If you walked the perimeter path around the course in July 2024 and again in July 2026, you would see two different properties. Same fairways, same Conejo foothills behind the 14th green, same water on eleven of the eighteen holes Ted Robinson laid out in 1971. Everything else has moved.
The short version: Western Golf Properties bought the course, opened a Toptracer-equipped driving range on February 1, 2026, launched a rewards program that reset how residents price a round, and set aside 30 of the property's 182 acres for a still-unapproved senior-housing proposal that would fund a rebuild of the course itself into a 12-hole layout. Residents of The Springs, Tierras, Miramonte, Palmeras, The Courtyards, and the mobile home park are living inside the transition, not next to it. Here is what has actually shipped, what is on the planning desk, and how to sequence a Saturday around the current state of play.
A Twelve-Month Timeline, In Order
The renovation cadence has been public, dated, and worth reading as a sequence rather than a pile.
- March 2025: New mobile app launched; golf shop renovations wrap.
- April 2025: New entry sign installed at the Camarillo Springs Road gate.
- May 2025: Phase One of the range project completes with a new self-serve ball machine, extended footprint, new safety nets, and upgraded mats.
- July 2025: New ball-dispensing machine goes live behind the closed range.
- September 2025: New on-course beverage cart begins running.
- December 1, 2025: Camarillo Rewards launches at $99.99 per year with a 7x points system, 14-day priority tee-time booking, and up to 20% off green fees and pro shop merchandise.
- February 1, 2026: Grand re-opening of the fully renovated driving range with Toptracer ball-tracking at every stall.
The pattern matters. Every change on that list is money the previous ownership was not spending. If you moved into Palmeras or The Courtyards partly because you wanted a working range across the street, the last twelve months are the reason your bag came out of the closet again.
The Range Now Tracks Every Ball
Toptracer is the same shot-tracing system used on professional broadcasts, and it is now installed at every mat on the Camarillo Springs range. For residents, the practical unlock is smaller and better than the marketing copy suggests: you can now see carry distance on a five-iron without driving to Rustic Canyon or Simi Hills. That number, honestly measured, is the difference between clubbing correctly on the par-3 fifth here and guessing.
The Camarillo Rewards math is worth doing at the kitchen table. Membership costs $99.99 for 365 days. The 7x earn rate means a $45 weekend round generates 45 points toward a future free round or range bucket, and members get to lock in 2025 green-fee pricing before the 2026 increase. If you play more than roughly four rounds a year, or if you hit the range twice a month, the annual fee prices out below what a non-member pays across the same activity. That is a resident-level calculation the pro shop is not going to run for you.
The Clubhouse Restaurant Question
The on-course clubhouse restaurant has been an on-again, off-again story for years, and the current amenity set at the golf course itself is a golf shop, a bar, and light food. For a full sit-down meal within a five-minute drive of the gate, residents have quietly consolidated around two options.
Hidden Cafe at 795 Camarillo Springs Road, directly across from the course entrance, functions as the de facto morning clubhouse. The menu leans traditional breakfast and lunch with Pacific Islander and Spanish accents, and the parking lot fills with golf gloves and cart shoes by 8 a.m. on weekends. For dinner, Slate Bistro & Craft Bar at the Camarillo Premium Outlets end of town is the closest full-service option that treats the golf-adjacent crowd as a regular table, not a tourist stop.
That is your current answer to "where do we go after nine holes." It will change if the NUWI proposal moves forward.
What Sits On The Planning Desk
The largest change is the one that has not happened. NUWI-Camarillo, LLC has filed a general plan amendment, zone change, residential planned development application, and tentative tract map with the City of Camarillo for a senior residential development on approximately 30 of the course's 182 acres. The remaining 152 acres would be rebuilt into a new 12-hole format course with a completely renovated or replaced clubhouse featuring a restaurant and bar with rooftop seating, plus a community park with a trail network and a dog park.
