The 6349-yard, par 71 West Course is a beautiful and challenging layout. The extremely tight and narrow fairway on the 372-yard, par 4 15th hole is indicative of the challenges that await you. The 6109-yard East Course may play second fiddle to the West, but it still provides an extremely challenging round, particularly on the back nine. You cross the Carmel River no fewer than five times completing this par 71 course. Of particular note is the 192-yard, par 3 13th hole that features a daring elevated tee shot across the river to the green below.
Carts are optional at both courses.
If you plan on playing Rancho Ca ada as few as five or six times a year, there are a variety of annual membership packages that reduce the per-round cost significantly for play at either course as well as Laguna Seca in Monterey. Mark Stoddard is the course pro, and lessons are available. Those of you who dream of the challenge of an authentic Scottish links course will love The Links at Spanish Bay. Robert Trent Jones Jr., Tom Watson, and Sandy Tatum designed the 6078-yard, par 72 course. This is a demanding course with 20-foot dunes, rugged native vegetation, and sand, sand, sand.