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River Course at Alisal is an 18-hole public golf course in Solvang, California.

It plays 6,830 yards from the Gold tees, rated 72.7/125 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,830
yards (tips)
125
slope (gold)
The shape of the round · Gold teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — GOLD TEES570385420227580396437357173428538147393521353398128451152434435564748493104115123134145154164173184PAROUT 3,545 YDSIN 3,357 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

access
public
address
150 Alisal Rd, Solvang, CA 93463, USA
phone
967-835-9744
elevation
417 ft derived
opened
1992
turf
bentgrass greens
on site
pro shop · restaurant · lessons

34.58649, -120.13669 — open on OpenStreetMap →

From above

Aerial imagery of the area around River Course at Alisal. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it, and the frame follows the course's location rather than a surveyed property line.

Aerial imagery of the area around River Course at Alisal, NAIP 2022. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it.

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Aerial imagery of the area around River Course at Alisal, NAIP 2022. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it. The map itself needs JavaScript.

Aerial imagery only, nothing traced over it yet · USDA NAIP 2022-05-19 – 2022-05-21

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

GoldM726830contested690272.712535453357
BlueM72645170.912133473106
WhiteF72609975.713231802928
WhiteM72609969.511831802928
RedF72571073.812829452716

Every figure as published except Card yards (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 Gold tees publish a yardage total 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 Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 544354443453454434 72
Gold 570385420227580396437357173428538147393521353398128451 6,830
Blue 558366398201560376405332151408524135357494331369115373 6,451
White 52435038018255035639631113139846412534048131335895354 6,099
Red 45833636713651133837729912338145010832347125134380309 5,710
Handicap 131157931151721418810461612

The Studio

The Studio can't plan River Course at Alisal hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • 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

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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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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to River Course at Alisal's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Rancho San Marcos Golf Course (15 mi) · La Purisima Golf Course (15 mi) · Sandpiper Golf Course (17 mi) · Glen Annie Golf Club (18 mi)

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
Longest6,830 yds=258th of 889=3,216th of 12,025=801st of 4,105 public courses · =1,518th of 7,004 courses you can book · =3,195th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 125=491st of 750=5,317th of 8,710=1,303rd of 2,882 public courses · =2,543rd of 4,936 courses you can book · =5,092nd of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.7=287th of 685=3,063rd of 7,615=685th of 2,412 public courses · =1,337th of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,035th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,120 yds between tees563rd of 857=7,758th of 11,523=2,292nd of 3,841 public courses · =4,193rd of 6,653 courses you can book · =7,564th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1992=576th of 768=6,580th of 9,368=2,070th of 3,277 public courses · =3,651st of 5,526 courses you can book · =4,758th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level417 ft derived 366th of 917=7,655th of 12,437=3,029th of 4,289 public courses · =4,923rd of 7,274 courses you can book · =5,449th 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 progress2 of 6 built

2 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 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course map, not built yet.We don't have a map of this course yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • 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 architect.

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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.

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Nearby courses

Ranch Course at Alisal

1.2 mi · Solvang · 18 holes

Rancho San Marcos Golf Course

15 mi · Santa Barbara · public · 18 holes

La Purisima Golf Course

15 mi · Lompoc · public · 18 holes

Sandpiper Golf Course

17 mi · Goleta · public · 18 holes

Glen Annie Golf Club

18 mi · Goleta · public · 18 holes

The Mission Club

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Twin Lakes Golf Course

20 mi · Goleta · 9 holes

La Cumbre Country Club

24 mi · Santa Barbara · private · 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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