The connection area to the 18th green feeds balls down to this spot, and a back-left miss is ok as you’re putting uphill.
I am not sure if they ever put the pin up here, but it would be a fun and challenging spot. Anything over the shelf in the middle will feed down to this location, but if you end up on the front of the green it’s a tricky two putt down the slope. Easiest to access from the right side of the fairway (position A or C), but left side of the fairway is ok because this area is flat and the ball feeds off the slope if you miss front-right on the approach shot.į - Back-left location. A is advantageous because of the very short distance to the flag, but not as ideal of an angle as other pin locations.Į - Front-left location. Tee shots to B in the fairway are preferred (or left side of the fairway over the bunker if you can carry it!). There is a right-to-left left kick slope that makes this pin tough to access from the right side of the fairway (especially position C). The primary feature is a steep drop off in the middle - the front sits on a plateau ~2 ft higher than the back, and is also a smaller surface.ĭ - Front-right location. With the parking lot in the back, it’s certainly not the prettiest hole on the course, but it is one of the most strategic. It shares a double green with the 18th hole, and has red-staked marshland on the right hand side. The 9th hole is a mid-length par 4 at 344 from the blue tees. Olivas is a great example of how good architects fit golf courses into their natural environments, both in beauty and playability. The course has large greens with openings at the front that allow golfers to play a variety of shots to the hole depending on pin placement and wind. The course is about a mile from the ocean, and so wind is a constant. The result is an open, links-style course that feels ‘natural’ and fits in with its coastal plain surroundings. Golf has been played here since the 1960s but due to its location between the Santa Clara River and Ventura Harbor, drainage issues caused Richardson to redesign the whole course when the city hired him in 2001. Surprisingly I was being charged $20 until I queried the staff member, who then implied that you only got the discount if you asked for it, and it was only for some people.Olivas Links is a Forrest Richardson designed muni course in Ventura, CA that opened in 2008. Update: Tuesday is half price day at $10 instead of the normal $20 for 9 holes. They have a 2 hour maximum rule for 9 holes…fair enough too. I liked that you could find the ball easily in the rough which must help the pace of play. I would recommend it to most player levels…good practice for the lower handicap players and not too penalising for the wayward amongst us. I give this course the thumbs up for challenge, for fairness, for condition and variety of holes. There are a few steep climbs so if you are not up to that then hire a cart for a more enjoyable round. I chipped a few times and found the bounce and roll consistent on all of the greens. The fringes were kept short allowing you to putt from off the green. The greens were quite small and mainly flat. This image illustrates perfectly how tight the fairways can be, considering in this case that you will likely be coming in from 200 metres or more away from the green
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