EAGLE GLEN GOLF CLUB (1999)

INLAND EMPIRE REGION

Public - 18 hole -cost: $60 - $105

1800 Eagle Glen Parkway, Corona, CA 92883

Tel: (951) 272-4653

Designed by Gary Roger Baird. Eagle Glen is a scenic, well-conditioned course featuring elevation changes along the fairways and on the greens. The fairways are wide, accommodating golfers who don't have complete control of their oversized, stiff-shafted, $600 drivers. Your green fees include a cart. The course has the largest all-grass driving range in Southern California. From Riverside (about 17 miles southwest to the course): Take Highway 91 west to I-15 south. Exit on Cajalco Road and go right up the hill. Go about two miles and follow the signs to the clubhouse. The course is great fun, but the last three golfers who attempted to walk this course have not been back seen since. OK, that's a lie, but this is not a course where any sane individual would want to carry his bag.                    .

EAGLE RIDGE GOLF CLUB (1999)

CENTRAL COAST REGION

Public: 18 hole -cost: $40 - $108

2951 Club Drive, Gilroy, CA 95020

Tel: (408) 846-4531

Designed by Ron Fream, Johnny Miller. The holes against the hillside are breathtaking and the bunkering is distinctively bold and attractive. The greens, with their speed and undulations, are perhaps the most challenging of any public course in Northern California. Carts are mandatory on weekend mornings. Check their website for tournament info and golf packages. From San Jose (about 30 miles south to the course): Go south on US 101. Exit on Masten and turn right. Go about one mile and turn left on Santa Teresa Boulevard. Go about four miles south and Club Drive is on the right. If George Archer says these are the toughest greens in California, you'd better believe him - great fun for those looking for a challenge but may be too severe a course for the average hacker.