Such ceIebs as Clint Eastwood, Joe Namath and Fred McMurray were here just to name a few. This format continued until 1970 when it was then changed to a regular L.P.G.A. Tour stop. Such stars as Kathy Whitworth and Althea Gibson first got their start here. The course is a modest 6,252 yards from the championship tees but plays much longer with the heavy ocean air and moderate trade winds. The front nine is a links style course located out in the open about a quarter mile from the Pacific Ocean.
Players frequently hear the pounding, surf in the background as they are hitting shots.
Par on the front nine is 35 and offers several challenging holes such as the par 4 fifth at 440 yards long and the 200 yard par three ninth played almost entirely over the waters of the Grand Canal. The back nine is an entirely different course winding through forest spruce trees. It offers a very serene setting for the golfer and offers refuge from the trade winds. There is out of bounds to the left and right on par 4s and three par 5s. The seventeenth hole is one of the finest 421 yard par 4 holes a golfer will ever encounter and demands a long accurate drive to hit a very narrow fairway.