INDIAN CREEK COUNTRY CLUB

This Robert Trent Jones Jr. design sprawls across 160 acres of rolling Northern California foothills, where mature oaks frame elevated tees that demand both precision and local knowledge of the prevailing Sierra winds. The par-4 16th epitomizes the layout's strategic brilliance—a dogleg right where aggressive players can cut the corner over a ravine, but conservative shots to the wide fairway leave a more manageable approach to a severely sloped green. At just 25 minutes from Sacramento, it's the rare public track that delivers country club conditioning without the pretense.