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 (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 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
Much improved
The course was in much better condition. They mowed tee boxes/rough and got rid of most of maddening white flowers/weeds. Most of the dead trees have been cleared as well. Glad their finally giving the course a little TLC. Still overpriced at regular rates, but a great deal on Golf Now.
A fun track.
Pajaro is a great mid-range course with plenty of challenges to go around. This time around the greens were a bit slower than I've found them in the past, but they are good shape and challenging nonetheless.
Greens were a little slow.
The course was improved from the previous time I played here.
Great Course layout
We caught perfect dau wonderful course very friendly & accommodating staff. Very challenging course. Will play again when in the area.
Front eight of nine holes were relatively on the easy side. Fairly wide open with little hazards. The back nine had several holes with more topographical challenges. This made the course much more interesting. The course as I understand talking to other players is in much better condition than it was in the past. I found it to be about average in terms of condition. The speed of play was fantastic. Maybe because it was a Wednesday, played in just over three hours. I plan to play there again.
Poor condition
Overall the course was in poor condition. Slow and bumpy greens. All the fairways needed mowing. The cart paths have deep ruts and large holes. It’s the worst I’ve ever seen Pajaro.
Pajaro
The course layout is great and green condition was good.
The only downside is the fairway is full of white flowers.
Bring a non white colored ball, else you’ll lose the ball in the middle of the fairway 😀
Groundskeeper Carl Spackler
I used to play this course growing up. Fun course used to be in great condition. Tee boxes and ruff unmowed. Stupid white flowers/weeds all throughout the fairway. Hit it down the middle and spend 5 minutes to hopefully find your ball Big piles of cut down branches on the side of several faireays. Overall just overgrown and under maintained. I would never pay their actual green fees to play here. Only when it's cheap enough on Golf now for nostalgia purposes. That being said the staff is very friendly and would be a good course with a little TLC.
I played here for the very first time and the course layout is nice just needs some fine tuning roll the greens, cut the rough and tee boxes and cut the fairways where they are nice and tight. But good god the cart paths need a lot of work other than the small fixes the course is great would definitely recommend
Don’t play here unless you have neon balls.
The white flours in the fairway are such an obstruction. I have never in my life lost more balls hit dead center down the fair way simply because the white daisys that blanket the fairways absolutely absorb them. Do not waste your time and money until this problem is fixed.
Tough to find you ball
The fairways needed trimming because the little white flowers made it really hard to find your ball.
Fun, forgiving, beautiful
Very nice condition right now, greens a little slow but no complaints, fairways are very forgiving, would also say the greens are too for the most part but still challenging at times also the staff is very very nice. $40 all in for 18 holes with a cart is an incredibly great price, cheapest I’ve played here so far.