Made the drive to LP this morning and was glad I did. Conditions in recent reviews are spot on, the course is in excellent shape. The only knock, other than the crowned tee boxes on #3, is the unrep... Continue »

Made the drive to LP this morning and was glad I did. Conditions in recent reviews are spot on, the course is in excellent shape. The only knock, other than the crowned tee boxes on #3, is the unrepaired fairway divots which my ball found a few times (rub of the green). Greens are firm and semi-quick, not over the top like it can get in the summer, but you need to have the correct speed or it's going well past the cup. I walked it for the first time today ($39 internet special), manageable but the legs knew they had a workout at the end of the round. POP around 3.5 hrs as a three ball. To echo longball23's comment on the rough here: BRUTAL. Good Lord, I had two that all I could do was hack at it with a sand wedge and pray. The mowers were coming out on the back nine which turned 5" deep rough into 3" deep rough. I could talk about this course all day, but the best suggestion I can give is for you to come out and play it. A true test of golf in every aspect. Flowers are blooming and everything in the surrounding hills is green, and what a beautiful drive up the coast. Just remember: you simply cannot let your guard down or miss hit a shot at this course or you'll pay the consequences ... not a bad thing. As Kobe would say, 'Gotta put on your Big Boy pants'. Highly recommended!

Tee Time- 8:40 & 1:30 3/29
Green Fee- $43 and $20... This is the best deal I have ever had to play golf in my entire life... and I am not kidding... unless someone else has paid for it
Tees- Tips
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Tee Time- 8:40 & 1:30 3/29
Green Fee- $43 and $20... This is the best deal I have ever had to play golf in my entire life... and I am not kidding... unless someone else has paid for it
Tees- Tips
Weather- Perfect
Pros- Course is downright perfect. If this course were an hour closer to home, the starter would know my birthday, social, etc by heart. This course is in amazing shape. The greens are smooth, fast, and really don't have too many divots. The fairways are smooth and roll well. The bunkers are clayish, which is simply a tough shot, not a downside. The tees are all good except number 3 which needs leveling.
Cons-.... None
Overall- I am playing in the US Open Qual here so I played 2 times, early morning and afternoon to see the wind under both conditions... I enjoyed it thoroughly. Qual is going to be a beast and I can't wait.
Final Note- Go play and support this place. Rumors were flying on the site that they were going to close it in Oct(not true)... Regardless, this course is for sale and if it dissappears it will be a true gem lost. Go support this place, get your friends together, and make a day out of it... you wont regret it

Tee Time: Friday 3/29/2013 12:32pm

Tees: Black

Weather: 71 degrees, 10mph breeze for most of back nine

Greens: 8.5/10 Very nice, no ballmarks, close to a 10.5 putting, some greens starting o... Continue »

Tee Time: Friday 3/29/2013 12:32pm

Tees: Black

Weather: 71 degrees, 10mph breeze for most of back nine

Greens: 8.5/10 Very nice, no ballmarks, close to a 10.5 putting, some greens starting out may have been watered on first few holes. As round went on they became firmer. They held certain shots with spin like SW, but other greens had some nice firm bounces to them.

Fairways 8.5/10 Man it was so nice to play some great fairways this time of year. La P has it down they are green, lush like carpet with great lies. I know they are putting a lot into them with the US qualifier coming up in May. I can't say enough about them probably the best I have seen them on this course.

Rough: 8/10...Man it is "rough and brutal" green and lush and spongy. I hit 3 wood on 65-70% of the holes today just to stay in the fairway. There are portions of rough lining several fairways where its 3-4 inches and your ball nestles down. Lucky enough to hit 9 fairways today. You cannot play out of this rough very well, if you are in it your a for sure writing at least a bogey down on the card. Its a great challenge at this time.

Bunkers: 7/5/10. I was in 3 of them on the front nine on #2, #3 and #9 and they all contained enough quality sand in them. They looked to be firm but once you got in the sand they were in good shape.

Tees 8/10 They were lush, green and for the most part all level and in good shape.

Layout: 10/10 I rate it this way as it is such a demanding yet fun layout to me. I had 2 zero putts and played a great back nine at 1 over to barely brake 80 by one shot. Front nine hole 7 ate me up today

It was cool to see GK member Fireballa out on the course with his brother...


I will see you again soon La P---you are in great shape at this time.

played 11-27 first out as a single. tee boxes level and lush except for #3 always a lot of divot damage on this three par. fairways have a few bare spots but mostly in great shape. rough is about 2 in... Continue »

played 11-27 first out as a single. tee boxes level and lush except for #3 always a lot of divot damage on this three par. fairways have a few bare spots but mostly in great shape. rough is about 2 inches and not that difficult to hit from right now. bunkers have plenty of sand but not to soft. greens are almost perfect, smooth rolling true good speed and holding shots nicely. course is in great shape and would recommend playing here.

