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Birnam Wood Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in Santa Barbara, California.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr.. It plays 6,035 yards from the Blue tees, rated 69.9/128 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
70
par
6,035
yards (tips)
128
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES415157393344150376340352478385410136356480181418167497142334445364748495104114123134145153164173185PAROUT 3,005 YDSIN 3,030 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Robert Trent Jones Sr. reported
access
private
address
1941 E Valley Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, USA
phone
805-969-2223
elevation
205 ft derived
opened
1968

34.43324, -119.60838 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 13 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

210 traced features across 8 layers for Birnam Wood Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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210 traced features across 8 layers for Birnam Wood Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
20
Fairways
68
Bunkers
3
Water
18
Greens
36
Tee pads
6,035yds
Blue tees
497yds
Longest hole
136yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-13

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 8 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 8 rows.

BlueM70603569.912830053030
WhiteF71contested70582274.513328972925
WhiteM70582268.912628972925
RedF71contested70536372.112926782685
RedM70536366.912126782685
ComboF71contested70492070.012424912429
JonesM70445762.911122032254
JonesF71contested70445767.511922032254

Every figure as published except Card par (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The White, Red, Combo and Jones tees publish a par the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434434445443453435 70
Blue 415157393344150376340352478385410136356480181418167497 6,035
White 401146373332141363328344469374398124344470173400157485 5,822
Red 401121354312127312310288453336359111322434163373128459 5,363
Combo 318121354312127256310240453280359111251434119373128374 4,920
Jones 31812131025276256262240368280302111251377119312128374 4,457
Handicap 111951371731546181214102816

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Birnam Wood Golf Club hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book nearby

Birnam Wood Golf Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Glen Annie Golf Club (16 mi, public) · Sandpiper Golf Course (17 mi, public) · Rancho San Marcos Golf Course (17 mi, public)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn CaliforniaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,035 yds=662nd of 889=8,356th of 12,025=2,466th of 2,954 private courses · =8,279th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 128=404th of 750=4,449th of 8,710=1,754th of 2,300 private courses · =4,313th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 69.9=562nd of 685=6,198th of 7,615=1,997th of 2,143 private courses · =6,076th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,578 yds between tees369th of 857=4,893rd of 11,5231,428th of 2,885 private courses · =4,821st of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1968=375th of 768=4,141st of 9,368=1,340th of 2,418 private courses · =2,920th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level205 ft derived =584th of 917=9,066th of 12,437=2,068th of 3,026 private courses · =6,504th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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