Pasatiempo Golf Club - Santa Cruz, CA
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DougK
N 37° 00.245 W 122° 01.545
10S E 586681 N 4095768
Designed by Alister MacKenzie/(R)Tom Doak, the Pasatiempo golf course in Santa Cruz, California, opened in 1929. It ranked as one of the top courses in the U.S. by Golf Magazine's panel of experts.
Waymark Code: WMCN18
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2011
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Excerpted from
Golf.com
Marion Hollins, the creator of Pasatiempo, is probably the most famous woman in golf you've never heard of. Hollins, who died in 1944 at age 52, was a flamboyant trailblazer on and off the course. Outside of golf, she was a female activist and a shrewd and successful entrepreneur. The daughter of a partner at J.P. Morgan, Hollins invested in one California oil strike that netted her $2.5 million. Hollins was also an expert horse rider and the only woman in America who had a men's handicap in polo. But Hollins made perhaps her biggest mark in golf. She was a top player, winning the 1921 U.S. Amateur, and she created several golf clubs from scratch, including the Women's National Golf Club on Long Island, a women-only club, Cypress Point on California's Monterey Peninsula and Pasatiempo. To design Pasatiempo, Hollins collaborated with her longtime friend Alister Mackenzie, and the rolling hills perched on the northern edge of Monterey Bay provided them a stunning setting for their layout that is noted for its bold bunkering and small, curvaceous greens.
Current news and conditions can be found at the Pasatiempo Golf Club FaceBook page.
Julie Inkster is Pasatiempo's touring professional.