Pajaro Valley Golf Club
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6432 yards | 70.6 | 125 |
| White | 72 | 6097 yards | 69.4 | 119 |
| Yellow | 72 | 5747 yards | 67.9 | 116 |
| Yellow (W) | 72 | 5747 yards | 72.7 | 121 |
| Red | 72 | 5426 yards | 66.4 | 110 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5426 yards | 71.1 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 70.6/125 | 473 | 396 | 184 | 520 | 297 | 379 | 150 | 389 | 349 | 3137 | 345 | 171 | 424 | 372 | 180 | 463 | 397 | 567 | 376 | 3295 | 6432 |
| White M: 69.4/119 W: 74.7/125 | 458 | 388 | 173 | 492 | 281 | 337 | 138 | 379 | 329 | 2975 | 343 | 162 | 409 | 356 | 160 | 432 | 388 | 514 | 358 | 3122 | 6097 |
| Yellow M: 67.9/116 W: 72.7/121 | 441 | 363 | 165 | 458 | 272 | 329 | 114 | 352 | 314 | 2808 | 341 | 156 | 379 | 311 | 127 | 424 | 370 | 495 | 336 | 2939 | 5747 |
| Red M: 66.4/110 W: 71.1/118 | 438 | 334 | 128 | 399 | 267 | 321 | 93 | 329 | 287 | 2596 | 341 | 151 | 336 | 307 | 127 | 419 | 351 | 486 | 312 | 2830 | 5426 |
| Handicap | 17 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 10 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
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Photo submitted by Dmck203 on 07/23/2025
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Photo submitted by u811899643 on 06/24/2025
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A lot of greens with the dead spots Photo submitted by FLog0gFc3x5UkPylhS8P on 06/21/2025
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Fore! Photo submitted by Paul5515557 on 05/25/2025
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Photo submitted by u314163668853 on 10/14/2024
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Photo submitted by u314163668853 on 10/14/2024
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Photo submitted by u314163668853 on 10/14/2024
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Photo submitted by yWifIPk4bzADawwuQumA on 01/28/2024
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Photo submitted by yWifIPk4bzADawwuQumA on 01/28/2024
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Photo submitted by yWifIPk4bzADawwuQumA on 01/28/2024
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Photo submitted by artnight on 12/30/2023
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Photo submitted by artnight on 12/30/2023
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Photo submitted by alreardon on 04/07/2022
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Humble brag with my approach on 16 Photo submitted by Sean6895066 on 01/19/2022
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Photo submitted by thisisjoelrobinson on 11/26/2012
Quick greens and some maintenance needed. Overall, good course for the price.
Fast greens and sometime tough to read the line. Tee boxes need some work but they are doing a lot of repairs so hope it gets all fixed up in the next year or so. Has potential to be a very good course but the maintenance is inconsistent. Lots of uneven lies and tiered greens. Tougher than the slope rating listed and if the winds off the bay blow it can add a few strokes to your game.
Nice Course for the Money
Small course. People are friendly. Course needs a little work. They are trying a some renovating.
Not a great course
They had a hole shut down no notice, lots of patches of dirt, unlevel and unsauded tee boxes, no starter=uncoordinated round lots of back ups. A lot of the sand traps were rock hard and some of the greens had fungus growing. It was an ok value at $12.
Great value for the money!!
Only negative was the pace of play... Needed a Marshall to push the slow players along. All in all we had a wonderful time and would recommend this course to anyone who comes to this area. We'll definitely play here again.
This course is a local gem.
Wide fairways...fast greens....scenic..quiet...a fun course...Feels like you are on the water.
Great day with smooth play throughout.
Course well maintained with most fairways in very good condition. All greens in good condition also with only a few holes having some "ground under repair" maintenance, primarily with new bunkers in the making.
Very Frustrating experience.
As a single, I was placed behind two five-domes, yes, five-domes. A foursome behind me. This made for a very exasperating frustrating day. In addition, the two five-somes were playing a tournament so they were super slow. While I realize that some of this was out of the hands of the pro shop, I think they should have sent me off the tenth tee. Maybe it was just my luck as I have had great experiences here before. Do think it should be a policy of foursomes or less-somes.
got out early and played in under 3 hours.
Course is fun and in good shape. Pace of play was excellent and staff was very friendly.
Nice try, but no thanks
We had low expectations considering the cost of our round and our expectations were met. The tee areas and the fairways are terrible. The greens are actually very nice and a lot better than many greens I have played. The clubhouse is an eyesore as are several buildings out on the course. We had to wait about 20 minutes after our starting time to start because no carts were available. Play was excruciatingly slow. For $28, I guess we got our money's worth. But, we will not be back.
Wide open course. Greens were very sloped and faster than anticipated
Course is wide open. Was overwatered when I played making for some muddy balls and wet lies. Greens are fast and many have severe slope resulting in a need to keep the ball below the hole. It seems they are trying to improve the tee boxes (they need leveling and some had very little grass).
Weather was very clear making for some wonderful views on the back 9.
Folks who work there are friendly as are the folks who play. I enjoyed my round.
Friendly staff
I had a real nice time on your course yesterday. Pace of play was fantastic! Excellent greens.
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......
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.