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4.3
773 Reviews (773)
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.9
95.8%
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4.3
44 Reviews (44)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
4.5
97.7%
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4.3
68 Reviews (68)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.7
StaffFriendliness
4.4
97.1%
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6818 yards
Slope 130
Rating 73.0

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 - $10 - $15
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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4.3
773 Reviews (773)
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3.0
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Previously Played

Punched Greens = Bummer

Course in great condition. Pace of play was fantastic and the weather couldn’t have been better. But the greens were just punched and super sandy. Next time let us know or discount the green fees.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Reviews 53
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Saturday on the links

Great day at Olivas Links. Course always in great shape and friendly staff

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best in Ventura Area

One of the Best Conditions on the Central Coast. Tee-Boxes, Fairways, Fringe and Greens in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Cool course. Staff doesn't care about pace of play

Had a 3:30pm Tee Time. Came to tee with a couple teeing off in front of me and one other single that had joined. Couple decided to tee off and drive off without saying anything as me and the other person were teeing off. Told them to come back but they refused so we had to wait for them, while they were behind a 4some also. Called the clubhouse, they just told me to either play through them or have them join us. Obviously not going to play through them since there were groups of 4 on the next 5-6 holes. Told the clubhouse I'd already asked them and they refused and they said to ask again and wouldn't offer any other help.

This course is nice but it's always slammed and there's no one monitoring pace of play. They even have these cool signs that say their pace of play is slow and you should be used to it by now...Pretty weird.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 69
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 80
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 69
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golfing as a single

Tee time Monday 8/14 at 3:30. Was originally scheduled for my wife and I but she couldn’t make it. Went by myself. Hooked up with a golfer my age and similar golf game. He was walking and I had a cart. My wife and I just bought push carts and are going to use them this Friday at Olivas links. Saw how my playing partner enjoyed walking. Couple in front of us was taking forever each hole. Looks like female was learning and her male partner was trying to instruct her and they had a golf cart. She was constantly whiffing the ball, getting stuck in sand trap, one time over 5 minutes which she finally took ball out. After about seven holes we jumped back over to the 2nd hole where nobody was at and we moved along nicely after that. My gripe was, where was the marshal. No where in site. Would have definitely told him to speed them up. If anything they could see we were waiting for them each hole, could have told us to pass them up as a courtesy, anyway only finished 16 holes because it got dark. Normally would have finish18 with still daylight left for 3:30 starting time. Felt gipped. Anyways love Olivas links

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Conditions but WINDY

Got a hot deal for $36 with a cart. Course is in great condition but being so close to the ocean it’s super windy. It seems about 13-14 are directly into the wind. Not knowing the course, I made some mistakes and anything off the fairway is basically a lost ball.

Fairways were nice, greens rolled true. The pro shop was a trailer and the carts sucked but I’m there to play so I don’t care about those things. For $36 I would have walked the course. I’m definitely going to play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Walked

Course is Beautiful

They need a real building for the clubhouse. The portable building and bathroom are gross and dirty, no restaurant, just hot dogs. Also, there is no drinking water available on the course. There needs to be a fountain or a couple coolers to refill your water bottle.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1000
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Walked

Olivas, always a treat!

Walked the Blues (71.2/122/6530) with my Gary and Matt. $30 to walk twilight. Partly cloudy, in the 60's with a 2 club wind most of the round. We waited most shots even as a 3some walking behind stacked 4somes in front of us, POP slightly less than 5H.

Tees were lush, level and in good shape with few unfixed divot zones.

Fairways mostly lush, Nicely cushioned and good to play from with a few GUR areas per fairway.

Rough just off the fairways was green, uniform and lush. Get outside the cart paths and it is thick, lost ball vegetation. Nice to see water back in the lakes here as well.

Sand traps have nice beach sand and were well maintained. Only negative is that they could use more sand IMO.

Large poa greens were receptive and rolling nicely. Soft enough that chips/pitches were making ball marks, which many do not think to fix. Many undulations to these greens and we they had some tournament pin locations today.

Very friendly staff is always a + here. Really nice practice areas and you almost always get cooler temps with an ocean breeze. Highly recommend this course, excellent, very fun to play layout.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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