MEADOW CLUB

The rolling hills north of San Francisco serve up one of the Bay Area's most underrated public tracks, where strategic bunkering and elevation changes demand course management over raw power. Wind off the Pacific funnels through the gaps between holes, making club selection a chess match that rewards local knowledge and punishes the overly aggressive. What elevates this layout above typical muni fare is the routing's clever use of natural contours—particularly on the downhill par-4 seventh, where a perfectly placed drive opens up a short iron to a shelf green perched against the hillside.