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3.0
372 Reviews (372)
5 Stars
62
4 Stars
116
3 Stars
82
2 Stars
62
1 Stars
50
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.3
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.4
58.1%
Recommend this course
253 out of 372 reviews
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2.8
11 Reviews (11)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
3
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1
1 Stars
4
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
63.6%
Recommend this course
7 out of 11 reviews
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3.0
78 Reviews (78)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
17
2 Stars
18
1 Stars
12
Conditions
2.5
Value
3.2
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.4
56.4%
Recommend this course
44 out of 78 reviews
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Course Highlights
Pajaro Valley's course layout offers genuine character and challenge, with wide fairways and excellent views of the surrounding area. Friendly staff and an impressively smooth pace of play make for a consistently enjoyable round at a reasonable value.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6432 yards
Slope 125
Rating 70.6

Originally designed by Floyd McFarkland, Pajaro Valley Golf Club has large Monterey Pines lining its generous rolling fairways. Elevated tees provide scenic views of the Pajaro Valley below. Opened in 1922 and redesigned in 1962 by Robert Muir Graves, the course features small bentgrass greens and four ponds with water in play on three holes. The fourth is one of the course's most challenging holes, a 420-yard par 4 with triple-tiered green. The course also was once the home of former U.S. Open champion Olin Dutra, who spent the last part of his career teaching here.

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Course Details

Year Built 1926
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Floyd McFarkland (1926) Robert Muir Graves (1962)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $25
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, American Express
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

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Reviews

3.0
372 Reviews (372)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 20
Brunch 9
Watching the Game 9
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 26
Bunkers 22
Undulating Greens 19
This course/club is great for:
Locals 31
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 22
Walkers 17
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 23
Convenient to the City 9
In the 'Burbs 8

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Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Friendly staff

I had a real nice time on your course yesterday. Pace of play was fantastic! Excellent greens.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Greens.......limited course maintenance

Course needs to sweat the finer details....ran out of carts...many areas needed landscape attention. Round took 5.5 hours - Best hotdog and smiling service at the sugarshack though......

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Nice track

Played here about 2 years ago, found the course to be in generally better condition than the first time. Fairways had some clover and other small white flowers which seems normal for this time of year. Greens all in good shape, traps have better sand. Club house still kind of run down but serviceable. Not much in the pro shop. Kind of hilly so you may not want to walk although clearly some people do walk.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Fun Greens

To play 18 holes for under 30 bucks its tough to beat the value of pajaro valley. Fast greens, a good mixture of long and short holes and friendly staff. A good way to spend the afternoon.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

This course is really nice!

I enjoyed this course because its very open & flat. The staff is very nice& its really clean ! I would go there again soon!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Fun course needs a little tlc

Course is challenaging but the greens were only fair. Fairways were a little sparse. Still a good value for the money.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

This course has so so conditions

The pro shop look like they were getting ready to move. Not much in the way of equipment or apparel. The greens were decent, but the tee boxes and fairways were in raggy condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

This course is not being maintained as well as it has been in the past.

I have played this course quite a bit over the last 40 years. I have always like playing Pajaro. However, it is not nearly as nice as it used to be. The greens are in good shape, the fairways are mediocre, the cart paths are over due for replacement and the driving range teeing area is not being maintained, at all.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Interesting layout

First, I was double-booked at Pajaro Valley.

The course is interesting in some of the drastic elevation changes and the contour of some of the greens. Overall a pleasant experience.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

needs lots of water

this course needs improvements. too many of the fairways were the opposite of lush and green. unless of course, you consider pasture lands nice.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

I hear the greens get fast!

We played just after the greens were sanded, so they were not rolling true. But the guys we played with said they will after a few weeks, then look out! Played pretty tough from the blues, not a lot of sand traps and the ones that are there are thin so don't open your club or you'll skull one over the green like I did! Good course, will play again. Great food and drink at the bar.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser

NEEDS WORK

When booking on line you should call course to see if there are any conditions. GREENS WERE SANDED ... TERRIBLE SHAPE Also hole 16 canyon needs to be filled. It totally slowed play to crawl. YOU CANT SEE THE GROUP AHEAD.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

GREAT COURSE

WE had a great time at Pajoro :) It was in good shape and pace of play was good!!!!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Beautiful and in good shape but greens are way too firm.

Greens need to be softened up for amateur play. For example, on hole 8 three of us hit good drives followed by high, soft 9 irons that cleared the trap and hit the green on the fly. All three shots bounced far off the green ending from 8 to 15 feet off the green up the rise on the back in the rough.

I have numerous friends who won't go to PV and they have no complaint with contoured and complex greens, but feel the greens are like landing on a pool table.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Will definitely come back

I was very pleasantly surprised by Pajaro. I booked a noon tee time for Saturday on GolfNow, but got to go out early on my own, which turned out to be very pleasant. It wasn't overcrowded, and the course conditions were much nicer than expected. This is a really nice layout, no two holes are alike, and frequent elevation changes add to the interest. This course is a bit rustic, but to me it is rustic in all the right ways. It feels like the way golf is meant to be. The greens weren't quite as fast as I expected after reading other reviews, but wow, they are difficult due to having a ton of slope, especially on the back nine. Miss a three foot, side hill breaking putt, and you may well end up 12 feet below the hole. Overall this was a really nice experience, and worth the hour drive from the south bay. Definitely recommended.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Has some challange, course in very good condition.

This course is a great place to play. Just last year they put Marshalls on the course and this changed play to under 5 hours per round.
Recently established a Player for $50. Good deal on weekend play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Greens Are Lightning Fast!

I like a lot about this course. To start with, overall it is a pretty course with a distinct hole design. They generally offer affordable rates as was the case this weekend. Finally it is very challenging. I only have 2 complaints really. The fairways this weekend were just too short, they looked nice and green, but the ball doesn't sit on it, but rather on the ground. The other is the greens, which are way too hard. I don't mind them being super fast, but they are also hard as a rock. With nearly every green being fronted by severe bunkering, and greens with a lot of slope and really high speeds, you are asked to drop shots in over bunkers while staying below the hole. This is tough to do under any circumstance, but when you make the greens rock hard, you really have slim chances at making a good approach. If they at least softened them a bit, good shots would stop quickly, right now they bounce and role like crazy. Change that, and I'm a fan for life.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

The course is reasonably OK to play.

It's good course, and quite old. It is quite economic as the price has down. Good to play, and price is good, but need to do better maintenance.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

excellent value

We are seniors and play Wed once a week.....would be interested in an annual senior rate for once a week play...the staff is flexible and allowed us to start 1/2 hour before our fixed start time....appreciated

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Course not kept up. Greens are bumpy, fast, blotchy.

Whole course needs TLC. Course not kept up. Greens are bumpy, fast, blotchy.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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