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 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
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.
Horrible grounds conditions.
The rough was way overgrown. Clovers EVERYWHERE as well as white flowered weeds COVERING the fairways and rough. People were walking around searching for their balls in the middle of the fairways. Pace of play was crawling due to players looking for their balls in the flowers and in the deep, clover packed rough. Took 5.5 hrs to get through our round. The fairways looked like their was snow on them it was so bad. Greens were soaking wet and 50% of the rough areas were mud bogs and swamps. Any frass that WAS cut, all the trimmings were left in massive clumps everwhere.
Terrible shape
Don't know when I'll be back, but daisies in almost all fairways made it impossible to find your ball most of the time.
the Kart path are horrible i’m embarrassed for Pajaro
the t boxes need work also today signs everywhere CART PATH ONLY! impossible half of the holes don’t have completed cart paths
Spring conditions
It’s been a wet March here in Monterey Bay so I wasn’t surprised a couple of the holes at Pajaro were almost too wet to play. Hole 13 was basically unplayable.
The greens were fine but the Fairways and tee boxes were overgrown. Needed to use an orange ball because of the thickest carpet of white flowers I’ve ever played in on a golf course. That was a treat.
So was the golf course Grill. Excellent beverage selection and wonderful food. The Golf Course itself will be spectacular as soon as things dry out.
Fun course, way too expensive for conditions
Great layout for a course. Especially fun if you're just getting into golf since there are a lot of wide open fairways.
Over the past 3 years they've just hiked the price up consistently and at regular rates now, I wouldn't recommend playing here.
The golf carts hardly work and the course conditions aren't pretty. The greens are nice but the fairways are full of debri and flowers and on a few holes you're hitting out of a swamp if you land directly in the fairway.
Don't expect much
DON'T PLAY WHITE BALLS!
Bring yellow or some other color balls, there are SOOOO many white daisies that it's really hard to find your white ball or even overlook it.
It's my second time playing the course and it's a nice course but the condition is poor, they have really REALLY bad drainage issues so there are a lot of areas flooded, muddy, or mushy. Expect to get muddy shoes and clubs or even lose balls cause the ball will just sink into the mud, your ball will get dirty super quick as well cause of all the mud.
The staff is friendly at check-in, they do have a clubhouse and a range.
Carts are old so they have some issues but it is what it is.
Pace of play can be slow at times, no marshalls.
Course was closed due to wild fires in the area. I tried calling your customer support and could never get anyone to answer. Therefore I processed a charge back with my credit card.
Playing Del Monte today with GolfNow. Great day.