THE CLUB AT RUBY HILL

The relentless East Bay winds turn this Jack Nicklaus design into a chess match, where club selection matters more than distance as you navigate elevated tees through rolling California grasslands. Every approach shot demands precision to multi-tiered greens that punish anything but center-cut iron play, particularly on the brutally honest back nine. What separates this track from the Bay Area pack is how Nicklaus used the natural ridgelines to create genuine risk-reward moments that reward local knowledge over raw power.