Olivas Links Golf Course

Course was in great condition, not quite "pristine". Greens ran true and fairways in great shape. Olivas is a challenging yet fair course and the weather in Ventura is almost always better than inland areas.

Fun course. My only complaint would be that the pace of play is very slow. Five hours both times I played there on a week day. It seems that they could book fewer tee times or marshal the pace of play to lower the wait time on the tees. Many players give up and bail out of the round before finishing. A great deal of patience is required to play here!

Enjoying the course more and the course is better maintained. Find the greens to bumpy and would like to see the water areas with water in them that is cleaner and nicer looking.

Pace of play has always been a problem at Olivas for me. I'm a slow pace player but 41/2-5 hour play is horrible. You loss your tempo and get frustrated. We had a threesome giving lessons and dropping balls in front of us and to top it off they walked the course! 4 out of the 5 times I played there mon-Saturday the round time for 18 was 41/2-5 hours! Icing on the cake there is no snack cart so you are in the woods while waiting to tee off! Great course otherwise! Staff is nice and condition of the course is good. I will return as the price on ex link on the weekdays you can't beat. Make sure you are prepared for a 5 hour round even on weekdays!

Most of the rough is natural areas which means potential for unplayables. The greens are fun to putt on with twists and level changes. The white, blue, black tee set up provides three distinct playing options. Demanding from the blacks especially after noon when the prevailing SW wind can require hitting two clubs longer. The course offers a good balance of long/short left/right holes. With the par 3's measuring anywhere from 8 iron to hybrid. The sand is fine and good to play out of just be sure to dig in with your shoes as there is bouncy clay under 2" of sand in some traps. All in all this course should be on your to play list.

Good course, well maintained, and good value and I will play again soon.

The greens ran true and the fairways were in good shap. Stay out of the ruff if you want to score well

took over five hours to play a thursday round due to slow foursome/s about five groups ahead of us. never saw the marshal past the first tee. we teed off at 12:10, parking lot was less than half full, didn't have to wait on any shot until the fourth tee, then had to wait on every shot the rest of the round. could see a two-hole gap ahead of the lead group - could have been corrected by normal course marshal intervention.

This a fun course; not the best maintained in the area, but still in good shape. A good links style setup that is fun, especially the second 9. Got stuck behind a group of slow players, so it definitely slowed our round down. Not sure if I'd want to pay the full price rate for a morning tee time, but definitely worth 40 bucks for an early afternoon tee time.

I like this links course because the course has character, its not a boring municipal course where all the holes are flat, look the same, and have wide fairways. There is a variety in difficulty and layout of the holes. There are holes that require a good drive and good 2nd shot to get par. I also like that you get lots of run on the fairways in the afternoon. I enjoyed that I teed off at 6:40 AM and finished playing by 9:50 AM.

Bring your straight game. Any hits right or left and you can easily lose a ball in the "natural area". I lost several balls in just 6 to 8 inches of weeds. That's kind of frustrating. But it's a beautiful course. Would definitely play it again.

Outstanding greens. Well maintained tees and fairways. Challenging hole designs. I thought I was playing a country club.

I played this course on a windy day. But according to staff there, it's usually pretty windy. The course was in good shape. nice fairways and greens. Greens were nice and not very fast. The layout is a bit confusing going from hole to hole or figuring out which fairway to aim for. It's a true links course. There aren't too many of them around here, unless they're cheap little muni's. There were a lot of people there and very crowded. I got stuck behind the local high school team playing a practice round or tournament. I ended up jumping a few holes ahead. The players are nice and most let me play through. All in all, if your looking to play a links style course with med-heavy wind like you were in Scotland then this is the course for you. If you're used to high shots and soft landings, like most of us in the states, then you will have a difficult time. Still a fun time. Got to try a lot of shots like punches, bump and runs from 150 yards etc. Just don't expect to put up great scores on your first time out.

One of the best Public courses in Ventura County. Always cool and sometimes breezy.

We wish we knew in advance that the front nine was closed and we would be playing two back 9's. The course moved quite slowly because of the mingling of front and back bookings.

The course was a little dry, and the greens were bumpy, but overall, this is a nice course, and well worth the money.

tough course tough rough. good layout. great weather.

Front nine were quick, the back nine took 2 1/2 hours in windy conditions. Greens were slow but otherwise course condition was great considering time of the year.

I enjoyed the course layout very much. The greens were great a lot of slight hills and bumps. The pace of play started out good but started to play really slow from thew 7th hole on. We did not see any marshal to enforce the slow play in front of us.

If you stay in the fairways you're going to have a great day. Some balls so much as a foot off the fairway you can't find them. Lot of strokes on your game if you can't keep it on the fairway. Keep them straight, you're going to have fun! It's a really nice course.