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Olivas Links Golf Course
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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour | 72 | 6818 yards | 73.0 | 130 |
| Champion | 72 | 6530 yards | 71.6 | 127 |
| Club | 72 | 6097 yards | 69.5 | 121 |
| Club (W) | 73 | 6097 yards | 77.0 | 135 |
| Players (W) | 72 | 5348 yards | 72.4 | 128 |
| Players | 72 | 5348 yards | 65.8 | 110 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour M: 72.7/126 W: 79.3/140 | 362 | 534 | 377 | 514 | 179 | 437 | 408 | 185 | 354 | 3350 | 407 | 424 | 376 | 201 | 563 | 365 | 479 | 151 | 502 | 3468 | 6818 |
| Champions M: 71.2/122 W: 77.6/136 | 351 | 529 | 356 | 510 | 167 | 420 | 395 | 164 | 344 | 3236 | 381 | 378 | 362 | 171 | 548 | 357 | 455 | 149 | 493 | 3294 | 6530 |
| Club M: 69.2/117 W: 75.3/130 | 308 | 512 | 333 | 470 | 132 | 364 | 382 | 145 | 327 | 2973 | 320 | 370 | 352 | 156 | 519 | 345 | 441 | 138 | 483 | 3124 | 6097 |
| Player M: 65.8/108 W: 71.1/121 | 290 | 464 | 292 | 457 | 106 | 324 | 331 | 115 | 255 | 2634 | 292 | 327 | 314 | 137 | 452 | 303 | 346 | 119 | 424 | 2714 | 5348 |
| Handicap | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 15 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 3 |
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Golf Advisor: Top Courses in California (2021 #20)
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Twilight Goodness Photo submitted by Jonrock7 on 04/05/2025
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Photo submitted by OGtriplebogey on 04/04/2024
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Photo submitted by u000002742544 on 10/20/2022
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Now add water ! No more short cut! Photo submitted by ludwig5050 on 01/21/2022
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Shorts in Jan Photo submitted by u000004287194 on 01/17/2021
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Photo submitted by Keajags on 01/08/2021
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Photo submitted by aaaaandyman on 11/15/2020
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Photo submitted by u000004287194 on 09/02/2020
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Photo submitted by u000004287194 on 09/02/2020
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Photo submitted by u000004287194 on 09/02/2020
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Rare snow in mountain Photo submitted by mf91311 on 12/03/2019
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Photo submitted by MrSchmidty on 10/10/2019
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Photo submitted by u9618742 on 06/16/2019
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Photo submitted by MrByrnesy on 07/27/2017
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Photo submitted by MrByrnesy on 07/27/2017
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Photo submitted by MrByrnesy on 07/27/2017
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The 17th hole...a par 3 Photo submitted by u000001877051 on 07/22/2014
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Photo submitted by u000001877051 on 07/22/2014
Consistently Good Track
Olivas is always a pretty good course. Fairways and greens in good condition. Typical moderate sea breeze (as usual) after the first few holes.
Links style, so more open than some courses. Fairly long for any given set of tees, but length, bunkers, green slopes and breeze more than tightness are the challenges. Not super hard but a good play for mid handicapper like me.
First time, coming back soon!
First time here but I’m a new golfer and haven’t been to many courses yet. But this quickly jumped to the top three I’ve been to behind a Greg Norman course I played in Cancun. Fairways are narrow but really nice. Greens are nice and big and consistent. Will be back soon.
Great track w no clubhouse...
Great track with tricky greens.
Calif Links style ....
Championship course but.
No amenities no clubhouse.
Trailer trashy... 😆
Olivas
Always a pleasure to get on and be able to play here
Great venue!
Beautiful breezy day (2 club wind)...fairways like soft carpet...greens challenging but fair... Fun 5 over par day!
Awesome
Absolutely beautiful. The fairways are like greens.
The course and fairways in good shape and the greens still healing for punching but putttable
It was the long and thick rough outside the fairways that was unplayable . 4+ hour round not bad
Spent too much time looking for balls that just rolled in the deep rough our group lost at least 1/2 dozen balls., almost knee high rough is too much just a mere 10 yards from the fairways
Pretty day , nice weather , decent price , fun day in the sun !
Cart paths only🤬
Greens sanded and plugged…cart path only…range closed
Beautiful day
The course was still experiencing some issues due to the rain but playable
The greens were punched but knew ahead of time
4 1/2 hr round lot of golfers out there
Good Value on Golf Now
Course was wet in spots and cart path only ...which is really difficult because if your ball is on the opposite side of the fairway, you have no idea of your distance and what clubs to haul over there. Also, greens were plugged and sanded, which was not mentioned on Golf Now!
BETTER COMMUNICATION
Had quite a frustrating experience at the golf course. I have played this course many times and have enjoyed it but not this day. After an hour drive to get to course was informed that only the back nine was open because they were aererating the greens and we would have to play back nine twice. In addition it was cart path only (I usually walk but since cart was included I left my pull cart at home.) as I was visibly frustrated the guy in the pro shop said that can happen when you book through a thrid-party. Yes it can happen, but it shouldn't, there should be communication from the course to GolfNow so a person can make a viable decision whether to play a course in unfavorable condition.We played the first nine at a decent pace (2 hours) but than went we went to play the second nine it was a log jam. They were just letting people out with no consideration for players who would be making the turn. In addition they were letting out twosomes and singles which slowed play down to a crawl.
Communication between the course and booking platforms like GolfNow is crucial to ensure that golfers have accurate information before making their plans. It's unfortunate that this wasn't the case for this outing. It's also important for courses to manage the pace of play effectively to ensure an enjoyable experience for all golfers on the course.
Despite the setbacks, the greens on the back nine were in great shape. Hopefully, our next round will be smoother and more enjoyable.
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