Est. 1929 · Max Behr
Why we love this place
Why we love it: history you can walk. Strolling Max Behr's fairways where Crosby's Clambake began, under old eucalyptus, feels like touching the roots of California golf. It's classic, unhurried, and beautifully proportioned, a reminder that the best rounds are as much about place and story as score.
Via FORE Magazine (SCGA)
About Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club
Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club traces to a par-72 design by Max Behr that opened June 5, 1929, with an honorary first foursome that included silent-film star Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Behr, an influential architectural thinker of his era, laid out roughly 6,700 yards through the eucalyptus-lined Covenant of Rancho Santa Fe. The club earned lasting fame as the original home of Bing Crosby's 'Clambake,' the celebrity pro-am Crosby launched here in 1937 that paired entertainers and businessmen with touring professionals. Sam Snead won the first two editions; the event ran through 1942 before eventually moving north and evolving into today's Monterey Peninsula pro-am. Now a member-owned club, Rancho Santa Fe remains celebrated as a classic, walkable, tree-framed layout rich in early California golf history.
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