Black Horse at Bayonet/Black Horse Golf Course
About
Following a $13 million renovation at this 36-hole former military facility, Black Horse Golf Course was not only dramatically improved, but now comparable to its more revered sister course, Bayonet. Black Horse has long been considered the easier of the two, but that's not exactly a given now with the improvements and lengthening by golf course architect Gene Bates. Its serrated bunkers may be a little easier to get out of than the cavernous craters on Bayonet, and the fairways are little more generous, but Black Horse makes up for it with more undulating and difficult greens. The renovation also opened up the views to Monterey Bay for both courses. Trees were trimmed, and both courses now have an overall cleaner look, especially with the latest bentgrass turf from tee to green.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7025 yards | 73.9 | 136 |
| Blue | 72 | 6542 yards | 71.6 | 132 |
| Combo | 72 | 6210 yards | 71.0 | 131 |
| White | 72 | 5915 yards | 69.4 | 125 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5040 yards | 69.9 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.9/136 | 538 | 246 | 397 | 444 | 197 | 265 | 388 | 551 | 422 | 3448 | 416 | 448 | 508 | 459 | 396 | 223 | 325 | 192 | 610 | 3577 | 7025 |
| Blue M: 71.6/132 W: 74.9/128 | 511 | 213 | 361 | 402 | 177 | 265 | 367 | 520 | 400 | 3216 | 392 | 418 | 482 | 422 | 363 | 178 | 307 | 176 | 588 | 3326 | 6542 |
| Combo M: 71.0/131 W: 76.7/134 | 454 | 182 | 361 | 402 | 152 | 265 | 367 | 520 | 362 | 3065 | 370 | 388 | 508 | 370 | 363 | 137 | 307 | 157 | 545 | 3145 | 6210 |
| White M: 69.4/125 W: 74.7/130 | 454 | 182 | 336 | 353 | 152 | 228 | 318 | 484 | 362 | 2869 | 370 | 388 | 445 | 370 | 343 | 137 | 291 | 157 | 545 | 3046 | 5915 |
| Red M: 65.5/110 W: 69.9/120 | 412 | 127 | 236 | 314 | 107 | 192 | 287 | 384 | 300 | 2359 | 344 | 308 | 401 | 329 | 320 | 93 | 263 | 124 | 499 | 2681 | 5040 |
| Handicap | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
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Photo submitted by Davehockey10 on 01/23/2026
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Photo submitted by Eric4647645 on 09/21/2024
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Photo submitted by u423719093 on 08/12/2024
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Photo submitted by Rditull1 on 08/30/2023
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Photo submitted by Rditull1 on 07/19/2023
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Photo submitted by Tommy7999582 on 09/08/2022
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Photo submitted by Coronas on 12/03/2021
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Photo submitted by Coronas on 12/03/2021
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Photo submitted by 24thelane on 12/01/2021
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Photo submitted by 7311coho on 10/19/2021
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Good Times! Photo submitted by cdarby66 on 10/18/2021
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Photo submitted by SHARON5760623 on 09/20/2021
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Photo submitted by Apj345 on 08/02/2021
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Photo submitted by adutta80 on 08/01/2021
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Photo submitted by bass7467 on 06/10/2021
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#7 on BlackHorse Photo submitted by privera1111 on 04/09/2021
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Photo submitted by Alex326 on 02/09/2021
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Photo submitted by Ready2teeup on 08/03/2020
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Photo submitted by tigerj18 on 07/27/2020
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A Great Trst Photo submitted by danstone360 on 07/19/2020
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Great views when the clouds burnoff Photo submitted by danstone360 on 07/19/2020
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Photo submitted by Eric4077948 on 06/06/2020
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Photo submitted by spyker95037 on 11/23/2019
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Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 09/19/2019
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Blackhorse 7/22 Photo submitted by Tarango21 on 07/22/2019
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Photo submitted by Gremlingolfer on 05/15/2019
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Photo submitted by Gremlingolfer on 05/15/2019
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Photo submitted by Gremlingolfer on 05/15/2019
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Photo submitted by pmiddlebrook on 05/11/2017
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Photo submitted by u785556203 on 02/06/2017
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Photo submitted by u785556203 on 02/06/2017
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Photo submitted by u785556203 on 02/06/2017
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Photo submitted by u785556203 on 02/06/2017
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No 7 looking at Monterey Bay Photo submitted by dtheders on 08/16/2016
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Photo submitted by chungngo1965 on 02/26/2016
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Photo submitted by fittinguy on 10/31/2014
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Narrow and closely trimmed--let it run! Photo submitted by fittinguy on 10/31/2014
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Photo submitted by JamieFish on 10/13/2013
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Photo submitted by JamieFish on 10/13/2013
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Photo submitted by JamieFish on 10/13/2013
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Photo submitted by mtheobald832 on 10/05/2012
Great Challenge, Great Value, but no Marshalls
Loved the course, the layout, playing conditions and had a ton of fun on the multi-tiered, undulating greens; however, despite telling us on the phone otherwise, had no on-course marshall assisting with pace of play. One slow foursome ignorant to pace of play held up the entire course behind them.
Golfing at Black Horse
Good day and good time. Great and easy to get in and out.
3.5 hr round. good time, one temp tee box and several under repair
First Round Back to Blackhorse!
First round back during Covid---paid online, walked into proshop with Mask and checked in---single cart riders and carts separated---whole experience felt very SAFE and enjoyable! Course is in amazing shape/near perfect after no play----greens are fast, but held up to 6 irons on approaches for me---highly recommend course---may be the most challenging on the peninsula albeit Spyglass-get out there, no crowds!
Great challenge
My friends and I play both courses a lot. Always challenging and great..
Excellent course
Very challenging but fair layout
One of the best in Monterey
Weather can be difficult with high winds and fog
Great day in Monterey
Black Horse is a challenging course with great views of the bay. It was fairly easy to get through the covid process. Course conditions are very nice, though the greens were recently sanded and one tee box is being remade. Quite a long walk between holes. Note that there aren’t services at the turn (bring your own drinks), and bathrooms are inconvenient on the course.
Beautiful Day!
Course is in great shape and at least right now the greens aren’t lightning fast. Get out there!
course grass conditions
We love these two Fort Ord courses. Played them both in the last two weeks and more and more it looks like the grass they have chosen does not stand up to our local winter weather conditions. Increasing number of bare spots. Divots with grass seed but just not growing back. Another issue is unrepaired ball marks on the greens. You would think if someone is good enough to land a ball on the green they would have enough golf knowledge to repair their marks.
Fun
Great course to play though it was a bit cold and windy. Great layout and practice area.
Nice all around course with challenging greens it open fairways. Great location and calming vibe.
Black Horse is a great challenging golf course
Love playing the challenging Black Horse golf course...you get a feeling of what the pros have to master in distance and control...undulating greens are always a treat to test your stroke.
The only concern I had was when I checked in the young attendant behind the pro shop was sneezing and should not have been at work.
Made me go directly to the bathroom and wash my hands.
The pace of play was so slow we quit after nine holes.
Fun day
Course in good condition. Lots of roll on fairways. Fast difficult greens. Would come back and recommend.
course rate
the blackhorse course is hard greens are hard a d very much have a lots of slope . by that said its a lots of fun.