Played La Purisima on Friday morning 9/28 -
played with a some GK buddies (Kviser, Stickboy, and Mike) - Great times gentlemen.

This course is a fun course to play. As long as you know going int... Continue »

Played La Purisima on Friday morning 9/28 -
played with a some GK buddies (Kviser, Stickboy, and Mike) - Great times gentlemen.

This course is a fun course to play. As long as you know going into it, that it will require you to play golf. The course is a test of your skill vs. the course vs. your mind.

You will not run into any repeat type holes on this course, it seems there is always a wrinkle that changes the entire scope of the hole. Some type of carry, down hill or uphill or over water, mature trees everywhere, wind, layout and then the greens.

Greens where in good shape, they put true and can be fast or not so fast depending on where you are on the green. It doesnt take much to get the ball rolling here even if it seems far away. The best thing to do is look at it from both sides to get a better understanding of your putt. Good luck.

Fairways were in good shape, nice and lush and waiting for you to hit them. They tend to give you some visual issues when looking down the fairway from the tee boxes. What is down there? is a question asked alot. Fairway bunkers and trees are in your line of sight as well as water. Makes it tough to figure out where to hit the ball.

Tee boxes were in good shape as well. Staff is great and the overall experience of the course will keep you coming back for more and more. It is a difficult course that can get evn more difficult. (impossible open) - however, once you play it you will want to come back for more.

Downfall is that it is too far away for some. But golfers love to travel.
Have fun

La Purisima Golf Course Review
Santa Barbara California Golf Course Review

Played on Friday, 9/28 at 2:30 with a group GKers, including JohnT, Audac1ty, and sr129 in our foursome. A great course that definitely tests your game. Conditions were great. Tee boxes were mostly le... Continue »

Played on Friday, 9/28 at 2:30 with a group GKers, including JohnT, Audac1ty, and sr129 in our foursome. A great course that definitely tests your game. Conditions were great. Tee boxes were mostly level. You had to look for a clear spot on the Par 3s, but that is expected with a later tee time. Fairways looked good and offered good lies. The fairways seemed very narrow in some areas, so you had to be accurate. I saw plenty of the rough, which was long and hid the ball well on most holes. Somewhat inconsistent, as a few holes the rough was less damaging. The greens were awesome! Fast, firm, with little damage.

Overall, an excellent course that lives up to the difficulty it's touts on the sign as you walk up. With that in mind, plan on a 4 1/2 hour round. I can't imagine walking this, with the amount of elevation change, but that may be less painful than bouncing around while off road in a golf cart (there are very minimum cart paths). Worth the trip to test the game.

La Purisima Golf Course Review
Lompoc California Golf Course Review

This is a golf course for avid golfers, a golfer's haven, and definitely what golf was meant to be. The layout many golfers look for. It is carved onto its natural terrains. Many of its greens are ... Continue »

This is a golf course for avid golfers, a golfer's haven, and definitely what golf was meant to be. The layout many golfers look for. It is carved onto its natural terrains. Many of its greens are designed for accurate approach. . . a very cool test.

Don't want to forget their small grill's fine and essential breakfast/lunch need prior to going out. The facility is nice and clean with large portion servings of some delicious simple food (American food).

The golf course's greens were in great conditions, it rolled smooth and were nice and tightly fast. Their fairways were just fine and rolled good. The roughs were ok and some areas maybe suffering from earth digging animals. The bunkers were fine and had good sand quality through the few I was in.

Together, I was very happy and were lucky as well to have gone out with friends who displayed some superb shot making and showed me how this course were meant to be played: longball23, RGM2525, & lotrgolfer48. It's easy to appreciate a golf course of this caliber with friends who can play well.

La Purisima Golf Course Review
Lompoc California Golf Course Review

Played La Purisma on Friday Sept 28th at 9:10am with Noeldalf, RGM2525 and Lotrgolfer48 from the black tees. Thanks very much guys for the game and company!This remains one of my favorite golf courses... Continue »

Played La Purisma on Friday Sept 28th at 9:10am with Noeldalf, RGM2525 and Lotrgolfer48 from the black tees. Thanks very much guys for the game and company!This remains one of my favorite golf courses....it beat me up pretty bad this day Sept 28th...after shooting my best round ever at La Purisma last month I shot my highest round of golf in three years 16 strokes higher....lol. The conditions of the course were good I felt. Very good lies in the fairways, greens were semi firm with some big bounces upon approach shots even with shorter irons coming in. The putted beautifully. The tees were semi-lush, some of the tees you had to hunt for a level spot but overall pretty nice tees. The one greenside sand bunker that I was in on #12 was hard packed. The rough was healthier this round than around a one month ago when I played here last. You cannot be in the rough on this course and score. We had a coupon thanks to RGM2525 that made this course a steal and great bargain....if you want a great test of golf and some nice conditions give this track a try....can't wait to come back.

