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. Sherwood Country Club (Jack Nicklaus 1989, Thousand Oaks)
4. Mayacama Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 2001, Santa Rosa)
5. Riviera Country Club (George Thomas 1926, Pacific Palisades)

Cypress Point 15th	Pebble Beach 5th

6. The Preserve Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2000, Carmel)
7. Olympic Club (Lake) (Sam Whiting 1927, San Francisco)
8. Spyglass Hill Golf Club (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1966, Pebble Beach)
9. Wente Vineyards Golf Course (Greg Norman 1998, Livermore)
10. Pasatiempo Golf Club (Dr. Alister MacKenzie 1929, Santa Cruz)

Olympic Club (Lake) 18th	Spyglass 14th

11. San Francisco Golf Club (A.W. Tillinghast 1915, San Francisco)
12. Links at Spanish Bay (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1987, Pebble Beach)
13. Saticoy Country Club (William F. Bell 1964, Somis)
14. Pasadera Country Club (Jack Nicklaus 2000, Monterey)
15. CordeValle Golf Club (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1999, San Martin)

Saticoy 10th	CordeValle 15th

16. Half Moon Bay Golf Links (Ocean) (Arthur Hills 1997, Half Moon Bay)
17. Poppy Hills Golf Course (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1986, Pebble Beach)
18. Valencia Country Club (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1965, Valencia)
19. Olympic Club (Ocean) (Sam Whiting 1927, San Francisco)
20. Meadow Club (Dr. Alister MacKenzie 1927, Fairfax)

Half Moon Bay (Ocean) 16th	Valencia 3rd

21. Lost Canyons Golf Club (Sky) (Pete Dye 2000, Simi Valley)
22. Rustic Canyon Golf Course (Gil Hanse 2002, Moorpark)
23. Olympic Club (Cliffs) (Tom Weiskopf 1994, San Francisco)
24. Lost Canyons Golf Club (Shadow) (Pete Dye 2001, Simi Valley)

Lost Canyons (Sky) 2nd	Rustic Canyon 13th