
Sherwood Course
Sherwood Country Club
About this course
Sherwood Country Club, nestled in the rolling hills of Westlake Village, is synonymous with a particular brand of celebrity-infused, Southern California golf. This is a place where Hollywood glitz meets Jack Nicklaus’s exacting design, a course as visually stunning as it is strategically demanding. The Nicklaus design, carved into the Santa Monica Mountains, favors a power fade off the tee, rewarding length without sacrificing accuracy. The verdant fairways contrast sharply with the rugged, natural landscape, creating a dramatic, almost cinematic playing experience. Sherwood hosted the Chevron World Challenge for over a decade, an unofficial PGA Tour event that saw Tiger Woods hoist the trophy here multiple times, further cementing the course's place in the modern golfing consciousness. Beyond the championship pedigree, Sherwood offers a certain West Coast exclusivity. Known for its affluent and often famous membership, the club exudes an atmosphere of relaxed luxury. It's a place where business deals are conducted on the back nine and post-round gatherings are as much a part of the experience as the golf itself. This is the ethos of Sherwood, golf meets entertainment, meets the highest echelons of southern California society.
Quick facts
- Location
- Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
- Access
- Private
- Year built
- 1989
- Holes
- 18
- Designer
- Jack Nicklaus
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 7,088 yards
- Difficulty
- 77.7/145
- Course Vaults score
- 8.7
Getting there
Sherwood Country Club sits in the rolling hills northwest of Los Angeles, most readily accessed via Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) or the closer Burbank Airport (BUR), each roughly 45 minutes to an hour's drive away depending on traffic patterns across the San Fernando Valley. For those arriving by private aircraft, Santa Paula Airport (SZP) lies just 20 minutes east and offers a discreet alternative suited to the club's understated elegance. The drive from either commercial hub carries you through suburban sprawl before ascending into the oak-studded terrain of Thousand Oaks, where the landscape shifts from urban density to the chaparral-dotted hillsides that define Ventura County's quieter reaches. The final miles wind through gated communities and tree-lined roads that signal arrival at one of Southern California's most private and architecturally storied clubs.

FAQ
Common questions about Sherwood
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Sherwood has a Course Vaults score of 8.7 out of 10 based on 37 logged golfers.
Sherwood was designed by Jack Nicklaus.
Sherwood is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at Sherwood is 72.
Sherwood plays 7,088 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Sherwood is 145.




