Play day was 09/07/26, 9:10 tee time.
This out of the way for many- a local course in the west Palmdale serves as the local favorite and I can see why. It’s been kept really nice. Now it rained quite a bit the afternoon/evening so th course was soft. Enough rain that they didn’t open the range.
Yeah, so the greens were soft and receptive. It rolled smooth and true but s... » More

Play day was 09/07/26, 9:10 tee time.
This out of the way for many- a local course in the west Palmdale serves as the local favorite and I can see why. It’s been kept really nice. Now it rained quite a bit the afternoon/evening so th course was soft. Enough rain that they didn’t open the range.
Yeah, so the greens were soft and receptive. It rolled smooth and true but slow (like maybe 9.0).
The fairways where OK. It still had some roll and pressingly no mud ball- it will pick up some brown spots, but not clump mud.
I wasn’t in any bunker that day, but I do remember that they do not have good sand bunker from a month ago.
Their ground were nice and almost never chewed up.
Staff there were easy to talk to and they’re nice and helpful.
The beverage cart came around three or four times.
The cards are new and they have activated a strict governor on it that it controls your speed everywhere on the course. I think it’s too slow, but that’s just me.
The piece of play was about four hours and 20 minutes.

Note: the hazard on the part five, third hole is now just a waste area (I’m not sure what to think about that)
There is now a drop area on number eight right side of the water, over the bridge and just to the left of the bridge.
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Walked the blues late morning around 1145am with my buddy Matt just as a twosome finishing in 4 hrs catching the end of the senior men's club. Great POP today under humid conditions to start that turned into a nice cool breeze on the back nine with a high maybe around 80 degrees pretty much perfect weather. We got lucky and caught no rain but heard they had a downpour today fur... » More

Walked the blues late morning around 1145am with my buddy Matt just as a twosome finishing in 4 hrs catching the end of the senior men's club. Great POP today under humid conditions to start that turned into a nice cool breeze on the back nine with a high maybe around 80 degrees pretty much perfect weather. We got lucky and caught no rain but heard they had a downpour today further south where we live in the Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Simi corridor.

Olivas is in great shape and the way the emerald rough, tees and fairways looked mixed in with some beautiful humidity clouds was stunning. Today was greenskeeper appreciation day and man should the super be appreciated out here.

Fairways were just perfect lush padded surfaces. 8.5/10

Tees level, lush and perfectly cut and manicured. 8/10

Rough was beautiful just off the fairways and at a nice challenging length without being to penal. 8.5/10

Greens were in great shape being very receptive and soft on irons yet medium to quick pace on putts. 8/10

Neither I or playing partner was in any bunkers.

I would highly recommend getting out to Olivas while we still are in summer/fall to experience premium papsulum lush
fairways, beautiful rough and great greens.

Highly recommended!
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Out early this morning to beat the heat. It is already 95 F as I write this. Over 100 tomorrow and Th. Will need to find a cool location for Friday.

There are two courses here E and W but I have found I like the E better. There are 5 par 3's and they are all different in length and elevation adding to the challenge. Only 3 Par 5's but great design and elevation change... » More

Out early this morning to beat the heat. It is already 95 F as I write this. Over 100 tomorrow and Th. Will need to find a cool location for Friday.

There are two courses here E and W but I have found I like the E better. There are 5 par 3's and they are all different in length and elevation adding to the challenge. Only 3 Par 5's but great design and elevation changes as well. And a good selection of 4's.

Course is always in good shape as it was this morning.

Tee boxes clean and playable and no tee issues.

Fairways clean wide with good lies and good rollout all round.

No traps today but they were all groomed and looked great.

Rough a little high today and damp and some areas worse than others so staying in the fairways was preferred.

Greens were all clean and held shots chipped and putted great all round.

As always great customer service in the shop.

$47 w cart for Sr players. And I might also like the course as it is easy to get a tee time as most players like playing the W.

If you are coming to this area for any reason and want to play golf, this is one of the better public facilities you will find in this area IMO.
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Played Wilson in the rain on Sunday, September 6, teeing off just before 7:00 am. The forecast showed a window with no or little chance of rain for the first few hours but it was, sadly, mistaken. There were people hanging around the clubhouse when we started and a 3some in front of my 4some, but we did not see anyone behind us until the last couple of holes. There were people ... » More

Played Wilson in the rain on Sunday, September 6, teeing off just before 7:00 am. The forecast showed a window with no or little chance of rain for the first few hours but it was, sadly, mistaken. There were people hanging around the clubhouse when we started and a 3some in front of my 4some, but we did not see anyone behind us until the last couple of holes. There were people on the courses, though, which surprised me because it rained pretty much the entire round. I have not been that soaked in a while. Shoutout to Cindy, our waitress in the cafe afterwards, who went out with us in the rain to the 18th green at Harding to take photo (a member of our group is moving back east and it was on that site in 1974 that he had his first beer with his grandfather). Her friendly service was above and beyond the call of duty.

Overall, the course was in good shape. It drained better than I expected. There was the start of some ponding at the low point on the 12th green but I did not see that on any other green. The greens rolled great, at a decent speed. The only green that had the problems noted in the last review was the par three 15th. It was pretty bad. Otherwise they were fine. There were some burnt out spots in the fairways but I had good lies in them. In the rough, gopher holes abound. Overall, the course is in good shape.
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Played today early to beat the expected 100 F temps over the next few days.

Great walking rate on weekends/holidays of $28 and that is for anyone. $21 during the weekdays and $18 for Sr.

Course is in decent shape though they are watering it very heavily due to the expected heat coming so some of the fairways were still wet early morning.

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Played today early to beat the expected 100 F temps over the next few days.

Great walking rate on weekends/holidays of $28 and that is for anyone. $21 during the weekdays and $18 for Sr.

Course is in decent shape though they are watering it very heavily due to the expected heat coming so some of the fairways were still wet early morning.

Tee boxes were fine though we did find some that were firming up making putting a tee in a little difficult. So aeration is probably coming up?

Fairways still have good coverage though some areas are browned out where the watering did not cover. But no area had any bad lies.

Rough is cut down so no issues there.

Traps were all playable and heard no complaints from others.

Greens were all in good shape and had been cut so no issues with chipping or putting.

Always great customer service at this course.

Great location only a mile from UC Davis for any GK parents or grandparents who come up to visit.
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