The best private courses in Menlo Park, California
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 16,956 rounds in California and rate what they played. These are the 12 highest-rated private clubs within about 25 miles of Menlo Park, California, ranked by those community scores.

California of San Francisco
California Golf Club of San Francisco
South San Francisco, CA, USAPrivateAlister Mackenzie & Robert Hunter
- 4.9Conditions
- 4.9Layout
- 4.4Scenery
- 4.4Facilities
- Must play
- Pristine
- Challenging

San Francisco Golf Club
San Francisco, CA, USAPrivateA .W. Tillinghast & Jack Neville
- 4.8Conditions
- 4.6Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.2Facilities
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.
Written by
@jensencastle
- Must play
- Pristine
- Walkable

Lake Merced Golf Club
Daly City, CA, USAPrivateAlister Mackenzie & Rees Jones
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 4.1Scenery
- NRFacilities
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.
Written by
@shahbaz-hashmi
- Pristine
- Views
- Must play

Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club
Menlo Park, CA, USAPrivateJack Fleming
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
Written by
@hammerinhank
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

TPC at Stonebrae
Hayward, CA, USAPrivateDavid McLay Kidd
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 4.5Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Must play
- Hidden gem

Menlo Country Club
Woodside, CA, USAPrivateTom Nicoll & Kyle Phillips
- 5.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Restaurant

Stanford University Golf Club
Stanford, CA, USAPrivateWilliam Francis Bell & William Park Bell Sr.
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.3Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
- Driving range
- Grass range
- Mat range

Sequoyah Country Club
Oakland, CA, USAPrivate
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 2.5Scenery
- 1.0Facilities
Old school hidden gem with lots of charm and quirk - originally laid out by Seth Raynor, and my understanding is that Jay Blasi is going to do a restoration next year. Maybe 4-5 drivers all day, insanely small and undulated greens, and funky routing that crosses lines of play.
Written by
@shahbaz-hashmi
- Challenging
- Hidden gem
- Views

Green Hills Country Club
Millbrae, CA, USAPrivateAlister Mackenzie
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club
Palo Alto, CA, USAPrivateClark Glasson & Robert Muir Graves
- 3.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

The Peninsula Golf & Country Club
San Mateo, CA, USAPrivateDonald Ross & Ron Forse
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Pruneridge Golf Course
Santa Clara, CA, USAPrivateJack Fleming
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
How we rank
Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Menlo Park, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
FAQ
Common questions about private course rankings in Menlo Park, California.
The top private golf courses in Menlo Park, California on Course Vaults are led by California Golf Club of San Francisco with a Course Vaults score of 9.1. This page ranks 12 courses, including California Golf Club of San Francisco, San Francisco Golf Club, Lake Merced Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Menlo Park, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Menlo Park, California list includes private golf courses within about 25 miles of Menlo Park, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
California Golf Club of San Francisco is currently #1 among private courses in and around Menlo Park, California on Course Vaults at 9.1 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 4:17 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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