Short course but some interesting holes. Always in good shape and tee times are usually available. Can we a bit slow sometimes but I'd pick this course over Del Monte as an example.

Out for my Friday day of walking and playing golf. Great cool morning. The weather patterns here in the area are strange. 62 F at 6:30 tee time and it stayed cool all round.

Course still in good shape.

Good tee boxes, fairways, rough, traps and greens.

The greens here are smaller than most courses I play up here and it helps in the ball striking to play to such greens IMO.

As I have said the course is short but many trees, OB and water comes into play to ruin a round. And fairways are very narrow.

But for $18 I will keep coming back as long as I can.

I went out a little after noon with a buddy 8/13. It's been a long time since I've been here or this place has had review so I figured it was overdue. A little while back I tweaked my shoulder on the range at Scholl Canyon with what I believe is a rotator cuff injury. Playing was aggravating it so I laid off golf to rest/rehab on my own. Other than a little chipping, Arroyo Seco was my first step easing back into playing and testing a full swing, albeit with short irons. The arroyo is a nice setting for a par-3 outing and this place has been here for a good while. Mats for tees, small greens, no bunkers, well grown in as to grass quality, plenty of trees and a stream running through it. Holes average mostly @90 yards with a few in the 120 range and the single longest @145. Most of the greens were in decent shape for the use they get with at least one exception that had some hard/bare patches. They were soft and took deep pitch marks but ran at a deceptively quicker pace. Fairways and surrounds were mostly good for short game with some scruffy exceptions.

There is a miniature golf section, putting/chipping area and regular driving range. The range mats tend to be off from level but the best/flat matts are at the far right end of the range. The restaurant/bar has been closed for a while and water/beer, balls, etc. can be purchased at the starter window.

It worked out perfectly for me as an appropriate and low stress change of pace. I was happy with my ball striking, I didn't have any serious discomfort and, the day after, healing continues. I don't seem to have worsened anything. All positive and I'll be trying a real 18 middle next week.

Played Wednesday, August 12, around 7:30 am, walking from the white tees with grandson #4 and a nice twosome who were riding. Pace of play was nice at 3:50. No drink cart on the course or other amenities but the grandson sprinted to the coffeeshop while we were on the 10th tee, so no problem.

The course was in pretty good shape. There were some burned out spots in both the fairway and rough but overall it was lush enough that it was a good walk out there. The sand was nice. The greens are usually the highlight for this course but they were just okay. There were fungus spots on most of them and they were running slower than usual and slower then they looked. They rolled fine, they just were not fast.

I always enjoy Big Rec and yesterday was no exception. It is not perfect but it is a fun golf course.

Played today on a cool and windy morning. 22 MPH with gusts to 25 and sometimes felt like 30.

The course sits E of the AFB in farming, cattle raising and walnut orchards. And very close the Sacramento River San Joaguin River Delta where the winds come from. Great at night after a warm day but not so great when playing golf.

The course is in good shape but has dried out over the summer months and some fairways have dried out areas.

Tee boxes were all fine.

Fairways had good to decent coverage but great rollout down wind and even into the wind. Good lies as well.

Traps were just OK but playable. I was only in one and thankful for that.

Rough is short and easy to play out of.

Greens were in good shape. They chipped/putted just fine but with the wind you had to consider which direction it was coming from when you putted to get the right speed.

POP was right on 3.5 H and the cost for veterans is $21 to walk and $35 to ride. Acceptable. Course is easy to walk but not on days like this.

Great customer service in the shop and great food and prices in the cafe.

Recommended.

Played this course a few times thirty-five years ago when it was called Willow Park. Never thought much of it and it never made our local rotation. Fast forward: it is now called Redwood Canyon and all I remembered of it was the driving range where you hit balls into a giant pond/lake.

Since it played like a new course and I had low expectations I was very impressed. I remember it being short, mickey mouse and always mushy. It seems it's a little shorter now as it tops out at just under 6,000 from the tips. Many of the holes seem like their own entity in a nice, secluded canyon setting. Very scenic.

$30 to walk after 3PM, (think it drops to $20 after 4) not sure how much for a cart. Very reasonable and a pretty easy walk, tee boxes mostly close to the greens. Biggest transfer was crossing the big parking lot between 9 and 10. Fairways had some spots and different kinds of grasses, but I didn't encounter any bad lies. The greens were smooth and of medium speed. Bunkers looked crunchy but reasonable full of brown sand. Saw lots of unraked footprints as I walked by them and had to fix a million ball marks but that was pretty much it for bad stuff. We waited on every shot but finished in well under four hours. Not a hard course but not a pushover. Lots of tree trouble, and a creek meanders thru the course and slightly wayward shots will bounce into it.

