Rankings

Best Golf Courses in California

The best golf courses the Golf Course Gurus have played in the Golden State

Cypress Point Golf Club (Dr. Alister MacKenzie 1928; Pebble Beach, California)
Pebble Beach Golf Links (Jack Neville and Douglas Grant 1919; Pebble Beach, California)*
Monterey Peninsula CC (Shore) (Bob Baldock 1961/Mike Strantz 2004; Pebble Beach, California)
Riviera Country Club (George Thomas 1927; Pacific Palisades, California)
Los Angeles Country Club (George Thomas 1921; Los Angeles, California)
San Francisco Golf Club (A.W. Tillinghast 1915; San Francisco, California)
Pasatiempo Golf Club (Alister MacKenzie 1929; Santa Cruz, California)*
Quarry at La Quinta, The (Tom Fazio 1994; La Quinta, California)
Spyglass Hill Golf Course (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1966; Pebble Beach, California)*
Lahontan Golf Club (Tom Weiskopf 1998; Truckee, California)

Cypress Point Golf Club

Mayacama Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 2001; Santa Rosa, California)
Preserve Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2000; Carmel, California)
Sherwood Country Club (Jack Nicklaus 1989; Thousand Oaks, California)
Tradition Golf Club (Arnold Palmer 1997; La Quinta, California)
Links at Spanish Bay, The (Robert Trent Jones Jr., Tom Watson, and Sandy Tatum 1987; Pebble Beach, California)*
Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1999; Rancho Santa Fe, California)
Half Moon Bay (Ocean) (Arthur Hills 1997; Half Moon Bay, California)*
Schaffer's Mill Golf Club (Johnny Miller and John Harbottle 2008; Truckee, California)
Black Horse Golf Club (EdwCarnes 1964; Gene Bates renovation 2008; Seaside, California)*
Aviara at Four Seasons Resort (Arnold Palmer 1991; Carlsbad, California)*

Mayacama Golf Club

Saticoy Club, The (William F. Bell 1964; Somis, California)
CordeValle Golf Club (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1999; San Martin, California)*
Indian Wells Resort (Players) (John Fought 2007; Indian Wells, California)*
Wente Vineyards, The Course at (Greg Norman 2000; Livermore, California)*
Grand Del Mar, The (Tom Fazio 1999; San Diego, California)*
Poppy Hills Golf Course (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1986; Pebble Beach, California)*
Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles (Originally designed by Pete Dye 1999 as Ocean Trails then remodeled by Donald Trump and Jim Fazio and reopened 2006; Rancho Palos Verdes, California)*
Pasadera Country Club (Jack Nicklaus 2000; Monterey, California)
TPC Stonebrae (David McLay Kidd 2007; Hayward, California)
Olympic Club (Lake) (Sam Whiting 1927 (Willie Watson 1924/Robert Trent Jones 1953); San Francisco, California)

Saticoy Club, The

Rustic Canyon Golf Course (Gil Hanse 2002; Moorpark, California)*
TPC Harding Park (Willie Watson 1925; San Francisco, California)*
Bayonet Golf Club (Robert McClure 1954; Gene Bates renovation 2008; Seaside, California)*
Pacific Grove Golf Links (H. Chandler Egan 1932 (Jack Neville back nine); Pacific Grove, California)*
Shadow Ridge Golf Club (Nick Faldo 2000; Palm Desert, California)*
Valencia Country Club (Valencia, California)
Primm Valley Golf Club (Desert) (Nipton, California)
Carmel Valley Ranch (Pete Dye 1981; Carmel, California)*
Half Moon Bay (Old) (Arnold Palmer and Francis Duane 1973; Half Moon Bay, California)*

Rustic Canyon Golf Course