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4.4
788 Reviews (788)
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1 Stars
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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
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4.3
Value
4.8
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
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4.6
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4.3
51 Reviews (51)
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4.2
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Layout
4.5
Pace
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4.5
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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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Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Links

Links style course that was very challenging. had nice marine layer that came in late in our round that required extra club or two against the wind. greens were large and challenging. two putts were challenging when further than 40-50 feet.
Good, good golf course, would play again

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Solid course

Greens rolled well, fairways were cut...can't ask for much more from a muni course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Must play course!

walked the course and very impressed with the condition. The greens were tested your putting skills. Staff is very nice! Must play course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Good challenge , friendly staff

I drive up from LA to play this track. I always play as
A single and have gotten paired up up with great regulars that help with the green reading and tee shots. Great track!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Trailer golf

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

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Condition!

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

nice course

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 25
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Customer service was not good!

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!

Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

slow

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 56
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

fun course to play

course in great condition. always a good challange

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Always great to play!

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

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Loved it

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

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1000
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Olivas

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Sunday golf

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Olivas Links

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

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

extreme slow 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.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Friendly Staff

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.

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

Nothing worse than slow play

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice links course

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

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Ventura county golf at its best

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

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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