I only played it because I was getting my car worked on a half hour away and I seemed to have lost my old scorecard if I ever had one. So, either they fixed it up, I have a terrible memory, or trees and canyons really fill out over 35 years (or all of the above) I left pleasantly surprised and would recommend checking it out if you had the same previous views that I had.

The shop guys were all helpful and as a big bonus I think it may run 15 or 20 degrees cooler in the summer than some of its more inland neighborhoods.

Played last week, course is in solid shape all around. Reasonable rates in the afternoon make it well worth it.

Walked the blues this morning around 1110am with my buddy Matt joined by two nice singles Kevin and Daniel. Pop was 4 hrs 50 minutes under humid conditions around 78 degrees with maybe a one club wind. The best staff in VC County and a great practice area to work on your game.

Greens were in great shape maybe rolling about a 10 on the stimp, very healthy and holding softly. Rated 8/10

Fairways were terrific. Nicely padded lush lies with hardly any trouble areas. Rated 8.5/10.

Rough was nice and thick lining the fairways and in good shape. Rated 8.5/10

All tees were level and lush and in great shape minus the divot damage on par 3s. Rated 8/10

Was in one bunker left greenside on 8 that looked crusty and wet on top but had a perfect layer of sand underneath. Rated 7/10.

Love my summer rounds here. Humid conditions with lush Fairways had the course playing just a tad longer today. Olivas has a great mix of some scoring holes and some hang on tight holes. The native areas look beautiful all fully grown. The golf course is in great shape. Would highly recommend a round here.

Don't miss stopping at the Varsity Club for pizzas and beers down the street right across the street from Buena Ventura Golf course...fabulous pizza and half off happy hour specials from 3-6pm.

Played this morning on a great golf day. Weather has broken and cooler temps are appearing making the morning golf great.

With the cooler temperatures the course played a lot better than the days played when it was hot.

Tee boxes very good.

Fairways lush and firmer so some decent roll and even better lies vs the softer ones of past weeks.

The traps are always very playable here the only issue is we still have players who have no idea what a rake is or does.

Rough was decent length and able find and play your ball.

Greens were firmer today so chipping and putting were much better all round.

Great customer service at all levels here at this course.

IMO one of the best maintained public courses not only in N CA but all of CA.

First day out after one week shut down for tee aeration, collar treatments, and tree trimming. Thankfully they didn't touch the greens, or it would have lowered an already dreadful rating.

Typical summer conditions with many fairways burnt out as the overseeded winter rye grass dies off waiting to get redone at the end of September. Been this way for at least six summers in a row with management always claiming that they have learned from past mistakes. They could have pulled the trigger in 2020 when the idea was floated to re-grass the course (with corresponding irrigation replacement) but Covid and cheap ownership got in the way. New owner is beginning to spend some money but not sure he wants to spend $10-15 million to completely update golf course that is held together with band aids.

Greens are in good condition, soft and medium fast. Membership still needs to learn how to fix ball marks as the dozen groups in front of us seemed to think someone else would do it for them. As noted, fairway grass very thin on probably nine scattered holes and soaked in spots creating mud balls in 95 degree heat. Visually, a real disappointment. But we have to live with it for a few months. POP was 4 hours. Carts are $30 each/pp. C'mon, $60 for a cart??

played sun 8/2, 8:30 time, 5 hr round. lots of waiting on every shot through 12, then the group in front disappeared. Course in decent muni shape. Greens running a solid 10... bumpy. course decent coverage. Lots of unfilled divots. bunkers poorly raked throughout, but good sand. Course is notorious for mosquitos, but it was very mild today. Got super hot around noon. Overall i like this course.

Had the first time out this morning with my son in law and grandaughter. She is heading to her first year at college next week and was told she can try out for the golf team. So we needed to get in some practice.

No problem with POP and no one was on our tail so the lessons and practice time went off w/o a hitch.

Course was a little wet from overnight watering due to the extreme heat we have had here lately but that was the only negative.

We had good tee boxes. Clean fairways with good lies and roll out.

Traps were all clean and playable. Rough was damp but not deep so no issues.

Greens were soft and a tad slow but they were devoid of divots and chipped/putted with good speed for all of us.

Today reminded me of the many times I had with my Dad and uncles on the golf course. Always fun to play with young family members who love the game and pass on the fundamentals and enjoyment of golf with them.

And no she did not beat her grandfather. Not yet anyways.