Walked the blues this morning around 1110am with my buddy Matt joined by two nice singles Kevin and Daniel. Pop was 4 hrs 50 minutes under humid conditions around 78 degrees with maybe a one club wind. The best staff in VC County and a great practice area to work on your game.

Greens were in great shape maybe rolling about a 10 on the stimp, very healthy and holdin... » More

Walked the blues this morning around 1110am with my buddy Matt joined by two nice singles Kevin and Daniel. Pop was 4 hrs 50 minutes under humid conditions around 78 degrees with maybe a one club wind. The best staff in VC County and a great practice area to work on your game.

Greens were in great shape maybe rolling about a 10 on the stimp, very healthy and holding softly. Rated 8/10

Fairways were terrific. Nicely padded lush lies with hardly any trouble areas. Rated 8.5/10.

Rough was nice and thick lining the fairways and in good shape. Rated 8.5/10

All tees were level and lush and in great shape minus the divot damage on par 3s. Rated 8/10

Was in one bunker left greenside on 8 that looked crusty and wet on top but had a perfect layer of sand underneath. Rated 7/10.

Love my summer rounds here. Humid conditions with lush Fairways had the course playing just a tad longer today. Olivas has a great mix of some scoring holes and some hang on tight holes. The native areas look beautiful all fully grown. The golf course is in great shape. Would highly recommend a round here.

Don't miss stopping at the Varsity Club for pizzas and beers down the street right across the street from Buena Ventura Golf course...fabulous pizza and half off happy hour specials from 3-6pm.
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Played this morning on a great golf day. Weather has broken and cooler temps are appearing making the morning golf great.

With the cooler temperatures the course played a lot better than the days played when it was hot.

Tee boxes very good.

Fairways lush and firmer so some decent roll and even better lies vs the softer ones of past weeks.

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Played this morning on a great golf day. Weather has broken and cooler temps are appearing making the morning golf great.

With the cooler temperatures the course played a lot better than the days played when it was hot.

Tee boxes very good.

Fairways lush and firmer so some decent roll and even better lies vs the softer ones of past weeks.

The traps are always very playable here the only issue is we still have players who have no idea what a rake is or does.

Rough was decent length and able find and play your ball.

Greens were firmer today so chipping and putting were much better all round.

Great customer service at all levels here at this course.

IMO one of the best maintained public courses not only in N CA but all of CA.
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First day out after one week shut down for tee aeration, collar treatments, and tree trimming. Thankfully they didn't touch the greens, or it would have lowered an already dreadful rating.

Typical summer conditions with many fairways burnt out as the overseeded winter rye grass dies off waiting to get redone at the end of September. Been this way for at least six summer... » More

First day out after one week shut down for tee aeration, collar treatments, and tree trimming. Thankfully they didn't touch the greens, or it would have lowered an already dreadful rating.

Typical summer conditions with many fairways burnt out as the overseeded winter rye grass dies off waiting to get redone at the end of September. Been this way for at least six summers in a row with management always claiming that they have learned from past mistakes. They could have pulled the trigger in 2020 when the idea was floated to re-grass the course (with corresponding irrigation replacement) but Covid and cheap ownership got in the way. New owner is beginning to spend some money but not sure he wants to spend $10-15 million to completely update golf course that is held together with band aids.

Greens are in good condition, soft and medium fast. Membership still needs to learn how to fix ball marks as the dozen groups in front of us seemed to think someone else would do it for them. As noted, fairway grass very thin on probably nine scattered holes and soaked in spots creating mud balls in 95 degree heat. Visually, a real disappointment. But we have to live with it for a few months. POP was 4 hours. Carts are $30 each/pp. C'mon, $60 for a cart??
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played sun 8/2, 8:30 time, 5 hr round. lots of waiting on every shot through 12, then the group in front disappeared. Course in decent muni shape. Greens running a solid 10... bumpy. course decent coverage. Lots of unfilled divots. bunkers poorly raked throughout, but good sand. Course is notorious for mosquitos, but it was very mild today. Got super hot around noon. Ov... » More

played sun 8/2, 8:30 time, 5 hr round. lots of waiting on every shot through 12, then the group in front disappeared. Course in decent muni shape. Greens running a solid 10... bumpy. course decent coverage. Lots of unfilled divots. bunkers poorly raked throughout, but good sand. Course is notorious for mosquitos, but it was very mild today. Got super hot around noon. Overall i like this course.
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Had the first time out this morning with my son in law and grandaughter. She is heading to her first year at college next week and was told she can try out for the golf team. So we needed to get in some practice.

No problem with POP and no one was on our tail so the lessons and practice time went off w/o a hitch.

Course was a little wet from overnight wateri... » More

Had the first time out this morning with my son in law and grandaughter. She is heading to her first year at college next week and was told she can try out for the golf team. So we needed to get in some practice.

No problem with POP and no one was on our tail so the lessons and practice time went off w/o a hitch.

Course was a little wet from overnight watering due to the extreme heat we have had here lately but that was the only negative.

We had good tee boxes. Clean fairways with good lies and roll out.

Traps were all clean and playable. Rough was damp but not deep so no issues.

Greens were soft and a tad slow but they were devoid of divots and chipped/putted with good speed for all of us.

Today reminded me of the many times I had with my Dad and uncles on the golf course. Always fun to play with young family members who love the game and pass on the fundamentals and enjoyment of golf with them.

And no she did not beat her grandfather. Not yet anyways.
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