After a $6.5 million dollar renovation, including complete re-routing of the golf course and new playing surfaces, Buenaventura Golf Course opened in March of 2005. With large bent grass greens, coupled with emerald green rye grass fairways, Buenaventura is one of the finest municipal courses in the Southland. With subtle undulations and contours, all the greens have been re-sculpted using classic Bell designs. Beautiful mature trees line Buenaventura’s pristine fairways, while white sand bunkers guard the greens.  Buenaventura Golf Course is located in the beautiful beachside community of Ventura, California.  Ventura is one hour north of Los Angeles and exhibits Southern California's temperate weather year around. The new design enhances the woodlands feel that people loved so much about the old Buenaventura. The hazards look like they were not merely manufactured, but rather discovered in the landscape. Among the many new considerations for the new course, safety, playability, strategy and variety all played key rolls in the development of the new design. "The Big Swing" by Michael Stutz The Big Swing, a 12' tall figurative sculpture made of bronze strips intricately woven and then welded together, depicts a golfer who has just hit a powerful drive. The work adopts Stutz's quintessential style of heroicizing figures from everyday life with his remarkable woven bronze technique. Olivas Park was closed due to construction in October of 2005.  In Olivas Park's place a new links style golf course, Olivas Links, has been created.  Olivas Links opened May 1st, 2007.