Played Olivas Links this am. Really nice work by Forrest Richardson. Nicely routed, good variety, very playable for all while remaining challenging, good driving course, good green complexes with any option you might want for the short game, not super firm, but still a good example of links golf for the SoCal public player, lots of good solutions to a dead flat piece of ground, reminded me of S. Carolina with some of the marshland, seemed like the dunescape was closer to the play on the back compared to the front, Holes 10-13 was a really good stretch, course appealed to a scratch, a 13, a 20 and a 30 handicapper thrown together in the same group and there were appropriate tees for all, enjoyed seeing paspalum for the first time, really made me wonder why there is not better public golf getting built in SoCal, gives a nice public Daily Double of Rustic and Olivas Links in the same area.
That's about it. Way to go Forrest!