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    Pasatiempo Golf Club

    Pasatiempo Golf Club

    20 Clubhouse Rd

    Santa Cruz, CA 95060-1802

    United States

    Telephone

    Toll Free: (800) 950-7888
    Primary: (831) 459-9169

    Overview

    Pasatiempo is arguably Alister MacKenzie's favorite design. He lived along its sixth fairway during his last years. With its elaborate greens and spectacular bunkering fully restored by Jim Urbina, it’s a prime example of MacKenzie's art. The five par 3s are daunting yet delightful, culminating with the 181-yard over-a-canyon 18th. The back nine is chock full of other great holes: 10, 11, 12 and 16 all play over barrancas. The storied course has hosted two USGA championships: the 1986 U.S. Women's Amateur and the 2004 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur. In 2014, Pasatiempo received a Golf Digest Green Star environmental award for its measures in dealing with drought. Today, water worries are in the past, in part because of a new storage tank that allows the club to capture and store recycled water. Urbina's last greens restoration, completed in late 2024, has resurrected lost hole locations throughout the course, and the club will maintain them at slightly slower speeds to embrace the brilliant contours MacKenzie designed.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 6495
    Slope 141
    Price $385
    Facility Type Public
    Year Opened 1929
    Designer Alister MacKenzie/(R) Tom Doak/Jim Urbina (2024)

    Awards

    100 Greatest
    100 Greatest Public
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    100 Greatest: Ranked for 16 years from 1991-2004 and 2021 to current.
    Highest ranking: No. 77, 2001-'02.
    Previous ranking: 96th.
    2025-'26 ranking: 93rd.

    Second 100 Greatest: Ranked for eight years from 2013-'20.

    100 Greatest Public: Ranked since our inaugural rankings.
    Previous ranking: 15th.
    2025-'26 ranking (highest): 15th.

    Best in State: Ranked eighth, 1997-98. Ranked ninth, 1993-'94. Ranked 10th, 1995-'96 and 1999-2000. Ranked 11th, 1989-'90. Ranked 12th, 2021-'22. Ranked 13th, 2013-'18, current. Ranked 14th, 1987-'88, 1991-'92. 2019-'20. Ranked 16th, 2011-'12.
    Previous ranking: 13th.
    2025-'26 ranking: 14th.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.6

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.6712
    Character
    7.6725
    Challenge
    7.6481
    Layout Variety
    7.7847
    Fun
    7.5397
    Aesthetics
    7.4395
    Conditioning
    7.3703

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