Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club

Rancho Santa Fe, CA • Private

About

Holes 18

Length 6911

Slope 133

Facility Type Private

Year Opened 1928

Designer Max Behr/David McKlay Kidd (2022)

Awards

Best in State: Ranked inside the top 15, 2001. Ranked inside the top 20, 1987, 1991-'93, 2003. Ranked inside the top 25, 1995-'99. Ranked inside the top 30, 2005. Ranked 34th, 2015-'16. Ranked 36th, 2021-'22. Ranked 37th, 2013-'14. Ranked 38th, 2011-'12.

Panelists

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

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options

6.7787

Character

6.8217

Challenge

6.8842

Layout Variety

6.9374

Fun

6.9523

Aesthetics

6.8433

Conditioning

7.0061

Reviews

1 / 2

Review

“A wonderful parkland style course on rollilng terrain. The bunkers and green surrounds and recovery areas, and irrigation were recently remodeled by David McLay Kidd. clever mounds and slopes will challenge you get up and down but there are options on how you play the shot. Built in 1927 bthe course has a very natural, minimalist feeling and the course blends in with the terrain, I'm a big fan. Devilish greens protect par and the sloping fairways require course knowledge and disstance control woith your approaches to score well."

2025

2 / 2

Review

“Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club is a classic Max Behr design that was renovated by David McKlay Kidd. It’s the original home of the Crosby Clambake which is now the AT&T Pebble Beach ProAm. The conditions are always immaculate at Rancho. It only measures just over 7,000 yards from the tips but it’s still a very challenging but fair golf course. The back 9 holes have amazing views, elevation changes, lakes and streams that make it very beautiful and fun to play. The view from the 11th green is awesome because you can see holes 12, 16, and 17. Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club is definitely the top private course in San Diego County and one of the best courses in the state of California."

2023