Played 3/1/07. This course has gone down hill, in it's condition. (Did a past review.) Fairways are thin with a lot of dirt. Tee boxes fair. Greens are still very nice. However, for the $90 rack rate, it is a poor bargain. So so, at $45 discount rate.

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So so

Great course. beautiful course front nine very challenging many blind shots.

Played in early Sept. 03. Very nice course and very pretty to boot. No houses. The front nine is a little roley-poley and somewhat tight. You can walk it. It is mostly a target course. Good for all level of play. Maybe not for beginners. Tees, fairways and greens are in very nice shape. Nice pace. Service was good with the exception of one greenskeeper who would wander around on the greens. I almost beaned him. $40-$50 with a cart. I used the West Coast Value book. Would definitely play again and again.

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Good, Range on grass

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OK, putting green, No other practice facility, Has a Resturant.

This is a cool review tool, but it doesn't look like people use it very often... hmm..

Greens, overall condition of course and customer service.

Tough to score well unless you have played it before or are playing with someone who knows where to hit it.

Overall my experience was really good. I was talking to Jay Farrior the 1st Assistant at the Avila Beach Golf Resort and I guess Avila and Blacklake Golf Resort are under the same ownership now. They are also managed by Landmark National the management group that owns and operates the Landmark Golf Club where they have the skins game. It is a very interesting course and challenging. You do have to play it a couple of times though. Front nine is target golf and back nine has a lot of forced carries. The course is in a beautiful location.

Customer Service

Really good. They treated me like a person and there was always someone asking me if I needed anything. I like that!

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Mulligan's restaurant was really good and there are some good deals in the pro shop.

NICE GREENS, the fairway holds the ball up nicely

you cant se the damn greens

I cannot describe how much i hated this course. I was just there (Over new years) it was raining like crazy, the course ws drenched, the day i played, the sun was out, but good God. you can never see the greens, its almost a guessing game, you have to climb up on to the tee box, and it just pissed me off. I guess it is a nice course when it isnt wet and raining. I cant talk trash about the course a lot because i stopped playing after 5. Let me tell you what happend. I WALKED UP TO THE TEE BOX ON 6(THERE ARE NO STAIRS SO I CLIBED INN THE HILL, I HIT MY BALL, AND WHILE I WAS TRYING TO COME BACK DOWN FROM THE HILL, I SLIPPED, I FRIGGIN SLIPPED AND ALMOST BROKE MY LEG, I COULDNT WALK FOR A WEEK, MY LEG IS BRUISED AND SWOLLEN. ITS WAS NOT QA FUNNY THING BACK THEN, BUT I GUESS I COULD LAUGH IT OUT NOW.

Customer Service

great, they gave my refund back

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The greens roll true. I was there in May of this year and they just renovated a lot of their bunkers and they are really nice. They were hell before. The weather is the best!

It is an older course so does not have tricked out greens or a lot of length but the kikuyu grass makes up for that.

I have played this course a few times over the past 10 years or so and every year the golf course improves. The wettest months of the year for Avila in my experience are January through March. That may be why Bill (the 1st poster) had such a bad time when he played. Matt, who posted earlier said the kikuyu goes dormant and he is right is does and the ball does roll! The really neat thing about Avila Beach Golf Resort is that the two nines are totally different which you do not see too much with today's new courses. It can make scoring difficult but, that is why I like it.

Customer Service

The marshal staff has always been very friendly to me and very helpful.

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The Pro Shop staff and their Teaching Professional, Billy Gibbs are really friendly. If you get a chance attend one of the Avila Beach Golf Academy short game or swing clinics. I learned so much!

The location and weather are unbeatable! The staff was very friendly. Check out their website at www.avilabeachresort.com and you will find a great deal for golf packages. Greens are beautiful and are consistent.

In the winter months depending on the weather the kikuyu can go dormant and turn yellowish but it did not hurt my game...the ball actually rolled farther! In the spring and summer you will not get the roll and it can be tough for us hackers.

What a beautiful golf course! Avila Beach Golf Resort is right on the ocean and located in the little town of Avila Beach, Ca. The town of Avila is being renovated and in the next couple of months will be a great little beach town.

I get a chance to golf about 10-20 times a year and I am going to make sure to come back to Avila Beach Golf Resort at least once a year.

The greens are rolling true, the fairways are kikuyu so the ball sits up nicely for approach shots. One thing, with kikuyu grass and being at sea level you must fly the ball to the greens....no bump and runs!

Customer Service

The Teaching Professional, Billy Gibbs is one hell of an instructor! Shaved about 10 strokes off of my game! Pro Shop Staff pretty friendly...I have had a chance to get to know them over the years.

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I have attended some excellent short game clinics with the Avila Beach Golf Academy. The food at Mulligan's the restaurant is decent.

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Crappy dry kakooya grass.
Carts on path only.

Don't even go here. Over priced, no concept of customer service. Made us bring our cart in 1/2 hour before dark. Will never go there again. Go to Cypress Ridge or Hunter Ranch if in area.

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