La Purisima Golf Course Reviews
Santa Barbara California Golf Course Reviews

I played in the Santa Barbara County Championship on the 20th and 21st and one practice round on the 19th. La Purisima is just a plain awesome golf course. My favorite track. It's hard to imagine a... Continue »

I played in the Santa Barbara County Championship on the 20th and 21st and one practice round on the 19th. La Purisima is just a plain awesome golf course. My favorite track. It's hard to imagine a better place to play a round of golf as the area is beautiful and there isn't a house or street or anything nearby.

If you haven't played La Purisima it's important to know that it is an extremely challenging, but fair, golf course. When you get done playing a round here you feel pretty exhausted because there isn't a hole that you can take even a second off or it jumps up and bites you. Believe me, I got nailed for napping a couple times.

Onto the current course conditions, service, and value. The course is in really nice shape. Turns out that the course is up for sale (if the rumors I heard are correct) and you can kind of tell that there are some rough edges that are normally smoothed out when a course is in a more stable financial state. I thought the tees were a bit chewed up on the par 3s, the rough was BRUTAL and the greens were the most immaculate I have ever played. There are occasional bare spots on the fairways, but overall I'd give them a 8/10.

The people at the course were really friendly and did a great job running the tournament. The young guy working the pro shop on Friday gave me the men's club rate when he found out I was in the tournament, and that was cool. The girls in the grill were fantastic. They make great food here and were really friendly and always were smiling. After getting my butt kicked, a good smile is always welcome.

I can't say enough about this golf course and every person should put it on their list of must plays. I stayed about 10 minutes down the road in Buellton and along that route you pass four or five world class wineries and Buellton has two breweries so there isn't a lack of stuff to do away from the course.

Play La Purisima now just in case it gets sold and something bad happens. Or we can start a "Save La P" fund on Facebook or something and make sure this gem is around and pure for a long time.

La Purisima Golf Course Reviews
Santa Barbara California Golf Course Reviews

Played La Purisima on 10/19.
Great layout with some really challenging holes. Overall conditions were good, although some of the fairways and rough had bare spots. Greens run true, at times very f... Continue »

Played La Purisima on 10/19.
Great layout with some really challenging holes. Overall conditions were good, although some of the fairways and rough had bare spots. Greens run true, at times very fast.
Sand trap quality was very good (I visited a couple of bunkers)
Not bed POP. Our twosome took less then 4hrs to complete the round.
If you choose to ride, carts are not equipped with GPS.

La Purisima Golf Course Reviews
Santa Barbara California Golf Course Reviews

Tee Time- 7 am 10/13 Saturday
Green Fee- $79... worth it
Tees- Tips
Weather- 50's chilly... wet ground
Pros- Awesome layout, great overall conditions. Greens were fast and true.
Cons- Fairway... Continue »

Tee Time- 7 am 10/13 Saturday
Green Fee- $79... worth it
Tees- Tips
Weather- 50's chilly... wet ground
Pros- Awesome layout, great overall conditions. Greens were fast and true.
Cons- Fairways had some fungus, some burned out spots, but not much to not like here
Overall;- Long trek, bad location, great golf course.

La Purisima Golf Course Reviews
Santa Barbara California Golf Course Reviews

Several GK members played La Purisima Golf Club on Friday, September 28, 2012 in a warm up round. There were two groups, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I played in the afternoon group ... Continue »

Several GK members played La Purisima Golf Club on Friday, September 28, 2012 in a warm up round. There were two groups, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I played in the afternoon group with John_T and Rob1563 from Las Vegas who joined us for the weekend. The course staff was great and the food in the restaurant was very good. The course is tough and you soon learned to stay in the fairway because the rough was brutal! The fairways were a little tight due to the heat of the summer but otherwise OK. Tee boxes were level and in serviceable condition. The greens were quick and difficult to read but I managed to make a few putts. Overall the course is very challenging but interesting. I did not get to finish because of darkness and having dinner reservations with 9 other GK members in Buellton. I played 15 holes and I will be back to play the course again. Highly recommended for a complete test of your game!

La Purisima Golf Course Reviews
Santa Barbara California Golf Course Reviews

Played 9-28-12. Course was in good shape. Windy conditions added to a challenging layout. This course throws a little of everything at you. Some blind tee shots some short holes to tempt the long hitt... Continue »

Played 9-28-12. Course was in good shape. Windy conditions added to a challenging layout. This course throws a little of everything at you. Some blind tee shots some short holes to tempt the long hitters but beware, get greedy and this course will bite back. One negative is there are no cart paths on most of the course so it can get a little bumpy riding. This is a course I always look forward to playing but know it won't be easy!

La Purisima Golf Course Review
Santa Barbara California Golf Course Review