GOLDEN GATE PARK GOLF COURSE (1950)

BAY AREA REGION

Public: 9 hole -cost: $13 - $18

47th Avenue and Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94121

Tel: (415) 751-8987

Designed by Jack Fleming. Golden Gate Park Golf Course is a scenic par-3 course located in Golden Gate Park. With small greens, traps, and lined with trees the course is great for beginners but not a pushover for the better player. Reservations are not accepted at Golden Gate Park, walk-ons only. From the Golden Gate Bridge southbound: Take the 19th Avenue exit. Off Park Presidio, turn right on Fulton. Turn left on 47th Avenue into Golden Gate Park.

GOLF CLUB AT TAHOE DONNER, THE (1976)

HIGH SIERRA REGION

Semi-Private: 18 hole -cost: $25 - $100

11509 Northwoods Boulevard, Truckee, CA 96161

Tel: (530) 587-9440

Designed by Bob Williams. If you can make it to the greens, you will find them very puttable. The rest of the course is not so amiable. Tahoe Donner is a very narrow, mountain layout that winds between the pines and will discipline golfers who stray off the fairway. From Sacramento (about 100 miles northeast to the course): Take I-80 east to Truckee. Take the first Truckee exit (Donner Pass Road). Turn left on Donner Pass Road and then left on Northwoods Boulevard to the course. This beautiful trek through the mountain woods is good for the soul and makes for fun golf as well.