California's Best Golf Courses

The state rankings section lists the Gurus' favorite golf courses state-by-state and is limited to courses that both Gurus have played.

1. Cypress Point Golf Club (Dr. Alister MacKenzie 1928, Pebble Beach)
2. Pebble Beach Golf Links (Jack Neville and Douglas Grant 1919/H. Chandler Egan 1929, Pebble Beach)
3. Mayacama Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 2001, Santa Rosa)
4. Sherwood Country Club (Jack Nicklaus 1989, Thousand Oaks)
5. Riviera Country Club (George Thomas 1926, Pacific Palisades)

Cypress Point 15th	Pebble Beach 5th

6. Spyglass Hill Golf Club (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1966, Pebble Beach)
7. Los Angeles Country Club (North) (George Thomas 1921, Los Angeles)
8. Pasatiempo Golf Club (Dr. Alister MacKenzie 1929, Santa Cruz)
9. The Preserve Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2000, Carmel)
10. The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1999, Rancho Santa Fe)

Spyglass 14th	Olympic Club (Lake) 18th

11. Trump National Los Angeles (Donald Trump 2005, Rancho Palos Verdes)
12. Olympic Club (Lake) (Sam Whiting 1927, San Francisco)
13. San Francisco Golf Club (A.W. Tillinghast 1915, San Francisco)
14. Wente Vineyards Golf Course (Greg Norman 1998, Livermore)
15. Links at Spanish Bay (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1987, Pebble Beach)

Trump National L.A. 18th	Wente Vineyards 9th

16. Meadow Club (Dr. Alister MacKenzie 1927, Fairfax)
17. Pasadera Country Club (Jack Nicklaus 2000, Monterey)
18. Saticoy Country Club (William F. Bell 1964, Somis)
19. CordeValle Golf Club (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1999, San Martin)
20. Half Moon Bay Golf Links (Ocean) (Arthur Hills 1997, Half Moon Bay)

Saticoy 10th	Half Moon Bay (Ocean) 16th

21. Valencia Country Club (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1965, Valencia)
22. Poppy Hills Golf Course (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1986, Pebble Beach)
23. Rustic Canyon Golf Course (Gil Hanse 2002, Moorpark)
24. Olympic Club (Ocean) (Sam Whiting 1927, San Francisco)
25. Lost Canyons Golf Club (Sky) (Pete Dye 2000, Simi Valley)
26. Lost Canyons Golf Club (Shadow) (Pete Dye 2001, Simi Valley)
27. Olympic Club (Cliffs) (Tom Weiskopf 1994, San Francisco)

Valencia 3rd	Rustic Canyon 13th