The best courses you can play in Oakland, California

Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members log rounds and rate what they played. These are the 22 highest-rated public courses within about 25 miles of Oakland, California, ranked by those community scores.

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Course Vaults ranks public 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 public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Oakland, 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.

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Common questions about public course rankings in Oakland, California.

The top public golf courses in Oakland, California on Course Vaults are led by Presidio Golf Course with a Course Vaults score of 7.8. This page ranks 22 courses, including Presidio Golf Course, The Course at Wente Vineyards, TPC Harding Park.

Course Vaults ranks public 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 public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Oakland, 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 Oakland, California list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Oakland, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.

Presidio Golf Course is currently #1 among public courses in and around Oakland, California on Course Vaults at 7.8 out of 10.

This ranking was last refreshed Sep 28, 2026, 10:38 PM EDT. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.

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