Roamward Golf
The courses you can actually book — curated for road trips and buddy trips. Find your round, see what makes it special, and book a tee time while you’re in town.
Golf you can play in California
17 courses on the board in California. Tap a flag for the details.
The most famous meeting of land and sea in American golf, with the par-3 7th plunging toward Carmel Bay and the 18th hugging the cliff home. A resort stay and a small fortune get you on, and it is worth every penny once.
A Trent Jones Sr. test that opens in seaside dunes before plunging into the Del Monte forest, one of the hardest courses you can simply pay to play. Treasure Island themed and relentlessly demanding.
A windswept Scottish-style links along the Monterey shore where a lone bagpiper plays the sun down each evening. Firm, fast, and atmospheric in a way few American courses manage.
Pete Dye routed the original Ocean Trails along the Palos Verdes bluffs before a 1999 landslide sent the 18th hole into the sea. Rebuilt and lengthened in a Trump–Fazio redesign, it is now a manicured daily-fee course with the Pacific in play on nearly every hole.
A links-style Arthur Hills layout where the sea is in view from nearly every tee. Wide open and windswept along the San Mateo coast.
An Arnold Palmer design whose par-4 18th runs right along the Pacific bluff, ranked among the best finishing holes anywhere. Coastal fog and crashing surf set the mood.
Pete Dye built this one straight into the Santa Rosa Mountains, with fairways tucked beneath sheer rock faces. Dramatic desert scenery at a storied old resort.
Alister MacKenzie loved this 1929 design so much he lived on the 6th fairway, and a recent restoration brought back its bold bunkering. A walk through golf-architecture history above the Santa Cruz coast.
Pete Dye at his most diabolical, headlined by the island-green 17th nicknamed Alcatraz and a bunker called the San Andreas Fault. Punishing, theatrical, and unforgettable in the desert sun.
The one Monterey Peninsula gem you can book without a resort stay, owned by the NCGA and rebuilt to firm, sandy perfection. Towering pines and a true daily-fee welcome.
A genuine seaside public course on the Santa Barbara Channel, often called a poor man's Pebble Beach for its clifftop holes. The par-4 15th runs right along the water.
A municipal course on the cliffs above the Pacific that has twice hosted the US Open, most famously Tiger's 2008 win. Anyone can play where champions have, ocean glittering off to the right.
Two muscular public courses on a former Army base high above Monterey Bay, with a stretch so tough it earned the name Combat Corner. Big views and a fair fight.
A mountain course winding through Tahoe-area pines with dramatic elevation changes and not a single home in sight. Cool, fragrant, and a welcome contrast to desert golf.
The gentler of the two Torrey courses, with the same stunning ocean cliffs but a more forgiving heart. A perfect warm-up or a bucket-list round in its own right.
A friendly muni in Sacramento carrying the MacKenzie name and design DNA. Great-value access to a legendary architect's work.
A seaside municipal MacKenzie just south of San Francisco, with Pacific views from the 12th green. Affordable, historic, and a true hidden gem.
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