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The First Tee of Monterey County is a 9-hole public golf course in Salinas, California.

Designed by Jack L Daray, Jr./Stephen Halsey. It plays 1,859 yards from the Blue tees, slope 86 (checked 2026-08-24).

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9
holes
31
par
1,859
yards (tips)
86
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES2997832712414726814697373142334435364738394PAROUT 828 YDSIN 1,031 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 9 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Jack L Daray, Jr./Stephen Halsey reported
access
public
address
1551 Beacon Hill Dr, Salinas, CA 93905, USA
elevation
91 ft derived
opened
2000
on site
restaurant

36.69768, -121.61808 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 11 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

81 traced features across 8 layers for The First Tee of Monterey County, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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81 traced features across 8 layers for The First Tee of Monterey County, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

9
Holes
10
Fairways
11
Bunkers
1
Water
9
Greens
22
Tee pads
61.6ft
Elevation range
1,859yds
Blue tees
373yds
Longest hole
78yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-14

Height39.7 ft101.3 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-24

Yardagesopen datachecked 2026-08-24

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

BlueM31185986
WhiteM31167685
RedM31155786
GoldM3192886

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-24

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 434334334 31
Blue 2997832712414726814697373 1,859
White 2855631011112624113074343 1,676
Red 271502941051142169874335 1,557
Gold 1754318270541216464155 928
Handicap 7113513115917

Plan it in the Studio

Plan The First Tee of Monterey County 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. This course's greens were surveyed, so it reads their 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.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to The First Tee of Monterey County'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: Salinas Fairways Golf Course (1.8 mi) · San Juan Oaks Golf Club (12 mi) · The Bayonet at Bayonet Black Horse Golf Course (12 mi) · Black Horse at Bayonet Black Horse Golf Course (13 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
Longest1,859 yds836th of 88911,601st of 12,02517th of 17 in the Salinas, CA metro area · 3,888th of 4,105 public courses · 6,727th of 7,004 courses you can book · 580th of 702 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation
Toughest testslope 86=732nd of 750=8,633rd of 8,71016th of 16 in the Salinas, CA metro area · =2,838th of 2,882 public courses · =4,885th of 4,936 courses you can book · =375th of 410 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation
Widest tee spread931 yds between tees635th of 857=8,599th of 11,52313th of 17 in the Salinas, CA metro area · 2,594th of 3,841 public courses · =4,688th of 6,653 courses you can book · 133rd of 615 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation
Oldestopened 2000=679th of 768=8,024th of 9,36817th of 17 in the Salinas, CA metro area · =2,768th of 3,277 public courses · =4,691st of 5,526 courses you can book · =472nd of 531 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation
Highest above sea level91 ft derived =727th of 917=10,107th of 12,43712th of 18 in the Salinas, CA metro area · =3,782nd of 4,289 public courses · =6,185th of 7,274 courses you can book · =531st of 714 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation

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 progress5 of 7 built

5 of 7 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, not built yet.We don't have a course rating or slope for this course yet.
  • Course map, built.All 9 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, built.Half-foot contours on all 9 measured greens, from public LiDAR.
  • Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 9 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold a phone number and 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 2026-08-24. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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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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