Best Golf Courses in California
13 ranked courses in California
California's ranked golf is concentrated around Pebble Beach and the big cities, and only four of its 13 courses can be booked. Pebble Beach Golf Links, Jack Neville and Douglas Grant's 1919 links, ranks highest in the state. Anyone can play, but booking more than 24 hours ahead requires a minimum two-night stay at The Lodge at Pebble Beach, The Inn at Spanish Bay or Casa Palmero; non-resort guests can only book within 24 hours of the tee time. Spyglass Hill, Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s 1966 coastal course, is the other resort course. The two public courses are Torrey Pines South in La Jolla, William F. Bell's 1957 design renovated by Rees Jones in 2001, where City of San Diego residents pay a fraction of the non-resident rate, and Rustic Canyon in Moorpark, a links by Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner and Geoff Shackelford from 2002, booked through the course website. The other nine are private. Cypress Point, Alister MacKenzie and Robert Hunter's 1928 links, allows no public play, and Los Angeles Country Club, which has hosted the US Open and the Walker Cup, is private too.
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About Golf Courses in California
Pebble Beach is the one-stop trip: Pebble Beach Golf Links, Cypress Point, Monterey Peninsula's Dunes Course and Spyglass Hill all share the same city. Los Angeles holds Los Angeles Country Club, Bel-Air and Hillcrest, with Riviera in Pacific Palisades and Rustic Canyon in Moorpark. San Francisco holds The Olympic Club and San Francisco Golf Club, with California Golf Club in South San Francisco. Torrey Pines South in La Jolla stands alone.
- Ranked courses
- 13
- Course styles
- parkland 8 · links 3 · coastal 2
- Access
- private 9 · public 2 · resort 2
- Opened
- 1919–2002
- Playable without membership
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