COPPER RIVER COUNTRY CLUB (1995)

CENTRAL VALLEY REGION

Members only: 18 hole

11500 North Friant Road, Fresno, CA 93720

Tel: (559) 434-5200   

Designed by David Pfaff. You will find flowing, open fairways, quick greens, and water that comes into play on half the holes. Play in the afternoon and you will encounter a prevailing wind. From within Fresno: Off Highway 99, take Highway 41 north. Take the Friant exit and head east about four and one-half miles. The club is on the right.

CORDEVALLE GOLF CLUB (1999)

BAY AREA REGION

Private-Resort : 18 hole -cost: $85 - $195

One Cordevalle Club Drive, San Martin, CA 95046

Tel: (408) 695-4590   

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. This walkable links-style course features water on nine holes and concludes with very difficult par 4s on each nine. The course features awesome bunkering, no housing, and is set in oak-dotted, rolling hills. Cordevalle is a private resort open to guests of the lodge and guests of members. From San Jose (about 25 miles south to the course): Go south on US 101 to Morgan Hill. Exit at San Martin and head west. Make a left on Santa Teresa and a right on Cordevalle Club Drive.