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Golf at Pelican Hill

GOLF courses

Newport Beach area offers a variety of golf courses with spectacular ocean views and plenty of tee times. Whether you are in town for business or pleasure, make a round of golf at one of these top courses one of your priorities. Newport Beach golf courses offer spectacular courses along the coast available for play year-round. With lighted courses and glow golf balls, courses can be played before dawn and in the evenings.

These championship golf courses include the Back Bay Golf Course, Pelican Hill Golf Club, Newport Beach Golf Club and more.  Discover why Newport Beach golf courses are at the top of every golfers list. Learn more about this year’s Hoag Classic golf event.

PELICAN hill golf club

Pelican Hill Golf Club is a world-class experience that you have to play to believe, designed by Tom Fazio. With two courses, panoramic ocean views from every tee box are just the beginning. The Ocean North Course provides players with ocean views on the nearly 7,000-yard layout and the Ocean South Course provides 270-degree views of the sea and Catalina Island. With 25 years of accolades and accomplishments, it’s no wonder these two courses are described as “some of the most spectacular in golf.” The Pelican Hill Golf Club offers 36 holes of spectacular golf, a clubhouse with a signature restaurant, an expertly appointed practice facility, dramatic architecture, and a stunning natural seaside setting.

Tustin Ranch Golf Club

TUSTIN ranch golf club

Tustin Ranch Golf Club offers breathtaking scenery, sparkling lakes, and cascading waterfalls. Tustin Ranch features a signature Ted Robinson designed golf course and has been repeatedly voted the No. 1 OC golf course/driving range in the OC Register’s annual People’s Choice Awards. The golf school is as equally impressive as the course. The instructors are some of the best in the nation and offer private, semi-private or group lessons.

Back Bay Golf Course

BACK bay golf course

The Back Bay Golf Course  is a 9-hole executive course that stretches along Newport’s beautiful Back Bay. This course is part of the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, so if you booked a room at the Hyatt, a game is included for two adults with your resort fee. All holes are par 3 and the course is quick and easily walkable, even if you are playing at a leisurely pace

Strawberry Farms Golf Club

STRAWBERRY farms golf club

Strawberry Farms Golf Club offers true championship golf amid a tranquil, natural setting. Strawberry Farms is a par-71, 6,700-yard course with canyons and wetlands. The 18-hole course offers picturesque views across the 35-acre reservoir.

NEWPORT beach golf course

The Newport Beach Golf Course is a beginner course with the first nine as a warm-up and the back nine offering more of a challenge. This course also offers a driving range, putting green and chipping green. The course stays lit for later golf games allowing golfers to play until 9 pm.

MONARCH beach golf links

Monarch Beach Golf Links is a par-70, oceanfront Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed course offers spectacular ocean views, tight fairways, and flawless greens. PGA Pro Tom Watson, who competed in the 2001 Hyundai Team Matches with top tour leaders from the PGA, LPGA and Senior PGA circuits, compared the greens to those at Augusta National. Monarch Beach Golf Links has recently been enhanced with improved agronomic conditions, new golf packages and frequent player programs.