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Montecito Country Club is an 18-hole private golf course in Santa Barbara, California.

Designed by Jack Nicklaus. It plays 6,540 yards from the Black tees, rated 72.1/130 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
71
par
6,540
yards (tips)
130
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES374369175544417209326530148319549454400191400410172553142433455463748593104115124134143154164173185PAROUT 3,092 YDSIN 3,448 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
Jack Nicklaus reported
access
private
address
920 Summit Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, USA
phone
805-969-3216
elevation
171 ft derived
opened
1918

34.42639, -119.65542 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 40 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

238 traced features across 8 layers for Montecito Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
9
Fairways
64
Bunkers
2
Water
18
Greens
25
Tee pads
6,540yds
Black tees
553yds
Longest hole
148yds
Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 10 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 10 rows, showing the start of the table.

BlackM71654072.113030923448
BlackF71654077.914230923448
Black/WhiteM71636071.2129
Black/WhiteF71636076.9140
WhiteF71606775.013628593208
WhiteM71606769.612428593208
White/GreenM71547166.9118
White/GreenF71547171.9130
GreenF71521970.512624532766
GreenM71521965.711524532766

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443543453454434435 71
Black 374369175544417209326530148319549454400191400410172553 6,540
White 346348158496386192297507129301511427376167386382133525 6,067
Green 275312137453342134258427115274434361335112339314122475 5,219
Handicap 810164614122181313915511177

No per-hole yardages are published for Black/White and White/Green, so they are not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Montecito Country 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

Montecito Country 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 (13 mi, public) · Sandpiper Golf Course (14 mi, public) · Rancho San Marcos Golf Course (15 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
Longest6,540 yds489th of 889=5,718th of 12,025=1,897th of 2,954 private courses · =5,673rd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 130=338th of 750=3,777th of 8,710=1,565th of 2,300 private courses · =3,684th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.1=368th of 685=3,870th of 7,615=1,486th of 2,143 private courses · =3,830th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,321 yds between tees491st of 857=6,609th of 11,523=1,893rd of 2,885 private courses · =6,496th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1918=27th of 768=663rd of 9,368=392nd of 2,418 private courses · =484th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level171 ft derived 621st of 917=9,303rd of 12,4372,153rd of 3,026 private courses · =6,687th 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 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 10 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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Nearby courses

Valley Club of Montecito

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Birnam Wood Golf Club

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Santa Barbara Golf Club

4.8 mi · Santa Barbara · 18 holes

La Cumbre Country Club

5.7 mi · Santa Barbara · private · 18 holes

Twin Lakes Golf Course

10 mi · Goleta · 9 holes

Glen Annie Golf Club

13 mi · Goleta · public · 18 holes

Sandpiper Golf Course

14 mi · Goleta · public · 18 holes

Rancho San Marcos Golf Course

15 mi · Santa Barbara · public · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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