GUR.

The rough around the fairway is mostly lush. Farther off the fairway you could encounter hardpan to waist deep or anything in between.

The traps have good, fine quality sand but for my 3rd straight round here did not appear to have been recently raked. The foot prints were too numerous, plus the green side trap on #5 and the fairway trap on #9 had sprinkler runoff issues.

The greens were medium speed and bumpy for Olivas. Softer than usual, which produced footprints and ball marks in excess on most greens. Definitely not the firm, medium fast, smooth greens I remember @ Olivas.

Customer service excellent as always. One of the best walking courses around. Flat with no long hikes in between holes. Excellent warm up/practice facilities. Really like the multiple chipping areas. Driving range moved back to the outer edge and on mats yesterday. 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. Recommended.

Tough but fair in the wind plays like classic links. Greens were slow, otherwise perfect day. Like the range, and chipping targets !

Every chance I get to come out to SC I make an effort to play Olivas Links. My home course away from home. Love the area also.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.