Want to play the best golf courses in California? Welcome to our annual Golfweek's Best ranking of public and private golf courses.

Below are the rankings for both types of courses, compiled by our nationwide network of raters. The hundreds of members of our course rating panel continually rate courses, awarding them 10 points on a point scale of 1 to 10. They also give each course an overall rating. These overall ratings are averaged to create all of our Golfweek's Best Course Rankings.

The courses on the first list are open to the public in some form, whether through the usual daily green fees, through a resort, or by staying at an affiliated hotel. Where there's a will, there's a tee time – no membership required.

KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or later; (c) classic, built before 1960. For courses with a number before the (m) or (c), this is the course's ranking on Golfweek's list of the top 200 modern and classic courses in the United States.

* means that someone is new in the rankings or is moving up again

Best Public Courses in California

Rustic Canyon in California (Courtesy of Rustic Canyon/Tommy Naccarato)

1. Pebble Beach Resorts (Pebble Beach Golf Links)
Pebble beach (10c)
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2. Pace time
Santa Cruz (36c)
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3. Pebble Beach Resorts (Spyglass Hill)
Pebble beach (T24 m)
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4. Torrey Pines (South)
San Diego (T116c)
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5. Rustic Canyon
Moor Park (T147m)

6. Yocha Dehe at Cache Creek Casino
Brooks (m)

T7. Pebble Beach Resorts (left at Spanish Bay)
Pebble beach (m)
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T7. CordeValle
San Martin (m)

T7. Rams Hill
Borrego Springs (m)

10. PGA West (Stadium)
La Quinta (m)
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11. Torrey Pines (North)
San Diego (m)
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12. Poppy Hill
Pebble beach (m)
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13. Pelican Hill (South of the Ocean)
Newport Coast (m)

14. Pelican Hill (Ocean North)
Newport Coast (m)

15. Bayonet
By the sea (c)
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16. Quail Lodge and Golf Club
Carmel (m)

17. Classic Club
Palm Desert (m)
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18. Trump National Los Angeles
Rancho Palos Verdes (m)

19. PGA West (Nicklaus)
La Quinta (m)
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T20. TPC Harding Park
San Francisco (c)

T20. Wood*
Poway (m)

22. Fairmont Grand Del Mar (The Grand)
San Diego (m)

T23. Fantasy Springs (Eagle Falls)
Indian (m)

T23. Soule Park
Ojai (m)

25. Oak quarry
river bank (m)

26. Desert Pasture (Fire Cliff)
Palm Desert (m)

27. Park Hyatt Aviara*
Karlovy Vary (m)
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28. The Purism*
Lompoc (m)

29. Shadow Ridge*
Palm Desert (m)

30. Silverado Resort & Spa (North)*
Napa Valley (c)

Best Private Classes in California

Lake Merced Golf Club in California (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)

1. Cypress Point
Pebble beach (1c)

2. Los Angeles CC (North)
Los Angeles (11c)

3. San Francisco GC
San Francisco (16c)

4. Riviera CC
Pacific Palisades (17c)

5. California GC
South San Francisco (T27c)

6. Monterey Peninsula (coast)
Pebble beach (T19 m)

7. Valley Club of Montecito
Santa Barbara (38c)

8. Olympic Club (Lake)
San Francisco (T43c)

9. Monterey Peninsula (Dunes)
Pebble beach (T49c)

10. Bel Air
Los Angeles (T57c)

11. Martis Camp
Truckee (43 m)

12. Meadow Club
Fairfax (T71c)

13. The quarry at La Quinta
La Quinta (m)

14. Mayacama
Santa Rosa (T92 m)

15. Lahontan
Truckee (m)

16. The Tradition

La Quinta (105 m)

17. Santa Lucia Nature Reserve
Carmel (T111 m)

18. Lake Merced*
Daly City (119c)

19. Wilshire
Los Angeles (T120c)

Golden Eagle
Palm Desert (147 m high)

T20. The Bridges of Rancho Santa Fe*
Rancho Santa Fe (m)