Best golf courses: San Jose

San Jose: 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.
Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
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Costello, Brian

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Visitors welcome

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Designer

Brian Costello

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Harbottle III, John

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Visitors welcome

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San Jose

Designer

John Harbottle III

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Rsrt guests only
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Jones II, Robert Trent

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Rsrt guests only

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San Jose

Designer

Robert Trent Jones Jr.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
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Nicklaus, Jack

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A Jack Nicklaus Signature Course

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Nicklaus Design

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Designer

Original course redesigned by Nicklaus Design Co.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
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Miller, Johnny

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San Jose

Designer

Johnny Miller, Ron Fream & David Dale

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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MacKenzie, Dr Alister

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Visitors welcome

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San Jose

Designer

Original design by Dr Alister MacKenzie & Robert Hunter; modifications by Tom Doak (1998-2006).

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

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San Jose

Designer

Rees Jones

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
(Closed in 2018)
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O'Callaghan & Cadle

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(Closed in 2018)

Nearest city

San Jose

Designer

Casey O'Callaghan & Wade Cadle

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
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Couples & Bates

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Visitors welcome

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San Jose

Designer

Fred Couples & Gene Bates

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

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Visitors welcome

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San Jose

Designer

Greg Norman

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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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Littlestone Golf Club (Kent, UK)