Nestled in the countryside of San Martin, California, just 30 minutes south of San Jose, CordeValle is a golf lover’s dream. Featuring an 18-hole championship golf course designed by the legendary Robert Trent Jones, Jr., the California golf resort has garnered some of America’s most prestigious golf recognition over the years including:
Condé Nast Traveler: Top 100 Golf Resorts Worldwide, No. 13
Golf Digest: Best State Golf Course
Gary Gaylean’s The Golf Letter: Best Golf Resorts in the World
Golfweek: America’s Best Resort Golf Courses
Golf Digest Index: America’s 50 Best Golf Course, No. 14
Golf Magazine: Top 100 Courses You Can Play
Situated on 270 acres of gently rolling terrain in a pastoral California valley, this 18-hole, 7,169-yard, par 72 golf course makes innovative use of the natural elevation changes of its peaks and Canyons, enhanced by broad meadows, streams, striking sycamore and mature California oak trees. The land surrounding the course is part of a private preserve with over 1,000 protected acres, unencumbered by residential or commercial development.
CordeValle also offers an impressive variety of play. Strategically placed bunkers with challenging bays, fingers and folds add to the character of the course. An elevation change of approximately 150 feet over the entire 18 holes makes it walkable for the golf purist and demands different strategies and club selections throughout. What can be a serious challenge from the back tees can become fun and friendly from the regular and forward tees. Like the world’s great courses, it takes on a different theme each time it is played.
“The location had so many great possibilities that it was difficult to decide which to choose,” commented Jones. “CordeValle is one of those pure ‘core golf’ experiences. It is perhaps my finest golf course creation.”