La Purisima Golf Course Review
Lompoc California Golf Course Review

Day two of our Central CA getaway. We attempted to play 36 holes, but ran out of time and only got in 30 holes. I could have played more, but there was a dinner reservation we wanted to keep. Most dis... Continue »

Day two of our Central CA getaway. We attempted to play 36 holes, but ran out of time and only got in 30 holes. I could have played more, but there was a dinner reservation we wanted to keep. Most disappointingly, it was well over 5 hours for the first 18. I felt the course conditions were better than last year with the rough not as bumpy due to gopher/rodent controls. Still, there are plenty of gopher burrows and holes in the rough and the outer areas, so you should be careful not to hit into those places because you might find your ball sitting down deep. Also, parts of the rough were mowed inconsistently with some patches either missed or allowed to get extremely longer than the majority of the cut. The fairways were lush and mowed nicely; not too tight, so you had some cushion under your ball. The greens were soft and wet, but fairly fast. I was running putts well past the holes most of the day. Sand was rather poor in most areas; mainly a thin layer of crust over hard pan. However, it was not too bad to hit from. The grill has good food; I noticed the breakfast burrito was only $8. It's huge. Too bad the grill closes down early, maybe 3:00 or 4:00 p.m., so stock up on supplies accordingly.

La Purisima Golf Course Review
Lompoc California Golf Course Review

played 9-7. 9-8, 9-9. course in great shape as usual, staff excellent, greens true and fast, fairways showing some signs of wear, rough spotty in areas, one complaint, played three days in a row, and ... Continue »

played 9-7. 9-8, 9-9. course in great shape as usual, staff excellent, greens true and fast, fairways showing some signs of wear, rough spotty in areas, one complaint, played three days in a row, and they did not change the tees for all of these days, Sunday, we had a 7:30, the next group was 8;20; how this course stays open is something, play this gem while you can, who knows what the future holds, a real shame to maybe lose one of the best in Ca.

La Purisima Golf Course Review
Lompoc California Golf Course Review

Came up to Santa Ynez Valley for some wine tasting and golf. My wife and I played The River Course at Alisal yesterday and teed off at La Purisma at 930 am today. Was great weather for golf and the co... Continue »

Came up to Santa Ynez Valley for some wine tasting and golf. My wife and I played The River Course at Alisal yesterday and teed off at La Purisma at 930 am today. Was great weather for golf and the course is in excellent shape. Greens are ridiculously fast, and the pin placements were nasty. The rough was punishing, if you could find your ball in there good luck on your next shot. This course plays long (played from blues) and was extremely unforgiving on bad shots. That being said, we had a blast and enjoyed the course views and challenge. Our oonly complaint was that like yesterday at Alisal there was no cart girl, maybe it was because it was an early Tuesday. Also, there is no Marshal to enforce pace of play, so we got stuck behind some old guys who hit every shot OB and spent 10 minutes looking for their ball only to drop and shank another OB. Didn't have the common sense to let a faster twosome play though, but we finally went ahead on the turn...ended up with a 4 hour round.

TIP: Bring an extra sleeve or box of balls!

La Purisima Golf Course Review
Lompoc California Golf Course Review

played 7-21 in the impossible open. wow did they have this course in great shape. back tees lush with level stance. fairways lush with good roll and great lies. rough 3-5 inches and thick. greens wher... Continue »

played 7-21 in the impossible open. wow did they have this course in great shape. back tees lush with level stance. fairways lush with good roll and great lies. rough 3-5 inches and thick. greens where perfect firm fast and rolling true. staff here always great and the put on a great tournament.

La Purisima Golf Course Review
Lompoc California Golf Course Review

Played today (Friday), went out as a single at 8:15 and passed a 5 ball and a 4 ball on the front and then saw no one to the end. I love the course and play it every time I pass by. This time on my wa... Continue »

Played today (Friday), went out as a single at 8:15 and passed a 5 ball and a 4 ball on the front and then saw no one to the end. I love the course and play it every time I pass by. This time on my way home from San Francisco with a stop in Santa Maria for the night so I could have dinner at Jocko's. If you have a chance to play here do so, you will love it.

La Purisima Golf Course Review
Lompoc California Golf Course Review