FOXTAIL GOLF CLUB (1963)

NORTH COAST REGION

Public - 36 hole -cost: $18 - $48

100 Golf Course Drive, Rohnert Park, CA 94928

Tel: (707) 584-7766

Designed by Bob Baldock, Gary Roger Baird. There are two courses, the South Course and the North Course. The South Course is fairly level with subtle mounding, well-placed sand traps and lined by mature trees and homes. The greens are sloped and usually on the softer side. The course has plenty of out-of-bounds but is driver friendly. The North Course is the newer and stronger of the two courses. A major facelift with mounding and additional sand traps has made this course more challenging and much more playable. From Petaluma (about 11 miles north to the course): Take US 101 north to Rohnert Park and take the Golf Course Drive exit. Head east and follow Golf Course Drive to the facility. CourseCo has brought these two residential courses back to respectability. Neither course will have you talking at the water cooler, but both are fun, user friend­ly, and at reasonable price point. A great place for a family golf outing.

FRANKLIN CANYON GOLF COURSE (1968)

BAY AREA REGION

Public: 18 hole -cost: $22 - $53

Highway 4, Hercules, CA 94547

Tel: (510) 799-6191

Designed by Robert Muir Graves. This course flows through a valley and ventures up against a pristine hillside. The wooded holes and the back nine in general make for pleasant, scenic play. From San Francisco (about 24 miles northeast to the course): Take I-80 east to Highway 4 east, toward Stockton. The course is on the right side after about four miles.