
Callippe Preserve Course
Callippe Preserve Golf Club
About this course
Callippe Preserve Golf Club occupies rolling terrain in Pleasanton, California, within the Tri-Valley region east of the San Francisco Bay Area. Designed by Brian Costello and opened in the mid-2000s, the course was developed as part of a residential community and serves as a daily-fee facility. The property takes its name from the Callippe family, early settlers in the Pleasanton area, and the routing makes use of the natural topography characteristic of the East Bay foothills—gentle to moderate elevation changes, native oak trees, and open grassland corridors. The layout incorporates environmental preservation areas and wetland zones, reflecting California's habitat protection standards for modern golf development. The design balances accessibility for recreational play with strategic interest, using natural contours and native vegetation to define playing corridors and frame green complexes. Water features appear on several holes, and the bunkering style follows contemporary shaping trends common to Northern California courses built in this era. Callippe Preserve functions primarily as a public-access course serving the Pleasanton and Tri-Valley golf market. The facility includes practice areas and a clubhouse with food and beverage service typical of daily-fee operations in the region. The course provides views of the surrounding hills and valley landscape, and its conditioning and playability reflect the management priorities of a municipal-style facility in a competitive Bay Area golf market.
Rankings
Ranked by CV ratings from golfers who've played this course. Positions are shown worldwide, by country, and by state; the Public column compares courses anyone can play.
Best in World
Best in USA
Best in CA
Quick facts
- Location
- Pleasanton, CA, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 2005
- Holes
- 18
- Designer
- Brian Costello
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 6,748 yards
- Difficulty
- 73/136
- Course Vaults score
- 7.1
Getting there
The journey to Callippe Preserve Golf Club begins at Oakland International Airport (OAK), situated roughly forty minutes west across the San Francisco Bay flatlands, or alternatively San Jose Mineta International (SJC) to the south, each offering direct access to the rolling foothills of the Tri-Valley region. From either hub, the drive eastward traces the suburban sprawl of the Bay Area before opening into the more spacious terrain surrounding Pleasanton, where the landscape begins its gentle ascent toward the coastal ranges. The final miles wind through the preserve itself, a transition marked by the softening of urban edges and the emergence of native oak woodland and grassland, delivering you to a club whose setting feels quietly removed from the valley floor despite its proximity to Silicon Valley's reach. Callippe Preserve announces itself not through fanfare but through the understated elegance of its routing - a course designed to honor the land rather than dominate it, with the journey's final turn revealing fairways that seem to have always belonged to this particular corner of California.

FAQ
Common questions about Callippe Preserve
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Callippe Preserve has a Course Vaults score of 7.1 out of 10 based on 27 logged golfers.
Callippe Preserve was designed by Brian Costello.
Yes. Callippe Preserve is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Callippe Preserve is 72.
Callippe Preserve plays 6,748 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Callippe Preserve is 136.



