Pasatiempo Golf Course
Santa Cruz, CA
Pasatiempo Golf Course is a public 18-hole, par-70 golf course in Santa Cruz, California, playing 6,495 yards with a course rating of 72.4 and slope of 143. It is ranked #93 on Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (2025-26).
🏛 Designed by Alister MacKenzie (1929); Tom Doak (restoration)
Pasatiempo Golf Course in Santa Cruz, California was designed by Alister MacKenzie and opened in 1929. Tom Doak later led a restoration of the course toward MacKenzie's original design.
Accolades
- Ranked #93, America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (Golf Digest, 2025-26)
- Ranked #15, America's 100 Greatest Public Courses (Golf Digest, 2025-26)
- Ranked #14, Best in California (Golf Digest, 2025-26)
- Ranked #67, Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (GOLF Magazine, 2024-25)
- Ranked #11, Top 100 Courses You Can Play in the U.S. (GOLF Magazine, 2024-25)
- Ranked #63, USA Top 100 (Top 100 Golf Courses, as of Oct 2026)
📍 20 Clubhouse Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Course layout
Hole lines and layout © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tap a hole line for par and yardage.
Scorecard, hole by hole
- Par 70 over 18 holes: 5 par 3s, 10 par 4s, 3 par 5s
- Longest hole: No. 6, 566 yards, par 5
- Shortest hole: No. 15, 147 yards, par 3
- Biggest elevation change: No. 12, about 100 ft downhill from tee to green
- Doglegs: 1 left
| Hole | Par | Yards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 462 | 4 bunkers, plays about 90 ft downhill |
| 2 | 4 | 497 | 4 bunkers, plays about 90 ft downhill |
| 3 | 3 | 227 | 7 bunkers, plays about 40 ft uphill |
| 4 | 4 | 385 | 10 bunkers, plays about 40 ft downhill |
| 5 | 3 | 192 | 8 bunkers, plays about 15 ft uphill |
| 6 | 5 | 566 | 8 bunkers, plays about 50 ft uphill |
| 7 | 4 | 347 | 8 bunkers |
| 8 | 3 | 178 | 4 bunkers, plays about 15 ft downhill |
| 9 | 5 | 489 | 9 bunkers, plays about 60 ft uphill |
| Out | 35 | 3,343 | |
| 10 | 4 | 435 | 8 bunkers |
| 11 | 4 | 396 | dogleg left, 5 bunkers, plays about 90 ft uphill |
| 12 | 4 | 377 | 3 bunkers, plays about 100 ft downhill |
| 13 | 5 | 499 | 9 bunkers, plays about 25 ft uphill |
| 14 | 4 | 431 | 7 bunkers, plays about 25 ft downhill |
| 15 | 3 | 147 | 6 bunkers |
| 16 | 4 | 395 | 6 bunkers, plays about 15 ft downhill |
| 17 | 4 | 377 | 3 bunkers, plays about 40 ft uphill |
| 18 | 3 | 177 | 4 bunkers, plays about 20 ft downhill |
| In | 35 | 3,234 | |
| Total | 70 | 6,577 |
Doglegs, water and bunkers are read from the OpenStreetMap hole lines and mapped hazards © OpenStreetMap contributors. Elevation: Open-Meteo / Copernicus DEM, approximate.
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