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
40 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 Tom Fazio course high above the Pacific at the Resort at Pelican Hill, with ocean panoramas on the Orange County coast. Manicured, breezy, and stunning.
The lower of Pelican Hill's two Fazio courses, tumbling toward the sea with several holes along the bluffs. Coastal resort golf at its most polished.
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 lush Arnold Palmer course at the Park Hyatt Aviara, threading wetlands and flowers near the coast and home to an LPGA major. North County's resort showpiece.
A refined Robert Trent Jones Jr. course at a luxury resort in the Santa Cruz foothills south of San Jose, a former PGA and LPGA Tour host. Wine-country polish.
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.
A Robert Trent Jones Jr. seaside course at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach, with two holes along the Pacific in Dana Point. Compact, breezy, and scenic.
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.
Greg Norman's natural-desert layout at PGA West, routed through arroyos and native landscape with minimal housing. The quietest of the resort's courses.
A bold Jack Nicklaus desert course at the sprawling PGA West complex, long a stop on the PGA Tour's California swing. Water, bunkers, and desert drama.
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 Tom Fazio canyon course at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar, tucked into the Los Penasquitos preserve north of San Diego. Lush, secluded, and immaculate.
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 Robert Trent Jones Jr. links on the Sonoma Coast, with a memorable closing stretch down to the sea. Windy, dramatic Northern California coastal golf.
A Pete Dye course winding up a sunny valley inland from the Monterey fog, at a relaxed luxury ranch resort. Oaks, vineyards, and warm afternoons.
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.
A muscular Hurdzan-Fry desert course at the city-owned Desert Willow, with rugged bunkering and native landscaping. One of the valley's top public tests.
A flashy Clive Clark resort course with waterfalls, flowers, and mountain views in the heart of the Coachella Valley. Polished desert golf and a great clubhouse.
A dramatic Johnny Miller and Robert Muir Graves design in the hills of Poway, with waterfalls, oaks, and big elevation. One of San Diego's best daily-fees.
A Jack Nicklaus mountain course in the pines near Lake Tahoe, part of the Tahoe Mountain Club. High-altitude golf with big Sierra scenery.
A hilly, eucalyptus-lined former Army course in the Presidio with Golden Gate glimpses and city history. One of the great urban public rounds.
A windswept Robert Muir Graves links on the remote Sonoma Coast, with meadow, forest, and ocean bluffs. A quiet, wild Northern California round.
An Arnold Palmer municipal course at the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains that once hosted the Bob Hope Classic. Big mountain backdrops at a public price.
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 classic San Francisco municipal on Lake Merced that hosted the 2020 PGA Championship and Presidents Cup. Tree-lined, often foggy, and a true championship muni.
The longer of two classic courses in Griffith Park beneath the Hollywood sign, a leafy retreat in the middle of LA. Old trees and old-school muni charm.
A friendly muni in Sacramento carrying the MacKenzie name and design DNA. Great-value access to a legendary architect's work.
A mountain-meadow course at the Northstar resort near Tahoe, with a tight, wooded back nine and a links-like front. A fun, scenic summer round.
A charming municipal known as 'the poor man's Pebble Beach,' with a back nine through coastal dunes by the Point Pinos lighthouse. Monterey golf at a steal.
A storied LA municipal in West Los Angeles that once hosted the LA Open, among the busiest courses in the country. Mature, central, and full of history.
A seaside municipal MacKenzie just south of San Francisco, with Pacific views from the 12th green. Affordable, historic, and a true hidden gem.
A 27-hole Gary Player design in the rugged canyons east of San Diego, with dramatic elevation and quiet surroundings. A scenic, well-priced round.
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