The proposed housing is set back away from the property line by a minimum of 250 feet along the entire southern edge of the development, according to the developer's project FAQ, in order to maximize the buffer with the existing Country Club Village community.
Four things residents should hold in mind before forming an opinion:
- The plan is conceptual. It is not approved by Camarillo City Council. The city has contracted a third-party firm to prepare a full Environmental Impact Report.
- The proposal is on the northwest portion of the course, bordered by Conejo Creek to the west and the driving range and clubhouse to the east.
- Access is planned via two points, one off the existing golf-course driveway south of the parking lot and one off Ridge View Street.
- The rebuild of the course into 12 holes is the funding rationale for the development, not a separate project. The two decisions travel together.
Whether you support, oppose, or want to modify the plan, the sequence to follow is the EIR release, then the public hearings, then City Council. Anything before that is speculation.
A Weekend, Sequenced
Here is a Saturday inside the current, actual amenity set, ignoring what may or may not be built.
| Time | Move | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 7:15 a.m. | Breakfast before the range gets busy | Hidden Cafe, 795 Camarillo Springs Rd |
| 8:30 a.m. | Toptracer bucket, work on carry numbers | Camarillo Springs driving range |
| 10:00 a.m. | Twilight-adjacent tee time booked 14 days out | Course, front nine |
| 12:30 p.m. | Beverage cart at the turn | On-course |
| 2:00 p.m. | Walking loop on the perimeter path | Around the Springs gates |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner within five minutes of the gate | Slate Bistro & Craft Bar |
Nothing on that list existed in this configuration a year ago. The 8:30 Toptracer session did not exist. The 14-day priority booking did not exist. The beverage cart did not exist. That is what a reset looks like from the resident's side of the gate.
The Six Communities, Read In One Table
Camarillo Springs is not one HOA. It is six adjacent communities behind two main gates plus one separate gate, and each one relates to the course differently. If you have been here for years you know this; if a neighbor asks you to describe the property line, this is the shape.
| Community | Type | Homes | Built | Age-restricted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Springs | Single-family | ~250 | 1985–1987 | 55+ |
| Tierras | Single-family | ~75 | 1990 | No |
| Palmeras | Townhomes/condos | ~120 | Late 1980s | No |
| Camarillo Springs Mobile Home Park | Manufactured | ~250 | Originally early 1970s, many replaced | 55+ |
| The Courtyards | Two-story single-family | ~35 | 2005–2006 | No |
| Miramonte | Single-family | Varies | Varies | No |
The Courtyards sit behind their own separate gate with their own pool and playground. Palmeras has its own clubhouse, pool, spa, and barbecue area. The Springs has the ballroom, exercise room, card room, billiards, and library that most people picture when they hear "Camarillo Springs clubhouse." Knowing which clubhouse belongs to which sub-community is the difference between a neighbor's tour and a real one.
The Camarillo Springs-Specific Angle
The rest of Ventura County has golf-course communities where the course is a settled, static amenity. That is not the story here. For the next twelve to thirty-six months, Camarillo Springs is a golf-course community where the course is the most active construction project in the neighborhood. Toptracer opened in February. The rewards program is six months old. The 12-hole redesign, the rooftop-restaurant clubhouse, and the community park with the dog park all sit inside an environmental review with no council vote yet. Every one of those pieces changes the way a Saturday around your address feels, and every one of them will eventually get priced into a resale.
The residents who understand the sequence and its timing are going to be better positioned than the ones who read a single news headline in six months and try to catch up.
If you are already inside the gates and thinking about what any of this means for the value of your home, or if you are helping a family member weigh a move into one of the six communities, the Puckett Real Estate Team has been tracking the course transition and the NUWI filing since they started. We are happy to sit down at the kitchen table, look at the specific position of your street relative to the proposed footprint, and give you a straight read.
Get Your Free Home Valuation and we will pair the number with a plain-English brief on what is confirmed, what is proposed, and what would need to happen for either to change.
