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917 golf courses in California, 15,244 holes between them, 782 with published USGA tee ratings.

917
courses
15,244
holes
782
rated
8,073
longest (yds)
153
steepest slope

Every California course

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Every figure here is a published one, gathered from the course and public records — nothing on this page is estimated.

California standouts

Toughest testpublished fact
Mayacama Golf Club

slope 153 · from 750 courses

The highest USGA slope rating published for any of the men’s tee sets. Slope measures difficulty for a bogey golfer relative to a scratch golfer — a rated figure, not an opinion. Men’s ratings only: a tee is rated separately for men and for women and the two scales do not compare, so mixing them would rank part of the field on one scale and the rest on another (see peakSlope in course-metrics.ts).

Longestpublished fact
Dragonfly Golf Club

8,073 yds · from 889 courses

The longest published tee set, in yards from the tips.

California by the numbers

California courses ranked on the figures they publish themselves. Each list counts only the courses that publish that figure, so the totals differ. Slope and course rating measure difficulty, not quality — nothing here ranks how good a course is.

Longest

— the top 25 of 889 courses with a published scorecard
# Course Longest
1 Dragonfly Golf Club 8,073 yds
2 Martis Camp Club 7,825 yds
3 The Links at Rolling Hills 7,823 yds
4 South at Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course 7,802 yds
5 Ladera Golf Club 7,705 yds
6 South at Los Serranos Golf Country Club 7,558 yds
7 Andalusia Country Club 7,521 yds
8 Old Greenwood Golf Course 7,518 yds
9 Omni La Costa Resort Spa North Course 7,500 yds
10 Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club 7,482 yds
11 Ruby Hill Golf Club 7,478 yds
12 The Golf Club at Gray's Crossing 7,466 yds
13 Mountain View Country Club 7,445 yds
14 Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon Legends Course 7,442 yds
15 The Madison Club 7,426 yds
16 Grizzly Ranch Golf Club 7,411 yds
17 Pauma Valley Country Club 7,406 yds
18 Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon Champions Course 7,377 yds
19 Indian Wells Golf Resort Players Course 7,376 yds
20 The Riviera Country Club 7,366 yds
21 Cordevalle Golf Club 7,360 yds
22 Poppy Ridge Golf Course 18 Hole 7,345 yds
23 The Country Club at Soboba Springs 7,339 yds
24 Yocha Dehe Golf Club at Cache Creek Casino Resort 7,337 yds
25 Lahontan Golf Club 7,335 yds

The longest tee set the course publishes, in yards from the tips. Compared against every course that publishes a scorecard — length is a measurement, not a verdict on the golf.

Toughest test

— the top 25 of 750 courses with a USGA slope rating for its men’s tees
# Course Toughest test
1 Mayacama Golf Club slope 153
2 Canyon Oaks Country Club slope 149
3 South at Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course slope 148
3 The Stadium Course at Pga West slope 148
5 Bear Creek Golf Country Club slope 146
5 Cordevalle Golf Club slope 146
5 Lahontan Golf Club slope 146
5 Martis Camp Club slope 146
5 Omni La Costa Resort Spa North Course slope 146
5 Pga West Private Jack Nicklaus Private Course slope 146
5 Trump National Golf Club slope 146
12 Del Paso Country Club slope 145
12 Oakhurst Country Club slope 145
12 Spyglass Hill Golf Course slope 145
12 The Olympic Club Lake Course slope 145
12 Tpc Monterey at Pasadera slope 145
17 Clive Clark Course at Hideaway Club slope 144
17 Dragonfly Golf Club slope 144
17 Pebble Beach Golf Links slope 144
17 Shady Canyon Golf Club slope 144
17 Sherwood Country Club slope 144
17 The Bridges Golf Club slope 144
17 The Classic Club slope 144
17 The Ridge Golf Course Events Center slope 144
25 Angeles National Golf Club slope 143

The highest USGA slope rating published for any of the men’s tee sets. Slope rates difficulty for a bogey golfer relative to a scratch golfer — a rated figure issued by the golf association, not an opinion about the course. Men’s ratings only, because a tee is rated separately for men and for women and the two scales do not compare; a course rated only for women is not in the running rather than converted.

Hardest from the tips

— the top 25 of 685 courses with a USGA course rating for its men’s tees
# Course Hardest from the tips
1 South at Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course rating 78.8
2 Dragonfly Golf Club rating 78.6
3 The Links at Rolling Hills rating 78.0
4 Omni La Costa Resort Spa North Course rating 77.8
5 Ladera Golf Club rating 77.7
6 Martis Camp Club rating 76.8
7 The Olympic Club Lake Course rating 76.7
8 The Links at Lakehouse rating 76.6
9 Cordevalle Golf Club rating 76.3
9 South at Los Serranos Golf Country Club rating 76.3
9 Valencia Country Club rating 76.3
12 Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon Champions Course rating 76.1
13 Ruby Hill Golf Club rating 76.0
14 Bear Creek Golf Country Club rating 75.9
15 Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon Legends Course rating 75.8
15 Mountain View Country Club rating 75.8
15 North at Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course rating 75.8
15 The Classic Club rating 75.8
15 The Stadium Course at Pga West rating 75.8
15 Trump National Golf Club rating 75.8
21 Pauma Valley Country Club rating 75.7
22 La Purisima Golf Course rating 75.6
22 North at Coto De Caza Golf Racquet Club rating 75.6
22 The Riviera Country Club rating 75.6
25 Plantation Golf Club rating 75.5

The highest USGA course rating published for any of the men’s tee sets — the score a scratch golfer is expected to shoot. Men’s ratings only, for the same reason as slope: the men’s and women’s ratings of one tee are different measurements. It measures difficulty and nothing else; it is not a quality score and never orders these pages by how good a course is.

