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    Best golf courses near Santa Barbara, CA

    Below, you’ll find a list of courses near Santa Barbara, CA. There are 10 courses within a 15-mile radius of Santa Barbara, 6 of which are public courses and 4 are private courses. There are 8 18-hole courses and 2 nine-hole layouts.

    The above has been curated through Golf Digest’s Places to Play course database, where we have collected star ratings and reviews from our 1,900 course-ranking panelists. Join our community by signing up for Golf Digest+ and rate the courses you’ve visited recently.

    Rancho San Marcos Golf Course: Rancho San Marcos
    4.8
    1 Panelists
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    The Valley Club of Montecito
    Private
    The Valley Club of Montecito
    Santa Barbara, CA
    4.6
    8 Panelists
    The Valley Club is routed like an hourglass, with a wide variety of holes, including the third (hard against a barranca), the downright mountainous 10th, the gorgeous canyon-carry 14th and broad, serpentine 15th. Fairways are generous, but the slant of greens demand certain angles of approach. The restored MacKenzie bunkers resemble jigsaw pieces that, observed architect Jim Urbina, seem to fit one another, left and right. An added bonus is its location, in perhaps the best golfing weather in the nation. But the surrounding dry hills are subject to erosion, and The Valley Club was severely damaged by mudslides in 2018, necessitating an intensive project to reclaim its grand golf holes.
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    La Cumbre Country Club: La Cumbre
    Private
    La Cumbre Country Club: La Cumbre
    Santa Barbara, CA
    4.1
    9 Panelists
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    Santa Barbara Golf Club: Santa Barbara
    Public
    Santa Barbara Golf Club: Santa Barbara
    Santa Barbara, CA
    4
    1 Panelists
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    Birnam Wood Golf Club: Birnam Wood
    Private
    Birnam Wood Golf Club: Birnam Wood
    Santa Barbara, CA
    3.8
    3 Panelists
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    Sandpiper Golf Club
    Public
    Sandpiper Golf Club
    Santa Barbara, CA
    3.8
    10 Panelists
    Lining the breathtaking Santa Barbara cliffside, Sandpiper provides spectacular Pacific Ocean and beach views on most of its holes. This William F. Bell design has hosted several professional events, including the final stage of the PGA Tour’s Q-School and the LPGA Tour’s Santa Barbara Women’s Open. Sandpiper also has a unique history: The property was a site for ARCO crude oil production from 1938 to 1954.
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    Rancho San Marcos Golf Course: Rancho San Marcos
    4.8
    1 Panelists
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    The Valley Club of Montecito
    Private
    The Valley Club of Montecito
    Santa Barbara, CA
    4.6
    8 Panelists
    The Valley Club is routed like an hourglass, with a wide variety of holes, including the third (hard against a barranca), the downright mountainous 10th, the gorgeous canyon-carry 14th and broad, serpentine 15th. Fairways are generous, but the slant of greens demand certain angles of approach. The restored MacKenzie bunkers resemble jigsaw pieces that, observed architect Jim Urbina, seem to fit one another, left and right. An added bonus is its location, in perhaps the best golfing weather in the nation. But the surrounding dry hills are subject to erosion, and The Valley Club was severely damaged by mudslides in 2018, necessitating an intensive project to reclaim its grand golf holes.
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    La Cumbre Country Club: La Cumbre
    Private
    La Cumbre Country Club: La Cumbre
    Santa Barbara, CA
    4.1
    9 Panelists
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    Santa Barbara Golf Club: Santa Barbara
    Public
    Santa Barbara Golf Club: Santa Barbara
    Santa Barbara, CA
    4
    1 Panelists
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    Birnam Wood Golf Club: Birnam Wood
    Private
    Birnam Wood Golf Club: Birnam Wood
    Santa Barbara, CA
    3.8
    3 Panelists
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    Sandpiper Golf Club
    Public
    Sandpiper Golf Club
    Santa Barbara, CA
    3.8
    10 Panelists
    Lining the breathtaking Santa Barbara cliffside, Sandpiper provides spectacular Pacific Ocean and beach views on most of its holes. This William F. Bell design has hosted several professional events, including the final stage of the PGA Tour’s Q-School and the LPGA Tour’s Santa Barbara Women’s Open. Sandpiper also has a unique history: The property was a site for ARCO crude oil production from 1938 to 1954.
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