EL DORADO PARK GOLF COURSE (1951)

 

LOS ANGELES REGION

Public: 18 hole -cost: $17 - $34

2400 Studebaker Road, long Beach, CA 90815

Tel: (562) 430-5411

Designed by unknown. This is a popular (busy) mature parkland-style course with narrow fairways on the front nine and water coming into play on several holes. The course is home to the Long Beach Open. For the amount of play, the course is consistently in good condition. From west Los Angeles (about 30 miles southeast to the course): Take the San Diego Freeway (I-405) south. Exit at Studebaker Road and head north to the course. It is less than a mile from the freeway on the right. Tired of the significant other harping on you about playing too much golf? With five­somes allowed on EI Dorado Park on weekends, play can be so slow you might as well tell her/him that you are going camping instead.

EL MACERO COUNTRY CLUB (1961)

GOLD COUNTRY REGION

Members only - 18 hole

44571 Clubhouse Drive, EI Macero, CA 95618

Tel: (530) 753-5621

 

Designed by Bob Baldock, Robert Muir Graves. This flat, long course is made interesting by its wooded fairway corridors, which demand a good driving game. Reciprocal play with other members-only clubs is allowed. From Sacramento (about 12 miles west to the course): Take I-80 west to Mace Boulevard. Exit on Mace Boulevard and head south. Turn left at the blinking light, after crossing over the freeway. Go right at the Y in the road. Turn right on Clubhouse Drive.