MCINNIS PARK GC

The windswept fairways of this Marin County municipal track deliver surprising teeth along the rolling hills north of the Golden Gate, where persistent bay breezes turn seemingly manageable approach shots into club-selection nightmares. What elevates this public gem above typical muni mediocrity is architect Robert Muir Graves's clever routing through natural gullies and ridges, creating genuine strategic interest on holes that could have been bulldozed flat. The par-3 15th alone—a downhill beauty requiring precise distance control into the prevailing wind—justifies the modest greens fee.