Olivas Links Golf Course

With the price you charge for green fee way run the course out of a trailer.

First time in a long time playing this course and WOW!
Conditioning was better than many country clubs in the area. Fantastic fairways and excellent greens. Great playing conditions and very good test of golf.

I have played here several times and the course is always in great condition. Pace of play could be a little better, never saw a marshall on the course. Other than that, well worth the money.

I was playing the front nine and hurt my back. I went into the clubhouse to check if I could get a nine hole come back because of my injury. Jason said absolutely not and didn't even ask me about my back! Thanks for the poor customer service and lack of compassion!

This is a great course. I love to play here walk or ride, but you may want to avoid here on the weekends as the pace can be extremely slow. We started at 1:06 PM and finished the front 9 at 4:00 PM. As far as I can tell there is no one in charge to check the pace. At 4:00 PM we just played the front nine again and completed in 90 minutes.

course in great condition. always a good challange

This is a great course to play! It's always in great shape and the folks that run it are very nice as well!

Best public course I have played at. Even Arnold would say: I'll be back.

Enjoyed a midday round with GDR23 with a cart. POP was what you would expect for a holiday Sat. afternoon, brutal. It took us slightly more than 4 1/2 hours to play the blues (6530/71.6/127). We took advantage of absolutely beautiful weather conditions, 80ish and little wind, but finished in mostly dark conditions on #18. Had several groups not have quit, we would not have finished, it seemed more like 5.5 hours, we waited and waited on the majority of shots AD.

The fairways were good, semi lush & mowed down low but with decent coverage. Very few bad spots or GUR areas. Considering the amount of play they get here, both the greens and fairways are ++.

The rough has been shaved down in many areas that used to be knee deep. Nicely maintained, you will get a combination of hardpan, lush grass, native weeds and native rough that can be very punitive in places.

The tees were in excellent shape overall, nicely maintained & very lush. All the par 3 tee divots had been recently sanded/filled.

The traps are very well maintained with good sand.

The greens have a decent amount of ball marks but still putted nice, firm & medium fast.

Customer Service as usual was ++, but a drink cart or a Marshall getting some people to move would have been nice. The layout is far less challenging now that the lakes are dry and much of the native rough is mowed down than it was 5 years ago. It's almost like playing a different golf course. Excellent value, especially for the conditions.

This course is always in great shape. The fairways and greens are near perfect in condition which is a huge plus for a municipal course. The only thing I would fix with Olivas Links is to build a proper club house and what was probably supposed to be a temporary trailer.

One of the best courses in the area, great value, great pace of play.

We intended to play 18 holes of golf.
Our tee time was 10:30am and by the time we approached the 17th hole it was 3:30pm.

Unfortunately we had to stop playing. The 18th hole had 4 groups on it and all was jammed and backed up.

The entire day was extremely slow and no ranger/official was trying to speed up the slow play. it was very frustrating and made our golf day much less enjoyable.

I enjoyed the course, I like the layouts and the design of the course. The greens were very tough, they were rolling fast. We played in just over 4 hours. I would definitely play again. Staff are very friendly.

We were a foursome behind a threesome slower than molasses. Called the clubhouse on 3rd hole when the group was 11/2 holes behind. The marshall sped them up until we got to the turn. The got almost two holes behind again. Very hard to get a rhythm like that.Otherwise, course was in good shape and very fair. Green were fast once the dew evaporated and in great shape.

Nice links course. Very good condition, especially the fairways.

I'll leave this links has always been my favorite of all of the Ventura county golf courses. It's greens are normally quick and true and the fairways are always in great shape. Bad timing on my part led me to a leave us right after they sanded the greens so the usual stellar greens I'm used to wear a little bumpy but the rest of the course is awesome. Eat before or after because the clubhouse is and always has been a mobile home. Waiting on funds to build a clubhouse they make do with temporary housing. Don't let this detour you Olivas Links is in my top 5 of public courses

Good conditions!
Fast play!
Good results!
Nice staff!

Despite the draught in California, Olivas Links is in great condition. The course is owned by the City of Ventura, and it has easy access to abundant reclaimed water from the wastewater facility 500 yards away. The Tees and Greens were manicured, and you almost always had a good lie if you were in the fairway. They have cut back the "rough" rough, so there are not as many lost balls and slow play has been greatly reduced.

This was the second time playing at this course and have nothing but great things to say about it. As you can see from the spefics, we enjoyed it and will return again and again.

This course shoukd be capped at 45.00. There is no club house so no food! Only chips and protein bars. If you're lucky, they'll have pre-made sandwhiches that you get at gas stations. I believe they charge so much, (75.00) because it's near the beach so it's much cooler, but over all the conditions are no where near worth that price