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Avila Beach, Perfect Golf GetawayFriday, June 24, 2005Avila Beach, Perfect Golf GetawayLarry Taylor shares an article at Golf Today Magazine - Avila Beach, Perfect Golf Getaway - about things to do and see and places to stay in Avila Beach. Below, I've included his remarks about Avila Beach Golf Resort  Over the years Avila Beach has always been the perfect place for a golf getaway. Now with the recent make-over of its quaint town, it's even better. Located off Hwy. 101 just south of San Luis Obispo, Avila Beach has long been popular with locals and visitors alike. Its shoreline fronts a beautiful sand beach, a vintage pier and a small harbor popular with fishermen. The Avila Beach Resort Golf Course is adjacent to the ocean, and the stately San Luis Bay Inn sits on a bluff above the town. In total, it's the perfect place to relax on a golf holiday. Avila Beach's championship course is one of Central California's most popular destinations. Golfers like it so much because of the contrast between the front and back nines. The front starts across the road from the beach and then follows an oak-lined canyon through rolling hills. This typical California landscape is made even more bucolic by the stream that wanders through. Punctuating the layout are two tricky water holes on the third and sixth green. Another factor, if you start early or late, you might have to delay your tee shot while deer come down for a drink. The back nine, on the other hand, is fairly flat. It starts at the coastline and follows a tidal estuary, with holes on both sides of the meandering waterway. You need to watch out for fluctuating tides and the shore birds coming in to feed. With the tidal ebb and flow, you may find yourself hitting an errant ball off a mud flat one minute; retrieving it from the shallows the next. |
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