Widest tee spread

— the top 25 of 857 courses with two or more tee sets of different lengths
# Course Widest tee spread
1 Martis Camp Club 4,806 yds between tees
2 The Lakes at El Segundo 4,474 yds between tees
3 Dragonfly Golf Club 4,382 yds between tees
4 Arcade Creek at Haggin Oaks Golf Course 4,352 yds between tees
5 The Vintage Club Mountain Course 4,067 yds between tees
6 Hillcrest Country Club 3,923 yds between tees
7 El Caballero Country Club 3,776 yds between tees
7 The Fountaingrove Club 3,776 yds between tees
9 Woodley Lakes Golf Course 3,714 yds between tees
10 Wildhawk Golf Club 3,574 yds between tees
11 Pga West Pete Dye Mountain Course 3,541 yds between tees
12 South at Rancho Murieta Country Club 3,489 yds between tees
13 The Vintage Club Desert Course 3,474 yds between tees
14 North at Los Serranos Golf Country Club 3,453 yds between tees
15 North at Rancho Murieta Country Club 3,434 yds between tees
16 South at Coto De Caza Golf Racquet Club 3,372 yds between tees
17 Roosevelt Municipal Golf Course 3,351 yds between tees
18 The Stadium Course at Pga West 3,216 yds between tees
19 Pga West Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course 3,190 yds between tees
20 Pga West Greg Norman Course 3,178 yds between tees
21 Poppy Ridge Golf Course 18 Hole 3,120 yds between tees
22 Tilden Park Golf Course 3,117 yds between tees
23 Bear Valley Country Club 3,107 yds between tees
24 The Classic Club 3,106 yds between tees
25 Santa Ana Country Club 3,104 yds between tees

Yards between the longest and shortest published tee sets — how far the course moves to fit a different player. Courses publishing a single tee set are not in the running, because one set is an unmeasured spread rather than a narrow one.

Oldest

— the top 25 of 768 courses with an opening year
# Course Oldest
1 Catalina Island Golf Club opened 1892
2 Burlingame Country Club opened 1893
3 Presidio Golf Course opened 1895
4 Redlands Country Club opened 1896
5 Del Monte Golf Course opened 1897
5 North at Los Angeles Country Club The opened 1897
5 South at Los Angeles Country Club The opened 1897
8 Lincoln Park Golf Course opened 1902
9 Claremont Country Club opened 1903
9 Victoria Club opened 1903
11 San Gabriel Country Club opened 1904
12 Annandale Golf Course opened 1906
13 La Cumbre Country Club opened 1908
14 Altadena Golf Course opened 1910
14 Brentwood Country Club opened 1910
14 Recreation Park 18 Golf Course opened 1910
17 Peninsula Golf Country Club opened 1911
17 Sunnyside Country Club opened 1911
19 Menlo Country Club opened 1912
20 Sequoyah Country Club opened 1913
21 Diablo Country Club opened 1914
21 Stockton Golf Country Club opened 1914
23 Napa Valley Country Club opened 1915
23 San Francisco Golf Club opened 1915
25 Del Paso Country Club opened 1916

The year the course opened, as published. Ranked oldest first. An opening year is not a design credit and not a renovation date — a course that opened in 1921 and was rebuilt in 1998 still opened in 1921.

Highest above sea level

— the top 25 of 917 courses with a coordinate we could sample
# Course Highest above sea level
1 Sierra Star Golf Club 8,028 ft
2 Snowcreek Golf Course 7,883 ft
3 Bear Mountain Golf Course 7,098 ft
4 Tahoe Paradise Golf Course 6,339 ft
5 Lake Tahoe Golf Course 6,278 ft
6 Tahoe City Golf Course 6,271 ft
7 Coyote Moon Golf Course 6,266 ft
8 Bijou Municipal Golf Course 6,239 ft
9 Martis Camp Club 6,219 ft
10 The Links at Everline 6,192 ft
11 Schaffers Mill Club 6,052 ft
12 Lahontan Golf Club 6,025 ft
13 Old Greenwood Golf Course 5,951 ft
14 Northstar California Golf Course 5,911 ft
15 The Golf Club at Gray's Crossing 5,907 ft
16 Ponderosa Golf Course 5,884 ft
17 Lake Arrowhead Country Club 5,217 ft
18 Grizzly Ranch Golf Club 5,160 ft
19 Nakoma Golf Resort Dragon Course 5,037 ft
20 Bailey Creek Golf Course 4,742 ft
21 Lake Almanor Country Club 4,670 ft
22 Likely Place Rv Golf 4,544 ft
23 Whitehawk Ranch Golf Club 4,502 ft
24 Arrowhead Golf Course 4,437 ft
25 Plumas Pines Golf Resort 4,410 ft

Height above sea level at the course’s own published coordinate, sampled from the USGS 3DEP elevation model. THIS IS A FIGURE WE DERIVED, not one the course publishes — anybody can re-query the same public dataset at the same coordinate and get the same number, but no scorecard states it. Because every course carries a coordinate, this is the only board here whose field is nearly the whole database rather than the courses that publish a particular figure. Elevation changes how far a ball carries; it says nothing about whether a course is good.

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