The best golf courses in Half Moon Bay, California

“Loved the use of short grass throughout the course while still keeping it fairly tight off the tee. Tons of elevation change, and even though there aren't many trees and you can see groups playing on other holes, the trees around the perimeter make you feel surprisingly secluded.”

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@jensencastle

• ❗️Must play
• |✨Pristine
• |🚶🏻Walkable

“The Lake Course at Olympic Club is one of the best and most challenging layouts I’ve played. The course is known for its narrow, sloping fairways lined with towering cypress trees and small, fast greens that demand precision on every shot.”

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@Flopfather

• 😅Challenging
• |✨Pristine
• |❗️Must play

“Incredible routing framed nicely by great bunkering and very clever green complexes. Loved the Instagram holes on the NW corner of the property. Such an awesome reveal as you crest the hill on 12. Not a hard course by any means, but incredibly fun.”

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@shahbaz-hashmi

• ✨Pristine
• |🏞️Views
• |❗️Must play

“Beautiful, some really interesting green surrounds but doesn’t rate for me. No cohesive flow to the routing and it plays extremely short with unfair results on many tee shots”

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@hammerinhank

• 🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |🍔Restaurant
• |🍺Bar

“Olympic Club… respectfully, this one just isn’t my favorite. I think it’s a pretty overrated golf course, and the rough always seems to be incredibly thick, which makes an already difficult course even more challenging. The setting is undeniably cool.”

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@jensencastle

• 🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |🟢Putting area
• |😅Challenging

“For $260, Half Moon Bay’s Ocean Course is worth every cent. Nearly every hole opens up to the Pacific, and the generous fairways make it as fun as it is scenic.”

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@moodiebanks

• 🏞️Views
• |🌊By water
• |🍔Restaurant

“#TLDR: Presidio is a world-class municipal course, but our overall experience left a lot to be desired. Scenery (4.5/5) The towering cypress trees, San Francisco Hills, and glimpses of the Golden Gate Bridge remind you you’re in a special city.”

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@moodiebanks

• 🏞️Views
• |💎Hidden gem
• |💰Great value

“Playing the course in a tournament with tournament tees and tournament pins really lets TPC Harding Park shine. Nothing overly special about the architecture, just very solid overall. Great atmosphere and lots of great views. Good variety of holes and shots required.”

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@Colinarmi

• 🚶🏻Walkable
• |🏞️Views
• |👋Friendly

“The reason you might still choose to play Old over Ocean - is 18. It might be the best finishing hole I’ve ever played. A downhill tee shot feeds into a drop-off around 260 yards before leaving you with an intimidating 190-yard uphill anpproach into the wind.”

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@moodiebanks

• 🏞️Views
• |🟢Putting area
• |🍔Restaurant

“Such an incredibly fun course and I only like it more each time I play it. Wild greens but super approachable - 8/9 holes don’t require any carry from the tee. Only 1 bunker on the course but lots of waste areas. Generally plays pretty wet given how close it is to Ocean Beach.”

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@mikeybenzinger

• 🌳Parkland
• |💰Great value
• |🚶🏻Walkable

“Muni designed by Alister MacKenzie. Conditions are a bit rough though the greens are always in pretty good shape.”

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@Johnny Miller Burner

• ❗️Must play
• |💎Hidden gem
• |🟢Putting area

“Right next to Oakland airport cool to have planes fly over. Super cheap to walk especially for Oakland residents. Greens are in good shape, back tee boxes are like fluffy not a huge fan of them but the course is almost always getting gusty and makes for some of the holes to be really challenging.”

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@CJStevieWonder