Black Horse GC, after a 1998 redesign, by PGA Tour architect Chris Gray, is as formidable as its sister course Bayonet. Site of the amateurgolf.com Monterey Bay Championship.
 

This fantastic golf course is site of our most historic events - The amateurgolf.com Christmas Classic, founded over 20 years ago by 2-time California Amateur Champion Casey Boyns. As part of the Pebble Beach family, Del Monte has some very famous sibblings. Small greens, mature trees, and excellent par threes make this course play much tougher than it looks on the card. And it's always in great shape.
 

Arnold Palmer signature course that has hosted the LPGA Tour, and various NCGA and USGA qualfiying events. Golf Digest gives Hiddenbrooke 4 out of 5 stars; it's one of the few courses in the Bay Area to achieve that ranking. Kemper Sports, known for top notch playing conditions and customer service, took over the management of Hiddenbrooke in 2006.
 

Site of the amateurgolf.com Monterey County Two Man, Pacific Grove Golf Links is affectionately referred to as "The Poor Man's Pebble Beach." The links-style layout offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, Lovers Point, Point Pinos, Crespi Pond, and Asilomar's natural sand dunes. Originally designed by Chandler Egan in 1932, the first nine holes takes you through the forested areas of Pacific Grove. Egan's nine takes you through an inland terrain and reflects much of the charm of an English rural course done in the old style. The back nine was designed by Jack Neville, original designer of the Pebble Beach Golf Links.
 

Site of the amateurgolf.com Diablo Valley Amateur, Shadow Lakes Golf Club is a Par 71, Gary Roger Baird-designed daily fee facility managed by Troon Golf. Troon Golf is known for their meticulous agronomic conditions -- the bent grass tees and greens at Shadow Lakes, for example, are hand-mown everyday.
 

Site of the amateurgolf.com California Mid Amateur, a 100 NCGA Point event where the winner gets an examption into the Stocker Cup and the Top 5 get exemptions into the Trans Miss Amateur! Tournament players love Stevinson Ranch's PGA Tour-quality greens, and overall conditioning which matches even the best private clubs. The layout is tough but fair, and be wary of the finishing holes (15-18) which make 'closing the deal' no easy task! Founder George Kelley has won the Claremont CC (Oakland) Club Championship 6 times and played on the Australasian Tour before becoming reinstated as an amateur.
 

Site of the amateurgolf.com Wine Country Cup, played each February. StoneTree is always in excellent condition and handles winter rains particularly well. The course challenges all aspects of the game - a score of even par will likely put you on top of the leaderboard.