BOULDER RIDGE (GC AT)

The hillside routing through San Jose's eastern foothills delivers dramatic elevation changes that transform approach shots into calculated gambles, with several holes dropping 100 feet from tee to green. Architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. carved fairways that follow natural ridgelines, creating forced carries over scrub-covered ravines that punish anything less than committed swings. The fast, undulating greens reward aggressive pin-hunting when the notorious Bay Area winds die down, but survival golf becomes the order of the day when gusts kick up from the valley floor.