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Classic course. Beautiful scenery. Five star service

Waited 35 mins for a cart. They book t times every 7 minutes but if it’s Saturday they don’t have enough carts to support that. Layout is in pretty area. In awful shape. They are not caring for course or facilities. It’s a shame 10 years ago it was nice course

After several years of decline the course is coming back its in pretty good shape now. Not sure if the pandemic driven uptick in rounds or the new development plan they are trying to get approved but either way they are making improvements to course and clubhouse and watering the course too.. They always have deals bundling food/beverages with the round. The staff are all very nice people. The selection of beer is awful and the carts need refreshed. Those are the only negatives for me.

60$ to walk on a Friday afternoon ($$$$)

Winter conditions. Fairways are dormant as expected

Greens are pretty quick which is fun

Greens are toughest to read in this area. Lots of breaks you just don’t see. Kinda bumpy today and there just isn’t a straight put out there. Everything moves Balls just don’t hold lines as much as you think.

Staff are very good

Course layout is pretty good

Conditions could be better. Not bad not good. They stopped investing and to some extent maintaining this course 5 years ago or so. And it shows Too bad with investment it could return to its past goodness. For now it’s convenient near home good wether fair prive

Outstanding service

Golf carts are tech savvy

Course is fun and well cared for

IT has been in decline for years. The prettty pictures with the lakes are misleading. most of those lakes have been dry for 5+ years now. Weather is always good there. T boxes are good, fairways are pretty bad. Greens still ok. Real issue since return from covid is the cost to play has gone up. like all courses they are making money back with higher green and cart fees. Howeve at Cam springs they have gong down to 7 minute spacing between groups. If you play on friday/sat/sun count on 5+ hours. 7 minutes is to tight, the course cant handle being that packed and there are a lot of senior and rookie golfers on this cours. Staff is friendly. they have big plans to overhaul the property but likely because of that NO money has been put back into this course for a LONG time.. its too bad

The course is not difficult but it isn't dull either. Weather is all good, doesn't get the summer heat. Course conditions are gradually improving. They are actively working on fairways. Greens roll true, a little slow. T Boxes are pretty good everywhere. Cost is a bit under average for the area and they offer deals packaging food with the round and a small bucket of balls is alway part of the green fee.

Actually played 5/22 and again 5/24.

Course is in good shape, a relatively easy walk and a relatively easy course. On 5/22 starting at 11:20 we walked and finished in about 4 hours 10 Minutes. On 5/24 starting at 2:50 walking we finished in about 3 hours 50 Minutes.

The staff at Elkins are very friendly, you really felt like they appreciated you playing their course.

Course conditions continue to improve since New ownership is paying attention to course

They are definitely putting money into all aspects of the course and club house

Greens are not as good as they used to be. Just like at los Robles since arcus began managing the course the greens are not as good and speed varies noticeably from green to green. Not consistent

Theme for the day was SLOW we waited at every T box and every fairway to play. Tierra always used to move along very well Not sure what is causing this. Over booking the course ??

Course in great shape

Awesome links

Puts don’t hold their lines

We went out late in the day. Course is in great shape, got around fast.

The course is fun, short but challenging and always in very good shape.. We played 18 starting at around noon and finished in 4 hours.(we were a threesome)

We go up and play it 2-3 times a year.

For the first time ever we did not feel welcome. The starter seemed overwhelmed and was not so friendly. Our initial greeting was being sternly told there is no where to park and we have to go back out to the front of the resort to park, and then shuttle back to the course. That process did not go well. Even though we arrived at the course 40 minutes before our T time, we barely made it out on time because of the parking hassle.

The beverage cart was on the course but not very interested in selling us a beverage. We had to actively flag it down to get it to stop for us (twice) and we were instantly told it was out of stock on a number of options. How does a fine resort like the Ojai Valley Inn allow its cart to be out of popular products ? The beverage cart attendant just didn't seem to care....

At the end of our round we parked our cart in designated spot, were told we had to walk up to the nearest shuttle spot, and we then waited for 30 minutes to get a ride back out to our cars.

As usual the course is in great shape, its fun and the entire setting in the ojai valley is beautiful. We have played there many times, this was the first time that the service was not commensurate with the course.. bummer

I am local and have played this course a hundred times.. A couple years ago they made significant improvements to the course. It is a fun, fairly short course.

After the improvements they raised the rates, it more expensive than other, better, courses. (Rustic Canyon, Tierra Rejada, River Ridge Lakes) and more expensive than comparable courses (Cam Springs, Olivas Links, Sterling).

We arrived at the starters hut 10 minutes before our T time. We got out 20 minutes after our T time. The round took 5+ hours, we waited for every shot. They clearly squeezed additional golfers in to over saturate the course.

Bottom line, its a fun course in good shape. Dont go on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and the Green fee is on average 20$ too high....

FIVE HOURS AND 45 MINUTES.

Good condition, great greens, front 9 is tough, mistakes are gone.