The most exciting course to open in California in the last 25-50 years is?

[Joel_Stewart]

Any thoughts?

Spanish Bay
Pelican Hill
PGA West

I'm perplexed???

[David_Tepper]

Rustic Canyon?

[Chris DeToro]

Stone Eagle

[David Stamm]

Rustic Canyon, Stone Eagle, Barona Creek, maybe a few others.

[Pat Burke]

PGA West got an enormous amount of attention when it was built and opened.
I'm not saying the course is the best/most exciting, but it was probably one of the more
anticipated courses.


Stone Eagle and Rustic and pretty unique and cool places that don't seem to get attention from
the average golf guys.  Architect geeks, yes, pay and plays golfers not as much.

[Joel_Stewart]

In order to generate a lot of PR, I'm assuming the course would need to be public? 

I think we're seeing that no course has moved the needle significantly.

[Ian Mackenzie]

Martis Camp in Truckee up near Lake Tahoe.

[Steve Lapper]

The renovations at LACC North, The Cal Club, and Monterey Peninsula....by far

[Wayne Wiggins, Jr.]

Rustic Canyon?

This should be the obvious, and correct, answer.


Although if you ask the average yahoo that flies in from the rest of the country between November and April, they'll probably say Pelican Hill... Fazio, ocean views, photogenic, big clubhouse, valet parking. What's not to like.

[John Kirk]

If we're going to include restoration projects, San Francisco Golf Club recovered three holes from the original Tillinghast design, including a very charming short par-3.  Nice place.

[Matt_Cohn]

The renovations at LACC North, The Cal Club, and Monterey Peninsula....by far

Too bad you said 50 years and not 51 or we could have included Spyglass! Excitement-wise, I would assume PGA West or Spanish Bay when they opened. But I like Steve's answer.

[JWL]

Mayacama

[Tommy Williamsen]

After my last trip I have say that the quarry and Stone Eagle were both exciting and fun. I loved them.

[Ronald Montesano]

The Primm Valley courses, which might qualify as "most exciting while being closest to a border."

[Mark Kiely]

Personally, when I first heard Pete Dye was building a course on the cliffs of Palos Verdes, I was ecstatic. Probably the most excited I've been prior to a course opening. Then it all went haywire, with a hole sliding down the hill, etc. But if you're asking what project personally got me as a Californian most excited, that was it.


"Exciting" is an interesting word choice for the question. I love Rustic, but it feels more subtly wonderful to me than "exciting." I'd probably go with PGA West Stadium. If not for that island green or the San Andreas bunker, me as a 16 year old with a passing interest in golf wouldn't have been glued to the Skins game on TV every year.

[Tim Leahy]

Sherwood?

[MClutterbuck]

Any thoughts?

Spanish Bay
Pelican Hill
PGA West

I'm perplexed???

If Spanish Bay was one of the most exciting pre-opening, it then must be one of the largest dissapointments ever in California. Would not pay $30 to play it again.

[David Wuthrich]

Cal Club, because the renovation added another Top 100 course in the Bay area.

[Alex Miller]

Cal Club, because the renovation added another Top 100 course in the Bay area.

Yes, Cal Club really is a much different course than what was there before and while I'm not sure if the "buzz" has been any greater than other course renovations/openings, I think it is a more exciting course to play than Rustic (and I love Rustic).

[David_Tepper]

Saddest California course closing......Stevinson Ranch.

[MClutterbuck]

Saddest California course closing......Stevinson Ranch.

Absolutely. Fantastic course, lots of fun, great vibe.

[Niall C]

Any thoughts?

Spanish Bay
Pelican Hill
PGA West

I'm perplexed???

If Spanish Bay was one of the most exciting pre-opening, it then must be one of the largest dissapointments ever in California. Would not pay $30 to play it again.

Didn't play this course but did walk a good bit of it. It didn't appear to be too offensive but you never know when only walking. What was it that you didn't like ?


Niall

[John Connolly]

Cal Club.


 

[Rich Goodale]

50 years?  Spyglass?

[MClutterbuck]

Any thoughts?

Spanish Bay
Pelican Hill
PGA West

I'm perplexed???

If Spanish Bay was one of the most exciting pre-opening, it then must be one of the largest dissapointments ever in California. Would not pay $30 to play it again.

Didn't play this course but did walk a good bit of it. It didn't appear to be too offensive but you never know when only walking. What was it that you didn't like ?


Niall

At least with wind, narrow, penal, environmentally sensitive areas that did not allow retrieving your ball, blind shots due to marsh, difficult to determine if ball in hazard or not, 6 and a half hour round.


10 better courses near it.


Like the hotel, though.