Santa Cruz, CA
20 Clubhouse Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
About this course
Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, California, opened in 1929 and is one of the few Alister MacKenzie courses in the country where non-members can get a tee time. It was founded by Marion Hollins, the 1921 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, who also brought MacKenzie to Cypress Point. MacKenzie liked the course enough to build a house alongside the sixth fairway and lived there until his death in 1934, and he called it his finest design.
A barranca cuts through the property and shapes much of the strategy, crossing several holes and forcing decisions from the tee. The greens are large and steeply contoured, and the back nine is generally considered the stronger half. The par-3 16th, playing across a deep ravine to a narrow green, is the most talked-about hole on the course.
Jim Urbina led a long restoration effort returning bunkers and green edges to MacKenzie's drawings, with the greens rebuilt and the work completed in 2024. Pasatiempo hosts the Western Intercollegiate, one of the oldest college tournaments in the country.
Pasatiempo is a semi-private club. Members have priority, but public tee times are released in advance and outside golfers can book online.
Type
Parkland
Region
Pacific Coast
Holes
18
Par
70
Yardage
6,483
Established
1929
LooperScore
97.0
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Design & architects
- Alister MacKenzie, architect
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Cinnabar Hills Golf Club (Mountain/Canyon)
San Jose, CA · 18 mi away
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Gilroy Golf Course
Gilroy, CA · 23 mi away
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The Ranch Golf Club
San Jose, CA · 23 mi away
The Ranch Golf Club, designed by Casey O'Callaghan, opened in 2004 in the eastern foothills of Silicon Valley. O'Callaghan's design emphasizes narrow, slanted fairways and punishing rough, requiring precision. The course uses bent grass greens and cool-season grass fairways, set among natural hillsides and large oak trees. The 15th hole, a downhill par-3, features a bunker splitting a tiered green. Despite past maintenance issues, the course is noted for its design and Bay Area views.
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