Pasatiempo Golf Club is an 18-hole golf club on the West Coast of the United States, located in Pasatiempo,[3] Santa Cruz County, California.

Pasatiempo Golf Club
Club information
Pasatiempo Golf Club is located in the United States
Pasatiempo Golf Club
Pasatiempo Golf Club is located in California
Pasatiempo Golf Club
Coordinates37°00′14″N 122°01′34″W / 37.004°N 122.026°W / 37.004; -122.026
LocationPasatiempo,
Santa Cruz County,
California, U.S.
Elevation500 feet (150 m)
Established1929; 95 years ago (1929)
TypeSemi-private
Total holes18
Websitewww.pasatiempo.com
Designed byAlister MacKenzie
Tom Doak (restoration)
(1996-2007)
Par70
Length6,500 yards (5,944 m)[1]
Course rating72.4
Slope rating143[2]

History

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Marion Hollins hired English golf course designer Alister MacKenzie to design and build Pasatiempo Golf Course, which included an equestrian center with polo fields. The course opened on September 8, 1929 with a celebrity golf match, with Bobby Jones in the first to play it.[4][5] The course is famed for its breathtaking scenery and rich golf history.[6]

MacKenzie claimed that it was his best layout, ahead of even Cypress Point and Augusta National, and his American home borders the sixth fairway. Pasatiempo is about an hour's drive from Cypress Point, a Monterey Peninsula neighbor to Spyglass Hill and Pebble Beach.

Pasatiempo is a highly rated course — it is ranked 12 in Golf Magazine's "Top 100 Courses You Can Play 2006-2007" and ranked 31 in Golf Digest's "2005 America’s Greatest Public Courses". Golf Digest also named Pasatiempo Golf Club as one of the top 3 "Courses You Can Play in California" (along with Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill). The magazine ranked Pasatiempo 71 in the "Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (private and public)", up 13 places over the 2003 ranking.

The course was recreated in the videogames PGA Championship Golf and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06.

Scorecard

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Pasatiempo Golf Club[1][2]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
SI Championship 4 8 2 16 10 6 12 14 18 5 3 13 15 7 17 1 9 11
Championship 72.4 / 143 457 437 214 378 190 567 348 176 500 3267 440 392 373 531 429 141 387 371 169 3233 6500
Par 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 3 5 35 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 35 70
Middle 70.8 / 135 440 420 195 358 174 516 335 162 473 3073 440 379 373 485 384 120 365 363 143 3052 6125
SI Middle 4 8 2 14 6 16 10 12 18 5 3 13 15 7 17 1 9
Forward 68.9 / 130 457 376 175 343 156 486 327 150 420 2890 440 311 373 446 331 96 353 357 88 2795 5685
Ladies 73.9 / 136 457 376 175 343 156 486 327 150 420 2890 440 311 373 446 331 96 353 357 88 2795 5685
Par 5 4 3 4 3 5 4 3 5 36 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 36 72
SI Forward 14 6 10 8 16 2 4 18 12 9 1 7 11 13 15 3 5 17

References

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  1. ^ a b "Scorecard". Pasatiempo Golf Club. May 2008. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Course Rating and Slope Database™: Pasatiempo GC". USGA. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  3. ^ Directions Archived 2008-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, Pasatiempo Gold Club website, retrieved February 1, 2008
  4. ^ "Pasatiempo Golf Course and Estates". Santa Cruz Evening News. Santa Cruz, California. September 5, 1929. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  5. ^ Routing the Golf Course: The Art & Science That Forms the Golf Journey, Forrest L. Richardson
  6. ^ "History". Pasatiempo Golf Club. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
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