Mariner's Point Golf Center

Burlingame, CA · 6.1 mi away

Crystal Springs Golf Course is located near the Crystal Springs Reservoir in Hillsborough, adjacent to Burlingame, California, on the San Francisco Peninsula. The course was designed in 1924 by British architect William Herbert Fowler, whose work emphasized routing that follows natural terrain, and it has seen only modest changes since. The par-72 layout runs 6,628 yards from the back tees with a slope rating of 124, featuring well-bunkered greens and rolling hillsides that slope down toward the reservoir. It is a public course with practice facilities, and weekday and weekend rates are posted online along with cart fees. Tee times can be booked directly through the course.

Palo Alto, CA · 11 mi away

Baylands Golf Links, Palo Alto's revived muni run by O. B. Sports, has become a part of my regular playing rotation since reopening in 2018 after a seven-year, $12-million redesign by Forrest Richardson. With five par 5s and five par 3s, and plenty of room to spray it in the ever-present wind, it's a fun walk. Its links characteristics are somewhat mitigated by the Seashore Paspalum turf, a grabby style of grass that doesn't cater to bump-and-run shots.

Half Moon Bay, CA · 12 mi away

The Ocean Course at Half Moon Bay Golf Links, designed by Arthur Hills, opened in 1997 on the San Mateo County coastline south of San Francisco. It plays as a links-style layout with firm, wide fairways, native grasses, bunkers and undulating greens shaped by ocean winds and coastal fog. From the back tees it plays 6,854 yards to a par of 72, with a course rating of 72.5 and a slope of 132. The closing stretch runs along coastal cliffs, including a par-3 17th styled after Pebble Beach's 7th and a risk-reward par-5 18th along the Pacific.