Best golf courses: San Diego

San Diego: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Palmer, Arnold

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Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
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Baird, Gary Roger

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Gary Roger Baird

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
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Daray & Bell

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Original design by Jack Daray Sr; revised by William Francis "Billy" Bell Jr.

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
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Nash, Greg

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Greg Nash

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Bickler, Cary

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Cary Bickler

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Rsrt guests only
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Fazio, Tom

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Tom Fazio

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Wilson, Dick

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Original design by Dick Wilson (1965); later improvements by Joe Lee (1973, 1984) and Damian Pascuzzo, Steve Pate & Jeff Brauer (2011).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
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Wilson, Dick

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Original design by Dick Wilson (1965); later improvements by Joe Lee (1973, 1984).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Miller, Johnny

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Johnny Miller, Robert Muir Graves & Damian Pascuzzo

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
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Schmidt-Curley Design

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Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
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Bell, William F.

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Original design by William Francis "Billy" Bell Jr. (1962); modifications by Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Robinson, Ted

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Original design by Lawrence M. "Larry" Hughes (1947); redesigned by father/son team of Ted Robinson & Ted Robinson Jr (1998).

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Robinson, Ted

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Original design for all 54 holes at Singing Hills by William Park "Billy" Bell & Cecil Holingsworth (1953); redesign of Oak Glen and Willow Glen courses by Ted Robinson Sr (1967 & 1980); modifications to Oak Glen course by Dave Fleming (1991).

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Robinson, Ted

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San Diego

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Original design for all 54 holes at Singing Hills by William Park "Billy" Bell & Cecil Holingsworth (1953); redesign of Oak Glen and Willow Glen courses by Ted Robinson Sr (1967 & 1980).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Player, Gary

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Gary Player Signature Course

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Bell, William F.

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Designed by William Park "Billy" Bell and finished by his son William Francis "Billy" Bell Jr.

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
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Bell, William F.

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Original design by William Park "Billy" Bell and finished by his son William Francis "Billy" Bell Jr; substantial modifications by Rees Jones (2001).

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Tournaments

The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.

Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.

Who's Who

Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.

Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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