HANK'S SWANK PAR 3 (1983)

CENTRAL VALLEY REGION

Public - 9 hole -cost: $6 - $10

6101 East Olive Avenue, Fresno, CA 93727

Tel: (559) 252-7077

Designed by Henry Bocchini, Jr. The course features plenty of sand, and the greens are big enough to support different pin placements for the front and back nine. Hank's Swank Par 3 features night golf. In Fresno (about 60 miles south to the course): Take Highway 99 to East Olive Avenue. The course is one mile east of the airport.

HANSEN DAM GOLF COURSE (1963)

LOS ANGELES REGION

Municipal: 18 hole -cost: $13 - $29

10400 Glenoaks Boulevard, Pacoima, CA 91331

Tel: (818) 896-0050

Designed by unknown. This is a flowing, open, high traffic course that sends out about 105,000 golfers per year. From downtown Los Angeles (about 18 miles north to the course): Take I-5 north, exit at Osborne, and take a right on Osborne. Turn right on Glenoaks Boulevard. A left on Montague leads to the course. A definite step up from the tarmacs that double as Woodley, Encino, and Balboa. An excellent front nine.