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Pajaro Valley Golf Club
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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 (W) | 72 | 6097 yards | 74.7 | 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 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
Great location, course need lot of work.
Great location. Course requires a lot of work, greens are in terrible shape and tee box needs repairs.
Pajaro valley golf day
The course was the n extremely rough shape….especially the greens. The starter told us at the onset only a couple greens were bad…not tru, they all weee. It was no wonder we were able to get a 9:00 Saturday tee time at 8:00 the same day.
I met the groundskeeper, who was very pleasant & truthful. He told me the greens haven’t even been aerated in over 2 years.
In a pinch & desperate times we did get to play golf.
Hi Cree.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. We’re sorry to hear your experience wasn’t what it should have been. Your feedback is important, and we’re working to make things better.
We take great pride in providing a welcoming and well-maintained environment for all of our guests, and we deeply regret that we fell short of those expectations during your visit.
Our product is not currently at the quality we expect. We've had significant disruptions of water supply with our old irrigation system, which has been targeted for replacement with course renovations. Multiple remediation activities are in progress and we are seeing improvement. The quality of our greens will return soon to the condition our customers enjoyed and praised just a couple months ago.
Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued support as we work to elevate the quality of our course. Should you have any questions or feedback, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly.
The course has a few issues, but is still very playable. I enjoy the course and have for many years.
Hi Onofrioleon.
Thank you for your positivity with your review.
A nice day on the valley course
Fairways are good, greens are bit rough and bumpy. Like the layout. Overall, had good time.
Hi shengping.
Thank you for your positive review. We like the layout too.
Our product is not currently at the quality we expect, but the quality of our greens will return soon to the condition our customers praised just a couple months ago.
We're very pleased you had a good time. That's our goal.
I got the golf pass special, hot deal. I can’t complain, but the golf course itself needs some TLC The greens are definitely dried out and very bumpy at the moment. It was a challenging round.
Hi legacyautomotiverepair.
Thank you for your review. We’re working to make things better and have made progress. Our aged irrigation system has received repairs, and we are seeing improvement. The quality of our greens will return soon to the condition our customers enjoyed and praised just a couple months ago.
Grass is horrible
Some of the greens are atrocious and some of the fareways aren't much better. Shouldn't charge $100 to play when the grass is dying and/or infested with with crabgrass
Hi.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. We’re sorry to hear your experience wasn’t what it should have been. Your feedback is important, and we’re working to make things better.
We take great pride in providing a welcoming and well-maintained environment for all of our guests, and we deeply regret that we fell short of those expectations during your visit.
Our product is not currently at the quality we expect. We've had significant disruptions of water supply with our old irrigation system, which has been targeted for replacement with course renovations. Multiple remediation activities are in progress and we are seeing improvement. The quality of our greens will return soon to the condition our customers enjoyed and praised just a couple months ago.
Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued support as we work to elevate the quality of our course. Should you have any questions or feedback, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly.
Expensive disappointment
Greens were mixture of shaggy greens, dead spots and weeds. Go off the fairway and your in knee high hay or overgrowth. Don’t spend the money they are asking for. Don’t even consider it of your used to an average quality course.
Disappointed
I live in the area and have played this course many times. Unfortunately, the course is now in horrible shape. I've never seen it this bad. Every green is full of fungus causing very large unsightly brown patches. We even came across a couple of greens not even mowed. Was like putting on my front lawn.
The bunkers too need attention as well as some pretty dry fairways.
I will not play here any longer. Truly a sad thing because this course has huge potential.
Pajaro is in horrible condition
The course was in awful shape the greens have a bad fungus and are hard and bumpy definitely wait at least 6 months or more to visit
Course In Terrible Condition
The course is horrible condition. I’ve been playing there off and on for over 25 years and it’s always been enjoyable. I took my son and friend for his birthday and were looking forward to a beautiful day. Paid full green fees. I hate it when they know the course is having issues but still charge full boat and don’t disclose the course conditions at any time before you tee off. That’s bad business. It will be a cold day before I play there again. Too bad. It’s a fun layout and a beautiful setting.
Used to be good "in the day"
Unfortunately, this great layout is not maintained and a couple of greens on the back nine are hardly playable (high grass ON THE GREEN, splotches of dead grass (see photo), but good layout, for sure.
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Hi sgireeesh.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. We’re sorry to hear your experience wasn’t what it should have been. Your feedback is important, and we’re working to make things better.
We take great pride in providing a welcoming and well-maintained environment for all of our guests, and we deeply regret that we fell short of those expectations during your visit.
Our product is not currently at the quality we expect. We've had significant disruptions of water supply with our old irrigation system, which has been targeted for replacement with course renovations. Multiple remediation activities are in progress and we are seeing improvement. The quality of our greens will return soon to the condition our customers enjoyed and praised just a couple months ago.
Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued support as we work to elevate the quality of our course. Should you have any questions or feedback, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly.